Under the support of His Excellency Serge Segura, the French Ambassador to Mozambique, a Memorandum of Understanding between Cirad and the Eduardo Mondlane University (Maputo, Mozambique) was signed on Monday 13th May at 15h00 by the University Chancellor, Pr. Orlando Quilambo and the Cirad Regional Director, Dr. Jacques Lançon, on behalf of the Chief Director General. Dr Michel Eddi.

The launch workshop for the Biova project (Recycling Plant and Animal biomass in livestock farming systems) was held from the 8th to 14th April 2013, in Antsirabe (CCC Lovasoa), Madagascar. All partners involved in the project (Madagascar, Mozambique and France) came together to meet and discuss the objectives of the project and its future activities. In total, 20 participants from three nationalities represented 10 partner institutions.

Organized by Cirad (projet JOLISAA), the CGIAR (CCAFS program), the Australian cooperation, the PROLINNOVA network and KARI, a workshop on innovation in African agriculture will meet in Nairobi from the 29th to the 31st of May,  with more than 80 participants chosen for their experience and ability to represent a variety of key players of innovation in Africa: teachers and researchers, development practitioners, policy and institutional decision-makers, donors, farmers' organizations, private sector .

The initial workshop of the ARChE_Net project (Adaptation of Ruminant systems to a Changing Environment) took place from the 25th to the 29th of April 2013, at the Hotel “Le Victoria”, in St Pierre, Reunion Island (France). All the partners of the seven countries involved (Australia, Comoros, India, Madagascar, Mozambique, Reunion Island and South Africa) were invited to participate at this first project meeting, in order to get to know each other and discuss the project’s objectives and future activities. In total, 25 partners came, represented by about 30 people from 12 different nationalities.

The Cirad-UP monitoring committee met on the 6th of March, 2013, at the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences  at the University of Pretoria. The meeting was chaired by the Dean of the Faculty, Professor Anton Stroh.

The International Centre on Economics and Governance of Water (IWEGA), based at the Faculty of Agronomy at the  Eduardo Mondlane University held its fifth Advisory Board meeting in Maputo on the 5th of March 2013. The session was chaired by Dr. Hilmy SALLY, a former researcher at IWMI (International Water Management Institute).