tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65996494407262769312024-03-13T22:47:42.198+03:00The Living LandWelcome to LARMAT Blog. LARMAT stands for the Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Nairobi. This blog is a forum to share and communicate ideas on agricultural and rural development, and how they affect or relate to communities in Kenya and sub-Saharan Africa. It also gives useful resources for the current and future students of the Faculty of Agriculture, and Alumni as well.Larmathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09124932130528693803noreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599649440726276931.post-88752250500695849862016-05-14T16:18:00.000+03:002016-05-14T16:18:34.679+03:00Ondiri Swamp - Kenya’s Only Quaking Bog and the Second Deepest Wetland in Africa <div class="render-image">
<img alt="The Ondiri swamp. Logs are used to facilitate the safe crossing across the peat." height="432" id="erk4sjm9wawy6ahosuv8i2o7r" src="http://cdn.megaprojects.co.ke/media/cache/16/45/1645002db5da7149bd149774d3d3b201.png" width="576" /><div class="render-image-caption">
The Ondiri swamp. Logs are used to facilitate the safe crossing across the peat.<br />
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The <a href="http://www.megaprojects.co.ke/articles/217/kikuyu-town-faces-massive-demolition-as-the-southern-bypass-approaches/#.UfguKqzXeho">Southern Bypass</a>
has crossed many topographical regions on its path around the city. The
17.1 billion project begins from Mombasa Road to Kikuyu. One of the
fascination structures is the 121m box culvert that will allow the
smooth flow of water from the Ondiri Swamp a few metres across that is
the only quaking bog and the second deepest wetland in Africa after
Doula in Cameroon.</div>
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Truant boys dig off the macrophytes
making a hole in which they dive and swim underneath the floating peat.
If you do not identify the light from where you dived in, you will
float away to darkness. - Mr.Wainina of MCDI (Standard Digital)</blockquote>
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The MegaProjects Kenya team incharge of this the <a href="http://www.megaprojects.co.ke/articles/217/kikuyu-town-faces-massive-demolition-as-the-southern-bypass-approaches/#.UfguKqzXeho">Southern Bypass project</a>
came across this interesting swamp that has a history dating back to
the colonial times. Ondiri swamp lies at some 1km from the Kikuyu
township and is an important source of the Nairobi river. This swamp
difers from any other because it has a covering of macrophytes growing
above the water. This mud like cover known as peat can hold a human
being's wight at some points on the surface and a jump on the surface
sets of a series of waves across, a clear sign that one is 'standing on
water'.</div>
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The peat has some grass cover which has fooled some to
forget and plunge into the deep dark waters below. A series of wood
planks has been laid ontop to aid in crossing accross but at some point
in the middle of the lamp one has to be careful.</div>
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<img alt="The water moving below the peat is very clean are clear." height="432" id="8j749w6toybi2ir8i5m2m5mfq3" src="http://cdn.megaprojects.co.ke/media/cache/3c/1d/3c1d2d28d502e7762daccf8ab1b035f9.png" width="576" /><div class="render-image-caption">
The water moving below the peat is very clean are clear.<br />
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Ecosystem
destruction in Ondirí wetland dates back to the colonial era, which was
marked by extensive deforestation. Currently the ecosystem is highly
threatened by various activities within both the wetlands and riparian
land. This includes dumping of solid waste and uncontrolled water
abstraction. There are several water pumps around the wetland, which are
not metered meaning that it is impossible to gauge the level of water
abstraction.</div>
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In addition, there are fears that the water in the
wetland has been reducing. But again the out flowing river does not have
a gauging station. Kikuyu town also lacks a sewerage system, which
increases the likelihood of pollutants seepage from septic tanks.
Previous conservation initiatives mainly fencing and tree planting by
forest departments in the 1990’s collapsed due to lack of community
ownership of the process and enforcement.</div>
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<img alt="A quacking bog is made up of a layer of vegetation floating over water. You can walk on the vegetation, but if you jump up and down the whole bog quakes." height="432" id="koycreiqtqbndhn656ghfdj424" src="http://cdn.megaprojects.co.ke/media/cache/6b/22/6b22b279f2ebb488c7a3c57147c7e175.png" width="576" /><div class="render-image-caption">
A
quacking bog is made up of a layer of vegetation floating over water.
You can walk on the vegetation, but if you jump up and down the whole
bog quakes.</div>
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The Ondirí wetland is oval in shape
and local legend has it that it used to be an open lake in the early
part of the last century and indeed the name itself is Gikuyu corruption
of old lake (Undirí). However as deforestation and subsequent erosion
accelerated, the lake came to be covered with floating reeds on peat
such that now it has an extensive reed mat that covers more than 95
percent of the wetland to form a quacking bog, the only one in the
country. A quacking bog is made up of a layer of vegetation floating
over water. You can walk on the vegetation, but if you jump up and down
the whole bog quakes (Macharia and Thenya, 2007).</div>
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Ondirí is a
unique and an important wetland. As noted earlier, Ondirí is Kenya’s
only quaking bog and the second deepest wetland in Africa after Doula in
Cameroon. But despite the size and benefits of Ondirí wetland to this
country it has received only scant attention from researchers, writers,
natural resource environmental management and the large conservation
driven organizations. Equally the governments both central and local
have done little to conserve the wetland for posterity. Media mention of
this wetland is also scattered and limited in scope.</div>
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<img alt="The lake came to be covered with floating reeds on peat such that now it has an extensive reed mat that covers more than 95% of the surface" height="432" id="h5jrmfakdmsdx4y62rhact6kv" src="http://cdn.megaprojects.co.ke/media/cache/c6/d2/c6d208597d75b9128d1eed644fd4a287.png" width="576" /><div class="render-image-caption">
The
lake came to be covered with floating reeds on peat such that now it
has an extensive reed mat that covers more than 95% of the surface</div>
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The
major diatoms at Ondiri Swamp were Amphipleura pellucida, Navicula
gawaniensis, Pinularia tropica, Eunotia tenella, Melosira ambigua,
Nitzschia subrostrata, Surirella sp., Eunotia pectinalis, Cyctotella
iris, Nitzschia latens and Strauroneis phoenicenteron which are mainly
associated with larger and more open wetland. The younger level was
dominated by Navicula tenella, Navucula el Kab, Nitzschia linearis,
Navicula halophila, Gomphonema gracile, Navicula. salinicola, Frustulia
rhomboides Eunotia pectinalis and Hantzschia amphioxys which are
associated with smaller wetlands.</div>
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References: Paleoclimate of Ondiri Swamp - Julian Awuor Ogondo, Standard Media<br />
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Acknowledged Source: <a href="http://www.megaprojects.co.ke/articles/253/ondiri-swamp-kenyas-only-quaking-bog-and-the-second-deepest-wetland-in-africa/" target="_blank">MegaProjects Kenya</a> Blog Larmathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09124932130528693803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599649440726276931.post-41321055764708971922014-09-25T11:37:00.003+03:002014-09-25T11:37:56.392+03:00Email Etiquette: Some of the basics that you need to know<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The technological advancement today has made email part and parcel of many people’s lives as they have almost replaced the traditional letters. We need email addresses to join social networking sites, to either keep in touch with family/friends or to simply go about with our professional work. Therefore, there is no doubt that whoever is subscribed to any of the social media platforms, has an email address. That’s how important email is to us in today’s world.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Often times, we complain and lament about receiving too many emails and having no time to read through them all. Some people have close to 5 email accounts that they have to check on daily basis for fear of missing out on important communication. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Being one of the people with multiple email accounts and one who has suffered poor email etiquette but at the same time guilty of poor email etiquette, I thought to myself about the value of emails and decided to share some of the </span><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/emailetiquette?src=hash" style="color: #015782; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #5db5b4;"></span><span style="color: black;">email etiquette</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> on twitter, now summarized in this blog post. The common mistakes that people make and what to avoid when using email. In no particular order or category, the following are my findings based on my knowledge as a user.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="color: #1f2327;">1. Read email in its entirety: </span></b><span style="color: #1f2327;">When you receive an email, please read it in its entirety before thinking of replying. If you must, read it more than once. This is extremely important because some people do not put the key points in the initial paragraphs and you could miss important information by reading it partially. Reading the entire message informs your reply.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/emailetiquette?src=hash" style="color: #015782; text-decoration: none;"></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="color: #1f2327;">2. Acknowledge receipt of Email:</span></b><span style="color: #1f2327;"> When you receive an email that requires a detailed response and you are too busy to reply immediately, acknowledge receipt. It is so rude to receive an email, read it and completely ignore it. A simple message such as “I acknowledge receipt of your email and I will respond to it as soon as possible” is a sign of respect for the sender and appreciation for their time to send you an email. Please make sure you actually reply when you are ready to.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="color: #1f2327;">3. Out of office auto responses:</span></b><span style="color: #1f2327;"> When you leave an out of office auto response, please do not let it exceed your return dates or when you are able to respond to your email. It is very unfortunate to indicate a date only for a sender to receive an out of office auto response a week past your return date. Always deactivate it as soon as you are back to work. If you work with a team, It is polite to share the email of an alternative contact person in your absence.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="color: #1f2327;">4. Clear Subject Line: </span></b><span style="color: #1f2327;">When writing formal emails, make sure the subject line is clear and that your main points are captured in the first paragraphs. Avoid writing what is irrelevant to the subject or purpose of the email. Read more<a href="http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/226581" style="color: #015782; text-decoration: none;">here</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="color: #1f2327;">5. Emotional Emails:</span></b><span style="color: #1f2327;"> When you receive emotional emails or emails that require tough decisions to make, do take sometime before you reply. Give them deep thoughts and reply from a logical point of view and less from an emotional one. This is so because emails can be saved and used many years later for reference. They could be used against you in the event that you over reacted in your response to such emails.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="color: #1f2327;">6. Replying to all:</span></b><span style="color: #1f2327;"> When emails that may require individual feedback are sent to all recipients;- say on a mailing list of dgroup, Try not to REPLY TO ALL especially in workplaces. Some people reply an email to all (even to over 1000 people) with a message like “Thanks for the email”. This not only distracts people from productive work but fills their inboxes too. If you do not have to, do not reply but if you must, you can do it to only the sender unless you are required to reply to all.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="color: #1f2327;">7. Official Email addresses:</span></b><span style="color: #1f2327;"> When you have an official email address, keep the conversations through it strictly official. You can never know who is stalking your email at work. Do not use your official email to discuss your private business or family issues. Because when your leave that workplace, it will be deactivated and remember that your employer may have access to it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="color: #1f2327;">8. Forwarding emails:</span></b><span style="color: #1f2327;"> Desist from forwarding “Funny”emails to dgroups or mailing lists because it annoys people. Know who to forward what to. Just because something is funny to you does not mean it will be funny to everyone. Also do not forward a whole chain to someone as you might send information that they do not need to know about. Where necessary, Edit messages before forwarding<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="color: #1f2327;">9. Email Signature:</span></b><span style="color: #1f2327;"> If you choose to have an email signature, make sure that all the information indicated is correct and up-to-date. Your telephone contacts should have your country code to cater for friends who leave beyond your country boarders, your social media links must also be accurate. Try to include as much details about your alternative communication channels. For example; a link to your blog, alternative email as well as Skype ID<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="color: #1f2327;">10. Simple language:</span></b><span style="color: #1f2327;"> When writing an email, keep your language simple. Today, people receive hundreds of emails on daily basis and using jargons in your emails only increases the burden that they have to deal with. You will not impress anyone by using ‘big language’. It will only get your messages deleted. Also avoid using shorthand like many youthful people do when sending SMSes. Not everyone is excited about shorthand especially for formal emails. For example writing “gr8” to mean great, “4get” for forget.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="color: #1f2327;">11. Email Usernames:</span></b><span style="color: #1f2327;"> When choosing a username, Try to use your actual name(s) or initials because this becomes your Identity. Funny addresses raise suspicion and messages from them could be treated as junk. Using your name makes it easy to identify your emails or give them priority.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="color: #1f2327;">12. Delivery Notifications: </span></b><span style="color: #1f2327;">When you send an email that you consider important, activate your settings to notify you when the recipient opens it. This is very important to track who has received and read or attempted to read your email. It also gives you a clue about those who take long to respond to emails even if they read them as soon as they receive them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="color: #1f2327;">13. Sending yourself a copy:</span></b><span style="color: #1f2327;"> When sending a job, consultancy, assignment or scholarship related email, it is important to send yourself a copy too. This is good because in the event that they require you to resend it, you can easily locate it, edit it and forward it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="color: #1f2327;">14. Sharing Friend’s email:</span></b><span style="color: #1f2327;"> Just because you know a friend’s email address does not mean that you should share it with each and everyone especially without their permission. Also for event organisers, it is so rude for you to add one’s email to your organisation’s or company’s mailing list without their permission just because they attended your event and left their details behind including their email addresses. Please seek permission.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #1f2327;"><b>15. Do a spell check:</b> This is a function that is ignored by many email writers. Before sending an email, proof read for consistency and understanding. Once that is done, run a spell check and correct any grammar errors before you click send</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #1f2327;">If you are the kind that keeps on forgetting to respond to your emails on time, there is good news for you. There are services that can help remind you. Both free and paid for; </span><a href="http://t.co/2S2arWVWRd" style="color: #015782; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1f8888;">http://www.lettermelater.com </span></a><span style="color: #1f2327;"> or</span><a href="http://t.co/D8tfZSbNpD" style="color: #015782; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1f8888;">http://www.boomeranggmail.com/hp3/index.html </span></a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f2327;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Please add any other tips in the comments section!!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f2327;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Re-blogged from <a href="http://www.maureenagena.com/2014/08/email-etiquette-some-of-basics-that-you.html" target="_blank">The Citizen Journalist</a></span></span></div>
Larmathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09124932130528693803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599649440726276931.post-66060936197559590932014-07-16T09:48:00.001+03:002014-07-16T09:50:30.571+03:00TWAS-CNPq Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme<div class="field field-name-field-shared-preview-text field-type-text-long field-label-hidden" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border: 0px; color: #999999; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25px; margin: 13px 0px 30px 20px; orphans: auto; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">
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The National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) in Brasilia, Brazil, and TWAS offer up to 10 postdoctoral fellowships each year to young scientists from developing countries (other than Brazil) who wish to pursue postdoctoral research in natural sciences.</div>
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Minimum degree held</div>
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01-Agricultural Sciences<br />
02-Structural, Cell and Molecular Biology<br />
03-Biological Systems and Organisms<br />
04-Medical and Health Sciences incl. Neurosciences<br />
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06-Engineering Sciences<br />
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<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 19px; list-style: inherit; margin: 0.3em; outline: 0px; padding: 0.3em; vertical-align: baseline;">A list of research institutions in Brazil where TWAS-CNPq Fellowships are tenable<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(CAPES-Conceito 5, 6 and 7)</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>is available for download here:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://twas.org/sites/default/files/fellowship/post-graduate_programs_5_6_e_7_capes_0.pdf" style="border: 0px; color: #7ab4d0; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">CAPES List</a>.</li>
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<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 19px; list-style: inherit; margin: 0.3em; outline: 0px; padding: 0.3em; vertical-align: baseline;">Information about living conditions, such as possibilities of accommodation, transportation, and any other issues related to the candidate's stay in Brazil must be obtained locally, directly from the host institution. Neither TWAS nor CNPq can provide this information.</li>
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Applicants for these fellowships must meet the following criteria:</div>
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<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 19px; list-style: inherit; margin: 0.3em; outline: 0px; padding: 0.3em; vertical-align: baseline;">Be a maximum age of 45 years on 31 December of the application year.</li>
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<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 19px; list-style: inherit; margin: 0.3em; outline: 0px; padding: 0.3em; vertical-align: baseline;">Provide an official acceptance letter from the host institution (please refer to the sample available at the CNPq weblink<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.cnpq.br/web/guest/chamadas-publicas" style="border: 0px; color: #7ab4d0; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">http://www.cnpq.br/web/guest/chamadas-publicas</a>) . Only CAPES-listed (levels 5, 6 or 7) Brazilian institutions are eligible<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(see point 2 above)</i>.</li>
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Larmathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09124932130528693803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599649440726276931.post-88524721324970048732014-07-09T12:39:00.002+03:002014-07-09T12:39:41.935+03:00PhD positions sandwich model: University of Hohenheim and African counterparts<div style="text-align: justify;">
<b>Up to 3 PhD positions (sandwich model with African counterparts) </b></div>
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University of Hohenheim (Stuttgart, Germany) with its long-standing inter-disciplinary and internationally-orientated research tradition in natural sciences, agricultural science, economic and social science offers up to three researcher positions (Dr. sc. agr.) within the BMZ-funded research project “LegumeCHOICE - Realizing the underexploited potential of multi-purpose legumes towards improved livelihoods and a better environment in crop-livestock systems in East & Central Africa”. The project is coordinated by the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (Kenya) with close cooperation with national counterparts in Kenya (ICRAF, KARI), Ethiopia (ILRI, EIAR), and the Democratic Republic of Congo (UCB). Hence, the<br />selected candidates will have the opportunity to work in an exciting and international environment.<br /> </div>
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On equal qualification, candidates with nationalities of the respective target countries (i.e., Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya) will be preferred. The positions are subject to additional successful co-funding by project partners and external funding agencies (e.g., DAAD). </div>
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<b>Background and project goal:</b> Current farm-level production and productivity of legumes is limited for many areas of the humid tropics (e.g., Kenya, Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of Congo) and below what is technically feasible. Reasons underlying the limited success include (i) focus on a specific class of legumes without considering the overall farming systems, (ii) ‘pushing’ a specific legume technology rather than responding to specific farmers’ constraints and objectives, (iii) promoting legume technologies in absence of an enabling environment for their uptake, and (iv) lack of detailed understanding of the priorities and constraints faced by farm systems. LegumeCHOICE will address these issues by providing the missing links between existing research efforts, farmer demands, and an enabling environment for legume cultivation. The overall goal of the project is to improve food and nutrition security, reduce poverty, and enhance the production environment of smallholder farmers and rural populations through facilitation of the smart integration and use of multi-purpose legumes, providing food, protein, feed, fuel, and/or organic matter in crop-livestock systems. LegumeCHOICE will provide knowledge to farmers and development partners facilitating farmers to make rational decisions for enhancing short and long-term contributions of multi-purpose legumes to farmer livelihoods including aspects of legume production, input supply systems, and markets.</div>
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<br />PhD studies will focus on the following research areas:</div>
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<li>Nitrogen (N) cycling in legume-based cropping systems: this topic will focus on biological N fixation and its contribution to crop quality and soil fertility. Field and lab-based analyses will include the assessment of geochemical N fluxes in tested cropping systems with the overall goal to identify those particular legumes providing the best short- to long-term productivity potential under local soil and climatic conditions.</li>
<li>Carbon (C) cycling in legume-based cropping systems: this topic will focus on the contribution of identified legumes to C sequestration and energy provision for microbial processes (with close links to N cycling). On basis of field and lab-based analyses, the focus will be carbon use efficiency of decomposing soil microbes as regulated by biochemical quality and hence decomposability of organic inputs deriving from tested legumes.</li>
<li>Biophysical modelling of legume-based cropping systems identified according to farmers’ requirements will allow comparative analyses of their benefits and trade-offs under various management options. Scenarios will include crop rotations and intercropping, inputs, timing of management (cropping, manure application) and different legume types. Biomass formation, soil C sequestration and N cycling will be evaluated for each scenario. Model parameters will be measured in field experiments representing the main system options. In a following step, LegumeCHOICE uses the outputs of the biophysical model to give recommendations for legume-crop combinations considering long-term sustainability of the systems.</li>
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According to your qualification, please select only one core topic for your detailed application, but indicate, if applicable, your interest in another topic.<br /> </div>
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<b>Requirements</b></div>
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<li>Strong knowledge of and affinity to crop and/or soil sciences as well as soil biology.</li>
<li>Strong knowledge of studying terrestrial N and C cycling as well as biochemical quality of plants.</li>
<li>Experience in performance of greenhouse and field experiments is an asset.</li>
<li>For the modelling study, good mathematical skills and experience in biophysical modelling are required,</li>
<li>Good working knowledge of English is a must.</li>
<li>Intercultural competence and willingness to stay at University of Hohenheim for academic (PhD study program) and research work.</li>
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<b>Location</b><br />Candidates will be based at the Institute of Plant Production and Agroecology in the Tropics and Subtropics under the supervision of Professor Dr Georg Cadisch, Dr Frank Rasche and Dr Carsten Marohn. Logistics of field trips to target countries will be supported by local research partners.<br /> </div>
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<b>Starting date and duration</b><br />Earliest start of studies is 01 October 2014, duration is 36 months.<br /> </div>
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<b>Contact for more information</b><br />Dr Frank Rasche, phone: +49-711 459 24137, email: frank.rasche@uni-hohenheim.de<br /> </div>
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<b>Applications</b><br />Your application should be sent electronically to Gabriele_Kircher@uni-hohenheim.de with only ONE pdf document as attachment including your motivation letter and research ideas to the research topic selected, CV, BSc/MSc-study transcripts and three recommendation letters.<br /> </div>
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<b>Application deadline is 26 July 2014.</b></div>
Larmathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09124932130528693803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599649440726276931.post-21887408099562114382014-03-17T09:56:00.003+03:002014-03-17T09:56:42.310+03:00First class in and out of varsity<div style="text-align: justify;">
<strong>By KITAVI MUTUA</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.nation.co.ke/-/1148/2029868/-/view/asAuthor/-/qwrs13z/-/index.html"><span class="author-profile">More by this Author</span>
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When Eric Mumo graduated from university with a First Class
honours degree in 2009, he got several exciting job offers, but he
declined them all. Fresh from Jomo Kenyatta University
of Science and Technology, the statistics graduate opted for commercial
farming and set up his base in the most unlikely of places — his arid
village of Nzangathi in Kitui County. He started with
Sh150,000 of personal savings that has now grown into a thriving farm
worth Sh16 million in assets and 12 full time employees.<br />
In
just five years, Mr Mumo has built up a steady enterprise which
includes dairy, fish, poultry and horticultural units on his 15-acre
land and won several innovation awards. At first, his peers and some family members feared that he was gambling with his future instead of seeking formal employment. They
felt, and genuinely so, that his good academic papers and young age
should not be channelled into risky and unpredictable ventures like
farming but rather into the flashy corporate world. However,
determined to pursue his ambition, and armed with passion for his
dreams and a little capital, Mumo bought a Friesian dairy cow. “I
bought the first dairy cow in 2009, and soon after I added two more. I
started supplying fresh milk to local restaurants” he says. Each cow was producing on average 14 litres daily, which he sold at Sh60 per litre at the nearby shops, earning Sh2,520 daily.</div>
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With the steady income of Sh75,000 per month, Mr Mumo invested the profits in more cows. Today he has 28 cows. The
breakthrough came when he decided to diversify into tomatoes and water
melons. “My decision to stop relying on rain-fed agriculture and to
engage in drip irrigation was the turning point as this ensured I was
in business throughout the year.” </div>
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The 29-year-old went
full blast when he sunk a borehole, which enabled him to put his
father’s entire 15-acre farm on drip irrigation. “In
the first season, I harvested hundreds of tonnes of water melon, which I
sold in Nairobi, recovering the costs of my investment and bought an
Isuzu pick-up truck,” he recalls. With a kilo of
water melon then going for Sh32, each trip to Nairobi was fetching on
average Sh48,000, and he could make several in one week. When
the Saturday Nation sought Mumo for this interview, we found a
delegation of 80 farmers from the Embu Anglican Church Diocese learning
from his simple, but effective farming techniques.</div>
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The
farmer has been recognised by the United Nations Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO), the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Ministry of
Agriculture for his outstanding innovations in food security. Last
year, he was listed among the most innovative and promising young
farmers in the country, besides being pre-qualified as a dependable
supplier of fish fingerlings in the region. Mumo
stands out because of his ability to integrate all the farming units,
where they inter-depend on each other to reduce production costs.</div>
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Having
recently diversified into commercial poultry and fish farming, all the
units now depend on each other and nothing goes to waste. “We’ve
established a poultry incubator which gives us 528 chicks every three
weeks and 10 fish ponds each with a capacity to hold more than 3,000
fish but the demand for both is overwhelming,” he said. He explains that all the four units — dairy, horticulture, poultry and fish — support each other. “Poultry
manure goes to fish ponds to support the algae fed on by fish, the
enriched pond water is channelled into the horticulture farm together
with recycled dairy manure while the waste vegetables are fed to the
chickens in a fascinating cycle which saves production costs.” </div>
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The farmer says Ukambani region can easily sustain itself if only enough water was made available to every home. Every
week, he is kept on his toes by overwhelming orders to supply all sorts
of produce including day-old chicks, tomatoes, fish, milk to the
market. In a good month, proceeds from milk, poultry,
fish, fruits and vegetables can fetch him Sh500,000 gross. He makes more
when he sells in bulk. Mumo urges the youth to dirty their hands to make money. </div>
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His farm has created 12 direct jobs, and many others indirectly. Mumo
intends to turn his farm into a demonstration centre where farmers
across the region can visit and learn from the simple ideas and
replicate them in their homes.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eric Mumo Phillip feeding fish at one of of his many ponds at his Nzangathi farm in Kitui County. PHOTO | KITAVI MUTUA
NATION MEDIA GROUP</td></tr>
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<strong>IT HAS NOT BEEN EASY</strong></div>
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Since Eric Mumo ventured into commercial farming, he has learned on the job the hard way and overcame odds. From
