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posted by soonho on 12 years 7 months ago (0 comments)
GTA-CEPR-ACET Joint Call for Papers on
ANALYSES OF CONTEMPORARY PROTECTIONISM
Organisers: Simon J. Evenett (University of St. Gallen and CEPR)
and Nicolas Depetris Chauvin (ACET)
Global Trade Alert (GTA) and the African Centre for Economic Transformation (ACET) are pleased to announce a joint call or original research papers on the subject of contemporary protectionism (specific topics are listed below). The call is designed to…
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If you are intested in the biotechnology, food security and the future of agriculture in Africa international conference, please see the below information
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Dear Sir / Madam,
Good day, please find attached the programme on BIOTECHNOLGY, FOOD SECURITY AND THE FUTURE OF AGRICULTURE IN AFRICA, which our company ASM COMMUNICATIONS will be hosting on the 17th and 18th April 2012 at Radisson Blu Hotel, Sandton, Johannesburg…
posted by soonho on 12 years 7 months ago (0 comments)
AGRODEP added photos from the recent SAMs course to the event page (http://www.agrodep.org/event/building-and-updating-social-accounting-matrix) . You can find the thumbnails at the bottom of the page. Please click any image, then you can see the slideshow of the entire photos and download each photo (original size) into your local computer.
You can also find who attended the SAMs course in the right side block.
Enjoy!
posted by soonho on 12 years 8 months ago (0 comments)
One member of LinkedIn AGRODEP group (one of our AGRODEP social media group) raised the following question "HOW", by introducing a discussion about "Every African Woman Should Have Access to Broadband ?" (See the below in detail)
I am not an expert on it. I guess that mobile technology would be one of ways to proceed, since it is relately cheapter than desktop technology, in terms of inital setup…
posted by soonho on 12 years 8 months ago (0 comments)
The last month, the number of visit on the AGRODEP web portal (only for February) increased tremendously, because of the AGRODEP membership extensions. I think that you should be proud of being a member of AGRODEP already. See the below chart how we grow over last five months. : )
Chart 1. The number of monthly visit on the AGRODEP web portal over last five months.
posted by soonho on 12 years 9 months ago (0 comments)
AGRODEP partner, FANRPAN (Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network), encourages to apply for 2012 AGRODEP membership extension.
Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN) is a regional policy research and advocacy network whose operations are informed by major regional policy frameworks and processes in Southern Africa. It's mission is to promote effective Food, Agriculture and…
posted by soonho on 12 years 9 months ago (0 comments)
14 Ways an Economist Says I Love You
source: http://fosslien.com/heart/ (forwarded by Betina)
Give your loved one a nerdy Valentine and they'll be yours forever! Why? Because if you give them diamonds/cufflinks this year, anything you get them next year will fall short. Give them one of these and anything they receive next year will be a step up. It's called expectation management and is the key to a long and happy relationship…
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AGRODEP started publishing 2011 AGRODEP meeting and Workshop videos. Here is the first video about "Climate Change: an overview of research questions". More videos will be released soon.
Here is the link of this video resource: http://www.agrodep.org/resource/video-climate-change-overview-research-questions
Here is the link of AGRODEP video page: http://www.agrodep.org/video
You can find the AGRODEP Youtube' channel…
posted by soonho on 12 years 9 months ago (0 comments)
Did you get the email about the application of AGRODEP training course announced today?
If not, please see the blow message. If you are interested in learning more about SAMs, it would be the best chance to learn!
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Dear Members,
The AGRODEP Management Team (MT) is pleased to announce the training course on “Building and Updating a Social Accounting Matrix” on March 13-15, 2012 at the International Food Policy…
posted by soonho on 12 years 9 months ago (1 comments)
You might be interested in this Policy forum that Science Magazine addressed today.
Source: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/335/6067/405.full
Mixed Messages on Prices and Food Security
Johan Swinnen1,2,
Pasquamaria Squicciarini1,*
+Author Affiliations
1Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance (LICOS) and Department of Economics, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
2Center…