SEAAFSR-E 2001
Announcement and Call for Papers
The Southern & Eastern African Association for Farming Systems invites you to the 8th Regional SEAAFSR-E Conference: Challenges to the Farming Systems Approach: Past, Present and Future.
KARI Headquarters, NAIROBI, KENYA
20th - 24th August, 2001
ABSTRACTS BY 30 JUNE!
Papers presenting findings and discussing past, present and future implications are invited. Abstracts must be not more than 250 words (including title, author(s) names, e-mail, fax AND phone).
E-mail abstracts to Dr. A. W. Kamau c/o
[email protected](fax + 254 37 61145)
with copies to Mr. H.N. Ondatto:
[email protected] (fax +254 2 583344 / 7) AND
SEAAFSR-E Secretary Richard
Fowler at [email protected]

Promoters and practitioners (including farmers) of the farming systems
approach (FSA) need to

* evaluate the successes (and failures) achieved using FSA in the 20th Century;
* analyse the present position of FSA;
* anticipate the challenges which FSA will have to face in the new millennium; and then develop appropriate strategies for FSA at the outset of this 21st Century.

SEAAFSR-E 2001 will present and discuss these in five sessions, namely
1. Poverty alleviation
2. Commercialisation and globalisation
3. Sustainability and environmental impact
4. Capacity building and communication
5. Policy development and implementation.

Abstractsshould be SENT NOT LATER THAN 30th JUNE 2001 in the body of an e-mail AND as attachments in Microsoft Word 97 (or earlier), font Times Roman 12, with the title, authors and contact details at the beginning in bold. Please indicate whether they are for a paper, poster or either. Only if absolutely necessary should Abstracts be faxed. If receipt is not acknowledged within 7 days, please resend. Acceptance will be advised by 15 July, and accepted papers (maximum 10 pages in double space) will need tobe submitted by 31 July.

SEAAFSR-E
The Southern & Eastern African Association for Farming Systems Research-Extension is one of the largest and most respected farming systems associations in the world. After its 1994 founding Conference in Swaziland, SAAFSR-E has held conferences in Zimbabwe, Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia, Botswana & South Africa. In 1998 it hosted 600 delegates from over 50 countries at the global AFSRE Conference, and united with east African colleagues to form SEAAFSR-E.

Current President is Dr. Zainab Semgalawe of Tanzania, with Councillors from Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique and South Africa. Membership costs the equivalent of US $10 per year and entitles members to newsletters etc. The INSTITUTIONALISATION OF THE FARMING SYSTEMS APPROACH IN
EASTERN & SOUTHERN AFRICA was published by SAAFSR-E in association withFARMESA in 1998, and copies are available at US $10 + US$8 for postage & packing from SEAAFSR-E's Secretary Richard Fowler ([email protected] fax +27 33 3434281).

FARMERS
An essential yet all too frequently ignored partner in the Farming Systems Approach is the farmer. SEAAFSR-E's Council believes that every effort must be made to encourage farmers to join the Association and participate in its Conferences, and to this end
* is making a concerted effort to find funding to enable farmers from throughout the region to attend SEAAFSR-E 2001;
* is offering a President's Award of US $100 for the best farmer presented paper;
* would encourage professionals to include farmers as co-authors.

ACCOMODATION & TRANSPORT
A list of alternative accommodation facilities will be sent out before the conference. As a general guide, the range of reasonable accommodation in Nairobi is between US$20 to US$65 for bed and breakfast. Nairobi also has its share of several 5-star hotels like Inter-Continental, Nairobi Serena, Grand Regency etc. for those ready to spend a little more.

REGISTRATION FEES
SEAAFSR-E Members US $ 120
Non-members US $ 150
Students US $ 70

REGISTRATION FORM

SEAAFSR-E 2001
Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, Headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya
20th - 24th August 2001

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM
N.B.
Please e-mail to [email protected] (fax +254 37 61145) cc
[email protected] (fax +254 2 583344 / 7) on or before 31 July!!

Prof. / Dr / Mrs / Miss / Mr /

Surname ....................................

Initials ..............................................

First name .....................................

Organisation .....................................

SEAAFSR-E Member Yes: ...... No ........

Postal address .....................................

.........................................................

.................................. Code ..............

Telecommunication Country Code ............

Telephone no: ....................................

Fax no: .............................................

E-mail: .............................................

Have you submitted a paper / poster? .........
Farmer/ adviser/ researcher/ student?
No. of SAAFSR-E conferences attended? ........

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ARE YOU A SEAAFSR-E Member?

Membership of SEAAFSR-E is open to all those interested in practising or
promoting farming systems approaches in eastern and southern Africa.

For more details, write or e-mail

The Secretary
SEAAFSR-E
5 Musson Mews
Hayfields
PIETERMARITZBURG 3201
SOUTH AFRICA

Fax: +27 33 3434281

[email protected]

Or

The SEAAFSR-E Secretariat
P.O.Box 344
Mbabane
SWAZILAND

Fax: +268 40 44732