Platform for African – European Partnership in Agricultural Research for Development

Monday, September 1, 2025

Webinars and events September 2025

3 September 2025 Strengthening Seed Systems and Research Infrastructure: stronger links are needed between research and farmers, especially for indigenous crops.

31 August - 5 September 2025. Africa food Systems Forum


9 sep 2025 03:00 p.m. ArcX forum Pre-event (Agroecology Training/Learning Workshop)

9-11 September 2025. Land and Youth Digital Conference by GFAiR Collective Action on Land Tenure and Climate Change 

9 to 11 September 2025. Beauvais, France. Global Confederation of Higher Education Associations for Agricultural and Life Sciences (GCHERA)
  • This year’s Assembly, themed “Leadership for Educational Innovation and University Transformation”, focused on:
  • Visioning the future of GCHERA
  • Institutional strengthening through policies, governance, and partnerships
  • Regular business, including the election of new officers

  • ICRISAT is organizing a webinar on Scalable Solutions for Crop Improvement and Production Technologies for the Global South
  • The webinar will bring together experts from CGIAR Centers and NARS partners to share recent scalable research contributions in crop improvement and production technologies.
11-13 September, Berlin, Germany Symposium (4 per 1000): SC4C – SoilCarbon4Climate - Learn more

11–13 September 2025. India-Africa Seed Summit 2025

13 September 2025. Creative Youth Competition on Indigenous Foods and Their Contribution to Food Sovereignty


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

16 - 17 September 2025. Kenya.  National  Agricultural Extension and Advisory services Conference
  •  Theme: “From Silos to Systems: Strengthening Agricultural Extension Systems through Collective Actions towards Sustainable Food Systems’’
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
17 September 2025. 3:00–4:30 PM CEST. Enabling Market Access for Women through Policy Instruments
  • Women play a vital role in horticulture, yet they face systemic constraints in accessing markets, from limited mobility and time burdens to exclusion from formal systems. Unlocking their full economic potential requires gender-responsive infrastructure, inclusive market information systems, and supportive policy environments.
  • Janelle Larson, PhD., Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics, Penn State University
  • Freda E. Asem, Ph.D, Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, University of Ghana

  • Guided by the priorities established by the Taskforce of the Coalition, the 2-day summit will showcase the progress made towards the Coalition objectives since the 1st Global Summit hosted by France in Paris. 
  • It will underscore how governments and partners are investing in school meal programmes as a powerful policy that can help galvanize global action on some of the key challenges of our time. It will provide a platform to nurture collaborations, and further mobilization & commitments for the next 2 years.

22–25 September 2025.  Digital Agriculture Week 2025


  • As part of the Science Summit 2025 on 23 September, another key panel under the Global Flagship Initiative for Food Security
  • This session will bring together global leaders and changemakers to explore collaborative, science-driven solutions to transform food systems - an urgent priority in the face of growing global challenges.
23 September 2025. Bonn + Online. Africa’s Food Systems Transformation
  • ZEF Public Lecture on the future of food systems in Africa, presented by Dr. Namukolo Covic — a leading voice at the science-policy-society interface.
23 - 24 September 2025. The Global Flagship Initiative for Food Security will host a series of events during the Science Summit at UNGA80 in New York.

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
  • The FAO Right to Food Team will host Dr. Jennifer Clapp for the presentation of her book “Titans of Industrial Agriculture” 


  • Amparo Gonzalez Diez, European Commission, DG INTPA, Unit F3
  • Prof. Abdelsalam Tidjani, University of N’Djamena
  • Souheila Abbeddou and Christophe Guyondet, NRF


29 September 2025. 09:00-11:00 CEST. Agroecology in the banana sector

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

30 September 2025. 14:00–16:00 CET. Launch of the FO-RI Capitalization Report
30 September 2025 Abstract submission for: 15-20 March 2026. 13 International symposium on Beverage crops South Africa

  • organized in the context of the SCAR Food Systems Strategic Working Group (FS SWG) priority action on Accelerating and Monitoring Food Systems Transition.
  • The outcomes of the workshop will feed into the FOODPathS Final Consortium Meeting (1–2 October, The Hague), contributing to the co-creation of next steps for advancing sustainable food systems in Europe and beyond.
30 September – 2 October 2025. Kigali, Rwanda. Farmers Convention and Congress 2025.

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

2 to 4 October 2025 Malmö Agroecology Europe Forum

6 - 8 October 2025. Zimbabwe. African Plant Breeders Meeting + pre-conference 4-5 October

  • With major donors reducing development aid, the global development community is under pressure to do more with less. The OECD projects a 9–17% drop in official development assistance (ODA) in 2025, following a 9% decline in 2024, driven largely by cuts from France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Meanwhile, youth, particularly in Africa, face mounting challenges including limited job opportunities, weak labour protections and rising poverty.
  • This webinar, organized by the Donor Platform's Thematic Working Group on Rural Youth Employment (TWG RYE), will explore how emerging financing mechanisms can contribute to youth employment creation. Speakers will examine the comparative advantage of new financing schemes such as green bonds, green loans, climate funds and carbon credits, with particular attention to their potential impact on youth.
7 - 9 October 2025. Nairobi. 10th AfriLabs Annual Gathering: "Africa’s Innovation Future: Policy, Partnerships, and Progress

10–13 October 2025 | Parco di Porta Capena, Rome, Italy. First FAO Global Exhibition: From Seeds to Foods

11 October 2025, Abu Dhabi. IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025

13 October 2025. EUDiF Future Forum - The Future Forum is the European Union’s flagship conference on diaspora engagement and will showcase diaspora-led development stories and practices

13-17 October 2025. FAO Science and Innovation Forum

15–16 October 2025, Brussels. Next Bite 2025. Building the future of food together

20-24 October 2025 | FAO headquarters, Rome, Italy 53rd Plenary Session of the Committee on World Food Security

22 October 2025. Brussels. Bridging Continents through Innovation: Africa-Europe Innovation Dialogues
  • AEIP annual event: this event brings across African and European stakeholders from across the innovation value chains to foster connection and dialogue.

23 October 2025. Brussels, Belgium, and online. The Innovation Fair: Enabling that step forward
  • the Innovation Fair aims to showcase the vibrancy of the cooperation among European, African and Mediterranean innovation ecosystems, promoting innovative solutions with potential for market and societal uptake, vis-à-vis potential public and private funders and fostering networking, matchmaking and collaborations.

3 November 2025. Kigali, Rwanda. Leveraging the AFS for Jobs” to be presented during a pre-conference to the 12th Annual ANAPRI Stakeholders Conference

4 – 6 November 2025. Kigali Rwanda. 12th ANAPRI Stakeholders Conference

4 - 6 November 2025. Kigali Rwanda. 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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