seeking credit to finance his projects, to marketing his farm produce
and managing workers, he faced challenges he never expected. Getting
a bank loan to invest in farming was his worst nightmare because the
interest rates are high and there is no grace period. “Banks
are asking us to start repaying their loans in the first month, and yet
there is no crop that can yield results in such short time.” This frustrates many farmers.</div>
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Mumo
urges the government to establish a branch of the Agricultural Finance
Corporation (AFC) in every county to support farmers. The other challenge has been lack of skilled labour, which has forced him to invest heavily in training his workers. “Most
people who seek jobs in farms are semi-illiterate. Such workers cannot
manage a poultry house, or monitor the health of fish or dairy cows,” he
explains, adding he incurred huge losses until he started training his
workers.</div>
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The farmer explains that agriculture extension services are not sufficient. “Kenya
can sustain a double digit economic growth if agriculture is made a
compulsory subject up to Form Four to make the youth stop their
obsession with white collar jobs.” Mumo has also learnt to invest in marketing and quality of his produce.</div>
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“I’m
very keen on the quality of my products because I target mostly Nairobi
and export market where consumers demand the best,” he says.<br />
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Source: <a href="http://www.nation.co.ke/business/enterprise/Eric-Mumo-Kitui-County-Farm-Enterprise-Seeds-of-Gold/-/1954166/2245092/-/15nf24lz/-/index.html" target="_blank">Daily Nation</a>, Saturday, March 15, 2014 </div>
Larmathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09124932130528693803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599649440726276931.post-66738005472822357632014-03-13T14:03:00.001+03:002014-03-13T14:03:51.977+03:00Innovative doctoral education for global food security Prepare your career as an international scientific expert within the area of global food security by participating in <strong>Training for successful doctoral students</strong>
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Makerere University and SLU invites all interested participants to apply for the following:</h2>
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<li><a href="http://www.slu.se/en/international/slu-global/food-security-initiative/2012/transferable-skill-course-and-workshops/" title="Transferable skill courses for doctoral students. Link to webpage.">Transferable skill training for successful doctoral students</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.slu.se/en/international/slu-global/food-security-initiative/2012/workshops-for-senior-staff/" title="Workshops for senior staff. Link to webpage.">Workshops for senior staff</a></li>
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<img alt="Makerere campus" height="299" src="http://www.slu.se/Documents/internwebben/ledningskansliet/Forskarutbildning/UD20/Mak%20campus.jpg" title="Makerere campus" width="448" />Larmathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09124932130528693803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599649440726276931.post-48276475176706767482014-03-12T08:21:00.004+03:002014-03-12T12:10:30.122+03:00Short Course on Restoration of Degraded Semi-arid Landscapes for PhD Students in East Africa<h2 style="text-align: justify;">
PVS0109 Restoration of degraded semi-arid landscapes – Livelihood, Livestock and Land use, 10.0 credits</h2>
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<i>Restorering av degraderad semi-arida landskap – levnadsvillkor, boskap och markanvändning</i></div>
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Time</h3>
1 Sep 2014 - 16 Jan 2015, 30%, Mixed<br />
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<td><b>Cycle</b><br />Postgraduate</td>
<td><b>Subject</b><br />Agricultural Science </td>
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<b>Application code</b><br />SLU-P0004
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<td><b>Location</b><br />Uppsala</td>
<td><b>Distance</b><br />No</td>
<td><b>Language</b><br />English</td>
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<b>Application deadline:</b>
16 May 2014<br /><a href="mailto:Ewa.Wredle@slu.se;%20Gert.Nyberg@slu.se"></a><br /></div>
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<b>Syllabus approved: </b>2014-01-10 </div>
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<b>Subject: </b>Agricultural Science</div>
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<b>Marking scale:</b> Pass / Failed</div>
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The requirements for attaining different grades are described in
the course assessment criteria which are contained in a supplement to
the course syllabus. Current information on assessment criteria shall be
made available at the start of the course. </div>
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<b>Prerequisites:</b> <br />
Accepted as a PhD student in <a href="http://www.slu.se/en/" target="_blank">SLU</a> or East African countries.</div>
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<b>Objective:</b> <br />
The course will provide understanding of multifunctionality and
complexity of rangelands. The students should be able to relate gained
knowledge to their own research topic, but also to other disciplines in a
multidisciplinary context. The students should also get an insight and
understanding in participatory methods and experience in use of some of
the methods. In addition, through small project work, do
multidisciplinary analysis and reflection.
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After completing the course the student shall be able to:
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<li>describe pastoralism and multifunctionality of rangelands
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<li>describe grazing strategies and explain consequences of overstocking and overgrazing
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<li>discuss animal husbandry and animal production in relation to sustainable intensification
</li>
<li>describe, discuss and analyze co-benefits and trade-offs between
desired landscape functions of different restoration methods/techniques
</li>
<li>describe the drivers of vegetation changes
</li>
<li>explain carbon sequestration in rangelands under different management regimes
</li>
<li>use participatory research methods in practice</li>
</ul>
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<b>Content</b> <br />
This is a multidisciplinary course and it is relevant for students in
different disciplines such as animal science, soil science,
agroforestry, ecology, agricultural economy, rural development, etc.
<br />
<br />
The course will start with a video meeting/seminar to be followed by
literature studies by the students at their home university. Field work
will be the core in the course and the students will work in smaller
groups or pairs during most part of the course. A high degree of
interaction will be achieved by regular discussion and reflection
sessions and the students will also make presentations, of individual
and group assignments. The field work will be done in a "real case"
where restoration of degraded rangelands has been established at
different times since mid-eighties and is still going on. This gives the
student a unique possibility to learn processes and changes of
rangelands restorations but also to relate to their own research topic
in a bigger picture. The pair of students will work with both a farmer
who has implemented restoration and a farmer who has not. This in turn
could be a sort of extension where the farmer not implemented can see
effects of restoration methods. The up-start of the field work will be
carried out at <a href="http://www.jkuat.ac.ke/" target="_blank">JKUAT</a> (Nairobi) with 2 days of lectures and the students
will have a possibility to meet and discuss with researchers from ICRAF
and ILRI. During these two days, the students will also do individual
presentations of the literature read and how they relate it to their own
research area. During the field work the students will visit and
interview farmers and also collect some basic data as well as "transect
walks". The outcomes of the field part will later be presented orally in
an end seminar but also in a course report done in a scientific report
as well as in a popular science way, e.g. magazine like.</div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
<b>Literature:</b><br />
Required reading is assigned by the course organizers. Information about
the course literature will be available at least four weeks before the
course starts.</div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
<b>Examination:</b><br />
The examination will be composed of several parts:
Introductory presentation of own research in relation to literature.
Participate in all activities and exercises. Presentations of
assignments and field work both orally and in written form. Approval of
scientific report completed within three weeks after the field work in
December and a short report written in a popular scientific way.</div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
<b>Additional information</b><br />
All costs for the course (teaching travel costs and accommodation)
will be covered by the course for students from SLU, JKUAT and other
universities in East Africa. Student from other Nordic universities
can take the course if place is available on their own expenses.
<br />
<br />
The course will be linked to a new research platform involving SLU,
<a href="http://www.worldagroforestrycentre.org/" target="_blank">ICRAF</a>, <a href="http://www.ilri.org/" target="_blank">ILRI</a> and other universities in Sweden and Kenya; the Triple L Initiative (<a href="http://www.agri4d.se/">www.agri4d.se</a>)
<br />
<br />
The course will be running from September 2014 to January 2015.
<br />
<br />
Responsible department: Animal Nutrition and Management, SLU; Dept.
of Forest Ecology and Management, SLU; Dept of Botany at Jomo Kenyatta
University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya.
<br />
<br />
Location: Nairobi and West Pokot, Kenya</div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
<b>Responsible department</b><br />
Department of Animal Nutrition and Management, SLU</div>
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<h3>
Submit your application to the course leaders:</h3>
Ewa Wredle and Gert Nyberg<br /><br />E-mail: <a href="mailto:Ewa.Wredle@slu.se;%20Gert.Nyberg@slu.se">Ewa.Wredle@slu.se; Gert.Nyberg@slu.se</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.slu.se/en/education/postgraduate-studies/search-phd-courses/?anmkod=P0004.1415" target="_blank">Source Link</a><a href="http://www.slu.se/en/education/postgraduate-studies/search-phd-courses/?anmkod=P0004.1415" target="_blank"> </a><br />
<a href="http://www.slu.se/en/education/postgraduate-studies/search-phd-courses/?kurskod=PVS0109&version=1">Syllabus</a></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">By Stephen M. Mureithi (PhD)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Congratulations for your excellent results</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">:)</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Now
that you have just or is about to graduate, what next? </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Still have dreams? I hope yes. OK, good because if you stay
focused you will be able to achieve them. There is nobody who can stop you
apart from yourself and the limitations you set for yourself in the mind. God
has already provided you with the potential and ability to achieve what you
want in life, so go for it. And honor him when you get there.</span></div>
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<u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Things to do:</span></u></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Acquire Financial Education</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> – At the University or College you have so far acquired <u>academic
and professional education</u> which is key to excelling in life as you serve
the society. But as you will soon (or you have already) realize, the world
deals with money, and to be successful, you’ve got to <u>learn</u> how to deal
with it. So, endeavor to acquire <a href="http://growpassiveincome.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><u>financial education</u></a>, without which you
will not be truly successful in life despite your achievements in academics and
profession. Like a three legged stool, acquiring the three will make you stable
and successful. Where do you start? Read books – I suggest you start by reading
‘The Richest Man in Babylon’ </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.ccsales.com/the_richest_man_in_babylon.pdf"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">here</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">!</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Get right back to college </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">– Continue with your studies (M.Sc./M.A. or PhD). There is nothing
cool like studying while you are young. However, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">w</span>hat you choose to pursue at postgraduate levels has to fit in your long-term career goal, not just to fill a nothing-to-do time gap. Interested? See some Master and PhD Scholarships <a href="http://soilisalive.blogspot.com/p/scholarships.html">here</a>!</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Find a job</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">/<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">management trainee-ship
positions</b> - The advantages of getting into employment as quickly as
possible are: </span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #1f497d; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Start earning
income! You've probably got a student loan to pay back, and your parents
have probably got plenty to spend their missing millions on, rather than
their 'boomerang' offspring! </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #1f497d; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Employers are
more impressed by people who have shown commitment to work, and are
willing to learn new things (ask questions).</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #1f497d; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Gets you in
the habit of getting out of bed early in the morning - the work routine.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #1f497d; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">You're more
likely to encounter people who can help you in your career while seeking
for a job, than while in the couch!</span></li>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Don't make the mistake of thinking you should wait until a job
in your chosen field comes along: it may never do so, or maybe not for quite a
while. There's nothing wrong (and everything right) with getting a job that
gets you started, and continuing to look out for 'a proper job'. You could
change jobs several times over the first five years of your working life before
you acquire the label 'job-hopper'. Employers understand that it takes a while
for young people to find their feet. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The vast majority of people 'fall into' long term careers by
this process of trial and error, and never end up in what seemed like 'the
proper job' at the outset. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">OK! So you've decided to take this advice and get cracking. Now,
what exactly should you do? </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Attitude (Your mind)</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Be as flexible and open-minded as you possibly can be! If you
are willing to take any job, anywhere, for any (reasonable) money, then you are
more likely find a job sooner than if you are not! </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">CV (Resume)</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Prepare a CV! The internet has many resources on how to write a
Good CV. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Referees</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Obtain permission from two or three people to use them as
referees. Ideally, these should include your college tutor and someone who
employed you in an industrial placement during your degree, or a vacation job
for example. Failing that, use a family friend who holds a professional
position: doctor, lawyer, pastor, employer, for example. Include the names and
contact details (including email) of your referees on your CV. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Magazines</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> – include daily newspapers in your local reference library. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Apply to every job that interests you. Do not worry if the
advertisement asks for more experience than you have to offer. The employer may
not be able to find an experienced person, and by applying you will be saving
him the expense of re-advertising for a trainee position in a month's time.
