https://blogarchiv.tropentag.de/taxonomy/term/104/0 en https://blogarchiv.tropentag.de/node/87 Although early in the morning, the headlines attracted many participants. Padruot Fried from the Swiss Forum for international Agricultural Research (<A HREF=http://www.sfiar.ch/>SFIAR</a>) gently led trough the headlines: <b>Public support from SDC</b> Yves Guinand from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (<A HREF= http://www.sdc.admin.ch/en/Home>SDC</a>) highlighted the contribution from the Swiss Confederation with respect to food security. <b>Swiss Research Institutions</b> Prof. Bernard Lehmann, dean of the department of Food- and Agriculture (<A HREF=http://www.agrl.ethz.ch/>D-AGRL</a>) at ETH Zurich, Fritz Schneider from the Swiss college of Agriculture (<A HREF=http://www.shl.bfh.ch/index.php?id=1&L=1>SHL</a>), Markus Giger from the Centre of Development and environment of University of Berne (<A HREF=http://www1.cde.unibe.ch/>CDE</a>) and the National Centre of Competence in Research North-South (<A HREF= http://www.north-south.unibe.ch/>NCCR North-South</a>) and Urs Niggli from the Swiss research institution for organic agriculture (<A HREF=http://www.fibl.org/>FiBL</a>) then outlined the available resources and the strategies in addressing the particular research interests respectively. <b>Private Initiatives</b> Hans Jöhr from the <A HREF=http://nestle.com>Nestlé</a> Company was glad to present a sample of different sustainable agriculture initiatives from different emerging countries. <b>SFIAR award ceremony</b> <p><a href="https://blogarchiv.tropentag.de/node/87" target="_blank">read more</a></p> https://blogarchiv.tropentag.de/node/87#comments ETH Zurich FiBL keynotes Lian Pin Koh NCCR North-South Nestlé SDC SFIAR SFIAR ceremony SHL social interactions University of Berne Wed, 15 Sep 2010 13:03:36 +0000 De-Registered User 87 at https://blogarchiv.tropentag.de