UPCOMING EVENTS IN AGRICULTURE RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT (AR4D) – NOVEMBER 2018 & Beyond

5-9 November 2018. Addis Ababa. Seminar for Food and Nutrition Security Coordination of the EU Delegations in Eastern and Southern Africa (CODESA)

6 November 2018. Wageningen, Netherlands. Global Future Farming Summit

7 - 9 November 2018. Esterhazy Palace, Eisenstadt, Austria. 6th International Conference on Organic Agriculture Sciences (ICOAS);

12-15 November, 2018. Kampala, Uganda. National Agricultural Research Organisation - Makerere University Second Joint Scientific Conference

14 November 2018.  European Investment Bank’s first Donors Conference in Luxembourg. The event will focus on how finance can help tackle the root causes of migration and climate change, and boost economic growth.

15-16 November 2018. The European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes is organising a two-day workshop on research communications in Bonn.

17 - 29 November 2018. Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. Fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity

19-23 November, 2018. Abuja, Nigeria. IFDC workshop: Bringing Balanced Fertilizers to Smallholder Farmers in Africa

21-23 November 2018. Buenos Aires, Argentina.Week of Agriculture and Food: Future challenges for Latin America and the Caribbean

23-24 November 2018, Sharm el-Sheikh, Arab Republic of Egypt. 4th Science Forum: Science for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework

20 November 2018. Brussels Briefing n. 53 on "The next generation of farmers: successes and new opportunities"

21 November 2018. The Hague, Netherlands. Conference: Investing in Future Prospects. Linking Research to Policy for Inclusive Development in Africa

21 November 2018. InfoPoint Lunchtime Conference: "Catalysing productivity, job creation and inclusive growth in the informal sector in developing countries

21-23 November 2018. Rome, Italy. The International Symposium on  Agricultural Innovation for Family Farmers: Unlocking the potential of agricultural innovation to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals”

20-22 November 2018. Maputo, Mozambique. FANRPAN 2018 High-level Food and Nutrion Security Policy Dialogue. Transforming Africa’s Agriculture. With this focus in mind, the High-Level Dialogue will create a platform for experts to reflect on approaches that can be employed to boost agricultural productivity on the continent.

22 November 2018. Brussels. European Parliament. Farmers fighting climate change in developing countries.

22-23 November 2018. Salvador, Bahia/Brazil. 6th Brazil Africa Forum. Youth Empowerment: Transformation to Achieve Sustainable Transformation

22-23 November 2018. Vienna, Austria. People’s food – people’s health: Towards healthy and sustainable European Food Systems

26 November 2018. Brussels, Belgium. InfoPoint Lunchtime Conference: Lessons from PAEPARD 10 years experience: ‘’Striving for success in multi-stakeholder partnerships in Europe-Africa agriculture research and innovation actions’’

27 November 2018. Brussels, Belgium. InfoPoint Lunchtime Conference: e-Weather/e-Climate Information Services for Sustainable Development in Africa

29 November 2018. Brussels, Belgium. InfoPoint Lunchtime Conference: "Linking research to policies and practices:experiences on pastoralism in Eastern Africa."

26 – 30 November 2018. Dakar, Senegal. International workshop on the dairy value chain in Africa

27 – 29 November 2018. Geneva, Switzerland. Sixth GGKP Annual Conference On Inclusive 

Solutions for the Green Transition: ‘’Competitiveness, Jobs and Social Dimensions’’

28-30 November 2018. Bangkok, Thailand. Accelerating the End of Hunger and Malnutrition: An IFPRI-FAO Global Event

28-30 November 2018. Johannesburg, South Africa. Smart Farming. ‘’ The future of ‘Smart' farming - leveraging digital technology to farm more efficiently - is inextricably linked to our ability to ‘connect’ farms via the internet. 'Smart' farming depends on exchanging data with, within and between farms. The speed of connection is critical and if we don't have adequate bandwidth in regional Australia we will miss out on the third wave of the internet’’.

30 November- 4 December 2018: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. APIMONDIA SYMPOSIUM 2018; Role of Bees in Food Production.

2-14 December 2018. Katowice, Poland. UN climate change talks (COP24)

2-7 December 2018. Khartoum, Sudan. Young Scientists Conference. Genomics and Human Health in Africa

11 December 2018. Webinar. The Role of Local Governance in Urban Food Security

11-17 December2018. The Intra-African Trade Fair 2018 takes place in Cairo, providing a platform for sharing trade, investment and market information.

12 December2018. The Austrian Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs, the Austrian Development Agency and the OECD ‘Sahel and West Africa Club’ Secretariat organise a workshop on women, the food economy and networks in West Africa. ECDPM’s Fabien Tondel will present during the workshop.

10-12 December 2018. Center of Congress Rennes, France.  DIVERSIFOOD Final Congress ‘Cultivating Diversity and Food Quality’

13 December2018. Webinar. The Global Donor Platform for Rural Development organises a webinar on aligning policies and programmes on agriculture and Aid for Trade.

13 December2018. Webinar. Releasing the Underground Forest. This infopoint conference will provide a brief description of Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration, a low-cost agroecological approach used to combat poverty and hunger

18 December 2018. Life streamed. Brussels, Belgium. InfoPoint Lunchtime Conference: Coffee: Behind the success story" 

18 December 2018. Vienna, Austria. High-level Forum Africa-Europe: ‘’Taking Cooperation to the Digital Age’’ 

10-12 January 2019. International Conference on Aquatic Resource and Aquaculture for Sustainable Development, ICAR-AQUAS-2019.

12-13 February 2019. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. First FAO/WHO/AU International Food Safety Conference
20-21 March 2019. Washington, DC. Global Food Security Symposium 2019

1-2 April 2019. Abu Dhabi. Agricultural Innovation for agriculture summit. Conference Theme: Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture.

23-24 April 2019. Geneva, Switzerland. The FAO/WHO/WTO International Forum on Food Safety and Trade.

21-22 May 2019, Chicago The Future of Food

29 – 31 May 2019 Arusha, Tanzania. CfP Conference: Pesticide Politics in Africa. 

12-13 June 2019. Stockholm, Sweden. EAT Stockholm Food Forum 2019

18-20 June 2019. Nairobi. 1st  ALL AFRICA CONGRESS ON SYNTHETIC PESTICIDES, ENVIRONMENT, HUMAN AND ANIMAL HEALTH

18-20 June, 2019. Safari Park Hotel & Casino Nairobi, Kenya. 1st All Africa Congress On Synthetic Pesticides, Environment, Human And Animal Health.

9 - 12 July 2019. Accra, Ghana. Evidence to Action Conference 2019. Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research, University of Ghana

28-31 October, 2019. Cairo, Egypt. 8th Africa Agriculture Science Week and FARA General Assembly. This the biggest assembly of actors in Agricultural Research for Development organized every three (3) Years by the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) and Partners at the regional (ASARECA, CCARDESA, CORAF, NAASRO and AFAAS) and country levels (NARES). The 2019 edition is hosted by the Egyptian Agricultural Research Centre (ARC) and the North Africa Agricultural Sub-Regional Research Organization (NAASRO). You don'y want to miss this.