Secondly, they may have another, unadvertised job for a trainee. Thirdly, what have
you got to lose by trying?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">If you have been able to obtain back issues of publications,
apply to every organization that advertised the sort of jobs you are interested
in, in the last year (or in fact, as far back as you like!). Write a slightly
different covering letter to accompany your CV: </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Dear Sir/Madam, I noticed that in last January's issue of The Daily
Nation that you were advertising for a Soil Scientist position. This is exactly
the sort of job I am looking for. If you have any current or forthcoming
vacancies for Trainee Soil Scientists, then I would be very interested to meet
you. I enclose a CV for your consideration. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Do not worry about doing this: they might not have filled the
job, or they might have filled the job, but the new person didn't work out very
well, or they might have a new junior position. Again, what have you got to
lose? </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Internet</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">If you have access to the worldwide web (preferably on
broadband, with unlimited access), scour the internet for information and
potential job (scholarships) opportunities.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Seek internships</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> – whether paid or unpaid, internships helps to build up your
experience that you will table as you seek for jobs. Employers are more likely to
hire a person who is volunteering somewhere than one just tarmacking in the
streets.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Volunteer</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> – Not many organizations will refuse you to work for them, even
for free. Many will soon put you in the payroll if they find you persistent and
valuable. Works the same like internships, but the later have short time
frames.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Start a business</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> – If you are entrepreneurial (everyone should be able) you can
start a business which you have passion, knowledge and skills in. <a href="http://journalofkenyanhorticulture.blogspot.com/">Agribusiness</a> for
example, offers many opportunity for agriculturalists who do not mind getting
dirty while earning good money. You are surrounded by a crowd of both old and young people who have employed themselves and created jobs for many others. Start now, start small and grow Biggest</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">:)</span></span></div>
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<u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Things not to do:</span></u></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Do not sit at home</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> – pity parties’ leads nowhere. Wake up and do something
positive.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Do not do drugs, prostitution,
alcohol or crime</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> – If you didn’t do it so far, why start
now? Concentrate on healthy living, and you will live long, healthy and happy:)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Do not waste time</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> – thinking you are still young is wasting life.
If there are things you need to do, do them now. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Author is an Entrepreneur and a Lecturer </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">in Land and Water Resource
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Larmathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09124932130528693803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599649440726276931.post-38330686478456786612014-02-20T08:21:00.000+03:002014-02-20T08:21:19.041+03:00PhD student needed in Forest Ecology and Management at SLU<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<b>Healthy Waters: The role of protective measures to minimize negative forestry impact on water quality</b><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
The main objective of this PhD-student project is to investigate
the role of different forestry related measures for improving water
quality. A range of new collaborative strategies and concrete measures
have recently been initiated, spurred by the implementation of the Water
Framework Directive, to minimize forestry influence on water quality.
But how effective have these strategies and measures been? The
connection to the state-of-the-art scientific understanding of the
effectiveness will be evaluated and tested. The overall purpose of this
PhD project is therefore to explore through what mechanisms water
protection in areas used by forestry can become most effective.
The work will be to evaluate the role of different actions for
minimizing the impact on water quality by using scientific literature,
field data collection, computer based models and water quality data from
the Krycklan catchment study (www.slu.se/Krycklan). This position is
part of a multi-disciplinary project ”Healthy Waters: The role of
collaborative governance to minimize negative forestry impact on water
quality” which includes both natural and political science researchers.
The PhD-student position is full-time and covers 48 months and the
holder of the position is expected to achieve a PhD-degree. The PhD
student is expected to start the project during the spring of 2014. The
affiliation of the PhD student will be the Department of Forest Ecology
and Management in Umeå, Sweden. The department has an international
character both when it comes to research and teaching. </div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
<b>Qualifications</b><br />
We are seeking a highly motivated individual. The candidate should
have good communication skills, a strong work ethic, be a team player
and work well in a strong research environment. We are searching a
person with a MSc. in Forestry, Physical Geography, or related field.
Familiarity with digital terrain analysis, water quality modeling and/or
forestry impacts on water quality is a merit. Experience with field
data collection methods is preferred, and a driving license is required
for conducting the field studies.</div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<b>Forms for funding or employment</b> <br />
Employment as PhD student 4 years </div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
<b>SLU is an Equal Opportunity Employer.</b>
<br /><br />
<b>A person has basic eligibility for third level education</b> if he
or she has taken a second level qualification or has completed course
requirements of at least 240 higher education credits, including at
least 60 higher education credits at second level.<br />
Those who met the requirements for general eligibility before July
1st, 2007, i.e. had completed a programme of higher education for at
least 180 Higher education credits or the equivalent, will continue to
do so until the end of 2015."
<br /><br />
<b>Selection among applicants meeting the requirements</b> is made
with reference to written application including curriculum vitae, copies
of degrees and transcripts of academic records, one copy of the
dissertation for masters or undergraduate degree, a list of at least two
references familiar with the applicant's qualifications, certified
knowledge of the English language and an interview.
<br /><br />
<b>Read more</b> about the PhD education in <a href="http://www.doktorandhandboken.nu/engelska/handbookforpostgraduatestudents.4.24cc9d95134182bfa4a800041.html" target="_blank">the Handbook for postgraduate students</a>
<br /><br />
<b>Read</b> about the PhD education at SLU at <a href="http://www.slu.se/en/education/postgraduate-studies/" target="_top">www.slu.se/en/education/postgraduate-studies/</a>
<br />
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<br /><a href="http://epi-resurs.slu.se/Forskarutbildningsplatser/Application_PhDeducation_Applicant.pdf" target="_blank">Use this <span style="color: red;">APPLICATION FORM</span></a>
<br /><br />
<b>Further information:</b> Professor
Hjalmar Laudon
hjalmar.laudon@slu.se
+4690-7868584
<br /><br />
<b>Academic union representatives</b><br />
SACO Per Hansson +46 (0)90 786 84 74<br />
SEKO Inga-Lis Johansson +46 (0)90 786 82 10<br />
ST Hans Åkesson +46 (0)90 786 83 42<br />
<br />
<b>Applications</b>, marked with <b>ref no ua 407/2014</b>, must have arrived at the Registrar of SLU, P.O. Box 7070, S- 750 07 Uppsala or registrator@slu.se no later than <strong>2014-03-25</strong>. </div>
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<b>Source:</b> <a href="http://www.slu.se/en/education/postgraduate-studies/new-phd-student/Read-more/?sprak=e&Uid=909">http://www.slu.se/en/education/postgraduate-studies/new-phd-student/Read-more/?sprak=e&Uid=909</a></div>
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Larmathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09124932130528693803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599649440726276931.post-26548802194669859682014-01-21T14:54:00.002+03:002014-01-21T14:54:47.674+03:00Post-doc position (22 months) in modeling plant biodiversity data, IMBE, University Aix-Marseille, France<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Position
Location: IMBE, (<a href="http://www.imbe.fr/">http://www.imbe.fr</a>), University Aix-Marseille, France </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Position Description: </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">A
post-doc position is available in the Mediterranean Institute for Biodiversity
and Ecology (IMBE) a joint CNRS and University institute with 220 permanent
researchers in the field of terrestrial and marine ecology. The position will
last two years and is based in IMBE, directed by Thierry Tatoni and Wolfgang
Cramer, this program is directed by Agathe Leriche, Cécile Albert and Arne
Saatkamp, in Marseille, France - a region noted for its access to outdoor
activities. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">We
target to start this post-doc in February 2014. The post-doc will be part of a
larger European neighborhood partnership project (ENPI) with research groups
from Rome and Cagliari (Italy), Alexandria (Egypt), Beirut (Lebanon) and Sfax
(Tunisia) on vulnerability of coastal ecosystems. This post-doc will deal with
existing GIS and floristic databases and the candidate will interact with
researchers in our lab working on a broad range of projects in climate/global
change impacts, macroecological patterns, phylogeography, functional ecology,
landscape ecology and conservation biology. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">The
project aims to model the impacts of fragmentation (spatial organization),
habitat degradation (land use change) on plant biodiversity of coastal
ecosystems. In this project we aim to fit to data, plant distribution models
(accounting for spatial explicit migration, neutral (stochastic) processes and
community assembly rules) in order to assess the impact of spatial
configuration on plant diversity and be able to simulate potential future
changes in spatial configuration of these habitats. This project will benefit
from a large data base of plant distributions and co-occurrences as well as
extensive environmental and phylogenetic data gathered in previous projects and
will be in contact with other regional to large scale model project in our
institute. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">We
look for a person with a Ph.D. in landscape ecology, plant ecology,
biogeography, global change ecology/geography and with strong
mathematical/modeling skills willing to work with spatial explicit biodiversity
data. A background in distribution (niche) modeling, neutral theory of
biodiversity & biogeography and modeling of dispersal processes at the
landscape level will be particularly helpful. We look for a candidate with
excellent English language and especially writing skills (publication record),
willingness to work in a team and strong experience in modeling techniques in
one of the above fields, knowledge of using R. Knowledge of French language or
willing to learn basics is a plus, but not required. Salary will correspond to
French post-doc researcher positions which include social assurance coverage. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">For more information regarding
the position contact Dr. Arne Saatkamp (<a href="mailto:arne.saatkamp@imbe.fr">arne.saatkamp@imbe.fr</a>).
For application, please supply a single PDF document including: (i) a one page
statement of interest and prospectives concerning the project, (ii) a 2 page
curriculum vitae including publication record and (iii) two reference contacts
that are willing to give information on your previous work (mail & phone),
applications as early as possible, the position will be assigned at latest 31.
January 2014.</span></div>
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<![endif]-->Larmathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09124932130528693803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599649440726276931.post-61907505619636511452014-01-18T13:26:00.000+03:002014-01-18T13:26:14.850+03:00Young African Leaders Initiative
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2014 Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders</h2>
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<em><strong>Who is eligible to apply?</strong></em><br />
All qualified applicants will not be discriminated against on the
basis of race, color, gender, religion, socio-economic status,
disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity. Competition for the
Washington Fellowship is merit-based and open to young African leaders
who meet the following criteria:<br />
<ul>
<li>Are between the ages of 25 and 35 at the time of application
submission, although exceptional applicants younger than 25 will be
considered;</li>
<li>Are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents of the U.S;</li>
<li>Are eligible to receive a United States J-1 visa;</li>
<li>Are proficient in reading, writing, and speaking English; and</li>
<li>Are citizens and residents of one of the following countries:
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde,
Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the
Congo (DRC), Republic of the Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial
Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali,
Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao
Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South
Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia,
and Zimbabwe.</li>
</ul>
Individuals residing in the Central African Republic, Equatorial
Guinea, Eritrea, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar, Sudan, and Zimbabwe may not
apply to the public management track. Residents of Sudan may only apply
for the Civic Leadership track.<br />
The U.S. Department of State and IREX reserve the right to verify all
of the information included in the application. In the event that there
is a discrepancy, or information is found to be false, the application
will immediately be declared invalid and the applicant ineligible.<br />
Applications not meeting the above technical eligibility requirements
will not be forwarded to the selection committee. If you do not meet
the technical eligibility requirements for this program, we invite you
to visit <a href="http://exchanges.state.gov/non-us" target="_blank" title="Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs">http://exchanges.state.gov/non-us</a> for information on other U.S. Department of State exchange opportunities.<br />
<em><strong>What are the criteria for selection?</strong></em><br />
The Washington Fellowship is conducted as a merit-based open
competition. After the deadline, all eligible applications will be
reviewed by a selection panel. Chosen semi-finalists will be interviewed
by the U.S. embassies or consulates in their home country. If advanced
to the semi-finalist round, applicants must provide a copy of their
international passport (if available) or other government-issued photo
identification at the time of the interview.<br />
Selection panels will use the following criteria to evaluate applications (not in order of importance):<br />
<ul>
<li>A proven record of leadership and accomplishment in public service, business and entrepreneurship, or civic engagement;</li>
<li>A demonstrated commitment to public or community service, volunteerism, or mentorship;</li>
<li>The ability to work cooperatively in diverse groups and respect the opinions of others;</li>
<li>Strong social and communication skills;</li>
<li>An energetic, positive attitude;</li>
<li>A demonstrated knowledge, interest, and professional experience in the sector/track selected; and</li>
<li>A commitment to return to Africa and apply leadership skills and
training to benefit the applicant’s country and/or community after they
return home. </li>
</ul>
<em><strong>Application Information</strong></em>:<br />
<strong>There is no cost associated with applying for the Washington Fellowship.</strong><br />
The application will collect basic information and will include
questions regarding applicants’ professional and academic experience
including educational background; honors and awards received;
extracurricular and volunteer activities; and English language
proficiency. We will also request a résumé (with dated educational and
professional background), personal information (name, address, phone,
email, country of citizenship). Additional elements, such as letters of
recommendation or university transcripts, are OPTIONAL and may
supplement your application. <a href="http://www.irex.org/applyyali" target="_blank" title="Apply">Apply now by visiting the application site</a>.<br />
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Visit the <a href="http://youngafricanleaders.state.gov/contact/" title="Sign Up to Receive Updates">Receive Updates</a> page to sign up for emails from the Young African Leaders Network.<br />
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Source: <a href="http://youngafricanleaders.state.gov/washington-fellows/how-to-apply/" target="_blank">http://youngafricanleaders.state.gov/washington-fellows/how-to-apply/ </a>Larmathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09124932130528693803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599649440726276931.post-15820755789016122392013-12-17T20:35:00.000+03:002013-12-17T20:35:16.656+03:00The Guest Scholarship Programme for post-doctoral research in Sweden
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The programme aims at strengthening and developing research
relevant to capacity building and fighting poverty in programme
countries. An estimated 20 scholarships will be offered for the academic
year 2014/2015.<br /><br />The scholarship application call for the
academic year 2014/2015 is now open. Application deadline is 24:00 CET,
Wednesday, 15 January 2014.<br />
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Countries</h3>
<br />The programme is targeted at candidates from the following
countries: Bangladesh, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique,
Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. <br /><br />
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Target group</h3>
<br />The programme provides researchers with a PhD degree with an
opportunity to conduct research at Swedish universities and research
institutes. Priority will be given to applicants with a PhD degree from
2009 or later.<br /><br />
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Duration of scholarship</h3>
<br />The scholarships will be granted for long-term visits (6, 9 or 12
months) during the academic year 2014/2015 (1 September 2014 to 31
August 2015).<br />
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Fields of research</h3>
<br />The following disciplines only are eligible during this call for applications:<br />
<ul>
<li>Agricultural Sciences</li>
<li>Natural Sciences</li>
<li>Technology</li>
<li>Environmental Science related to Agricultural Sciences or Natural Sciences or Technology</li>
</ul>
The next call for applications for the academic year 2015/2016 will be open for the following disciplines only:<br />
<ul>
<li>Business and Social Sciences</li>
<li>Health and Medicine</li>
<li>Environmental Science related to Social Sciences</li>
</ul>
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Scholarship benefits</h3>
</strong><br />The
scholarship amounts to SEK 18,000 per month. The scholarship includes
one travel grant of SEK 15,000 and insurance coverage. The scholarship
cannot be prolonged or extended.<br /><br />
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SI Network for Future Global Leaders</h3>
<br />All Swedish Institute scholarship holders are invited to become
members of the SI Network for Future Global Leaders; a network which
offers unique opportunities during and after the stay in Sweden.
