25-28 August 2013 | Perth, Western Australia MINING, AGRICULTURE AND DEVELOPMENT: Bread from Stones? A joint conference of The Crawford Fund and the Africa Australia Research Forum in association with Africa Down Under With the vast majority of exploration and mining activities in Africa occurring in close proximity to rural communities, this year’s research program will focus on the interaction
Read moreNew C$15 million joint Australian/Canadian competitive fund launched Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the AIFSC launched a call for concept notes, Cultivate Africa’s Future (CultiAF), a 4-year, CA$15 million research partnership designed to combat hunger in Sub-Saharan Africa by harnessing the potential for innovation among the region’s smallholder farmers, the majority of whom are women. The announcement, made
Read moreThe fourth ACFID University Network Conference is being held on the 21-22 November 2013 at UTS through the Institute of Sustainable Futures. The focus of this year’s conference is Development Futures: Alternative Pathways to Ending Poverty. Increasingly, questions of the future of foreign aid, international cooperation or development assistance linger in relevant policy forums and ongoing debates in Australia and internationally.
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