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Dr. Mohammad Shamim awarded a "Best paper award" — Last modified January 20, 2012 09:45

Dr. Mohammad Shamim, Scientist (Agricultural Meteorology) under the Programme of Cropping Systems and Resource Management of the Project Directorate for Farming Systems Research, Modipuram 250110, has been honored with the “Best Paper Award” at the 5th National Seminar on Agrometeorology, held at Bidhan Chander Krishi Vishwavidyalya (BCKV), Kalyani (Paschimbanga), India during 9-10 December, 2011.

Dr Surender Singh, researcher at Dept of AgroMeteorology CCS Haryana Agril University, have been honoured with Best Paper Award at 5th National Seminar on Agrometeorology — Last modified December 29, 2011 17:49

Dr Surender Singh, researcher at Dept of AgroMeteorology CCS Haryana Agril University, have been honoured with Best Paper Award at 5th National Seminar on Agrometeorology.

Dr. P.D.Mistry gold medal for best Ph.D. thesis in agrometeorology for Dr. Kailas Dakhore — Last modified December 19, 2011 13:40

Dr. Kailas Dakhore got the Dr. P. D. Mistry Gold Medal Award for Best Ph.D. thesis in the Agricultural Meteorology discipline in India.

The sudden death, this weekend in Bonn, Germany, of Mr. Mama Konaté (Mali), Chair of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) — Last modified November 21, 2011 10:42

Below you find a message that reached us about the death of our colleague Mama Konate, a principal agrometeorologist from Mali.

Mitsubishi Plastics Group Starts Verifying Tomato Cultivation at Solar Light Plant Factory — Last modified November 01, 2011 16:36

Mitsubishi Plastics, Inc. announced on June 14, 2011, that it has completed its experiment on its facilities for a plant factory using solar light in the Center for Environment, Health and Field Science of Chiba University in Kashiwa City, Chiba Prefecture.

Launch of PROVIA Website — Last modified September 20, 2011 14:08

We are pleased to announce the launch of the website for PROVIA – the Programme of Research on Climate Change Vulnerability, Impacts and Adaptation: www.provia-climatechange.org.

Sunflower project to clean up radioactive soil in Fukushima — Last modified September 07, 2011 10:07

A project to clean up contaminated soil using sunflowers will be launched in areas close to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, it was announced by Masamichi Yamashita, a professor-emeritus of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and his colleagues in April 2011.

Chocolate Bar to Contribute to Creation of Green Forests — Last modified June 30, 2011 10:28

Meiji Co. Ltd. (formerly Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd.), a leading manufacturer of confectionary and dairy products in Japan, started on March 8, 2011, to sell a chocolate bar called "Agroforestory Chocolate." The product is made from cacao beans grown under the agroforestry system, which has positive effects on reforestation.

Visit to Cuba of coordinator of the Pronaza project (Panama) — Last modified June 22, 2011 14:01

Eng. Karima Rosario Lince Jaramillo, National Coordinator for Agro-ecological Zoning (PRONAZA) of the Ministry of Agricultural Development of Panama, was hosted by the city of Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba. The meetings with this specialist were meant to facilitate exchange of experiences on common vulnerability issues as pictured in agroclimatic zoning.

Yukiguni Maitake and Grameen Group Launching Joint Mung Bean Project in Bangladesh — Last modified March 08, 2011 10:19

Yukiguni Maitake Co., a Japanese producer and seller of mushrooms for both fresh and processed food markets, announced on October 13, 2010, that it had signed a joint venture agreement with the Grameen Group in Bangladesh and Japan's Kyushu University. This joint venture aims to develop a social agricultural business in Bangladesh, and is the first attempt of its kind involving a Japanese enterprise.