Together with other talented people from all around the world, the
scholarship holder is invited to take part in a variety of events,
exchange ideas and create networks which benefit both career and
personal development.<br /><br />
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Who is eligible?</h3>
<br />The scholarships are intended for holders of a PhD degree within
any of the above-mentioned disciplines eligible for 2014/2015 for
full-time research in Sweden. The applicant is not eligible for this
scholarship if any of the following is true:<br />
<ul>
<li>Has already lived in Sweden for two or more years when the scholarship period is due to begin.</li>
<li>Already has a Swedish permanent residence permit.</li>
</ul>
Applicants who have previously been awarded a scholarship from SI for
study or research at a Swedish university will not be given priority. <br /><br />
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Selection criteria and areas of priority</h3>
<br />Applications are evaluated by the Swedish Institute and an
academic board. The primary evaluation of the application takes into
account the applicant’s academic background and personal motivation,
research quality and expertise in the project field of the host
department. Also the strength of the research proposal with regard to
its scientific quality, originality, methodological approach, and
relevance is evaluated. In the final selection of candidates SI will
consider the distribution of scholarships with regards to academic
fields, universities, purpose of study, nationality and gender.<br /><br />The application should clearly state how your research project can contribute to the development in your country.<br /><br />
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Insurance</h3>
<br />Scholarship holders are insured by the Swedish State Group Insurance against illness and accident during the scholarship period.<br /><br />
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Scholarship limitations</h3>
<ul>
<li>The scholarship is designed to cover living costs for the
scholarship holder. There are no grants for family members. No funding
for bench fees is provided.</li>
<li>The granted scholarship period cannot be altered or extended. In
case of a postponed arrival date, the scholarship period can be
decreased accordingly.</li>
</ul>
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How to apply</h3>
</strong><br />Please read the application instructions <a href="http://www.studyinsweden.se/Scholarships/SI-scholarships/Guest-Scholarship-Program/Application-instructions-for-Guest-Scholarship-Program-for-PhD-and-post-doctoral-studies-in-Sweden/">here</a>.<br /><br />
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Application deadline</h3>
<br />The scholarship application call for the academic year 2014/2015
is now open. Application deadline is 24:00 CET, Wednesday, 15 January
2014.Larmathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09124932130528693803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599649440726276931.post-43231959392544301122013-12-02T18:16:00.000+03:002013-12-02T18:16:19.485+03:00Africa Biosciences Challenge Fund 2014 Research Fellowships: Call for Applications<h2 style="border: 0px; color: #0a5ab2; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 5px 0px 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;">
<strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top;">Closing date for applications: February 28th 2014</strong></h2>
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The Biosciences eastern and central Africa - International Livestock Research Institute (BecA-ILRI) Hub, located in Nairobi, Kenya, is a shared agricultural research and biosciences platform that exists to increase access for African researchers to affordable, world-class research facilities. In addition, the BecA-ILRI Hub provides research-related services and capacity building opportunities to eastern and central Africa and beyond. </div>
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The Africa Biosciences Challenge Fund (ABCF), managed by the BecA-ILRI Hub, provides fellowships to scientists and graduate students from African national agricultural research organisations and universities to undertake biosciences research-for-development projects at the BecA-ILRI Hub. The purpose of the ABCF fellowship program is to develop capacity for agricultural biosciences research in Africa, to support research projects that ultimately contribute towards increasing food and nutritional security or food safety in Africa, and to facilitate access to the BecA-ILRI Hub by African researchers.</div>
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We seek applicants with innovative ideas for short to medium term research projects (up to 12 months) that can be undertaken at the BecA-ILRI Hub. Projects must be in the areas of food and nutritional security or food safety in Africa. </div>
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Scientists and graduate students conducting research in the following areas are particularly encouraged to apply:</div>
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<li style="border: 0px; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;">Improved control of priority livestock diseases including African swine fever (ASF); contagious bovine and caprine pleuropneumonia (CBPP and CCPP); peste des petits ruminants (PPR); Rift Valley fever (RVF); East Coast fever (ECF); capripox virus diseases of ruminants;</li>
<li style="border: 0px; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;">Harnessing genetic diversity for conservation, resistance to disease and improving productivity of crops and livestock (livestock focus: African indigenous breeds, particularly of goats, chickens, and cavies and other micro-livestock);</li>
<li style="border: 0px; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;">Molecular breeding for important food security crops in Africa;</li>
<li style="border: 0px; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;">Plant transformation to address food insecurity in Africa;</li>
<li style="border: 0px; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;">Plant-microbe interactions;</li>
<li style="border: 0px; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;">Tissue culture and virus indexing for production of virus-free planting materials in Africa;</li>
<li style="border: 0px; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;">Orphan crops including amaranth, baobab, taro, wild mushrooms, enset;</li>
<li style="border: 0px; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;">Crop pests, pathogens and weed management research, including biological control;</li>
<li style="border: 0px; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;">Food safety, including addressing aflatoxin and other mycotoxin contamination in food and feeds;</li>
<li style="border: 0px; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;">Nutritional analysis of food and feeds;</li>
<li style="border: 0px; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;">Rapid diagnostics for crop and livestock diseases;</li>
<li style="border: 0px; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;">Genomics and metagenomics, including for microbial discovery;</li>
<li style="border: 0px; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;">Studies on climate-smart forage grasses and mixed livestock-crop systems;</li>
<li style="border: 0px; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;">Microbial technology for improving adaptation of staple food crops and grasses to biotic and abiotic stresses;</li>
<li style="border: 0px; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;">Soil health in agricultural systems;</li>
<li style="border: 0px; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;">Special opportunities also exist to connect with leading international scientists linked with the BecA-ILRI Hub in the following areas: wheat rusts, insect pests, nitrogen fixation. (For these opportunities please apply by Dec 31st 2013)</li>
<li style="border: 0px; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;">Other special opportunities exist to connect with CGIAR Research Programs on Livestock & Fish and Agriculture for Nutrition & Health to explore how their proposed research might fit into the on-going efforts to improve pro-poor food systems in Tanzania (smallholder dairy), Uganda (smallholder pigs), Egypt (aquaculture) and Ethiopia (small ruminants). Such collaboration would allow the candidate’s research to contribute more directly to an impact-oriented research-for-development agenda, and offer additional opportunities for joint activities. For more information, please contact: Dr. Amos Omore <strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top;">a.omore at cgiar dot org </strong>(Tanzania dairy); Dr. Danilo Pezo <strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top;">d.pezo at cgiar dot org</strong> (Uganda pigs); Dr. Malcolm Dickson <strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top;">m.dickson at cgiar dot org</strong> (Egypt aquaculture); Dr. Barbara Rischkowsky <strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top;">b.rischkowsky at cgiar dot org</strong> (Ethiopia small ruminants).</li>
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We particularly welcome applications from women candidates. </div>
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<li style="border: 0px; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;">National (passport holder) of a BecA-ILRI Hub target country: Burundi, Cameroon, Central Africa Republic, Congo Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Madagascar, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda. In exceptional cases we may consider applicants from other African countries.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;">A researcher at a national agricultural research organization or university in a BecA-ILRI Hub target country</li>
<li style="border: 0px; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;">Currently engaged in research in food and nutritional security or food safety in Africa, or in a research area with relevance to agriculture in Africa</li>
<li style="border: 0px; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;">MSc or PhD in biosciences, agriculture or related subject. In exceptional cases we may consider applicants with a bachelor’s degree.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;">Good working knowledge of written and spoken English</li>
<li style="border: 0px; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;">Completed online application form</li>
<li style="border: 0px; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;">A signed letter of approval for your application from the head of your institute.</li>
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Please note that fellowships do not cover the cost of fieldwork or research at the applicant’s home institute.</div>
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<li style="border: 0px; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;">Closing date for applications: <strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top;">February 28th 2014.</strong></li>
<li style="border: 0px; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;">We will begin to notify early applicants from Dec 1st 2013. The notification process will be completed by<strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top;">April 30th 2014.</strong></li>
<li style="border: 0px; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;">Implementation of projects: from <strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top;">January 2014</strong>. </li>
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<strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top;"> </strong>The ABCF Research Fellowship programme is supported by the Australian Government through a partnership between Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the BecA-ILRI Hub; and by the Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture (SFSA), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), and the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs through the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida).</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Let us
face it. University students spend a great deal of money. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">With over
50,000 students who sat last year’s Form Four exam qualifying to join local
universities, there is a need to spend wisely in order to avoid extra charges
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Food,
books, numerous assignments demanding printing and notes to photocopy — these
expenses could leave one in a “too much month left at the end of the money”
situation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">If
students know how to save or make a penny while in college, then they could
make substantial savings. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Quite often,
new students end up wasting or mismanaging their funds in their first year of
school before learning the hard way to be wise spenders.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Reducing
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to a Students Organisation of Nairobi University (SONU) leader Isa Mohamed
Faradere, there are a number of ways in which students could use to keep their
expenses at bare minimum.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">“Some
students have formed groups of five individuals who contribute Sh3,000 each and
set that aside for food. This eases the burden of covering the cost of food alone,”
said Mr Mohamed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Mr Sheud
Nurow, a student pursuing a business degree at the University of Nairobi,
agrees and adds that printing and researching could be a lot cheaper if one
learnt to use the back-to-back mode of printing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">“You can
also instruct the person printing to compress your work and print in a
back-to-back style — reducing two pages to one,” he notes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Other
students have become enterprising, making money from printing assignments for
their colleagues.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">There are
many other ways in which a student can save money. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">For
example, through student discounts. One of the many benefits of being a student
is that you get money off on many deals, including movie tickets, trips, and
electronic devices.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">African
Spice Safaris, for example, offers special rates for students from Kenya,
Uganda, and Tanzania. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">When
organising events or buying anything, it is important to review student’s
offers first and take advantage of discounts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">“We
arrange special itineraries for student and school education trips, visits,
excursions, safaris, and holidays,” says a statement on the company’s website.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Offers
like movie tickets are sold to students at lower prices, but one needs to
produce a student ID card to benefit.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">WEZESHA</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br />
Launched in 2010 and instituted by the World Bank in partnership with the
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Board of Kenya, the WEZESHA
initiative enables university students to buy laptops at Sh9,600 less than
their retail price.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Some 42
universities have registered to participate in this initiative which will see
learners buy laptops from FoneXpress/Orange, Safaricom, PC World/Airtel,
WinComp Services Limited, and Ravenzo/Yu shops and outlets at subsidised
prices.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">According
to Mr Mohammed, there are other ways for a student to save money. For instance,
he says one pays less by eating at the university cafes and canteens, but that
it is even cheaper to prepare one’s food.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">“It is
cheaper to cook your own food, although it is time-consuming, but if you cook
one meal in the morning, you can store it for supper,” he said, adding that
some students from the university have come up with brilliant ways of making
money while studying.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">“We have
students who make chapati and mandazi and sell them to fellow students. This
makes work a lot easier for us,” he noted.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Private
universities</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">In
private universities, there are programmes that could save money or lead to
less spending. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Daystar
University corporate affairs manager Charles Kilonzo told Money that the school
has programmes that help students cater for school fees while at the same time
enable one to acquire skills.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">“We have
a programme called Work Study that sees students earn up to Sh40,000 per
semester in terms of school fees. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">This is
