Sleeping Giant


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Commercialised agriculture and subhumid ecosystems (Guinea savannas) in Africa
July 8, 2010 / Sleeping Giant
 Presentation by Michael Mortimore

Awakening Africa’s Sleeping Giant – Human Health Issues
June 24, 2010 / Sleeping Giant
 Presentation by Rory Post, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Awakening Africa’s Sleeping Giant: Agriculture and disease
June 23, 2010 / Sleeping Giant
 Presentation by Kate Jones, ZSL Living Conservation

Notes on NE Thailand for Bruce Lankford concerning the document “Awakening Africa’s Sleeping Giant”
June 23, 2010 / Sleeping Giant
 By David J.H. Blake, PhD Student at DEV, UEA

Watering Africa’s Sleeping Giant?
June 23, 2010 / Sleeping Giant
 Presentation by Dr Bruce Lankford, University of East Anglia

Sleeping giants and the ‘wasteland’ thesis: what should we learn from land deals in Africa?
June 22, 2010 / Sleeping Giant
 Presentation by Ruth Hall, PLAAS and FAC

Waking up the sleeping giant finding the best fit & thinking in pathways
June 22, 2010 / Sleeping Giant
 Presentation by Maja Slingerland & Ken Giller

Awakening Africa’s Sleeping Giant
June 20, 2010 / Sleeping Giant
 Presentation from Hans P. Binswanger-Mkhize

Guinea Savanna, Commercial Livestock Development and Livestock Diseases
June 19, 2010 / Sleeping Giant
 Presentation by Jonathan Rushton, Royal Veterinary College

Political Economy of Sleeping Giants in the Guinea Savanna
June 19, 2010 / Sleeping Giant
 Presentation by Kojo Amanor, University of Ghana

Programme
June 18, 2010 / Sleeping Giant

Commercial Agriculture in Africa: Lessons from Success and Failure
June 18, 2010 / Sleeping Giant
 Presentation by Colin Poulton, SOAS

Awakening Africa’s Sleeping Giant – workshop invitation
April 23, 2010 / Sleeping Giant
 FAC and its partner SOAS (Faculty of Law and Social Sciences) are convening an international workshop to critically assess the prospects for dramatically expanding internationally competitive agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa, with a particular focus on the Guinea Savannah agro-ecological zone.