Allanblackia - WCA scientists strategize in Yaounde

Allanblackia Bilingual Monthly - ICRAF/West and Central Africa Region August 2011 WCA scientists strategize in Yaounde Allanblackia Publisher Dr Zac Tchoundjeu Editing, design & layout Julius Atia Iseli Contributed in this issue Fatoumata Tata Traoré Antoine Kalinganire Jules Bayala Apollinaire Biloso Lyliane Kani Contact us Ph.(+237) Fax(+237) The World Agroforestry Centre West and Central Africa (WCA) region held its annual regional planning meeting on August 2011 in Yaounde, Cameroon. The meeting brought together scientists from across the region to review WCA achievements in the past year ( 2010), align regional research priorities with CRPs, reflect on publication and resource mobilization strategy for WCA for 2012 and beyond, and to review administrative and financial issues for more efficiency.. The scientists presented ongoing research activities in the different countries and the Global Research Projects (GRPs). Talking to scientists at the meeting, the WCA Regional Coordinator, Dr Zac Tchoundjeu encouraged the team to work harder and challenged researchers to publish more to maintain the region as one of the best in the Centre. Last year the WCA region was the second in terms of publications. You cannot be a researcher if you are not publishing. We should also avoid poor quality papers because they create more problems than when they are not published he said. The different scientists presented the list of planned publications for 2011 and Zac called on the different national coordinators to help encourage junior scientists in their respective countries to be first authors of publications to help boost their carrier. He used the opportunities to exhort junior scientists and PhD students in the region to do all to produce good quality papers. With some of the major projects in the region expected to end by December 2011, Zac called on scientists to write new proposals. Talking about future projects, there were suggestions that it is time to package a number of high value species in a solid proposal that could have more impact. Also in this issue WCA scientists receive training on statistics Réunion nationale des partenaires de l ICRAF FEM: Réflexions pour la cinquième phase au Cameroun ICRAF launches Best Nursery Award in Cameroon West and Central Africa

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