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Q&A with the winner of the Aid Innovation Challenge
Mićo Tatalović News editor, SciDev.Net Before AidEx2012 closed yesterday, I caught up with Divyesh Thakkar, an international partner with the SUNLITE project, who enthusiastically presented the solar...
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GCARD2: Innovation and impact on smallholder livelihoods
Rodrigo de Oliveira Andrade Latin America correspondent, SciDev.Net Next week, the Second Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD2), which takes place in Punta del Este,...
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Setting the scene for GCARD2
Daniela Hirschfeld Latin America regional consultant, SciDev.Net Next week Uruguay is hosting farmers, researchers, entrepreneurs and policymakers from all over the world. Punta del Este, arguably the...
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‘Action, not just networks’ for agricultural development
Rodrigo de Oliveira Andrade Latin America correspondent, SciDev.Net It has been an action-packed day at the Second Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD2) so far. During the...
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Too much talk so far
Rodrigo de Oliveira Andrade Latin America correspondent, SciDev.Net On Monday, the session “North-South and South-South Collective Actions” promised to be a great opportunity to put into practice some...
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Foresight: the buzzword at GCARD2
Daniela Hirschfeld Latin America regional consultant, SciDev.Net Three concepts have been the focus of the Second Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD2): partnership,...
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Research and innovation through the roads of the nation
Daniela Hirschfeld Latin America regional consultant, SciDev.Net No agricultural meeting would be complete without a trip to the places where things happen. For this reason, GCARD2 devoted its third...
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From research to action
Rodrigo de Oliveira Andrade Latin America correspondent, SciDev.Net The field trip day has been the most exciting activity promoted by the Second Global Conference on Agricultural Research for...
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What about the farmers?
Rodrigo de Oliveira Andrade Latin America correspondent, SciDev.Net Yesterday at the Second Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD2) delgates heard some of the main...
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GCARD2: Closing thoughts
Rodrigo de Oliveira Andrade Latin America correspondent, SciDev.Net The Second Global Conference on Agriculture Research for Development (GCARD2) is officially over. As I have previously said, the...
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Europe and Africa link up on ICT research
David Dickson Correspondent, SciDev.Net No-one doubts that information and communication technologies (ICTs) make a substantial contribution to development, even in the poorest countries. Indeed, many...
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The way ahead on ICT: progress through partnership
David Dickson Correspondent, SciDev.Net The geographical proximity between Africa and Europe has inevitably led to a long and close relationship between the two continents. Over the past few...
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Has ICT fallen off the development radar?
David Dickson Correspondent, SciDev.Net That was the provocative suggestion that Harry de Backer, a telecommunications expert and former adviser to the EU delegation to the African Union, put to the...
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Tanzania shows how to involve women and the young
David Dickson Correspondent, SciDev.Net Africa must not forget the need to actively engage both young people and women in developing application for new technologies. That was the message...
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High-speed network, UbuntuNet, reveals benefits of collaboration
David Dickson Correspondent, SciDev.Net Proof of the potential benefits of cooperation in ICT development between Africa and Europe has come in the form of a high-speed internet network significantly...
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‘No need for alarm’ over funding from Brussels
David Dickson Correspondent, SciDev.Net With member countries of the European Union (EU) currently sharply divided over funding for future programmes of the European Commission (EC), there is...
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Africa upbeat on prospects of a Digital Advantage
David Dickson Correspondent, SciDev.Net A few years ago, South Africa decided to stop complaining about what is often called the Digital Divide separating developed and developing countries, and to...
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Horizon 2020 ‘should include funding for outreach activities’
Jan Piotrowski Freelance journalist, SciDev.Net Science has the ability to generate revolutionary inventions and innovative ideas that can have a tangible impact on people’s quality of life. But it...
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Why international collaboration has become essential to capacity building
David Dickson Correspondent, SciDev.Net Scientists have long collaborated with their peers across national boundaries. In the past, however, the reason has been largely scientific: collaboration...
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How green energy can boost radioastronomy — and vice versa
David Dickson Correspondent, SciDev.Net At first sight, radioastronomy and renewable energy might seem strange bedfellows. But there’s a growing realisation – or perhaps one should say a growing...
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