A Brief on Bean
Stem Maggot (Beanfly) in Africa: Information on production losses,
crop improvement potential, and opportunities for integrated pest management.
The author is looking for collaboration with agromyzid reseachers in the
US.
AFRICAGIS
Listserver: The forum for discussing Geographic Information Systems
(GIS) and Environmental Information Systems (EIS) in Africa.
African Technology Forum
(ATF): A good "Source of Information on Science and Technology
in Africa" Publishes a magazine on science and technology in Africa, and
provides consulting services and networking opportunities for technical
and business professionals involved in African development.
Agricultural Research Council (ARC)
of South Africa: Home page, links to agricultural related web sites.
This site is available under the following DIR Category(ies)/ Topic(s):
Agriculture, General Information.
Agricultural
Statistics Information Links (ASIL): A Resource from Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations. Provides world-wide links to national
information sources of agricultural production statistics. You have to
select a region and then click on the country on an image map to access
the information. Region are categorized as: Europe, North America, Central
America and Caribbean, South America, Oceania, Middle East, Asia, Africa.
CABIKEY-
Computer Aided Biological Identification Key: Provides keys to
major beetle families, common Thysanoptera of Europe, mosquito genera of
the world, Indo-Australasian Dacini Fruit Flies, and worker castes of soil-dwelling
termites of Africa and the Middle East.
Cassava
(Manihot esculenta Crantz): Cassava (Manihot esculenta
Crantz): Crop Fact Sheet by Stephen K. O'Hair, Tropical Research and Education
Center, University of Florida, USA.
Center for Indigenous
Knowledge for Agriculture and Rural Development, CIKARD: Located
at Iowa State University (USA), the Center focuses on collecting and using
the local knowledge of farmers and other rural people and making this knowledge
available to development professionals. There is an African regional center
and national centers in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar,
Nigeria, Tanzania, South Africa. Following are centers from Africa:
African Resource Centre for Indigenous Knowledge (ARCIK): Prof. Adedotun
Phillips, Director, and Dr. Tunji Titilola, Research Coordinator; ARCIK,
Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER), PMB 5 - UI
Post Office, Ibadan, Nigeria (Fax: 022416129)
Ghana Resource Centre for Indigenous Knowledge (GHARCIK): Dr. Mensah Bonsu,
Director; GHARCIK, School of Agriculture, University of Cape Coast, Cape
Coast, Ghana (Telex 2552 UCC GH)
Kenya Resource Centre for Indigenous Knowledge (KENRIK): Dr. Mohamed Isahakia,
Acting Director; The National Museums of Kenya, P.O. Box 40658, Nairobi,
Kenya (Tel: 254-2-742-161; Fax: 245-2-741-424)
South African Resource Centre for Indigenous Knowledge (SARCIK): Dr. Morris
H. Cohen, Co-Director; The Institute for Indigenous Theory and Practice,
110 Long Street, 8001 Cape Town, South Africa (Tel: 27-21-242012; Fax:
27-21-262466)
Nigerian Resource Centre for Indigenous Knowledge (NIRCIK): Dr. James O.
Olukosi, Coordinator; Institute for Agricultural Research, Ahmadu Bello
University, PMB 1044, Zaria, Nigeria (Tel: 234-69-50571-4 Ext. 4322; Fax:
234-69-50891 or 234-69-50563; Telex: 75248 NITEZ NG)
Cameroon Indigenous Knowledge Organisation (CIKO): Professor C.N. Ngwasiri,
Director; Private Sector Research Institution, P.O. Box 170, Buea, Southwest
Province, Cameroon (Tel: 237-32-2690; Fax: 237-32-2514 or 43-0813)
Madagascar Resource Center for Indigenous Knowledge (MARCIK): Ms. Juliette
Ratsimandrava, Director; Centre d'Information et de Documentation
Note:CIAT (International Center for Tropical Agriculture )- This Center
has its headquarters at Cali, Colombia, and works at other sites in Latin
America as well as in Africa and Asia.
Emergency
Prevention System for Transboundary Animal and Plant Pests and Diseases
(EMPRES): EMPRES helps give early warning of impending pest and
disease problems so that timely preventive action can be taken. EMPRES
is initially concentrating on promoting effective containment and control
of the most serious plant pests and animal diseases through early warning,
rapid reaction, research and coordination. The Emergency Centre for Locust
Operations (ECLO) specifically monitors the locust threat and the possibility
of destruction by large flocks of birds. When infestations do occur, FAO
experts can mount eradication and treatment programmes.
Environment
Council of Zambia: Background information, policies and planning
for environmental problems, products and services, a brief note on pesticides
and environmental effects, and more.
