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AATF |
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The African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) is an African public-private partnership, led by Africans and designed to respond to the needs of resource-poor farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. Its mission is food security and poverty reduction, and its structure and operations will draw upon the best practices and resources of both the public and private sectors. In pursuing its mission, the AATF will link the needs of resource-poor farmers with potential technological solutions; it will acquire technologies from technology providers through royalty free licenses or agreements along with associated materials and know how for use on behalf of Africa's resource-poor farmers; it will establish partnerships with existing institutions to adapt agricultural technology to African circumstances; it will ensure compliance with all laws associated with the use of these technologies; and it will promote the wide distribution of the technologies as appropriate.
Website http://www.aftechfound.org/who.php
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ABSF |
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The African Biotechnology Stakeholders Forums (ABSF) aims to create an enabling environment in which Africa can participate and benefit from biotechnology in a responsible and sustainable manner. The association, through the dissemination of information, aims to enhance the understanding and awareness of all aspects of Biotechnology including Bio-safety and Intellectual Property Rights.
Website http://www.absfafrica.org
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ACIAR |
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The Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) is an Australian Government statutory authority that operates as part of Australia's Aid Program within the portfolio of Foreign Affairs and Trade. It contributes to the aid program objectives of advancing Australia's national interest through poverty alleviation and sustainable development.
Website http://www.aciar.gov.au/
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ASARECA |
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The Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA) is a non-political organization of the National Agricultural Research Institutes (NARIs) of ten countries: Burundi, D. R. Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. It aims at increasing the efficiency of agricultural research in the region so as to facilitate economic growth, food security and export competitiveness through productive and sustainable agriculture.
Website http://www.asareca.org
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AFSTD |
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The African Forum on Science and Technology for Development (AFSTD) was established by the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) to promote the application of science and technology for economic growth and poverty reduction.
Website http://www.nepadst.org
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BIO-EARN |
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East African Regional Programme and Research Network for Biotechnology, Biosafety and Biotechnology Policy Development. The mission of the BIO-EARN Programme is to build capacity in biotechnology in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda and promote appropriate research and related policies. The Programme aims to use biotechnology in a sustainable manner in order to help improve livelihoods, ensure food security and safeguard the environment.
Website http://www.bio-earn.org/
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CGIAR |
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The Mission of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) is to achieve sustainable food security and reduce poverty in developing countries through scientific research and research-related activities in the fields of agriculture, forestry, fisheries, policy, and environment. The CGIAR is an association of public and private members supporting a system of 16 Future Harvest Centers that work in more than 100 countries to mobilize cutting-edge science to reduce hunger and poverty, improve human nutrition and health, and protect the environment.
Website http://www.cgiar.org
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CIDA |
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The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) supports sustainable development in developing countries in order to reduce poverty and to contribute to a more secure, equitable and prosperous world. Working with partners in the private and public sectors in Canada and in developing countries, and with international organizations and agencies, CIDA supports foreign aid projects in more than 100 of the poorest countries of the world. The objective: to work with developing countries and countries in transition to develop the tools to eventually meet their own needs.
Website http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca
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Doyle Foundation |
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The Doyle Foundation is a Scottish-based charity providing advocacy and support for the role of science in international development.
Website http://www.doylefoundation.org
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Gatsby Charitable Foundation |
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The Gatsby Charitable Foundation is an endowed grant-making trust. Gatsby's Trustees continue to follow the principles established by the Foundation's benefactor. They have selected nine fields of activity where there is scope for real public benefit from more effective application of resources. Within each area, they have followed lines of enquiry by funding the work of people with novel ideas about how to deliver some of those improved public benefits. In many cases, this has been through commissioning action research (practical experiments in a new approach) or by funding such schemes proposed by others.
Website http://www.gatsby.org.uk
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ICIPE |
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The International Centre of Insect Physiology & Ecology (ICIPE) is a unique inter-governmental research organisation which specialises in research and development into arthropod-based issues which impact on the economics and welfare of tropical developing countries.
Website http://www.icipe.org
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ILRI |
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The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), works in partnerships to improve the well-being of people in developing countries by enhancing the diverse and essential contributions livestock make to smallholder farming. ILRI research products are helping to solve the severe problems that hold back sustainable food production and economic development in the tropics.
Website http://www.ilri.org
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KARI |
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The Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) is a premier national institution bringing together research programmes in food crops, horticultural and industrial crops, livestock and range management, land and water management, and socio-economics. KARI promotes sound agricultural research, technology generation and dissemination to ensure food security through improved productivity and environmental conservation.
Website http://www.kari.org
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NEPAD |
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The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), is an African initiative to achieve sustainable growth and development on the continent. A group of progressive African leaders presented the initiative at the G8 Summit in Genoa, Italy, in July 2001. NEPAD has since won the endorsement of almost every country in Africa. Its leaders are holding themselves accountable for achieving NEPAD’s goals and invite the world to join them as equal partners in realising their plan.
Website http://www.nepad.org
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Rockefeller Foundation |
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The Rockefeller Foundation is a knowledge-based global foundation with a commitment to enrich and sustain the lives and livelihoods of poor and excluded people throughout the world. In order to maximize its resources and leverage the Foundation's strengths, grantmaking is organized around four thematic lines of work, and a cross-theme of Global Inclusion supports, promotes and supplements the work of these themes. In addition, the Foundation supports various regional and special programs, among them the Africa Regional Program, Southeast Asia Regional Program, Communication for Social Change, Public/Private Partnerships and Global Philanthropy.
Website http://www.rockfound.org
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Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture |
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The goal of the Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture is to improve the livelihoods of poor rural communities through sustainable agriculture, by supporting well-targeted projects, helping to identify and promote good policies, improving access to research and technology, making knowledge and information more available and developing partnerships that increase impact and sustainability.
Website http://www.syngentafoundation.org
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UNCST |
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The Uganda National Council for Science & Technology's (UNCST) mandate is to develop and implement strategies for integration of science and technology in the national development process and to advise government in the formulation of policies that enhance and foster the integration of science and technology Uganda’s national economic and social development.
Website http://www.uncst.go.ug
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University of Nairobi |
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The University of Nairobi is the oldest in Kenya. Started initially as the Royal Technical College, it has grown through various phases to become a full-fledged University in 1970. Although other universities, both public and private, have emerged in the interceding years the University of Nairobi has remained the biggest in the country. The University has the largest concentration of scholars in the country. It also has a great variety of disciplines within its academic agenda, with full-fledged faculties in the Sciences, Medicine and Engineering and also Law, Commerce, Architecture and also has a number of research institutes in a wide variety of disciplines.
Website http://www.uonbi.ac.ke
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Wellcome Trust |
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The Wellcome Trust is an independent research-funding charity, established under the will of Sir Henry Wellcome in 1936. It is funded from a private endowment, which is managed with long-term stability and growth in mind. Its mission is 'to foster and promote research with the aim of improving human and animal health'. To this end, it supports 'blue skies' research and applied clinical research. It also encourages the exploitation of research findings for medical benefit.
Website http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/
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BecA in collaboration with UNIDO is pleased to announce a post graduate distance learning course in Biosafety in Plant Biotchnology... More...
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BecA Steering Committee meeting in December 2007 More...
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Appel a candidatures: Cours Interdisciplinaire en Biosecurite pour l’Afrique Francophone (2eme edition) More...
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Beca Nodes meeting in December 2007 More...
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Steering Committee Meeting Tentatively 12-13 May 2008 More...
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