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FARA bi-monthly Bulletin

November-December 2009: English- French

Africa remains a net importer of livestock and livestock commodities, spending US$3.6 billion of scarce foreign exchange on imports of products that could well be sourced from within the continent. This is a huge deficit that is increasing in magnitude. Due to the stringent SPS (Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary) requirements of developed countries, most of Africa’s exports of livestock and livestock commodities occur within the continent with a small fraction (mainly sheep and goats) going to countries of the Middle East.

This issue provides a wealthy information on the role of livestock sector in ACP countries.

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Announcements

5th African Agriculture Science Week and FARA General Assembly

African Agricultural Science Week and FARA General Assembly, 19-24 July 2010, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

Visit the GA Website in English or French.
For any further information, please contact Mrs Myra Wopereis-Pura

FARA is Recuiting a ''Communication & Public Awareness Specialist''

NSF3- Stakeholder consultation on content development for implementing

Consultant- CAADP Pillar IV Technical Assistant

African Agriculture Science Competitions and Awards: Recognizing Excellence in African Science and Innovation. (First Announcement)

Chair-elect announced for the Global Forum on Agricultural Research
Dr Monty Jones, Executive Director of the Forum on Agricultural Research for Africa (FARA) is the new Chair of the Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR). More information

Call for applications: Residential School 2010 Deadline for applications on the 10 January 2010. More information

Networking Support Function 2 Strategy (2010‐2014). More information

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The International Conference on Agro‐biotechnology, Biosafety and Seed

March 8-12 : Entebbe, Uganda. This conference, organised under the theme ‘tapping agro-biotech potential for improved seed production and utilisation’, EXPERTS have urged African countries to embrace agro-biotechnology to address food insecurity on the continent. Agro-biotechnology refers to tools, including traditional breeding techniques that alter living organisms to modify products, improve

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Posted: 2010-03-12 at 07:35