meant for needy students who have expressed an interest and have proved that
they cannot raise enough money to cover their fees,” said Mr Kilonzo.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">He said
students are posted to departments that correspond with their line of study to
ensure that they gain skills that expose them to what to expect in the job
market.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">“Marketing
students who are posted in my department, for example, get hands-on experience
on how to handle clients, marketing, and exhibition functions as well as
newspaper analyses after which I get to review their work and recommend them
for school fees,” he said, adding that these programmes do not interfere with
the school timetable as the main priority is the student’s studies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">It is
important to ensure that even as one looks to save money, this should not be
done at the expense of one’s study. Therefore, balancing one’s timetable is
crucial. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><b>Source:</b>
<a href="http://www.nation.co.ke/life+style/money/How+students+can+save+money+while+learning/-/435440/1988628/-/jcyxdqz/-/index.html" target="_blank">Daily Nation Online</a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;"></span></div>
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<b>PhD POSITION 1</b><br /> </div>
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<b>Study Area:</b><br /> </div>
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Development Studies, Ecological Economics, Environmental and Resources Economics, Agricultural and Resource Economics. Specialization in institutional analyses of agri-environmental policy instruments and Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in the African Context (CAADP).<br /> </div>
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<b>Qualifications:</b><br />Master’s degree in social sciences, Agricultural Economics, Environmental and Resource Economics and related fields. Preferable experience in studying green inclusive agricultural policy and market instruments such as geographical indication instruments (GIs) and marketing of origin/local foods. Specialization in use of geographical information systems as providers of data and knowledge forming a basis for Environmental Services, Valorisation systems, including landscape labels<br /> </div>
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<b>University:</b><br />University of Nairobi (starting September 2013) and summer semester (2014) at the University of Copenhagen<br /> </div>
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<b>Supervisors:</b><br />Dr. John Mburu (Kenya) and Dr. Henrik Egelyng (Denmark)<br /> </div>
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<b>PhD POSITION 2</b><br /> </div>
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<b>Study Area:</b> </div>
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Specialization in quantitative ecological economic analysis of agri-environmental systems and environmental services (Pollination) provided by (smallholder stewarded) agricultural systems – with a view to articulate the “visibility” of Pollination services by use of quantitative analyses and modeling.<br /> </div>
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<b>Qualifications:</b> </div>
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A Masters degree in ecological sciences (or agricultural [ecological] economics) and experience with quantitative analysis of biophysical material flows, ecological systems and visibilisation of biodiversity functions (in particular yield and quality effects/functions of pollinators/market and non-market values of pollination services).<br /> </div>
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<b>University:</b><br />University of Nairobi (starting September 2013) and summer semester (2014) at the University of Copenhagen<br /> </div>
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<b>Supervisors:</b><br />Dr. Mary Gikungu (Kenya) and Dr. Bosselmann and Dr. Hansted (Denmark).<br /> </div>
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<b>Applications:</b><br />Cover letter, CV and Msc certificates, only by email to both <u><span style="color: blue;">john.mburu@uonbi.ac.ke</span></u> and <span style="color: blue;"><u>mgikungu@yahoo.com</u></span></div>
Larmathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09124932130528693803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599649440726276931.post-6212653903181247792013-08-05T20:34:00.000+03:002013-08-05T20:34:33.156+03:00Research Training Fellowship for Developing Countires Scientists: Call for Applications 2013-2014<div style="text-align: justify;">
<strong>Application Closing Date: Monday 14 October 2013. </strong></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<img alt="" height="128" src="http://dvcrpe.uonbi.ac.ke/sites/default/files/centraladmin/dvcrpe/NAM%20%20S-T%20Centre%20-%20Research%20traiing%20fellowship.jpg" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; float: left; margin: 1px;" width="215" />The
Centre for Science and Technology of the Non-Aligned and Other
Developing Countries (NAM S&T Centre) is inviting applications from
eligible scientists of the developing countries for RTF-DCS for the
financial year 2013–14 (April 2013 to March 2014).</div>
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There are 20 fellowships for a duration of 6 months, in the following fields of research:</div>
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1. Agricultural Sciences<br />
2. Biological and Medical Sciences<br />
3. Chemical Sciences<br />
4. Physical Sciences and Mathematics<br />
5. Earth Sciences<br />
6. Engineering Sciences<br />
7. Materials, Minerals and Metallurgy<br />
8. Multi-disciplinary and Other Areas</div>
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<strong>Eligibility</strong></div>
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Applicant should possess at least a Master’s Degree in any Natural
Science subject or an equivalent degree in Engineering or Medicine and
allied disciplines.</li>
<li>
Applicant should be working in a National R&D or Academic Institution in his/her home country.</li>
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The application should be endorsed by the Head of his/her institution
confirming that if selected, he/she will be sanctioned leave for the
Fellowship period and will join his/her duties back in the institution
on completion of the Fellowship in India.</li>
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The upper age limit for the applicant is 40 years on the last date for submission of application.</li>
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Researchers of Indian Nationality are not eligible for the Fellowship.</li>
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About Centre for Science and Technology of the Non-Aligned and Other Developing countries (NAM S & T Centre)</div>
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As an instrument for the promotion of South-South Cooperation in
Science and Technology, the Centre for Science and Technology of the
Non-Aligned and Other Developing Countries (NAM S&T Centre)
initiated a Fellowship scheme titled ‘Research Training Fellowship for
Developing Country Scientists (RTF-DCS)’ in 2012, which is sponsored by
the Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India.
The Fellowship aims at capacity building of young researchers of the
developing countries in science and technology by giving them
opportunities to affiliate themselves with premier academic and research
institutions in India with full financial support including their
international travel, and local hospitality, etc.</div>
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<strong>Objectives</strong></div>
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To promote mobility of scientists and researchers from the developing
countries into India and provide them opportunity to work at Indian
R&D/academic institutions to upgrade their research skills and
expertise.</li>
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To facilitate exchange of information and contacts between the
scientists and researchers of India and other developing countries and
create a network for building research collaborations.</li>
</ul>
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Click <a href="http://dvcrpe.uonbi.ac.ke/sites/default/files/centraladmin/dvcrpe/Announcement_Brochure_RTF-DCS_2013_14_0.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>
for a downloadable brochure for placement on noticeboards or for more
information on application process and selection criteria, visit <a href="http://www.namstct.org/" target="_blank">http://www.namstct.org/</a></div>
Larmathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09124932130528693803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599649440726276931.post-19562831805190522872013-06-25T13:02:00.001+03:002013-06-25T17:42:50.863+03:00Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Conference, September 24-27, 2013. Nairobi, Kenya<div class="page_title display" id="page_title" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">About the ESTC</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">The <a href="http://www.ecotourismconference.org/">Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Conference</a> (ESTC), organized by<a href="http://www.ecotourism.org/"> The International Ecotourism Society</a>
(TIES), is a unique annual conference focused on the advancement of
sustainability goals for the tourism industry. Offering invaluable
learning and networking opportunities, the ESTC is a leading
international meeting place where innovative minds gather to discuss
ideas and solutions that inspire change. Promoting policies and
practices benefiting businesses and communities, the ESTC helps to
reinforce the role of tourism in building a more sustainable future.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>ESTC Highlights</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">›› Innovative Sessions on Sustainability as a Market Driver</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">›› Network with Key Industry Players in Travel & Tourism</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">›› Latest Sustainability Tools, Solutions & Best Practice Ideas</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">›› Industry-Focused Round Tables, Workshops & Exhibits</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">›› Social Events Highlighting Local & Global Opportunities</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">›› Inspiring Keynote Speakers, Eye-Opening Stories</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #cc3300;">THE ESTC13 CONFERENCE</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">In 2013, the ESTC will be held in Nairobi, Kenya, from September 24-27,
and will bring together 500 professionals from around the world. With a
strong focus on highlighting and promoting ecotourism's role in
sustainable development, the ESTC13 aims to strengthen the industry’s
commitment to the recent UN resolution, "Promotion of Ecotourism for
Poverty Eradication and Environment Protection", which recognizes
ecotourism’s positive impact on sustainable community development
efforts. The conference program will feature ideas, opportunities and
solutions for the tourism industry to support conserving natural areas,
alleviating poverty, empowering women, enhancing education, and
improving the health and well-being of local communities.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><u><b>Join Us In Kenya For:</b></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>B2B and Professional Networking</b>: The ESTC is the
meeting place for industry trend-setters and decision-makers, designed
to help you build and harness relationships.</span></li>
<li class="rtejustify">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>The Best and the Brightest of Ecotourism</b>: The ESTC's technical program features the industry's foremost "brain trust" of innovation and sustainability in tourism.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>Your Chance to Be Part of the Solution</b>: Through
global partnerships and local networks, the ESTC helps harness the
momentum for positive change in the tourism industry.</span></li>
</ul>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><u><b>ESTC13 Key Themes:</b></u></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">
Conservation & Communities</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">
Plans, Policies, and Partnerships for Destinations</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">
Tools, Solutions, and Strategies for Businesses</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">
Tourism and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) </span></li>
</ul>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #cc3300;">DOWNLOADABLE DOCUMENTS</span></span></h2>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><a href="http://www.ecotourismconference.org//sites/ecotourismconference.org/files/documents/ESTC13-Event-Overview-Web.pdf" target="_blank">ESTC13 Event Overview (PDF) (English)</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #cc3300;">FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><a href="http://www.ecotourismconference.org/">http://www.ecotourismconference.org/</a> and <a href="http://soilisalive.blogspot.com/p/conferences.html">http://soilisalive.blogspot.com/p/conferences.html</a> for links to more upcoming conferences. </b></span></h2>
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One of the difficulties to use water wisely is the division of
responsibilities between different authorities. This often results in
fragmented and competitive approaches in the use of rivers, lakes,
wetlands and other water resources. Yet for current and future water
security it is vital to maintain and restore wetlands as a critical
water infrastructure. <a href="http://service.wageningenur.nl/902/system/newsletter.asp?id=3930320D3731320D3737310D3135363530390D3733340D300D31424242434434420D310D0D300D3135310D372E332E322E363935310D31" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3984c0; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Read more</a></div>
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Interested candidates can apply
to Centre for Development Innovation, Wageninen UR for admission to the
training.
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<strong>Course date</strong>: 16 June - 04 July 2014<br />
<strong>Deadline NFP</strong>: 01 October 2013<br />
<strong>Deadline: </strong> 05 May 2014<br />
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For more information and registration follow <a href="http://service.wageningenur.nl/902/system/newsletter.asp?id=3930320D3731320D3737310D3135363530390D3733350D300D31424242434434420D310D0D300D3135310D372E332E322E363935310D32" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3984c0; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">this link</a>.</div>
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<strong>NFP Fellowships</strong><br />
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For this course there is a limited number of fellowships available from
Nuffic - the Netherlands Fellowship Programme (NFP) for nationals of <a href="http://service.wageningenur.nl/902/system/newsletter.asp?id=3930320D3731320D3737310D3135363530390D3731300D300D31424242434434420D310D0D300D3135310D372E332E322E363935310D33" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3984c0; color: #3984c0; text-decoration: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">certain countries</a>. In order to apply for this NFP fellowship, you have to register through the <a href="http://service.wageningenur.nl/902/system/newsletter.asp?id=3930320D3731320D3737310D3135363530390D3731310D300D31424242434434420D310D0D300D3135310D372E332E322E363935310D34" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3984c0; color: #3984c0; text-decoration: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Nuffic Scholarship Online (SOL) system.</a> <strong>SOL opens on August 01.</strong><br /><br />
Applications for NFP fellowships should be submitted <strong>before 01 October 2013.</strong> You will be informed by Nuffic whether your application has been accepted. <a href="http://service.wageningenur.nl/902/system/newsletter.asp?id=3930320D3731320D3737310D3135363530390D3731320D300D31424242434434420D310D0D300D3135310D372E332E322E363935310D35" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1372077397903_3575" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3984c0; color: #3984c0; text-decoration: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">More information on the NFP fellowships.</a><br /><br />
Please note that if you intend to apply for a NFP fellowship, you must
also register for this course at CDI. A complete application consist of
both a registration for this course and a submited application for a NFP
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Over the last decade, more than
20,000 participants have gained access to the latest insights from
research and best practices from around the world. Beginning in
September 2013, all participants of our courses offered in Wageningen
(the Netherlands), will use tablets as a learning tool to further
increase the potential of their course.
