For the diary... forthcoming events
International Conference for improved competitiveness in poultry production in Africa
Dates: 5th - 9th May 2008
Dakar,
Sénégal
email:
Mariam DIOUF
fax:
+221 33 825 42 83
4th IGBP Congress: "Sustainable Livelihood in a Changing Earth System"
Dates: 5th - 9th May 2008
Cape Town,
South Africa
www:
conference website
Planet diversity : World Congress on the Future of Food and Agriculture
Dates: 12th - 16th May 2008
Bonn,
Germany
For five days, during the negotiations of the UN-Convention on Biodiversity, we will discuss how farmers, consumers, food producers and their communities can cooperate to enrich and defend this diversity. A global movement from different directions is coming together for the common cause of defending diversity against destructive and threatening tendencies in agriculture, rural development and food production. "Planet Diversity" will bring together representatives from local and regional grassroots movements and institutions working on food and agricultural tradition, innovation and reconciliation based upon cultural and biological diversity.
www:
conference website
International Conference on Livestock and Global Climate Change
Dates: 17th - 20th May 2008
Hammamet,
Tunisia
www:
conference website
3rd SADC-EU International scientific symposium
"Towards meeting the challenges of climate change"
Dates: 26th - 31st May 2008
Mulungushi International Conference Center, Lusaka,
Zambia
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Conference background
eLA - eLearning Africa, 3rd International Conference on ICT for Development, Education and Training
Dates: 28th - 30th May 2008
Accra International Conference Centre, Accra,
Ghana
eLearning Africa 2008 is a conference organised by ICWE GmbH and Hoffmann & Reif that focuses on ICT for development, education and training in Africa.
The event establishes and links a Pan-African network of decision makers from governments and administrations with universities, schools, governmental and private training providers, industry, and important partners in development cooperation. Each year a different African country will serve as the venue.
email:
conference organisers
www:
conference website
World Food Security and the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy
Dates: 3rd - 5th Jun 2008
FAO Headquarters, Rome,
Italy
The overall purpose of the Conference is to address food security and poverty reduction in the face of climate change and energy security. More specifically, the objective is to assess the challenges faced by the food and agriculture sectors from climate change and bioenergy in order to identify the steps required to safeguard food security within the broader context of action being recommended to address climate change and bioenergy at the global, regional and national levels.
www:
conference website
Open Science Network Meeting: Partnerships-Innovation-Agriculture
Dates: 3rd Jun 2008
Paris,
France
www:
conference website
2nd International Forum on Apitherapy: Apimedica and Apiquality 2008
Dates: 9th - 12th Jun 2008
Villa Mondragone Congress Centre, Monte Porzio Catone, Rome,
Italy
The Forum aims to point out the health benefits of bee products by demonstrating their properties, the minimum number of bioactive compounds having a pharmacological activity, the reproducibility of their effect in the various diseases and the mechanism of action at biological level. In addition the conference will also cover issues of biodiversity, climate change
email:
Apimondia, Honey Research Center, Italian Beekeeper's Federation
www:
conference website
fax:
+39 06 94019439
The 16th IFOAM Organic World Congress: Cultivate the future
Dates: 16th - 20th Jun 2008
Modena,
Italy
www:
conference website
Tunza International Children's Conference on the Environment: Creating Change
Dates: 17th - 21st Jun 2008
Stavanger,
Norway
www:
conference website
AgriBusiness Forum 2008: The Agro-Food Industry as Engine for Growth and Wealth in Africa
Dates: 18th - 20th Jun 2008
FAO Headquarters, Rome,
Italy
www:
conference website
Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering for a Sustainable World
Dates: 23rd - 25th Jun 2008
Hersonissos, Crete,
Greece
www:
conference website
11th International Congress Of Ethnobiology: Livelihoods and Collective Biocultural Heritage
Dates: 25th - 30th Jun 2008
Cusco,
Peru
email:
conference secretariat
2008 Joint Meeting of the International Grassland Congress and the International Rangeland Congress (2008 IGC/IRC)
Dates: 29th Jun - 5th Jul 2008
Huhhot,
China
email:
secretariat2008@yahoo.com.cn, secretariat2008@hotmail.com
www:
conference website
fax:
+86 10 62732799
XXIII World's Poultry Congress
Dates: 30th Jun - 4th Jul 2008
Brisbane,
Australia
email:
Event Manager, Registration & Accommodation Enquiries
www:
conference website
Responding to the challenge of linking smallholder producers to dynamic markets
Dates: 9th - 12th Jul 2008
Davao City,
Philippines
www:
conference website
Governing shared resources: connecting local experience to global challenges
Dates: 14th - 18th Jul 2008
Cheltenham,
England
The 12th Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Commons
email:
iasc2008@glos.ac.uk
www:
conference website
9th International Conference on Precision Agriculture (ICPA)
Dates: 20th - 23rd Jul 2008
Denver, Colorado,
USA
The conference will provide a forum for presentations on the current state of precision agriculture research and applications.