Environmental
Information Systems: A Tool for Sustainable Environmental Management
in Africa [Natural Resources Policy Consultative Group for Africa (PCG)
FAO/SIDA
Regional Farming Systems Programme: A regional programme with the
aim of supporting farming systems approaches to research, extension, training
and planning has been in operation since 1990 in Eastern and Southern Africa.
Participating countries are Kenya, Tanzania, Botswana and Zambia. For addressing
the needs of small-scale farming the farming systems approach is the method
of choice. The approach can be a very resource-efficient means for identifying
relevant strategies not only to improve agricultural productivity but also
to ensure sustainability. FMI: Farming Systems Programme, P O Box 3730,
Harare, Zimbabwe. Phone: +263-4-758051. Fax: +263-4-758055. Email: fspzim@harare.iafrica.com
Funding
Opportunities for Africans and Foreign Nationals: Information about
scholarship and fellowship opportunities for African students. This site
is available under the following DIR Category(ies)/ Topic(s): Technical
Organizations, Funging opportunities.
ICIPE'S Human Disease Vector
Management Programme: Information on the current human disease
vector management programs at International Centre of Insect Physiology
and Ecology (ICIPE), Nairobi, Kenya.
ICIPE'S Plant
Pests Management Programme: Information on the current plant pest
management programs at International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology
(ICIPE), Nairobi, Kenya.
International Centre for Research
In Agroforestry (ICRAF): The official website of the center. The
International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF) is an autonomous,
non-profit international organization whose purpose is to help mitigate
tropical deforestation, land depletion and rural poverty through improved
agroforestry systems. ICRAF conducts strategic and applied research, in
partnership with national institutions, aimed at developing appropriate
agroforestry technologies for more sustainable and productive land use.
The Centre strengthens national capacities to conduct agroforestry research
by encouraging interinstitutional collaboration and promoting the dissemination
of information through training, education, documentation and communication
activities.
International Institute of Tropical
Agriculture (IITA): The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
(IITA) was founded in 1967 as an international agricultural research institute
with a mandate for specific food crops, and with ecological and regional
responsibilities to develop sustainable production systems in Africa. It
became the first African link in the worldwide network of agricultural
research centers known as the Consultative Group on International Agricultural
Research (CGIAR), formed in 1971. For more information: IITA, Oyo Road,
PMB 5320, Ibadan, Nigeria Tel: (234-2) 241-2626. Fax: (234-2) 241-2221.
IITA@cgnet.com
African Internet Connectivity:
A resource site of articles, data and links regarding Information &
Communication Technologies (ICTs), Telecommunications, Internet and Computer
Infrastructure in Africa.
Natural Resources Policy Consultative
Group for Africa (PCG): A joint initiative of the U.S. Agency for
International Development & World Resources Institute. A forum for
discussion, policy analysis, peer review, and consultation, the PCG primarily
applies policy research on natural resources to the needs of professionals
pursuing workable sustainable development strategies in Africa.
New Semiochemicals
to Manage Tsetse Flies: Home page of International Centre of Insect
Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Nairobi, Kenya. This site is available
under the following
DIR Category(ies)/ Topic(s): Technical Organizations,
Insect Physiology, Insect Ecology.
Saturniidae of the western Palaearctic:
A site by SmithKline Beecham International. A French/English bilingual
publication focused on malaria. The primary objective of this publication
is to give African malariologists the opportunity to know each other, exchange
views, find out who is doing what and to envisage the possibilities for
south-south collaboration in research.
Southern Africa Society for Plant
Pathology: The Southern African Society for Plant Pathology is
an body with an international, though largely South African, membership
of over 300 scientists. Membership is drawn from academia, from Government
institutes, from Research Councils, from Produce Boards, from private companies,
and from the (suitably qualified) public. The Society is the natural home
for people working in plant pathology in the region, and includes among
its members virologists, phytobacteriologists, soil scientists, mycologists,
plant breeders, biotechnologists, among many other disciplines and interests.
Statistical
links: Links to Internet Statistical Resources from all over the
world. Coverage: International, Europe, North America, South America, Central
America, Africa, Asia, Oceania (Australia, New Zealand)
Universities
and National Agricultural Research in North Africa and the Near East:
A brief extracted from "The Role of Universities in the National Agricultural
Research Systems of Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, The Sudan and Tunisia" (FAO,
1996) - For a copy of this publication, write to: Chief, FAO Research and
Technology Development Service (SDRR), Viale delle Terme di Caracalla,
00100 Rome, Italy (e-mail: gora.beye@fao.org)
University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg,
South Africa: General Information about the university. This site
is available under the following DIR Category(ies)/ Topic(s): Region,
Regional Organizations, Agriculture, Africa, Academic Institutions/Organizations.
Database
of IPM Resources (DIR)
