PUBLIC LECTURE:
  Lifting Africans out of poverty
  - an overview of the strategy and activities of the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
		
Mon, 12 Aug 2013 17:00 - change of venue: MCS Lecture Theatre (G.33), Bayliss Building
		
Prof Ylva Hilbur, Deputy Director General of Research, IITA
The International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) sets clear
targets: by 2020 its research efforts will have contributed to lifting
11 million Africans out of poverty and to restoring 7.5 million hectares
of land into sustainable use. IITA's Deputy Director General for
Research, Prof Ylva Hilbur, will provide an overiew of: the institute's
scientific focus, its priority areas for future investment, its role in
the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR),
its initiatives to build public/private partnerships and its activities
to stimulate youth employment and entrepreneurship in the agricultural
sector.
		
URL: http://www.ioa.uwa.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/2342257/Ylva-Hilbur-flyer-MCS-venue.pdf
		
For more information:
  Cora Castens
  ioa@uwa.edu.au
  6488 4717

Starts       : Mon, 12 Aug 2013 17:00
Ends         : Mon, 12 Aug 2013 18:00
		
Last Updated : Wed, 16 Oct 2013 11:17