Platform for African – European Partnership in Agricultural Research for Development

Monday, July 7, 2025

Webinars and events July 2025

1 July 2025. Session 18 of the IICA-COLEAD Caribbean Agrifood Business Series

2 July 2025. 8:30–10:00 CET. Impact Investing: From Pioneering Innovations to Scalable Solutions

2 July 2025, 14:30–16:30. OECD side event: “Scaling solutions: Improving food and nutrition governance in the Sahel and West Africa” Focus: Strengthening governance, business models, and regional partnerships to build resilient food systems in Sahel/West Africa

2 July 2025. Stronger Farmer Organisations for greater impact CANCELLED 01/07
Join a six-part online series celebrating the transformative power of farmer organizations across the Pacific Islands. Hosted by Pacific Farmer Organisations, this series showcases real-world impacts, best practices, and the voices of farmers shaping the future of food systems and climate resilience

2 July 2025. Session 5: Can farmers become agents in Climate Change mitigation? Farmer Field Schools in Ecosystem Restoration in the Andes

2 July 2025. 14:00–17:00 EAT. Writeshop for My Food is African Barefoot Guide Vol 2

2 July 2025.15:00–17:00 CEST. AI and genetically engineered organisms: a biosafety issue

2 - 4 July 2025. Sarit Expo Centre, Nairobi, Kenya. AFMASS Food Manufacturing Expo 2025

3 July 2025. Participatory Foresight for Sustainable Agrifood Systems through Agroecology

6 - 10 July 2025. Italy. New Phytopathology Frontiers of Research and Education for Plant Health and Food Safety

8 July 2025. Building a Resilient and Equitable Coffee Sector: Addressing Price Volatility and Structural Vulnerabilities.

9 July 2025. AI and the African Food System
  • African practitioners, scholars, and policy specialists will be invited to provide inputs on the merits, risks, and ethical imperatives that need to be prioritised within African deliberations on the regulation of Artificial Intelligence, which is being rapidly and eagerly adopted by agro-industries and other food system role players in Africa.
14 July 2025. Concentrated corporate power in the global food systems: Consequences and potential policy responses

15 July 2025. IAP Webinar: Pastoralism and Grasslands - Science and Policy for Regenerative Rangeland Management

15 July 2025. The Future of Youth Jobs in Agrifood Systems in Africa.

17 July 2025. Gamifying Agroecology

18 July 2025. 11:00 am CEST. From Data to Decisions: Modelling a Sustainable Future for Food Systems

  • Explore how cutting-edge modelling tools are driving evidence-based solutions for food system sustainability. 
  • This webinar will examine the dynamic intersections of ecological priorities, economic realities, and policy-making, highlighting how integrated data approaches can support biodiversity, resilience, and long-term food security across diverse contexts.

19 July 2025. Vyakulani Africa II. Women led intergenerational and intercommunal transfer of African culinary knowledge

21 July 2025. 10:00 – 13:00 (GMT+1). e-consultation on the IRC Strategy and Operational Plan

23 July 2025. What Do We Know About the Future of Food Systems?

24–25 July 2025. Catalysing African Science through scientific partnershipThe conference will feature:

  • An overview of the AU-EU Innovation Agenda (2023–2032)
  • Research showcases by ARISE Fellows and European collaborators
  • Sessions highlighting Horizon Europe’s Africa Initiative III and DRC research priorities
  • Interactive roundtables on partnerships, innovation, and capacity building.

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

  • VACS Partnership webinar,
  • hosted by Welthungerhilfe (WHH).
30 July 2025, 10:00 AM EDT Webinar (Agroecology Fund): Agroecology Entrepreneurship through the Lens of the Solidarity Economy

30 July 2025. 2:00 PM (WAT) Enhancing Bambara Groundnut Production Through Improved Agronomic Practices

  •  Guest Speaker: *Dr. Faloye Benjamin* 
  • Fieldbank Manager, Genetic Resources Center International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria
  • Google Meet  (https://meet.google.com/ukw-wmzk-rib)

30 July 2025. Advancing sustainable agricultural mechanization through farmer field schools for small-scale producers

5 August 2025. Positioning Testing for Trade under AfCFTA

  • presented by Dr Andrew Edewa, this webinar will draw on his expertise on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) measures and Standards and Quality Infrastructure (SQI) while exploring how robust testing frameworks can unlock trade opportunities across Africa under the AfCFTA. 

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

24-29 August 2025. 23rd International Congress of Nutrition 

28 August 2025. 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CET. Securing Land Rights and Social Equity in Pursuit of Net Zero

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

30 Sept- 3 October 2025. Accra. 8th Sustainable Phosphorus Summit (SPS8)

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

11-13 September, Berlin, Germany Symposium (4 per 1000): SC4C – SoilCarbon4Climate - Learn more

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 Progress

11 October, Abu Dhabi
IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025
Side event on Agroecological NbS in Action: Jointly Addressing the Resilience of Water, Soil, Biodiversity and People.
More information about the congress and registration

24-25 October 2025. 9th African Diaspora Agrofood Forum

28 October 2025. UK-Africa Women in Food & Ag Investment Summit (WiFAI London 2025)

29-31 October 2025. Kigali Rwanda. 16th Commemoration of Africa Day for Food and Nutrition Security (ADFNS) and 21st CAADP Partnership Platform

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)

25-27 November, Lao PDR
Conference: TARASA 2025 – Transitioning Towards Agroecology and Regenerative Agriculture
More information and registration


25 to 28 November 2025. Tanzania. Africa Conference on Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization (SAM).

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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