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Adjunto el anuncio de la 6ta Conferencia del GCHERA sobre la investigaci贸n y la ense帽anza en agricultura.聽聽 聽Estimados Colegas: Un cordial saludo para todos y todas Uds. Sinceramente,
聽6th GCHERA Conference on "Food, Health and Energy: Challenges for Sustainable Agriculture鈥澛聽 23- 27 November 2009聽 Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC), Nairobi, KenyaOrganized by: Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology聽 ANNOUNCEMENT聽聽 The significance of food security and environmental preservation is growing with each new achievement in biological, chemical, or social science. Up-to-date technologies such as biotechnology, improved storage, intercontinental shipping, precision agriculture, and agro-ecological approaches to production lend themselves to further development through global cooperation in education and research. Training our future work force in these areas is a challenge for the 21st Century, which can only be solved through global cooperation.聽 Accordingly, the Global Consortium on Higher Education and Research for Agriculture (GCHERA), offers an opportunity and platform of bringing the world agricultural higher education and research community together to meet global challenges. The 1st GCHERA conference was held in 1999 in Amsterdam , the Netherlands . The second conference of the consortium took place July 12-14, 2001 , in San Francisco around the theme "Higher Education and Research for Agriculture and Food Systems in the 21st Century." The 3rd and 4th conference were held in Kiev Ukraine , and Hangzhou China respectively, while the 5th GCHERA conference was held in San Jose , Costa Rica , with theme of 鈥淚nnovation and Leadership for Relevant Change in Agriculture鈥.聽 The 6th Global Consortium of Higher Education and Research for Agriculture (GCHERA) 2009 Conference will be held in Nairobi , Kenya in the African continent. The theme will be "Food, Health and Energy: Challenges for Sustainable Agriculture鈥 The conference will have six sub themes: 1. Agriculture and Food Security 2. Agriculture and Health 3. Agriculture and Sustainability 4. Agriculture and Energy 5. Agricultural Challenges and Graduate Profiles 6. Agriculture and Climate Change The International Conference in Kenya (6th GCHERA Conference) will provide a forum for international exchange of modern technologies, scientific views and cultural trends in the training of undergraduate and post-graduate students, as well as part of one global family.聽For more information on the event, please click on the link http://www.gchera.com/gcherakenya.shtmlCRITERIA FOR GCHERA 6th CONFERENCE PARTICIPATIONFor participants in a position to fully support themselves this is to bring to your notice that we have barely two months to go before the conference opens. We need to start finalizing the participants list.聽 For this reason we are requesting you to register online on the gchera.com/gcherakenya.shtml. The registration fee is US$250. PARTICIPANTS REQUIRING PARTIAL FUNDINGCRITERIA FOR FUNDINGThe participant must meet the following criteria: 1) They must be heads of institutions or faculties of Agriculture and related sciences.
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