Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa)
Embrapa Hortaliças - Brasília, DF, Brazil
Público-alvo: Profissionais, produtores, técnicos, professores e estudantes envolvidos e ou interessados na produção das hortaliças leguminosas (ervilha, feijão-vagem, grão-de-bico e lentilha).
Education, debate and advocacy are on the agenda each June at ASTA’s annual convention. Attendees focus on science and policy issues related to the development and free movement of quality seed worldwide. This is also when new association officers are installed.
Objectif: échanger sur la place et la valeur multi-critères des légumineuses, de l’amont de la production à l’aval de l’utilisation, dans le cadre de conférences plénières, de tables rondes, d’ateliers et de sessions informelles.
Featured speaker: Dr. Paul Gepts, Professor of Plant Sciences and Geneticist/Breeder, UC Davis
Topic: Grain legume breeding in California and East Africa: contrasting endeavors
The symposium will be an opportunity to show-case the cutting edge of seed technology, with many international speakers. The programme will cover a wide range of topics on seed and technology issues to encompass international priorities and aims and will run over 3 days...
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture - Ibadan, Nigeria
A platform created to facilitate interaction among the different sectors of the horticulture industry in Africa, build synergies, and ultimately, unleash the underexploited potential of horticulture in Africa.
CSIR Conference Centre - Lynwood, Pretoria, South Africa
The Lean Six Sigma Agriculture Confex 2016 will be focusing on agriculture and how Lean and Six Sigma and in some instances a combination of the two have brought about significant savings, improvements in processes and profitability to name a few.
The main objectives of the 2016 AfricaRice Science Week and GRiSP-Africa Forum are to discuss results obtained in 2015 and carry out effective and efficient planning of rice research-for-development (R4D) activities in 2016.