Research Update: june 2009
Robert D. Lumsden, Plant Pathologist and WCF Scientific Advisor
WORLD COCOA FOUNDATION:
The WCF held its 15th Partnership Meeting, June 3-4, 2009, in Washington, DC. Presentations from the speakers are available online here.
Of particular interest to research are the following presentations:
Joseph Chuks Anikwe: Workforce development: Leading the way forward (Post-Borlaug Fellowship Experience)
Tracey Duffey: Bringing Science to the field: How farmers learn to manage pests
Tracey Duffey on behalf of Smilja Lambert: INGENIC Regional Asia/Pacific Working Group
Yaw Adu-Ampomah: Developing International Research Network and Exchange at CRIG
Ed Seguine on behalf of Jan Engels and Berthus Eskes: Lessons learnt from CFC/ICCO/Bioversity International project on "Cocoa Productivity and Quality Improvement, a Participatory Approach (2004-2009)
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
From the American Phytopathological Society. The APS Foundation JANE (John and Ann Niederhauser Endowment) Award was created to facilitate international cooperation related to research and management of plant diseases, with particular emphasis on those caused by Phytophthora. The winning project for the 2009 JANE Award is “Investigating the population biology of Phytophthora megacarya in Western Africa,” submitted by Kelly Ivors, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, and Zok Simon and Jean Kurate, Institut de le Recherche Agricole pour le Developpement (IRAD), Yaoundé, Cameroon. The year’s award provides $5,000 in research support.
From Sarah Thomas. Friday, June 12, 2009. Click here to the latest edition of the GRO-Cocoa Newsletter:
From Richard Asare, Agricultural Advisor, Danish Centre for Forest, Landscape & Planning, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University (KVL). A new publication from the office in Denmark has been published: Editors, Richard Asare, Sonii David, Denis Sonwa. 2009. Conservation and biodiversity in and around cocoa farms. Learning about Sustainable Cocoa Production: A Guide for Participatory Farmer Training. Development and Environment Series 12-2009. Forest and Landscape Denmark.
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