Dr Nafisa Sobratee - Semi Finalist at the FARA 6th African Science Week

FARA and its partners (CTA, IFS, ANAFE, RUFORUM, NPCA, AGRA) are pleased to announce the top 20 finalists of the 3rd Africa-wide women and young professionals science competitions ‘Feeding 1 billion in Africa in a changing world’ which was launched in 2012.

The twenty finalists will vie for the top five places and awards (including trophies, cash and other prizes, book donations) in each category; women and young professionals, at a side event which is planned for 15 – 16 July 2013, during the 6th Africa Agriculture Science Week in Accra, Ghana.
Each finalist will make a 15 minute scientific presentation on their research and outreach work to a high-level panel of judges drawn from multi-disciplinary fields of science in Africa. The chief judge will be Professor Ameenah Gurib-Fakim who is a past winner and role model and now a member of the expert panel for the science competitions.

FARA and its partners are pleased with the high quality of the final papers which were submitted by the 45 semi-finalists who had benefitted from a scientific writing, communication and policy advocacy training course which was organized by the consortium partners in September 2012 in Uganda. The scientific contributions of all semi-finalists will be published by CTA, FARA and partners.
All semi-finalists will also be fully supported to attend the 6th Africa Agriculture Science Week from 15-20 July 2013 in Accra, Ghana. The Award ceremony is aimed at recognizing the winners and semi-finalists for their contribution to science and development on the continent.

See details of semi-finalists of women and young professionals 

FARA and its partners (CTA, IFS, ANAFE, RUFORUM, NPCA, AGRA) are pleased to announce the top 20 finalists of the 3rd Africa-wide women and young professionals science competitions ‘Feeding 1 billion in Africa in a changing world’ which was launched in 2012.

The twenty finalists will vie for the top five places and awards (including trophies, cash and other prizes, book donations) in each category; women and young professionals, at a side event which is planned for 15 – 16 July 2013, during the 6th Africa Agriculture Science Week in Accra, Ghana.

Each finalist will make a 15 minute scientific presentation on their research and outreach work to a high-level panel of judges drawn from multi-disciplinary fields of science in Africa. The chief judge will be Professor Ameenah Gurib-Fakim who is a past winner and role model and now a member of the expert panel for the science competitions.

FARA and its partners are pleased with the high quality of the final papers which were submitted by the 45 semi-finalists who had benefitted from a scientific writing, communication and policy advocacy training course which was organized by the consortium partners in September 2012 in Uganda. The scientific contributions of all semi-finalists will be published by CTA, FARA and partners.

All semi-finalists will also be fully supported to attend the 6th Africa Agriculture Science Week from 15-20 July 2013 in Accra, Ghana. The Award ceremony is aimed at recognizing the winners and semi-finalists for their contribution to science and development on the continent.

See details of semi-finalists of women and young professionals 

AND ONE OF THEM IS

Dr Nafiisa Sobratee (PhD graduate of the Faculty of Agriculture, 2nd from the right), an alumni  (2011) of the Faculty of Agriculture has been selected in the top 10 semi-finalists for the 3rd Africa-wide Women and Young Professionals in Science Competitions. The competition is supported by the CTA and partners. She will present her paper (Valorisation of poultry litter to compost: an assessment of the pathogen reduction potential), at the final to be held in Accra (Ghana):15-16 July 2013, at the 6th African Science Week.