The Project in short
Set up an active and receptive network of scientists in social sciences...
...dedicated to addressing a crucial topic to ACP countries: enhancement of foodcrop and diversification productions
This network is called AFOMDnet according to its French title (Réseau d'A nalyse des F acteurs d'O ffres vivrières, de mise en m arché et de d iversification) or Analysis network for factors in foodcrop supply, marketing and diversification.
The operation of the network being set up targets at:
- capitalizing numerous experiences of enhancement of the concerned productions, through an analytical approach and specific Internet tools;
- promoting the acknowledgement of ACP scientists through publication of their analyses and results in international scientific journals;
- increasing the role of research institutions in reflections and conception of policies destined to promote the considered productions;
- providing assistance to other networks of researchers in adopting the analytical approach and tools carried out
For more information about the Project objectives, programmed actions, the originality of the scheduled products and the Project logo.
News
Workshop on bibliography
An explicit objective for a fourth training workshop in scientific writing
The workshop took place in the University of Ouagadougou, from April 2 to 6, 2012, and monitored by Mr Bernard Pochet, from University of Liège, Belgium. It was destined to :
- inform about the procedures and vehicles of scientific communication;
- train on using tools for information search;
- provide skills in building queries of documentary search;
- acquire a critical attitude and synthesis skills with regard to documents obtained.
Une grande attention (Being captivated)
Extension to Mozambique
Specific training to using capitalizing tools in Mozambique
From March 18 to 21, 2012, Project coordinator stayed in Mozambique to train the technical staff of the Cotton Institute of Mozambique in using SLIRE and CANtool capitalzing tools. This stay was scheduled after the Director of the institute expressed his interest in using the proposed tools to keep memory of all documents and operations of his organisation.
Sharing in Abidjan
A workshop in Abidjan, to better inform organizations concerned
INP-HB, university in Yamoussoukro, organized on March 6, 2012 the stakeholders' workshop in Abidjan, so as to enhance the participation of organizations potentially interested by the capitalizing tools the project has carried out. The project coordinator, coming from France to take part to the workshop, expressed his emotion to be in the spot of the University which was damaged by the post-electoral turmoils in 2010 in the country.
Tools: new versions
Versions at the edge of Internet technology
The new versions of the capitalizing tools SLIRE and CANtool are released since early February 2012. Their ergonomy has been dramatically alterated to take advantage of the last achievements in the area of web pages and to take into account suggestions made notably in the framework of stakeholders' workshops. Both tools are now specified by two orignal logos.
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Stakesholders' meeting in Burkina
Inform to enlarge the network
The stakeholders' workshop took place on October 3rd, 2011 in Ouagadougou. Organized by INERA, project partner in Burkina Faso, the workshop gave the opportunity to introduce the AFOMDnet project in terms of objectives, of implementation modalities and of the capitalizing tools that have resulted (SLIRE et CANtool).
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