CIGR Newsletter No 48
M I S C E L L A N E O U S
The Tractor Factor:
Ploughing A Road out of Poverty!
Increasing the Contribution of Tractors to Agricultural and Rural Infrastructure Development
This early evening seminar will be held on Wednesday 10th November, 1999 at 6 pm (Refreshments and manufacturer's displays from 5 pm0) at the Institution of Civil Engineers, One, Great Gearge Street, London.
Speakers are: Prof. Gajendra Singh, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok; Mr. Kingstone Gongera, Chief Engineer, DDF, Zimbabwe; Mr. Malcom Cutler, Projects Director, Rural Investment Overseas.
There is no charge for this event but please register beforehand with: Darlene Torey, e-mail torey_d@ice.org.uk or tel: 0171 6652158.
For further details please contact: Derek Sutton, e-mail: derek.sutton@dial.pipex.com, tel: 01525 860000 or
Rob Petts, e-mail: rob@intech-consult.demon.co.uk, tel: 01372 458955.
Hohenheim M.Sc. Programme
Agricultural Sciences, Food Security and Natural Resource Management in the Tropics and Subtropics
Facing the challenges of international competition the University of Hohenheim has introduced an M.Sc. Programme which combines the sectors of agriculture, nutrition and natural resources in an integrative approach. The programme is taught entirely in English and has a duration of 2 years. The successful completion will lead to the Master-of-Science degree. For candidates accepted on the programme, tuition fees will be covered by the regional authority so that they will only have to finance their own living expenses. For further information please contact: The Programme Manager, Centre for Agriculture in the Tropics and Subtropics, University of Hohenheim, 70593 Stuttgart, Germany.
e-mail: masterpr@uni-hohenheim.de or visit our Web Site:
www.uni-hohenheim.de/~zsb/Tropical_Agriculture.htm.
International Postgraduate Training Course
An International postgraduate training course on "Modelling Water Flow and Solute Transport for Agricultural and Environmental Management" will be held at Wageningen, The Netherlands from 14-19 February 2000.
The course aims to impart knowledge on:
* Water flow in heterogeneous soils under the influence of groundwater
* Transport of reactive solutes in relation to groundwater pollution and to salinasation under irrigation and drainage in humid and semi-arid regions
* Combined modelling of soil moister dynamics and the turbulent transfer in the soil-vegetation-atmosphere system (Svat).
The course fee, including full board and lodging, tuition and course material but excluding travel to and from Wageningen and insurance is NLG 3800. The maximum number of participants will be 26.
Brochures and further information can be obtained from:
International Training Centre (PHLO), Wageningen Agricultural University, P.O.Box 8130, 6700 EW Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Tel: +31 317 484092; Fax: +31 317 426547.
E-mail: geralda.fonteijn@secr.phlo.wau.nl
SCHOLARSHIP
The Haifa School for Managers has awarded one tuition scholarship for its international programs to qualified candidates. This scholarship, sponsored by the Ministry of Education, may be used to pursue specialised studies in any of the following areas:
* Environmental Management & Conservation
* Small Enterprises in Agriculture
* New Technologies in Agriculture
* Management and Development of NGO's
* New Technologies in Education
* Micro Enterprises and Small Scale Business Programme
* New Product Development.
Qualified candidates are university graduates with relevant experience in their area of interest.
Further information can be obtained from:
Haifa School for Managers, Sylvia Walters, Assistant Director, PO BOX 1173, Tivon, 3600, Israel.
FAX.: 972 4 983 1729; Email: hsml@actcom.co.il
Landtechnik-NET
That's the name of the new online offer of two agricultural engineering magazines, LANDTECHNIK and "Agrartechnische Forschung". You will find all contributions of these magazines as pdf-files in German and English. Please visit our webpage www.landtechnik-net.com.
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All correspondence and information on forthcoming activities should be sent to:
CIGR GENERAL SECRETARIAT
Prof. Dr. Peter Schulze Lammers, Secretary-General
INSTITUT fuer LANDTECHNIK
NUSSALLEE 5; D-53115 BONN GERMANY
Tel.: +49 228 73-2389 / +49 228 73-2597
Fax.: +49 228 73-9644 E-mail: CIGR@uni-bonn.de
Deadline for CIGR Newsletter No. 49 is 15 December, 1999
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DISCLAIMER
CIGR Newsletter is a quarterly edition of CIGR General Secretariat. This Newsletter is also available in French as "Bulletin de la CIGR". CIGR assumes no responsibility for the statements and opinions advanced by the contributors. Whilst every effort has been made to make the information contained in this newsletter as accurate as possible, no warranty of accuracy is made or implied by the editors. The editors shall have neither liability nor responsibility to any person or entity with respect to loss or damages in connection with or arising from the contents of this newsletter.
