AGRODEP Blog
posted by kathryn.kincheloe on 9 years 8 months ago (0 comments)
The Virtual Institute is accepting applications from researchers in sub-Saharan Africa to participate in the upcoming Vi regional workshop on trade and gender analysis, scheduled for June 15-19 in South Africa. Funded by the Government of Finland, the workshop is offered in cooperation with the UNCTAD Trade, Gender and Development Section, and will be hosted by Vi affiliate member, the North-West University, at its Potchefstroom…
posted by kathryn.kincheloe on 9 years 9 months ago (0 comments)
ReSAKSS is looking for AGRODEP members to assist with the 2015 assessments of Joint Sector Reviews (JSRs) and JSR-like reviews. The eleven countries of focus for these assessments are: Benin, Burundi, Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Mali, Niger, Swaziland, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia.
JSRs help promote mutual accountability under CAADP by providing a platform to assess the performance and results of the agriculture sector…
posted by kathryn.kincheloe on 9 years 9 months ago (0 comments)
TIPS ANNUAL FORUM
In partnership with University of the Witwatersrand and UNU-WIDER
Johannesburg, South Africa 14-15 July 2015
The conference aims to deepen understanding of regional industrialisation, the role of South Africa in that context, the value chains operating across the region, and the links between regional industrialisation and regional integration.
Individuals wishing to contribute papers are invited to submit their…
posted by kathryn.kincheloe on 9 years 10 months ago (0 comments)
Amongst other intervention areas, CTA works in support of smallholder-inclusive agricultural value chain finance. In order to improve the understanding of the scope of techniques that can be used to successfully structure agricultural value chain financing for smallholders, CTA invites specialists in the specific areas described below to submit their proposals for the drafting of overview papers.
Services to be provided
The tenderer is to…
posted by kathryn.kincheloe on 9 years 10 months ago (0 comments)
Deadline for submitting: Feb, 22
Mardi 2 juin 2015 - Mercredi 3 juin 2015
Beit El Hikma, Carthage, Tunisia
This workshop is organized by the World Trade Organization Chair at Tunis Business School in partnership with the University of Tunis, World Trade Organization and the Trade Practice at the World Bank. It aims to bring together leading researchers from around the world, young researchers and PhD students in…
posted by kathryn.kincheloe on 9 years 11 months ago (0 comments)
The Global Development Network (GDN) is inviting submissions under an open call for papers/posters/sessions for its forthcoming 16th Annual Global Development Conference on the major theme of Agriculture for Sustainable Growth: Challenges and Opportunities for a New ‘Green Revolution’ (Ben Guerir, Morocco, 11-13 June 2015). Submissions are invited in both English and French.
Author(s) from developing countries nominated for Best…
posted by kathryn.kincheloe on 9 years 11 months ago (0 comments)
The Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis (BIDPA) in collaboration with the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and The Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) will hold a conference with the theme “Policies for Competitive Smallholder Livestock Production”. The conference will be held March 4-6, 2015 in Gaborone, Botswana. Abstracts must be submitted by December 15, 2014.
The…
posted by kathryn.kincheloe on 10 years ago (0 comments)
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AGRODEP would like to congratulate J. Alexander Nuetah, who was appointed Assistant Minister for Economic Policy, Macroeconomic and Financial Sector for the Liberian Ministry of Finance and Development Planning earlier this year. Dr. Nuetah worked previously as a Senior Economist at the Ministry of Finance, where he conducted macroeconomic analyses.
Read more in the full Press…
posted by kathryn.kincheloe on 10 years ago (0 comments)
AGRODEP would like to congratulate J. Alexander Nuetah, who was appointed Assistant Minister for External Resources and Debt Management for the Liberian Ministry of Finance and Development Planning earlier this year. Dr. Nuetah worked previously as a Senior Economist at the Ministry of Finance, where he conducted macroeconomic analyses.
Read more in the full Press Release.
posted by kathryn.kincheloe on 10 years ago (0 comments)
AGRODEP is currently seeking members who are interested in assisting ReSAKSS with its next Annual Trends and Outlook Reports (ATOR). The reports will focus on visioning a middle income Africa by the middle of the century and what that would entail in terms economic transformation, underlying drivers, and key policies and strategies to ensure that such transformation leads to widely shared improvement in livelihoods.
If you are familiar with this…