Platform for African – European Partnership in Agricultural Research for Development

Friday, May 2, 2025

Webinars and event May 2025

5 May 2025. Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Roadmap in Africa

5 May 2025. On the road to UNOC-3: How can the upcoming European Ocean Pact advance ocean sustainability?

5 May 2025. Feeding the Future: Innovative Technology for Greener, More Resilient Agrifood Systems in Africa

5-7 May 2025. Nairobi, Kenya. UNFSS+4 Regional Preparatory Meeting Africa

5-7 May 2025. Launch of the Comprehensive African Agricultural Programme (CAADP) Strategy and Action Plan 2026-2035

6 May 2025. Museum of Natural Sciences. Brussels. Agroecological transition of food systems in Africa: Evidence for research and development policies in Africa-EU collaboration
  • Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/94482193448?pwd=walfpWD0L9myrwPAZGAl152Qtp1jIO.1
  • Meeting ID: 944 8219 3448 / Passcode: 150245


ERC Grants for Researchers based in Africa"
🔹 The French session will take place on 7 May 2025 at 10:00 CEST.
🔹 The English session will be held on 9 May 2025 at 10:00 CEST.


  • An event of the Transformative Partnership Platform (TPP) for Agroecology and Agroecological TRANSITIONS Project (ATDT)
8 - 9 May 2025.  East Africa Carbon Markets Forum EACMF 2025

12 - 16 May 2025. 7th AFRICA WIDE AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION WEEK 2025.




19 May 2025. Time: 10:00 am EAT /  07:00 am /GMT /  08:00 am  WAT / 09:00 CET.  - Launch of the Soil Information System & Project Deliverables
  • hybrid Launch and Handover Ceremony of the Soil Information System (SIS) for Africa at the Hilton Hotel in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Soils4Africa project
  • Insights into the policy context
  • A ‘key-to-success' session focused on guidance and tips for quality proposals
  • Pitches for each of the topics from the Work Programme 2025
  • A session on COFUND partnerships’ topics
20 - 22 May 2025. Nairobi. Financing Agri-Food Systems Sustainably, FINAS 2025, Summit

20 - 23 May 2025. Kunming, Yunnan, China. International Agrobiodiversity Congress (IAC)

21 - 22 May 2025. Agrinatura General Assembly and Conference 2025
  • Agrinatura organizes every year it’s General Assembly hosted by the member of each institution to discuss further activities, new projects, further initiatives, incorporation of new members, presentation of working groups in a way to continue working in the achievement of Agrinatura goals for sustainable agriculture.
  • Annual General Assembly its two-day event, the first day its related to organizational matters and the second day its followed by a workshop focus on topics related to research in agriculture development.
  • Location: University of Ghent, Belgium
  • Organised by the European Commission, the EU Delegation to the African Union, and EURAXESS Africa, this high-level event will present 24 new call topics under the recently launched Africa Initiative III, with a total budget of €500 million—more than double that of previous Africa Initiatives. 
22 May 2025 - 15:00-16:15 GMT Webinar | Empowering Producers, Strengthening Livelihoods: Strategies for Closing the Living Income Gap | Living Income Community of Practice |

26 to 30 May 2025. Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. 2025 Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank Under the theme ‘Making Africa’s Capital Work Better for Africa’s Development”


27 - 28 May 2025. Precision fermentation - beyond the buzzword
  • Session 1: Tuesday, 27 May 2025 | 16:00–17:30 CEST (Rome) - Register here
  • Session 2: Wednesday, 28 May 2025 | 08:00–09:30 CEST (Rome) - Register here
  • Both sessions will start with an overview presentation of the latest FAO publication “Precision Fermentation – With a focus on Food Safety”, offering key takeaways on nomenclature, production processes, and current regulatory perspectives. One of the publication’s authors will guide participants through the findings, providing clarity on what precision fermentation is – and isn’t.
  • Whether you're involved in food safety, regulatory affairs, or food innovation, this webinar will provide timely insights into a technology possibly contributing to the future of agrifood systems.

27 - 29 May 2025. 4:30pm - May 29 · 10:30pm CEST. 5th global conference of the SFS Programme. by One Planet

28 May 2025 - 14:00 - 15:30 GMT. Webinar | Living Income Across Sectors: Insights from Cocoa, Coffee, and Palm | Living Income Community of Practice | 

2 June, from 14.00-15.30h CEST. Online network briefing session from the Netherlands Food Partnership about the upcoming UNFSS +4 Stocktake for the Dutch partner network 

  • Status Seminar to showcase current research results and highlight overarching themes. Researchers from across the project COINS, DecLaRe, InfoRange, Minodu and INTERFACES will come together for an interactive and collaborative week.
9 and 12 June 2025. Agrigento (Sicily), Italy 1st International Congress on Mediterranean Agroecology

9 and 13 June 2025. African Conference on Agricultural Technologies (ACAT) Kigali, Rwanda

11 June 2025 - 09:00 - 11:00 GMT |Virtual Workshop | Pathways to Income Improvement in Asia: Addressing Barriers and unlocking Opportunities | Living Income Community of Practice |  Simultaneous Bahasa Indonesian interpretation

11 - 12 June 2025. Global Gateway Forum 2025

27–29 July, 2025. Addis Ababa. 2nd UN Food Systems Summit Stocktake (UNFSS+4) 

4 - 8 August 2025. African BioGenome Project (AfricaBP) Open Institute East and Central Africa Regional Workshop 2025

31 August - 5 September 2025. Africa Food Systems Forum (AFS Forum) 

10 - 12 September 2025. Hybrid - Bonn, Germany. Tropentag 2025

15 - 19 September 2025. Perth Australia. The 15th Biennial ISSS/ 8th Seed Ecology Conferences


16 - 19 September 2025. 5th All Africa Postharvest Congress and Exhibition (5th AAPHCE)
  • The theme for this year's congress is 'Securing the Harvest: Postharvest Management Solutions for Resilient and Inclusive Food Systems.'
  • This biennial pan-African event is a critical platform for discussing and showcasing innovative solutions in postharvest management
23 - 25 September 2025. Uppsala, Sweden. Agri4D 2025: Nurturing regenerative food systems in a changing climate - three specific sub-themes:
Empowering the Next Generation of Food Systems Leaders
Transforming Food Systems: Innovation and Implementation
Equity, Justice, and Resilience

30 september - 3 October 2025. 8th Global Sustainable Phosphorus Summit (SPS8)

2 to 4 October 2025 Malmö Agroecology Europe Forum

7 - 9 October 2025. Nairobi. 10th AfriLabs Annual Gathering: "Africa’s Innovation Future: Policy, Partnerships, and Progres

4th–6th Nov 2025. 12th ANAPRI Stakeholders Conference

4 November 2025 – 06 November 2025 - Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement Global Gathering

5 - 7 November 2025. GLOBAL CLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTURE CONFERENCE

10 - 21 November 2025. Belém, Brazil. UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 30)

26 - 28 November 2025. Wageningen, Netherlands. Food System Microbiomes International conference

12 December 2025. International Conference GAPSYM18 - Resources in Africa

30 September - 02 October 2025. University of Helsinki. Science for Sustainability 2025

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