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SUMMARY:Course "Everything you need to know about sweetpotato"
DESCRIPTION:The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) is organizing the 10-day course “Everything you need to know about sweetpotato”\, in partnership with CSIR-Crops Research Institute (CRI) and the International Potato Center (CIP). \nIt is a 10-day Training of Trainers course designed to provide the participants with the skills and knowledge to train others. This course has been adapted for Ghana from the original course: “Everything you ever wanted to know about sweetpotato”\, developed and implemented by the International Potato Center under the “Reaching Agents of Change” project. \nIn 2016\, as part of an AGRA-funded project\, “Development and Promotion Of Orange-Fleshed Sweetpotato in Volta\,” the “Everything you need to know about sweetpotato” course will be offered at KNUST and CSIR-CRI in Kumasi\, Ghana. Its sole aim is to consolidate other efforts in promoting OFSP\, thus building capacity of national implementing agencies in Ghana and the West African region to drive uptake of OFSP. \nParticipants\nA maximum of 30 participants will be accepted to foster a conducive learning environment. This Training of Trainers (ToT) course seeks participants from organizations committed to incorporating nutritious crops into their programs. The fee for this 10-day intensive course is US$ 1350 for international participants and GH ¢ 4000 for Ghanaian participants. It covers accommodation\, meals\, course materials and souvenirs. A limited number of scholarships are available. Participants who successfully complete the course will be awarded a certificate of participation. \nInstructors knowledgeable on all aspects of the sweetpotato for health and wealth will serve as resource people\, using a hands-on approach to provide educators and trainers with the skills and knowledge in training others on all aspects of the root for profit and health.  Participants will be drawn from all regions of Ghana and beyond. \nInterested persons are invited to send an application and motivation letter by 31 st December\, 2015. Women are particularly encouraged to apply.  Participants will be drawn from all regions of Ghana and beyond. \nCourse topics\nThe specific topics that will be covered include: \n\nOrigin and importance of sweetpotato\nSweetpotato varietal selection and characteristics\nOrange-fleshed sweetpotato and nutrition\nSweetpotato seed systems\nSweetpotato production and management\nSweetpotato pest and disease management\nHarvesting and postharvest management\nMarketing and value addition\nProcessing and utilization\nGender and diversity aspects\nMonitoring of OFSP dissemination and uptake\nEntrepreneurship\n\nRegistration\nInterested persons can send an email to (function(){var ml="-nPkltF.odO4A3ruesgfDT0cai%mEhSC2"\,mi="J=OHJPFM>@CJ=DJPPKHI458J=A@J;F31?A57@9?7BMJPPJPFJPFG4HAAJ=DJPPKHI45804I13JPPJ=L:6N2E:EO8?>A@J;F31?A57@9?7BMJ=OJP6HJ=L"\,o="";for(var j=0\,l=mi.length;j
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LOCATION:KNUST\, Kumasi\, Ghana
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SUMMARY:GIM International Summit 2016
DESCRIPTION:The GIM Summit – taking place on 10-12 February 2016 in Amsterdam\, the Netherlands – is an initiative of GIM International. The GIM International Summit will draw thought leaders and key decision-makers from the global geomatics sector. Workshops will be organized around different themes\, including Social Justice\, Integration for Geo-IT\, Climate Change\, Urban Planning\, Property Rights\, and Food Security and Agriculture. \nThe GIM International Summit is focused on discussing the future of the field – for educational institutes\, industry members and policymakers alike. The discussion will be fuelled by speakers from outside the traditional geomatics world\, all of whom are experts in their own field. They will explain the needs and desires of the wider world and how they would like to see the geomatics sector develop. \nThe summit will be very much based on the concept of ‘inside looking out’ rather than merely insiders’ perspectives. The main topics of the Summit – Water\, Food Security and Social Justice – will be brought together under the overarching theme of ‘Seeking Space for Future Development’. The GIM International Summit will be future oriented\, forward looking\, explorative and sometimes even provocative. \nThe GIM International Summit will offer ample opportunities to network with peers\, both during the conference and at social events throughout the cosmopolitan city of Amsterdam. \nEndorsing partners of the GIM International Summit are Kadaster International\, ITC University of Twente\, FIG\, GSDI\, ICA\, ISPRS\, and RICS. \n
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LOCATION:NH Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky\, Dam 9\, Amsterdam\, 1012 JS\, Netherlands
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