email:
Quentin Rund
www:
conference website
2008 World Water Week: "Progress and Prospects on Water: For a Clean and Healthy World"
Dates: 17th - 23rd Aug 2008
Stockholm,
Sweden
email:
World Water Week Secretariat
www:
conference website
fax:
46 8 522 139 61
IAALD World Congress 2008
Dates: 24th - 27th Aug 2008
Tokyo University of Agriculture,
Japan
email:
IAALD
www:
conference website
9th International Conference on Goats
Dates: 31st Aug - 5th Sep 2008
Queretaro,
Mexico
www:
conference website
13th IWRA World Water Congress 2008: Global changes and water resources
Dates: 1st - 4th Sep 2008
Montpellier,
France
www:
conference website
12th International Lupin Conference
Dates: 14th - 18th Sep 2008
Fremantle,
Western Australia
email:
conference@lupins.org
www:
www.lupins.org
fax:
+618 9368 2958
HARLAN II: International Symposium on Biodiversity in Agriculture: Domestication, Evolution, & Sustainability
Dates: 14th - 18th Sep 2008
University of California, Davis,
USA
www:
conference website
First All Africa Congress on Biotechnology
Dates: 22nd - 26th Sep 2008
Nairobi,
Kenya
The African Biotechnology Stakeholders Forum (ABSF) through its sister network, the Agricultural Biotechnology Network in Africa (ABNETA) are pleased to announce the First ever All Africa Congress on Biotechnology. The theme of the Congress will be ‘Harnessing the Potential of Agricultural Biotechnology for Food Security and Socio-Economic Development in Africa’
www:
conference website
Banana Conference 2008: Harnessing international partnerships to increase research impact
Dates: 5th - 9th Oct 2008
Mombasa,
Kenya
www:
conference website
Tropical Rainforests and Agroforests under Global Change
Dates: 5th - 9th Oct 2008
Bali,
Indonesia
www:
conference website
Diversifying Crop Protection: International conference 2008
Dates: 13th - 15th Oct 2008
Congress Palace of La Grande Motte, near Montpellier,
France
email:
Conference secretariat
www:
conference website
3rd International Conference on Remediation & Management of Contaminated land: Focus on Asia
Dates: 21st - 23rd Oct 2008
Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
email:
Prof. Ir. Dr. Suhaimi Abdul-Talib
www:
conference website
Agriculture in Transition
Dates: 26th - 29th Oct 2008
Wageningen UR,
The Netherlands
The Conference constitutes an opportunity to bring together scientists from many disciplines to discuss the actual situation and future challenges of an industrializing agriculture close to urban metropolises. The seminar aims to provide a forum for reviewing the research state of the art and new directions in economic, social and policy issues related to the transitions in peri-urban agriculture.
email:
conference secretariat
www:
conference website
9th International Conference on Dryland Development: Sustainable Development in the Drylands - Meeting the Challenge of Global Climate Change
Dates: 7th - 10th Nov 2008
Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria,,
Egypt
www:
conference website
4th World Congress on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: Using Plants to Benefit People
Dates: 9th - 14th Nov 2008
Cape Town,
South Africa
www:
conference website
Effects of Climate Change on Plants: Implications for Agriculture
Dates: 12th - 13th Nov 2008
Rothamsted Research, Harpenden,
UK
www:
conference website
10th World Conference on Animal Production
Dates: 23rd - 28th Nov 2008
Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town,
South Africa
The programme will include the 5th All-Africa Conference on Animal Production, 42nd Congress of the South African Society for Animal Science, Animal Feed Manufacturers Association of South Africa Symposium, and World Poultry Science Association of South Africa Symposium.
email:
WCAP 2008 Secretariat
www:
conference website
2nd International Symposium on Papaya: Papaya for Nutritional Security
Dates: 9th - 12th Dec 2008
Madurai, Tami Nadu,
India
www:
conference website
5th World Poultry Conference
Dates: 10th - 13th Mar 2009
Taba,
Egypt
email:
conference secretariat
www:
conference website
