Month: February 2024
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Parry’s Thursday seminar on irrigation in southern African
See Susan’s biography in yesterday’s post. The Thursday talk on campus is on ‘Transforming irrigation in southern Africa’ Join from the meeting link https://aciar.webex.com/aciar/j.php?MTID=mb04a4f41c0c57e31bbe3e46f68ab0097 From Susan.O’Connell @aciar.gov.au Join by meeting number Meeting number (access code): 2650 838 7290Meeting password: GPqpyMPM352 Tap to join from a mobile device (attendees only) +61-2-9338-2221,,26508387290## Australia Toll Join by phone…
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Shaping Africa’s Tomorrow: Unveiling the Second Ten-Year Implementation Plan!
The African Union launched its Second Ten-Year Implementation Plan (STYIP) for Agenda 2063 on February 17, 2024. The continent is moving forward, and leadership from the African Union is driving the direction of development with the powerful Agenda 2063. There are rivers still to cross, but we don’t walk alone in Africa; we walk together. The document for…
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Dr Karen Parry’s Biography
From: https://researchers.anu.edu.au/researchers/parry-k Circular Food System project: Theme Leader for Equity & InclusionANU College of ScienceE: Karen.Parry@anu.edu.au I have recently completed my PhD entitled ‘Loosening the ties that bind: institutional analysis of young people’s livelihoods on smallholder irrigation schemes in Zimbabwe’. My research was linked to an ACIAR-funded project ‘Transforming irrigation in southern Africa’ (TISA), which…
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Namibian President Hage Geingob dies at age 82
Namibia is plunged into sorrow as the nation mourns the passing of President Hage Geingob at the age of 82. Having led the country since 2015, President Geingob succumbed to cancer at the Lady Pohamba Hospital in Windhoek, where he had been undergoing treatment. In reflection of this significant loss, we extend our heartfelt condolences…