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JLDuval Consulting - Consulting / Services / Advice Agency http://www.jlduval.com/blog/index.php Seed Alliance Without Boundary [SAWIB] http://www.jlduval.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry090824-105938
You can donwload the draft presentation from this link here under.

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A new Secreatry General for ANSOR - Afghanistan http://www.jlduval.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry090622-175554 The President Saidajan ABDIANI wishes him success for strengthening the newly established organization.
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ECOSA: a new regional seed association is borned http://www.jlduval.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry090315-145839 National Seed Associations from Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Turkey have applied to be founding members.
3 associate members (seed companies) from Iran and Turkey are founders too.

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Women at work http://www.jlduval.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry090218-143047 Winter Nurcery in Senegal

After a decade of efforts, the production of seeds in Senegal has reached a significant development.
More than 50 isolation plots of sunfower and maize production has been sawned and harvested in 2008-09.
Women were a major part of the success with the professional support of Aly DIOP and Gérard WARTRAUX.

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Seasons greetings http://www.jlduval.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry081230-093853 2008 was a very good year with many new friends and adventures


Happy New Year 2009
Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année 2009
Feliz natal e um prospero ano novo para todos
Feliz Navidad y Prospero Anno Nuevo
Buon Natale e felice anno nuovo
Frõhliche Weihnachten und ein gutes Neues Jahr
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Prettige Kerstdagen en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar
Kellemes karacsonyi es boldog uj evet kivanok
Wesolych Swiat i Szczesliwego Nowego Roku
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Agro Consultants Network http://www.jlduval.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry081110-211354 Agro Consultants is a network of consultants all graduated from high level agrotechnology or agrobusiness European Institutes or Universities.
They operate as independant free-lances or managers of small units entirely devoted to consulting work.
Most of them have a previous experience as executive managers of divisions or subsidiaries of large agro business companies.
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Afghanistan National Seed Association http://www.jlduval.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry081018-182457 The board of 9 directors has been elected.
More than 100 people have attended the meeting and 32 members have joined the association including two associared members.

The board of directors has elected his president: Mr. Saidajan ABDIANI during his meeting 20 October 2008.

More information on www.afghanseed.org

Photos: Scrutinizers - Logo - The new board of Directors


The president Saidajan ABDIANI
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Kazakhstan and Intellectual property http://www.jlduval.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry080929-133803 A member of Kazagroinnovations said: "As for the position of Minagri, it was a request of the current minister of agriculture to develop such a system. What we will do this year: we will study European and Australian systems and then have a meeting with the Minister and aprove our concept on how we should proceed..."

Kazakhstan is still not a member of UPOV but there is a Kazakh Law on plant protection.
Will this royalty issue will drive Kazakhstan to apply for UPOV membership, this is not known currently? ]]>
Specterra Services http://www.jlduval.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry080725-163848 Precision Viticulture and Agriculture
Plantation and Native Forest Management
Environmental Monitoring

SpecTerra is Australia's leading provider of airborne remote sensing imagery for vegetation mapping and monitoring projects. We specialise in the acquisition, processing and analysis of high quality, high resolution Digital Multi-Spectral Imagery.

SALES REPRESENTATIVE AGREEMENT
A Sales Representative Agreement was made and entered on June 8, 2008, by and between Specterra, an Australian corporation, and JLDuval Consulting for FRANCE

A first significant contract for more than 500 ha to generate the Plant Cell Density and NDVI images for vine canopy pixels has been done.]]>