Knowledge Share Fair for Agricultural Development and Food Security
October 24, 2008| |
Bioversity International, the CGIAR ICT-KM program, and the U.N. agencies International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and World Food Program (WFP) are jointly organizing a three-day event entitled Knowledge "Share Fair" for Agricultural Development and Food Security to be held at FAO Headquarters in Rome, Italy on 20 – 22 January 2009. The purpose of the event is to showcase examples of good knowledge sharing practices in the field of agricultural development and food security.
For more information, visit http://www.sharefair.net/ or email share-fair@fao.org
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