Call deadline extended to 16 July 2010 We are pleased to issue a first call for concept notes that will address the effects of climate change on African agriculture and the environment and the use of biosciences innovations to enable African farmers, agroprocessing industries, Read more
We are pleased to announce that the constitution of the BioInnovate Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) is now completed.
Due to an email problem, please resend any applications responding to the first call for concept notes to THIS ADDRESS: bioinnovate@cgiar.org
The 1st Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), meeting which was held on August 18th -19th, 2010, in the ILRI, Nairobi campus, was kicked off by welcoming remarks from Dr. Seyoum Leta, BioInnovate Program Manager, to all the members present.
The BioInnovate Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) at its first meeting held on 18-19 August 2010 shortlisted 15 concept notes to be further developed into 7 full proposals comprising innovation consortia of related projects.
In response to the First call for Concept Notes on Adapting to Climate Change in Agriculture and the Environment in Eastern Africa, the Bio-Innovate Program received a total of 44 Concept Notes from applicants within the six Bio-Innovate participating countries of Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. The Bio-Innovate Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) at its first meeting held on 18-19 August 2010 selected (shortlisted) 15 concept notes to be further developed into 7 full proposals, comprising innovation consortia of related projects.
We are pleased to announce that the BioInnovate Program received an additional Fund amounting SEK 10M (1.3USD) for projects targeting climate change from the first call for proposals from Sida in September 2010, up from the initial grant of SEK 80m (USD 10.7m), from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) over the 5 year period (2010-2014).
A new program that provides grants to bioscientists in eastern Africa working to improve food production and environmental management in this region will be officially launched on 16 March, 2011 at the Nairobi headquarters of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI).
NAIROBI (16 March 2011)—A new program that provides grants to bioscientists working to improve food production and environmental management in eastern Africa was launched today at the Nairobi headquarters of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI).
