UN Food Systems Dialogues | FARA ED Talks about upcoming events

9 February 2021. UN Food Systems Dialogues | FARA ED Talks about upcoming events

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Food and nutrition secure Africa are crucial for the global accomplishment of sustainable development goals.#sdggoals

Within the context of the Science Agenda for Agriculture in Africa and the CAADP-XP4 institutions ( ASARECA CORAF Ccardesa African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS) the FARA-led coalition is working with the Science Group of the United Nation Food System Summit.

This event is a virtual 2-prong dialogue convened in the context of the UN-FSSD. on the theme "Strengthening the African Agricultural Research and Development for an Improved Africa Food System"

16 February 2021, 9:00am GMT Strengthening the African Agricultural Research and Development Towards improved Africa Food System

The main objective of the FARA Webinar: Strengthening the African Agricultural Research and Development Towards Improved Africa Food System is to provide a platform for key stakeholders in the agricultural research for development space to discuss salient options for the agricultural research for development (AR4D) mechanisms to strengthen the food system on the African continent. The session will further allow participants to think through how to engineer a repositioning of Africa for the attainment of the SDGs within the decade, given the emerging BR Reports.

The specific objectives are:

• To facilitate a consultative e-Forum to review the major issues and challenges confronting the African food system.
• To elucidate pragmatic game-changing options for the African food systems given the short time frame to 2030.
• To propose solutions that will enhance the deployment of science and innovation to provide the necessary catalysts of the food systems in Africa in the context of S3A.
• To come up with the One Africa Voice (policy brief) to the 2021 UN Food System Summit on AR4D (African message to the Summit).
• To provide modalities of moderating comments on the six (6) Papers (Draft) of the Group.
• To develop and present the African strategy trajectory to the pre-summit and the main Summit.

Upcoming webinars:

• Apr 16, 2021 09:00 AM
• May 16, 2021 09:00 AM
• Jun 16, 2021 09:00 AM
• Jul 16, 2021 09:00 AM
• Aug 16, 2021 09:00 AM