The Marketplace Team will participate in theSecond Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD)

The GCARD II is being held in Punta del Este, Uruguay, 29 October – 1 November, 2012 and the Marketplace Team is participating with the goal to promote the strengthening of Agricultural Innovation Marketplaces, share ideas and learn from other activities which foster south-south collaboration.

Check GCARD II at www.egfar.org/gcard-2012/about-gcard2

DFID and Marketplace Team will participate in the National Week of Science and Technology – Join us!

The British Embassy has prepared a special program at the National Week of Science and Technology to promote lectures, workshops and showing films on major partnerships between the UK and Brazil in the areas of science and technology. As a partner of The Department for International Development, DFID, in the Africa-Brazil Agricultural Innovation Marketplace, the Marketplace Team will be participating in this event on Saturday, October 20th from 10:30am to 12:00pm. The event will take place at the Chico Mendes auditorium, at the Parque da Cidade in Brasilia, Brazil. We invite you to learn a little more about this partnership involving Embrapa, DFID and several other partners in developing research projects in the African continent (www.africa-brazil.org).

We´re looking forward to see you there!

The Marketplace is pleased to inform you that the projects selected in the last round of  call for proposals are been finalized and disbursements will take place very soon!