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DESCRIPTION:The United Nations has declared 2016 the International Year of 
 Pulses (www.iyp2016.org\; www.fao.org/pulses-2016/en/). To celebrate this 
 significant designation\, the Joint PanAfrican Grain Legume and World Cowp
 ea Conference will be held in Livingstone\, Zambia\, February 28 through M
 arch 4\, 2016\, at the AVANI Victoria Falls Resort (Formerly the Zambezi S
 un).\nThe conference is organized by the International Institute of Tropic
 al Agriculture (IITA) and the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collabora
 tive Research on Grain Legumes (Legume Innovation Lab)\, in partnership wi
 th the Pan-African Bean Research Alliance (PABRA)\, the International Cent
 er for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)\, the Centre for Coordination of Agricu
 ltural Research and Development for Southern Africa (CCARDESA)\, the Inter
 national Center for Research in the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)\, the CGIA
 R Research Program on Grain Legumes\, the Zambia Ministry of Agriculture a
 nd Livestock\, and the Zambia Agriculture Research Institute (ZARI).\nVisi
 t the conference website for more information.\nFollow news on Twitter (#L
 egumes4Africa\, #IYP2016) and the Legume Innovation Lab Facebook page.\nIm
 portant Dates\n\nRegistration Deadline: February 13\, 2016 (December 31\, 
 2015\, for reduced rate)\nCall for Abstracts\nAbstract Submission(s) Deadl
 ine: December 1\, 2015\nCSSA Travel Scholarships for Graduate Students: De
 adline Oct 22\, 2015\nTravel Awards: Visit the conference website and Legu
 me Innovation Lab website. \n\n \nAdditional Co-hosting Programs and Insti
 tutions\n\nICARDA\nTropical Legumes III\nN2Africa (Wageningen University)
 \nCrop Science Society of America (CSSA)\nFeed the Future: The U.S. Govern
 ment's Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative\n\nCall for Abstracts of
  Conference Papers\nParticipants are invited to prepare and submit abstrac
 ts of papers for presentation during oral and poster sessions in the joint
  PanAfrican Grain Legume and World Cowpea Conference. Papers should focus 
 on innovative research\, technology/knowledge dissemination and/or private
  sector business development activities relative to grain legumes (pulses)
  important to Africa\, including cowpea\, common bean\, pigeon pea\, chick
 pea\, fava bean\, lima bea\, lentil\, etc. Since the conference will be fo
 cusing on multidisciplinary themes\, scientists and development profession
 als representing diverse disciplines are encouraged to submit papers for p
 resentation. \nTopical Categories for Papers\n\nAbiotic Stress\nBiological
  Nitrogen Fixation\nEconomics and Value Chain Development\nGender and Yout
 h\nHuman Nutrition and Health\nIntegrated Pest Management\nMechanization o
 f Production and Postharvest Handling\nPlant Pathology\nSeed Systems\nSust
 ainable Intensification\nTechnology Dissemination and Impact Assessment\nV
 alue Addition and Food Processing\n\nSubmission of Abstracts\nA mechanism 
 has been established for the electronic submission of abstracts through a 
 link on the conference webpage. Participants in the conference may submit 
 multiple abstracts for which they are an author or co-author and able to p
 resent papers in either an oral or poster session(s). When submitting an a
 bstract\, one should be prepared t provide the following information in ad
 dition to an electronic (Word) file of the abstract text (text only\, with
  no title or author information in this document).\n\nAbstract Title\nSubm
 itter's Name (Presenting Author)\nSubmitter's Institution and Country\nSub
 mitter's Email\nIs the presenting author a Student? (Yes or No)\nDetailed 
 information on the presenting author(s)' institutional affiliation\, depar
 tment\, full postal address and phone number\nCo-author Name(s)\nDetailed 
 information on the co-author's institutional affiliation\, department\, fu
 ll postal address and phone number\nChoice of Program Topical Category of 
 Paper\nPreference of Oral or Poster Session\n\nAuthors will be able to ret
 urn and modify any information in the electronic abstract submission syste
 m prior to final submission. Once all the information and the text of the 
 abstract have been 'confirmed' and the submission concluded\, the author(s
 ) will recieve a confirmation email with the abstract's ID # plus a passwo
 rd.\nCall for Abstracts!\nFor information on Scholarships and Grants\, cli
 ck here.\nPanAfrican Conference Program https://iyp2016.org/events/event/5
 -legumes4africa-panafrican-grain-legume-and-world-cowpea-conference
DTSTART:20160228T150000Z
DTEND:20160304T230000Z
LOCATION:Livingstone\, Zambia (Livingstone\, Zambia)
SUMMARY:#Legumes4Africa\, PanAfrican Grain Legume and World Cowpea Conferen
 ce
URL:https://iyp2016.org/events/event/5-legumes4africa-panafrican-grain-legu
 me-and-world-cowpea-conference
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