Solar power

30.03.2012

Micro shares help lights shine bright

Globally, 1.5 billion people still live in darkness or are dependent on kerosene fuel for their basic lighting needs. Dutch start-up Off-Grid Solutions wants to introduce its low-cost WakaWaka solar LED lamp to light up all...[more]

Solar power

05.03.2012

Bringing power to villages in Madagascar

For the past 27 years, Tenesol, a solar power provider operating world-wide, has pioneered the use of solar technology to produce electricity and safe drinking water at remote locations. The company has installed more than 4,000...[more]

Trade

05.03.2012

Cotton made in Africa: Mozambique becomes sixth project country

The cotton initiative “Cotton made in Africa” (CmiA) is stepping up its involvement in Southeast Africa. 75,000 cotton smallholders from Mozambique have also been taking part in the initiative since the beginning of 2012. The aid...[more]

Health

09.02.2012

Mobile help for AIDS patients in South Africa

Mobile safety laboratory operating in South Africa since May 2011: A special truck for testing and advising patients with AIDS and tuberculosis.[more]

Renewable Energy

18.01.2012

Solar know-how from Africa for Africa

Practical South-South development aid: Ethiopian solar technicians are seeking to make their know-how available in rural regions in Africa that are without electricity.[more]

Education

18.01.2012

Otto Group and Aid by Trade Foundation support school project in Zambia

The Otto Group and the Aid by Trade Foundation have initiated a project to support school infrastructure in Zambia. Together with the Dunavant Zambia cotton company and Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft (DEG),...[more]

Food security

18.01.2012

Kerry Group and Irish NGO Concern fight malnutrition

A project to prevent and reduce malnutrition and its irreversible effects on young children has been launched by the Irish NGO Concern Worldwide in December 2011. The five-year project will be implemented in Zambia.[more]

Renewable energy

18.01.2012

Training for solar technicians in Kenya

The German Solar Academy Nairobi is training East African craftsmen and craftswomen as well as engineers in one-week training courses on photovoltaics. On the 7th November 2011, the Academy’s second course was started. [more]

COMING EVENTS

14 -18 May 2012 – Rome, Italy

FAO Regional Conference for the Near East

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20-22 June 2012 - Halle (Saale), Germany

IAMO Forum 2012: "Land use in transition: Potentials and solutions between abandonment and land grabbing"

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20-22 June 2012 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development - UNCSD

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25 - 29 June 2012, Nairobi, Kenya

IUFRO-FORNESSA Africa regional congress "Forests and Trees: Serving the People of Africa and the World"

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26 -28 June 2012 – London, United Kingdom

Agriculture Investment Summit

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8-12 July, 2012 -  Valencia, Spain

International Conference of Agricultural Engineering

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7-10 August 2012 – Bengaluru (Bangalore), India

Biodiversity Asia 2012: Science, Policy, and Governance

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20 - 22 August 2012, Bern, Switzerland

International Conference on Research for Development (ICRD 2012): Research for Global Transformation

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26-31 August 2012 – Stockholm, Sweden

World Water Week

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3-7 September 2012 – Hanoi, Viet Nam

2nd Global Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change

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9-11 September 2012 - Hyderabad, India

6th International Hybrid Rice Symposium 

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11-12 September 2012 – Dublin, Ireland

The World of Rural Co-operation: How rural co-operatives build a better world,

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12-13 September 2012, Villers-Saint-Christophe (Aisne), Frankreich

PotatoEurope

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12-14 September 2012 – Hamburg, Germany

The 2nd IFOAM Animal Husbandry Conference

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16-21 September 2012 – Busan, Korea

IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition

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19-21 September 2012 – Göttingen, Germany

Tropentag - Resilience of agricultural systems against crisis
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19-21 September 2012 - HangZhou, Zhejiang Province, China

Water Quality 2012: Protecting Our Water Resources – Issues for a Changing World

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22-27 October 2012 – Nairobi, Kenya

ISFM 2012:  Integrated soil fertility management in Africa: From microbes to markets

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29 October 2012 - 01 November 2012 –  Punta del Este, Uruguay

GCARD 2012 - Second Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development

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30 October - 2 November 2012 - Kigali, Rwanda

African Economic Conference 2012: "Fostering Inclusive and Sustainable Development in Africa in an Age of Global Economic Uncertainty"

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12-15 November 2012 – Sede Boqer Campus, Israel

4th international conference on Drylands, Deserts and Desertification (DDD)

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13 – 16 November 2012 – Hanover, Germany

EuroTier

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