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Technical/Research Paper Writing workshop
Date: November, 15-18, 2010The Biosciences eastern and central Africa (BecA) Hub is seeking ways to empower the African scientific community to lead the coming agricultural revolution. Communication of research findings in reputed peer-reviewed journals is the standard by which scientists and their findings are evaluated by the scientific community. Such publications also afford higher visibility to research findings, helping to ensure assimilation into related studies and agricultural improvement efforts throughout the region and around the world. In our larger effort to enhance the impact of African science, we will host a four-day journal article writing workshop where you will benefit from intensive, hands-on training by professionals from Australia. Agricultural Research Connections - 2010 Date: May, 2-7, 2010 Venue: ILRI Campus and Naivasha, Kenya. This unique workshop will bring together scientists based in sub-Saharan Africa, the United States, and the United Kingdom to foster scientific collaborations with the potential to create new pathways out of poverty for African farming families by addressing issues related to biotic stress in crop plants. In addition to learning about agriculture in Kenya, participating scientists will be given the opportunity to describe their own areas of expertise and explore with other workshop participants possible collaborations that could contribute to the advancement of agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa for the benefit of smallholder farmers. The goal of this workshop is to catalyze new research partnerships among high-caliber scientists in the US, UK, and Africa who could then compete for funding through calls for proposals such as the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Basic Research to Enable Agricultural Development (BREAD) program, and BBSRC. Participants will tour regional laboratories and facilities, visit local farmers, and attend workshop discussion sessions in Nairobi and the surrounding area. Workshops will include presentations on agricultural challenges in Africa, highlighting crop biotic stress research programs. We expect participants to play an active role in seeking and developing new research partnerships, including developing proposal outline ideas for future competitive funding opportunities. The focus of the 2010 ARC workshop is biotic stresses in crop plants. Participants will be selected based on criteria including scientific excellence (for career stage), and potential for developing collaborative projects relevant to Africa. BecA-CSIRO Partnership Workshop-Animal Health and Human Nutrition Date: April 26-29, 2010 Venue: ILRI Campus and Naivasha, Kenya. This workshop on human nutrition and animal health is bringing together scientists and other experts from Africa, Australia and few selected leading authorities with relevenat experience from elsewhere, to idetify key priorities and researchable issues within this partnership research theme. Collectively, the workshop participants will identify critical research areas, develope research plan outlines , and suggest key researchers and organizations who should be approached to undertake this work. The group will be asked for ideas on linking this proposed Hub-based biosciences research with effective capacity building. Pathways to impact will be identified, including 'proof concept' projects, through incountry research and regional communication promoting adoption strategies for new technologies.
Technical/Research Paper Writing workshop
Date: November, 15-21, 2009
Venue: ILRI Campus, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
The Biosciences eastern and central Africa (BecA) Hub is seeking ways to empower the African scientific community to lead the coming agricultural revolution. Communication of research findings in reputed peer-reviewed journals is the standard by which scientists and their findings are evaluated by the scientific community. Such publications also afford higher visibility to research findings, helping to ensure assimilation into related studies and agricultural improvement efforts throughout the region and around the world. In our larger effort to enhance the impact of African science, BecA, received funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to host a workshop on technical research paper writing. The five-day journal article writing workshop was conducted by Scriptoria, a UK-based company that provides development-related communications services.
US-Africa Connections
A Workshop to Explore Basic Science Research Collaborations for Agricultural Development
Date: June 18-23, 2009 Venue: Nairobi and Naivasha (Great Rift Valley Lodge), Kenya The Biosciences eastern and central Africa-International Livestock Research Institute (BecA) Hub and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) initiated this conference to foster collaborations between US and African scientists. The workshop was timed to coincide with the opening of a new program called BREAD (Basic Research to Enable Agricultural Development) that is jointly funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and the US National Science Foundation (NSF). BREAD provides one possible source of support for US-African scientific collaborations; (please see: www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503403&org=BIO ) . BMGF and the BecA-ILRI Hub aim to explore ways in which the advanced sciences can be synergized for the benefit of smallholder farming families in African countries BecA - ILRI and Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture Partnership Conference
From technology to product development for the African Farmer
Date: April 29, 2009 Venue: John Vercoe Auditorium, BecA - ILRI Hub Nairobi-Kenya. Presentations covered current efforts to improve African agriculture and the effective translation of science for product development, given the broad range of agronomically important crop and livestock species across Africa. The general talks were supplemented by presentations focusing on sorghum as a case study. Sorghum sustains the poorest farmers who have access to few inputs and the least favourable growing conditions. This cereal encapsulates the major issues sorrounding the application of technology to a variety of agricultural efforts. Breeders from several African National programs were also in attendance, lending hands on experience and intimate knowledge of the challenges facing sorghum improvement efforts to the case study discussion. Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites:        |
BecA Clippings
LATEST ANNOUNCEMENTS!
- German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits the BecA Hub, 20 July 2011.
- Transcript of the speech from Kenya's President, His Excellency, the Honorable Mwai Kibaki for the official opening of Biosciences eastern and central Africa Hub, 5 November 2010.
- Transcript of the speech from Honorable Mohammed Abdi Kuti, Minister for Livestock Development, for the official opening of the Biosciences eastern and central Africa Hub, 5 November 2010.
- Notes from the speech of His Excellency, David Collins, Canadian High Commission to Kenya at the official launch of the Biosciences eastern and central Africa (BecA) Hub, 5 November 2010.
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