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In recent decades, consumers have become increasingly concerned about
the quality and safety of their food. Public and private standards for
pesticide residues have become stricter than ever before. But while
there are plentiful technical solutions, the application of Integrated
Pest Management (IPM) is still a struggle for many farmers. <a href="http://service.wageningenur.nl/902/system/newsletter.asp?id=3930320D3731330D3737320D3135363530390D3733360D300D31424242434434420D310D0D300D3135320D372E332E322E363935310D31" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3984c0; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Read more</a></div>
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Interested candidates can apply
to Centre for Development Innovation, Wageninen UR for admission to the
training.<br />
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<strong>Course date</strong>: 19 May - 06 June 2014<br />
<strong>Deadline NFP</strong>: 01 October 2013<br />
<strong>Deadline: </strong> 07 April 2014<br />
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For more information and registration follow <a href="http://service.wageningenur.nl/902/system/newsletter.asp?id=3930320D3731330D3737320D3135363530390D3733370D300D31424242434434420D310D0D300D3135320D372E332E322E363935310D32" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3984c0; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">this link. </a>
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<strong>NFP Fellowships</strong><br />
<br />
For this course there is a limited number of fellowships available from
Nuffic - the Netherlands Fellowship Programme (NFP) for nationals of <a href="http://service.wageningenur.nl/902/system/newsletter.asp?id=3930320D3731330D3737320D3135363530390D3733380D300D31424242434434420D310D0D300D3135320D372E332E322E363935310D33" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3984c0; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">certain countries</a>. In order to apply for this NFP fellowship, you have to register through the <a href="http://service.wageningenur.nl/902/system/newsletter.asp?id=3930320D3731330D3737320D3135363530390D3733390D300D31424242434434420D310D0D300D3135320D372E332E322E363935310D34" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3984c0; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Nuffic Scholarship Online (SOL) system.</a> SOL opens <strong>August 01.</strong><br />
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Applications for NFP fellowships should be submitted <strong>before 01 October 2013.</strong> You will be informed by Nuffic whether your application has been accepted. <a href="http://service.wageningenur.nl/902/system/newsletter.asp?id=3930320D3731330D3737320D3135363530390D3734300D300D31424242434434420D310D0D300D3135320D372E332E322E363935310D35" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3984c0; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">More information on the NFP fellowships.</a><br />
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Please note that if you intend to apply for a NFP fellowship, you must
also register for this course at CDI. A complete application consist of
both a registration for this course and a submited application for a NFP
Fellowship.
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Courses at CDI, proven concept & state-of-the-art science and methodology
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Over the last decade, more than
20,000 participants have gained access to the latest insights from
research and best practices from around the world. Beginning in
September 2013, all participants of our courses offered in Wageningen
(the Netherlands), will use tablets as a learning tool to further
increase the potential of their course.
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Larmathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09124932130528693803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599649440726276931.post-20161432140946870582013-06-24T15:39:00.001+03:002013-06-24T15:52:54.500+03:00International course on competing claims and natural resources <div class="yiv5803805756intro" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1372077397903_2289" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif !important; font-size: 11px !important; line-height: 16px;">
<b><span style="color: #93c47d;">Managing conflict over the use of natural resources </span></b><br />
Conventional approaches tend to perceive either the state, or the
community, or the market as being capable of offering easy solutions to
resource conflicts. Practice, however proves different. To deal with
conflicting interests and power imbalances, you will need a competing
claims approach on natural resources. This two week course provides you
with tools for natural resource management, based on extensive research.
You will apply them directly to case studies provided by participants. <a href="http://service.wageningenur.nl/902/system/newsletter.asp?id=3930320D3731310D3737300D3135363530390D3733320D300D31424242434434420D310D0D300D3135300D372E332E322E363935310D31" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1372077397903_2292" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3984c0; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Read more</a></div>
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Interested candidates can apply
to Centre for Development Innovation, Wageninen UR for admission to the
training.</div>
<br />
<b>Course date</b>: 03 - 14 March 2014<br />
<b>Deadline NFP</b>: 01 October 2013<br />
<b>Deadline: </b> 20 Jan 2014<br />
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For more information and registration follow <a href="http://service.wageningenur.nl/902/system/newsletter.asp?id=3930320D3731310D3737300D3135363530390D3733330D300D31424242434434420D310D0D300D3135300D372E332E322E363935310D32" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3984c0; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">this link.</a>
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<br />
For this course there is a limited number of fellowships available from
Nuffic - the Netherlands Fellowship Programme (NFP) for nationals of <a href="http://service.wageningenur.nl/902/system/newsletter.asp?id=3930320D3731310D3737300D3135363530390D3731390D300D31424242434434420D310D0D300D3135300D372E332E322E363935310D33" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3984c0; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">certain countries</a>. In order to apply for this NFP fellowship, you have to register through the <a href="http://service.wageningenur.nl/902/system/newsletter.asp?id=3930320D3731310D3737300D3135363530390D3732300D300D31424242434434420D310D0D300D3135300D372E332E322E363935310D34" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3984c0; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Nuffic Scholarship Online (SOL) system.</a> SOL opens <b>August 01. </b><br />
<br />
Applications for NFP fellowships should be submitted <b>before 01 October 2013.</b> You will be informed by Nuffic whether your application has been accepted. <a href="http://service.wageningenur.nl/902/system/newsletter.asp?id=3930320D3731310D3737300D3135363530390D3732310D300D31424242434434420D310D0D300D3135300D372E332E322E363935310D35" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3984c0; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">More information on the NFP fellowships.</a><br />
<br />
Please note that if you intend to apply for a NFP fellowship, you must
also register for this course at CDI. A complete application consist of
both a registration for this course and a submited application for a NFP
Fellowship.
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20,000 participants have gained access to the latest insights from
research and best practices from around the world. Beginning in
September 2013, all participants of our courses offered in Wageningen
(the Netherlands), will use tablets as a learning tool to further
increase the potential of their course.
</td></tr>
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Larmathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09124932130528693803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599649440726276931.post-38738510108342582042013-05-31T12:08:00.000+03:002013-05-31T12:09:44.489+03:00The Norman E. Borlaug Leadership Enhancement in Agriculture Program (LEAP) <div style="text-align: justify;">
The Norman E. Borlaug Leadership Enhancement in Agriculture Program
(Borlaug LEAP) offers fellowships to enhance the quality of thesis
research of
graduate students from developing countries who show strong promise as
leaders in the field of agriculture and related disciplines as defined
by <a href="http://www.blogger.com/null">Title XII</a>. Borlaug LEAP was developed in conjunction with the <a class="external-link" href="http://www.fas.usda.gov/icd/borlaug/borlaug.asp">Borlaug
International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellows Program</a>
sponsored by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) but
operates as a separate program. The Borlaug LEAP is part of the US
Government's Feed the Future 21st Century Leadership Program funded by
the <a class="external-link" href="http://www.usaid.gov/">United States Agency for International Development.</a> </div>
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The Borlaug LEAP Fellowship supports engaging a mentor at a United States (US) University and at a <a href="http://www.cgiar.org/">Consultative
Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)</a> system center
to support and enhance the thesis research and mentoring experience.
Awards are made on a competitive basis to students who show strong
scientific and leadership potential, have a well coordinated proposal
between their home university, a US university mentor, and the CGIAR
mentor, and whose research is related to a strong research and support
project within the host country. Emphasis is placed on work that has
relevance to the national development of the student's home country. </div>
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<b>REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS (RFAs)</b></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Applications are requested
for sub-Saharan African students conducting research on topics related
to the US Government's global hunger and food security initiative -- <a class="external-link" href="http://www.feedthefuture.gov/">FEED THE FUTURE.</a>
The focus region is sub-Saharan Africa. All topics related to
agriculture (as defined by Title XII) and the research strategies of the
Feed the Future Initiative are admissible. The administrative due date
for applications is: <b>JUNE 14</b><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>, 2013. Applications must be RECEIVED BY </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>JUNE 14<span class="Apple-style-span">, 2013</span> to be considered for fellowships beginning September 15, 2013 through September 14, 2014.</b></span></div>
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<a class="internal-link" href="http://leap.ucdavis.edu/study/leap/files/2013_LEAP_SummerAPP.doc" title="2013_LEAP_SummerAPP.doc">APPLICATION FORM</a> | <a class="internal-link" href="http://leap.ucdavis.edu/study/leap/files/2013_LEAP_Budget.xls" title="2013_LEAP_Budget.xls"> BUDGET FORM</a></div>
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For more information on how to apply, see <a href="http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/18539823/4171521/name/2013BorlaugLEAP_flyer.pdf" target="_blank">this flier</a> and <a href="http://leap.ucdavis.edu/study/leap" target="_blank">website</a>. Larmathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09124932130528693803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599649440726276931.post-33020926329057619362013-05-30T17:36:00.004+03:002013-05-30T17:45:56.729+03:00The Centre for Sustainable Dryland Ecosystems and Societies - 1st Student-Led Conference <div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The above Conference
under the theme; <i><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“Transformative
education, research and outreach for enhancing resilience and risk reduction in
drylands”</span></b></i> kicked off yesterday 29th morning. The conference is convened
by the <a href="http://csdes.uonbi.ac.ke/" target="_blank">Center for Sustainable Dryland Ecosystems and Societies (CSDES)</a> and
Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology (LARMAT)
under the University of Nairobi—Colorado State University (USA) partnership
with funding from USAID-Higher Education for Development Dryland Management
Program.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The conference is
aimed at sharing student research findings and experiences with the dryland
communities and other stake holders in order to enhance networks between young
professionals, research institutions, stakeholders, policy makers working in
drylands; strengthen partnership among dryland communities, institutions of
higher learning and other stakeholders; catalyse interest among CSDES interns
to pursue higher education, and promote awareness among various stakeholders
about the unique needs of drylands and the need for innovative approaches for
enhancing dryland livelihoods. The conference was officially opened by Prof.
Isaac M. Mbeche (Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Student Affairs). VIPs present
included Dean, Faculty of Agriculture; Prof. Solomon Shibairo representing the
Principal-CAVS, Prof. Agnes Mwang’ombe; Governor, Kajiado County, Dr. David
Nkedianye; USAID Representative, Mr. Isaac Thindeu; Colorado State University
Students and Faculty, IUCN Coordinator on Dryland Global Initiative, <a href="http://www.iucn.org/what/experts/?8319/Dispelling-the-myth" target="_blank">Dr. Jonathan Davis</a>, among others.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Please visit <a href="http://csdes.uonbi.ac.ke/" target="_blank">CSDES website</a> to follow up on the outcome of the conference. It is hoped that this conference will become an annual event bringing together Students, Interns, Faculty and Practitioners working in drylands, and of course the dryland communities themselves to try and address the challenges facing the drylands, and most important give opportunities to students especially form dryland and marginalised communities. </span></div>
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Larmathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09124932130528693803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599649440726276931.post-54669795729158214192013-04-27T23:36:00.001+03:002013-04-27T23:36:45.063+03:00Web 2.0 and Social Media Learning Opportunity, c/o Kinu Co-Creation and Innovation Space, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 24-28 June 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367092335762_4593"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367092335762_4594" lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Venue:</span></b><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367092335762_4591" lang="SW" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> <span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367092335762_4590" style="color: #2a2a2a;">KINU Co-Creation and Innovation Space, 1st Floor Conservation House, Plot No.245, A. H. Mwinyi Road, Dar es Salaam, <b id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367092335762_4597">Tanzania</b></span>. </span></div>
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<b><span lang="SW" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 10.0pt;">Dates: </span></b><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367092335762_4588" lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 10.0pt;">24-28 June, 2013</span><span lang="SW" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span lang="SW" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367092335762_4584" lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 10.0pt;">Technological
innovation is taking place at a breath-taking pace. Simple, open source
internet-based applications and services designed to enhance on-line
collaboration are now available to the wider public at little or no cost
at all. These new online technologies known as</span><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367092335762_4599" lang="SW" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> <b><span style="color: #2a2a2a;">Web 2.0 and Social Media</span> </b><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367092335762_4598" style="color: #2a2a2a;">applications enable people to collaborate to create, share and publish information.</span> </span></div>
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<span lang="SW" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></div>
<div class="yiv3700893023MsoNoSpacing" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367092335762_4604">
<span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367092335762_4603" lang="SW" style="font-size: 10.0pt;">The <b id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367092335762_4602"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367092335762_4601" style="color: #2a2a2a;">Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation EU-ACP</span></b> (<a href="http://www.cta.int/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CTA</a>) <span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367092335762_4605" style="color: #2a2a2a;">has
a mandate to facilitate access to and dissemination of information in
the fields of agriculture and rural development in 78 countries in
Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP). Supporting the adoption of
Web 2.0 applications and Social Media represents a great opportunity for
meeting it.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></div>
<div class="yiv3700893023MsoNoSpacing" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367092335762_4609">
<b><span lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 10.0pt;"><a href="http://www.kinu.co.tz/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kinu<span style="font-weight: normal;"> Co-Creation and Innovation Space</span></a></span></b><span lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 10.0pt;"> in collaboration with <b>CTA</b> will host a 5-day Web 2.0 and Social Media Learning Opportunity on</span><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367092335762_4608" lang="SW" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> <b>24-28 June<span style="color: #2a2a2a;">, 2013</span></b><span style="color: #2a2a2a;">.</span> <span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367092335762_4607" style="color: #2a2a2a;">Participants
will be introduced to selected web 2.0 applications including social
media and will learn how to use them hands-on. The Learning Opportunity
will cover advanced online searching, getting information served via
alerts and RSS, collaborating remotely using wikis and Google Docs,
using VoIP, online mapping and social networking. Participants will get a
chance to see what others have done, get hands-on experience on how to
use innovative applications, and assess how they could adopt these
innovations within the context of their work and organisation.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></div>
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<span lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 10.0pt;">Th</span><span lang="SW" style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 10.0pt;">is</span><span lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Learning Opportunity form</span><span lang="SW" style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 10.0pt;">s</span><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367092335762_4611" lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 10.0pt;">
part of CTA initiatives that support development partners in
networking, accessing and disseminating information more effectively.</span></div>
