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Post-Graduate Course: The Art of Crop Modelling, Quantifying Crop Growth in Face of Global Food Security and Climate Effects
Date:
21/12/2012
Excerpt:
This course teaches the principles of crop growth modelling for early career researchers. Crop models allow to simulate the growth and development of annual and perennials crops, often in interaction with the environment (i.e. soil, nitrogen, water, air). Many different models are available, a recent inventory lead to a total of 250. Southern Africa Young Scientists Summer Programme (SA-YSSP)
Date:
01/12/2012
Excerpt:
The South African Young Scientists Summer Programme (SA-YSSP) is currently accepting applications for doctoral students from IIASA's member countries to spend three months at the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein, South Africa. Applications are due on 1 October, 2012. Senior Researcher in Sustainable Food and Agriculture Systems
Date:
30/11/2012
Excerpt:
The Natural Resources Group is looking for a highly motivated senior researcher to join the Natural Resources Management Group of the the IIED to develop and manage a research programme on local control and resilience in food and agriculture systems. IIED Report "Climate Change and Agriculture: Can Market Governance Mechanisms Reduce Emissions from the Food System Fairly and Effectively?’
Date:
12/05/2012
Excerpt:
This report examines what part market governance mechanisms (regulatory, fiscal, voluntary and information-related) can or could play in addressing Greenhouse Gas emissions from the food system, focusing on the two extreme ends of the supply chain – the process of agricultural production, and patterns of consumption. ... Cardiff School of City and Regional Planning: President's Scholarship for 2012
Date:
23/03/2012
Excerpt:
Applications are now welcomed for the President's Research Scholarship of the Cardiff School of City and Regional Planning for 2012. The Title of this year's scholarship project is "Food Flows in British Cities". Conference: Beyond Consumption - Pathways to Responsible Living
Date:
19/03/2012
Excerpt:
PERL, The Partnership for Education and Research about Responsible Living, is organising a conference to be hold in Berlin in March 2012. Abstracts may be submitted until 15 November, 2011. ... IIASA Young Scientists Summer Program 2012
Date:
16/01/2012
Excerpt:
Each summer, the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), located in Schloss Laxenburg near Vienna, Austria, hosts a selected group of graduate students, primarily doctoral, from around the world in its Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP). Application for 2012 is open until 16 January, 2012. PhD Position on Sustainable Production and Consumption, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy
Date:
05/12/2011
Excerpt:
The Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy is offering a PhD position on sustainable production and consumption. This is part of a project on the institutionalization of education for sustainable development. The deadline for application is 5 December, 2012. International Seminar on Sustainable Land Use and the Food Chain
Date:
01/12/2011
Excerpt:
The International Society for Sustainable Development and Agriculture organizes from 1-3 December, 2011 an international seminar on sustainable land use and the food chain. ... Call for Papers: Special Issue on "Sustainable Food Consumption: Current Trends, Policy Approaches, and Future Scenarios"
Date:
01/12/2011
Excerpt:
A call for papers has been issued for a special issue of "Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy" on "Sustainable Food Consumption: Current Trends, Policy Approaches, and Future Scenarios". Abstracts may be submitted until 1 December, 2011.