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From 15-17 November, the members of the ILC Africa platform gathered together for the annual ILC Africa Assembly of Members in Lome, Togo. Organized by LandNet West Africa, under the theme of “Bringing land tenure issues into the development agenda: the role of civil society, the…
The Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA) is a non-political organization of the National Agricultural Research Systems (NARS) of ten countries: Burundi, D. R. Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. It…
The African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) is a not-for-profit organisation that facilitates and promotes public-private partnerships for the access and delivery of appropriate proprietary agricultural technologies for use by resource-poor farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa. Established seven…
Despite extensive research focusing separately on agriculture, health, and nutrition in sub-Saharan Africa, the connections between these topics are seldom addressed. The African Food System and Its Interaction with Human Health and Nutrition, a book edited by Cornell University professor and…
PUBLICATIONS: Fact sheets on land and natural resources tenure in West Africa (English and French) ()
A set of instructional briefs on land and natural resource tenure in West Africa has been produced by the Technical Committee on “Land Tenure & Development” and the “Land Tenure Policy Elaboration Support” mobilizing project finaced by the Agence Française de Développement. Most are available…
The jubilee congress (1981-2011) of the Commission on Legal Pluralism, entitled 'Living Realities of Legal Pluralism' will take place 8-11 September 2011 at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. The Commission holds the congress in cooperation with the Centre for Legal and Applied Research (…
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) are undertaking a gender mapping of agriculture in Africa in order to better understand how to best target small-scale water management strategies to farmers. In order to ensure our…
A new web page provides information on and access to the 2 films and accompanying educational materials based on stories by Jesse Ribot and co-directed and produced by Pape Faye and Jesse Ribot. The films both address obstacles to the making and implementation of fair forest management policies.…
The International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR) is recruiting an African Regional Director to provide overall leadership and supervision in the planning and implementation of the Institute’s strategy and its rural development programs and operations in Africa. The primary functions…
EMPLOYMENT: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Social Dimensions of Environmental Policy Initiative ()
The University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC) invites applications for the post of Postdoctoral Research Associate for the Responsive Forest Governance Initiative (RFGI) which is being undertaken in collaboration with The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (…
The African Union Commission is seeking proposals for research focusing on the following thematic priorities articulated in Africa’s Science and Technology Consolidated Plan of Action (CPA) and its Lighthouse Projects: (a) Post-harvest and Agriculture, (b) Renewable and Sustainable Energy, and (c)…
The GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies / Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien is currently accepting applications for 2 post-doctoral Research Fellows, starting 1 June 2011 at the earliest. Applications are invited for 2 full-time positions, each with an initial contract…