[Assam] Fwd: [staff] Writing Contest for young post graduates and PhD students

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----- Original Message ----- The German/English magazine *entwicklung &
laendlicher raum (e+lr)/agriculture & rural development (a+rd) *invites
young post graduate and PhD students to enter an article-writing contest
focusing on 8 topical issues in the field of agriculture and rural
development.

The *7 most outstanding papers* will be published in the 1-2007 edition of
e+lr and rewarded with *€ 4**00*.

The winning articles will be selected by a jury of scientists,
practitioners, and journalists.

*Entry deadline is 6 October 2006.*

The eight topics are closely related to the World Bank's World Development
Report 2008 (WDR 2008).

Young authors are asked to

-                      present their own innovative ideas on one of the WDR
2008 topics listed below;

-                      describe or propose trend-setting best practices in
the context of these topics;

-                      write their articles in a journalistic rather than a
"scientific" style.

The overarching question to be addressed is:

*"What agricultural policies do we need to reach the poor (MDG 1)?" *

Young authors can choose between eight topics:

   1. Agricultural price and market policies, subsidies and the WTO
   system; (*How can the poor also benefit from this system?); *
   2. A new structure of value-added chains (*the shifting demand to high
   value products*);
   3. A new institutional architecture (*producer organizations,
   financial services, risk and disaster management etc *.);
   4. The new role of the private sector – where are potentials and
   limits?
   5. Harnessing modern science & technology for pro-poor growth;
   6. Agriculture – preserving natural resources such as land and water
   (MDG 7);
   7. New approaches for marginal and food-insecure areas;
   8. The future of the "family farm" in view of emerging transformation
   processes (g*lobalization, supermarkets, small farm vs. agri-business
   *).

The World Development Report (WDR) is the annual flagship of the World Bank
and a guide to the economic, social, and environmental state of the world.
It provides an in-depth review of a specific theme deemed to be important
and topical within the current development agenda. WDR 2008 will focus on
agriculture and development.

*Language*: Articles are to be written in English.

*Length:* Articles should not exceed 16 000 characters – spaces included.

*Structure:* Each article should start with a short 5-line leader and be
structured by subheadings.

*Deadline for submission*: 6 October 2006

Please send articles to:

*Angelika Wilcke*

*Redaktion entwicklung + laendlicher raum*

*DLG-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, Germany*

*A.Wilcke at dlg-org ***

*www.rural-development.de *
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