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<span lang="SW" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></div>
<div class="yiv3700893023MsoNoSpacing" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367092335762_4616">
<b id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367092335762_4615"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367092335762_4614" lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 10.0pt;">Programme of the Learning Opportunity</span></b><span lang="SW" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
<div class="yiv3700893023MsoNoSpacing" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367092335762_4617" style="margin-left: 36.0pt;">
<span lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span>·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367092335762_4618" lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 10.0pt;">Introduction to the participatory World Wide Web (Web 2.0) and social media;</span></div>
<div class="yiv3700893023MsoNoSpacing" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367092335762_4620" style="margin-left: 36.0pt;">
<span lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span>·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367092335762_4619" lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 10.0pt;">Search Magic: How to conduct advanced multilingual online searches;</span></div>
<div class="yiv3700893023MsoNoSpacing" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367092335762_4622" style="margin-left: 36.0pt;">
<span lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span>·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367092335762_4621" lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 10.0pt;">Information Self Service: How to get selected information served to you via alerts and RSS feeds;</span></div>
<div class="yiv3700893023MsoNoSpacing" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367092335762_4624" style="margin-left: 36.0pt;">
<span lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span>·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367092335762_4623" lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 10.0pt;">Remote collaboration: How to develop content remotely using wikis and Google Docs; </span></div>
<div class="yiv3700893023MsoNoSpacing" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367092335762_4625" style="margin-left: 36.0pt;">
<span lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span>·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367092335762_4626" lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 10.0pt;">Online mapping: How to locate your organisation and your projects on an online map;</span></div>
<div class="yiv3700893023MsoNoSpacing" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367092335762_4628" style="margin-left: 36.0pt;">
<span lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span>·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367092335762_4627" lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 10.0pt;">How to communicate voice over the internet at no cost;</span></div>
<div class="yiv3700893023MsoNoSpacing" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367092335762_4629" style="margin-left: 36.0pt;">
<span lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span>·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367092335762_4630" lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 10.0pt;">Online publishing (micro-blogging and blogging);</span></div>
<div class="yiv3700893023MsoNoSpacing" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367092335762_4632" style="margin-left: 36.0pt;">
<span lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span>·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367092335762_4631" lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 10.0pt;">Professional / corporate social networking (LinkedIn and Facebook);</span></div>
<div class="yiv3700893023MsoNoSpacing" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367092335762_4634" style="margin-left: 36.0pt;">
<span lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span>·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367092335762_4633" lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 10.0pt;">Web 2.0 self-instruction (introduction to iMARK)</span><span lang="SW" style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 10.0pt;">.</span><span lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
<b><span lang="SW" style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br clear="all" /></span></b><div class="yiv3700893023MsoNoSpacing" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367092335762_4635">
<span lang="SW" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></div>
<div class="yiv3700893023MsoNoSpacing">
<b><span lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 10.0pt;">Participants - Eligibility and responsibilities</span></b></div>
<div class="yiv3700893023MsoNoSpacing" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367092335762_4636">
<span lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 10.0pt;">Participation
in the Learning Opportunity is free of charge, but subject to
acceptance by the organisers. 25 participants will be accepted for the
event.</span></div>
<div class="yiv3700893023MsoNoSpacing">
<b><span lang="SW" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></b></div>
<div class="yiv3700893023MsoNoSpacing" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367092335762_4637">
<b><span lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 10.0pt;">Eligibility criteria</span></b></div>
<div class="yiv3700893023MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36.0pt;">
<span lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span>·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 10.0pt;">be computer literate and conversant with browsing the Internet; </span></div>
<div class="yiv3700893023MsoNoSpacing" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367092335762_4639" style="margin-left: 36.0pt;">
<span lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span>·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367092335762_4638" lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 10.0pt;">have regular access to a computer (ownership of a computer is an advantage);</span></div>
<div class="yiv3700893023MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36.0pt;">
<span lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span>·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 10.0pt;">be in a position to take along a WIFI-enabled laptop to the training;</span></div>
<div class="yiv3700893023MsoNoSpacing" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367092335762_4641" style="margin-left: 36.0pt;">
<span lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span>·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367092335762_4640" lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 10.0pt;">be competent in the use of the English language;</span></div>
<div class="yiv3700893023MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36.0pt;">
<span lang="SW" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span>·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 10.0pt;">have an</span><span lang="SW" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> <b><span style="color: #2a2a2a;">active e-mail account</span></b>;</span></div>
<div class="yiv3700893023MsoNoSpacing" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367092335762_4643" style="margin-left: 36.0pt;">
<span lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span>·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367092335762_4642" lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 10.0pt;">be
actively engaged in agriculture and rural development / natural
resource management / biodiversity conservation in the domains of ICT
for development (ICT4D), policies, markets; publishing, communication
and media; and</span></div>
<div class="yiv3700893023MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36.0pt;">
<span lang="SW" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span>·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 10.0pt;">be resident in</span><span lang="SW" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> <b><span style="color: #2a2a2a;">Tanzania</span><span style="color: #1f497d;">.</span></b></span></div>
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<span lang="SW" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></div>
<div class="yiv3700893023MsoNoSpacing">
<b><span lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 10.0pt;">Responsibilities</span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="SW" style="color: #e36c0a; font-size: 10.0pt;">Accepted
participants will be responsible for all costs related to their travel
to and from the venue at Kinu Co-creation and Innovation Center, Dar es
Salaam, their accommodation, breakfast and supper, daily subsistence
allowances, and for bringing their own WIFI-enabled laptop to the event.</span></b></div>
<div class="yiv3700893023MsoNoSpacing" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367092335762_4645">
<b><span lang="SW" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></b></div>
<div class="yiv3700893023MsoNoSpacing">
<b><span lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 10.0pt;">Entitlements</span></b></div>
<div class="yiv3700893023MsoNoSpacing" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367092335762_4647">
<span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367092335762_4646" lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 10.0pt;">During
each event, the organisers will provide lunch and refreshments and
distribute copies of CTA publications and instructional material. </span></div>
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<b><span lang="SW" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></b></div>
<div class="yiv3700893023MsoNoSpacing">
<b><span lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 10.0pt;">How to apply </span></b></div>
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<span lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 10.0pt;">If you are interested in applying, please follow</span><span lang="SW" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Web2LO-TZA-KINU-02" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this link</a> and<span style="color: #2a2a2a;"> complete the online form. </span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></b></div>
<div class="yiv3700893023MsoNoSpacing">
<b><span lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 10.0pt;">Deadline for applications: </span></b><span lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 10.0pt;">27 May, 2013</span></div>
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<b><span lang="SW" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></b></div>
<div class="yiv3700893023MsoNoSpacing">
<b><span lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 10.0pt;">Feedback</span></b></div>
<div class="yiv3700893023MsoNoSpacing" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367092335762_4649">
<span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367092335762_4648" lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 10.0pt;">The
organisers will inform successful applicants about the status of their
application two week before the commencement of the course. Successful
applicants will receive confirmation letters</span><span lang="SW" style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 10.0pt;">. O</span><span lang="SW" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 10.0pt;">thers will be duly informed about the results of their application.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></div>
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within 5 years of PhD completion.</span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: FR;"> <br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The course</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> combines lecturers by leading soil and
microbiology scientists with hands-on training. Experimental design and methods
that are cost-effective and appropriate for scientists working in developing
countries and tropical soils are presented. The course keystone is a tropical
microbial ecology research project designed by each participant that includes
data analysis and write up. The courses will be held in English. </span><span lang="FR" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: FR;"><br />
</span><span lang="FR">The training will gather ca. 20 participants from Southern
countries, France or Western Europe, and the USA. </span><span lang="FR" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: FR;"><br />
</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Consult the web site</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"> </span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="FR" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><a href="http://www.ecoltrop.ird.fr/"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">www.ecoltrop.ird.fr</span></a></span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="FR" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"> </span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">and the <a href="http://travail.ird.fr/ecoltrop_fr/media/ird-sites-d-unites-de-recherche/ecoltrop/documents/flyer-microtrop-2014">flyer</a>
for more details. </span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: FR;"><br />
</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="FR">Download the </span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><a href="http://travail.ird.fr/ecoltrop_fr/media/ird-sites-d-unites-de-recherche/ecoltrop/documents/application-form-microtrop-2014"><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">application form</span></a></span><span lang="FR">.</span></i></b><span lang="FR" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: FR;"> <br />
</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="FR" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: FR;">Contact :
<a href="mailto:ecoltrop.senegal@ird.fr">ecoltrop.senegal@ird.fr</a></span></i></b><span lang="FR" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: FR;"><br />
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<span lang="FR" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: FR;"><br />
</span><b><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;">Appel à candidatures – Date limite : 15 juin 2013</span></b><span lang="FR" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: FR;"><br />
</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Ecole chercheur </span></i><span lang="FR" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: FR;"><br />
<br />
</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">MICROTROP 2014</span></b><span lang="FR" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: FR;"> - </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Ecologie microbienne des sols et services écosystémiques</span></b><span lang="FR" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: FR;"><br />
</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"> </span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">Sénégal, 19 mai – 13 juin
2014</span></b><span lang="FR" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: FR;"><br />
<br />
</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="FR" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">Microtrop
est une formation intensive d’un mois en Ecologie Microbienne des sols tropicaux
dédiée aux jeunes scientifiques (fin de thèse, post-doc, chercheurs ou
enseignant-chercheurs nouvellement recrutés).</span></i></b><span lang="FR" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: FR;"> <br />
</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">La
formation </span><span lang="FR">comprend des cours, des démonstrations de
laboratoire et des travaux. Les méthodes ciblées sont adéquates au
développement de recherches en microbiologie des sols dans les pays du Sud. La
formation est dispensée en anglais et comprend également la conduite d’un
mini-projet de recherche par chacun des participants. </span><span lang="FR" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: FR;"><br />
</span><span lang="FR">La formation sera suivie par 20 participants en provenance
des pays du Sud, de France, d’Europe de l’Ouest et des Etats-Unis sélectionnés
par le comité scientifique. </span><span lang="FR" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: FR;"><br />
<br />
</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="FR" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">Pour
plus d’information consultez le site web <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://www.ecoltrop.ird.fr/">www.ecoltrop.ird.fr</a>
ou téléchargez la <a href="http://travail.ird.fr/ecoltrop_fr/media/ird-sites-d-unites-de-recherche/ecoltrop/documents/brochure-microtrop-2014">plaquette</a>
et le <a href="http://travail.ird.fr/ecoltrop_fr/media/ird-sites-d-unites-de-recherche/ecoltrop/documents/application-form-microtrop-2014">formulaire
de candidature</a>.</span></i></b><span lang="FR" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: FR;"> <br />
</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="FR" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: FR;">Contact :
<a href="mailto:ecoltrop.senegal@ird.fr">ecoltrop.senegal@ird.fr</a></span></i></b><span lang="FR" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: FR;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<b>Tenable at</b> the University of Zurich</div>
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<b>Funding:</b> Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)</div>
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<b>Supervisor: </b>Timothy Raeymaekers (Department of Geography)</div>
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<b>Task:</b></div>
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The candidate will work on a three-year project on
transnational mineral governance in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The
project zooms in on the transformation of miners rights through current reform
programmes targeted at so-called conflict minerals in Eastern DRC. The PhD
candidate will assess the ways current reform processes impact on the
performance of mineral markets as well as the institutional choice patterns of
mine workers. In sum the study aims to provide more insights into the political
ecology of natural resource markets in countries emerging from protracted armed
conflict, specifically detailing (1) the transnational dimension of economic
regulation and (2) its impact on the institutional choice patterns of direct
natural users of natural resources in the specific case of the DRC.</div>
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<b>Requirements:</b></div>
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Applications should have completed a MA/MSc degree in
geography or any relevant social science domain. They should carry evidence of
their capability (and, if possible, prior experience) to do qualitative
research in the domains of conflict analysis and resource governance in
Sub-Saharan Africa. They should be willing to spend prolonged periods in the
field.</div>
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Proficiency in French is required, active knowledge of
Kiswahili and German will be regarded as an additional asset.</div>
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This project is funded by the Swiss National Science
Foundation (SNF), so candidates are paid by SNF regulations. The post is of
limited duration (3 years). A one-year extension is possible if funding
continues.</div>
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Interested candidates should send a cv, copies of
relevant diplomas and a letter of motivation stating their qualifications for
the job in one single pdf file to this email address by 15 May 2013:</div>
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<a href="mailto:timothy.raeymaekers@geo.uzh.ch">timothy.raeymaekers@geo.uzh.ch</a></div>
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