*PRGA newsletter Issue No. 6 February 2006

Call for Proposals - Second Round of Fellowship Program: Enhancing the careers of East African women scientists

The CGIAR Gender and Diversity Program (G&D) invites proposals for the second round of fellowship awards - which will be selected by June 2006.

Minimum Qualification: MSc

Application Deadline: 28 February 2006

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New From Colombia: Online Audio Reports on Rural Issues, Civil Society and Youth

At the end of this month, Avanza, the Colombian Country Gateway, will start offering audio podcasts of interviews and reports from experts on rural development, civil society and youth on their portal. You can receive automatic notification about new audio files and download the files to your computer, certain mobile phones and other MP3-enabled_equipment. Avanza is also introducing RSS feeds, which allow you to be notified when something new is published on their site.

Subscribe to their Podcasts here

Sign up for RSS feeds from Avanza

International Seed Carnival and the Inauguration of the Farmers’ Seed Bank and International Symposium on Seeds and Bio-technology in Agriculture

International Seed Carnival and the Inauguration of the Farmers’ Seed Bank and International Symposium on Seeds and Bio-technology in Agriculture.

International Seed Carnival and the Inauguration of the Farmers' Seed Bank, 17 April 2006, Amrita Bhoomi, Karnataka , India; followed by International Symposium on Seeds and Bio-technolgy in Agriculture “Self-Reliance in Seeds is the IndiaGoal," 18-19 April 2006, Mysore, India.

The Amrita Bhoom International Centre for Sustainable Development is pleased to extend an invitation to the International Seed Carnival at which the Farmers' Seed Bank of Amrita Bhoomi will be inaugurated on April 2006.

CGIAR Scientists Deploy Infra-Red Scanners in Fight Against Hunger: Five Developing Countries to Test New Crop-Boosting Technique

In a part of the world where millions of farmers still rely on hand tools to prepare the soil, CGIAR researchers are about to introduce a new technology that could set the stage for major increases in African food production.

More information in www.cgiar.org

Social and Gender Analysis in Natural Resource Management: Learning Studies and Lessons from Asia

This book documents and reflects on the steps that researchers are taking to implement social and gender analysis, including questions of class, caste and ethnicity, into their everyday work.

PROGEO: Managment of Organization with Gender Aproach Program

The Network of Latin American Women and the Caribbean in Management of Organizations with the auspice of ASDI, Swedish International Development Authority (ASDI/SIDA), has elaborated this program-like tool to contribute with the development of the knowledge in management of organizations with approach of sort for the women of the region.*Spanish

More information in www.wim-network.org