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		<title>Position Announcements</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ABNE is currently seeking candidates for the following positions. Please see the position descriptions and instructions below. All applications should be addressed to hr@nepad.org and musam@nepad.org. The closing date for the Vacancy Announcements for Senior Programme Finance Officer and Programme Officer, Agricultural Biosafety is Monday, 20 February 2012. SENIOR PROGRAMME FINANCE OFFICER Download Announcement &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Training to Strengthen Biosafety Communication Capacity of the Board of the National Biosafety Authority of Kenya</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:16:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Training Workshop on Strengthening Regulatory Capacity for Application Review, Decision-making and Compliance on Biosafety Issues</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:09:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>ANSAF report, january 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:42:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Status of biotechnology in Tanzania by ANSAF ( Agricultural Non-State Actors Forum). Click here : GMOs and Bt Cotton in Tanzania, January 2012]]></description>
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		<title>ABNE publication 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:18:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ABNE new publication has just come out. Please, see here : ABNE in Africa, January 2012]]></description>
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		<title>ABNE Response to the Des Moines Register article dated October 13, 2011 with headline &#8220;Biotech seeds are no fix for African hunger, philanthropist Buffett tells Food Prize audience&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.nepadbiosafety.net/abne-response-to-the-des-moines-register-october-13-2011</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 20:48:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ABNE letter to the Des Moines Register ran in the paper today (10/19/2011). The letter was edited-mostly to help manage space. The edited piece reflects the intended message of Diran’s full letter. Here is the link to what is ran in the paper: http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/desmoinesregister/access/2488722581.html?FMT=ABS&#038;FMTS=ABS:FT&#038;type=current&#038;date=Oct+19%2C+2011&#038;author=&#038;pub=Des+Moines+Register&#038;edition=&#038;startpage=n%2Fa&#038;desc=Biotech+article+leaves+wrong+view+of+African+challenge October 13, 2011 The Des Moines Register Box 957 Des [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Press Release: BMGF awarded AU-NEPAD Agency ABNE Phase II a Supplemental Grant of $1.489M</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 19:32:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following the submission of a proposal to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) for a Supplemental Grant for additional funding to expand support to African regulators through additional staff and better alignment with the African Union remuneration policies; the Foundation has approved the sum of $1,489,098.00 to ABNE, which increases the total award in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>International Agriculture and Biotechnology Conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 14:56:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Moving Towards a Bioeconomy: 6-9 September 2011, Johannesburg South Africa Please see the poster for more information: ABIC Marketing Poster Please visit www.abic2011.co.za to register for the conference.]]></description>
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		<title>Agricultural Biotechnology International Conference 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.nepadbiosafety.net/agricultural-biotechnology-international-conference-2011</link>
		<comments>http://www.nepadbiosafety.net/agricultural-biotechnology-international-conference-2011#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 20:14:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Agricultural Biotechnology for Economic Development The Agricultural Biotechnology International Conference (ABIC) will be held at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa from 6 9 September 2011. The theme of this conference is Agricultural Biotechnology for Economic Development. ABIC inspires and encourages the research, development and commercialization of new biotechnologies to improve human health, create [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ABIC 2011: Travel Bursary announcement</title>
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		<comments>http://www.nepadbiosafety.net/abic-2011-travel-bursary-announcement#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 14:11:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ABIC: Supporting Networking and Learning in Agricultural Biotechnology The ABIC Foundation is accepting applications for a travel bursary for the forthcoming ABIC 2011 Conference to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa from September 6 &#8211; 9, 2011. The deadline for submission of applications is February 15, 2011 with award announcement set for April 2011. The [...]]]></description>
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