The exchanges emphasized the importance of farmers’ seed systems for food and seed sovereignty, including the ability of farming communities to conserve, use, exchange and further develop crop varieties adapted to their environments and food needs.
Friday, September 18, 2026
Products and Seeds at the World Social Forum
In Cotonou, Benin, the 2026 World Social Forum hosted an exhibition space dedicated to agroecology, bringing together producers and organizations from several countries. Participants showcased a diversity of local food products and farmers’ seeds, highlighting local agricultural practices, crop diversity and farmers’ knowledge and expertise.
Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Future food symposium UK
- University of Essex
- University of Nottingham
- University of Reading
- Institute for Development Studies, University of Sussex
- University of Birmingham
- University of Sheffield
It is an annual event that brings together researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and advocates working at the cutting edge of food systems research and practice. In 2026, the symposium took place under the theme Food Systems at a Crossroads: Local Action, Global Change, reflecting the urgent need to connect place-based knowledge and community-led innovation with the broader systemic transformations required to build equitable, sustainable, and resilient food futures.
Book of Abstracts - Food Systems at a Crossroads: Local Action, Global Change 29 p,
This year's symposium spans an extraordinary breadth of topics, from agri-food sustainability and Indigenous food sovereignty, to community food resilience, public dining, coastal food challenges, nutrition and health inequalities, and the growing role of data and artificial intelligence in food systems. Together, the tracks reflect a shared conviction: that meaningful change in food systems requires collaboration across disciplines, sectors, institutions, and borders.
Extracts of the programme
14/09 Positive Agri-Food Futures for People and Planet
Food systems are at a critical juncture, facing intensifying pressures from climate change, biodiversity loss, resource degradation, and persistent inequalities in access to nutritious food and sustainable livelihoods. Delivering a transition toward resilient, nature-positive agri-food systems requires moving beyond fragmented approaches toward integrated, outcome-focused strategies that recognise the interdependencies between environmental health, food production, and societal wellbeing.
- Luh Putu Kartini, Putu Diah Sastri Pitanatri, Bali Tourism Polytechnic - Beyond Food Waste: Women's Culinary Mediation and Circular Food Futures in Rural Bali
- Shreya, Sijo Abraham, Nimisha Mittal, Independent Researcher - Seed Commons as Integrated Infrastructure for Climate-Resilient Food Systems: Evidence from Eastern India
- Alampik Debbarma, Tripura University - Food, Forests, and Sustainability: Indigenous Tipra Culinary Practices in Northeast India
- Nma Goran Dhahir, Water Diplomacy Center - Governing Water, Governing Nutrition: Transboundary Water Governance Failures, Water Quality Degradation, and Nutritional Vulnerability in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
- Alice Mauchline, University of Reading - Working in Partnership: How can farmers best inform peer-reviewed science and scientists best inform farmers?
- Ada Freaney and Claire Mac Evilly, Airfield Estate - Cultivating Sustainable Futures: The Living Classroom Model at Airfield Estate
- Carina Manitius, University of Vermont - Stranded Assets and Stranded Livelihoods in Agriculture: Identifying Barriers to Change to Support Just Transformation
14/09 Community-Based Approaches to Tackling Food Insecurity
While a significant body of literature exists on people’s experiences of emergency food access, particularly through networked and independent foodbanks, many new forms of community-based approaches to tackling food insecurity continue to emerge. New community-based spaces of food access go beyond food aid provision and seek to create a sense of connection, build resilience and even ‘close the circular loop’ between food surplus, affordable food access, and food waste that is then revalorised as compost to grow local, sustainable food.
- Anton Rosenfeld and Bruce Pearce, Garden Organic - Growing resilience through culturally relevant varieties
- Connie Dalton, Pamela Louise Graham, and Richard Lee, Northumbria University - Beyond Nutrition: A Mixed-Methods Study of Children, Families, and School Staff's Experiences of Free School Meals Across the UK
- Neal Haddaway, University of Amsterdam - Commensality: exploring agricultural migrant workers'relationships with food and cooking
- Nia Coupe, Hollie Walsh, Zahra Mulla et al., University of Manchester - Getting nutritious food into food aid: the Food Aid Mapping Manchester (FAMM) study
- Purva Bahadkar and Anita Dighe, Foundation for Mother & Child Health India - Beyond Food: Strengthening Food Security Through Timely Behaviour Change Communication During the First 1,000 Days
- Sharon Mada, Thuenen Institute - Approaches to Food Waste Reduction in Urban Sub-Saharan Africa: Practices and Initiatives for Circular Food Systems
Data were collected from 400 households and 39 street market vendors in Hatcliffe, Zimbabwe, through a face-to-face questionnaire survey. In addition, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 11 experts from Mauritius, Nigeria, Botswana, Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.
14/09 Resilience and Community Food Projects
- Lucy Shepherd, Heritage Seed Library, Garden Organic - Growing Resilience from the Ground Up: Community Conservation of Heritage Crops for a Changing World
This work presented findings from Sowing Your Seeds: Heritage Crops for a Resilient Future, a National Lottery Heritage Fund project led by Garden Organic's Heritage Seed Library. Working across the Midlands, the project identifies, documents and conserves locally maintained edible crop varieties. Through seed-saving workshops, community events and seed swaps, growers are encouraged to share both seeds and the stories behind them, recognising that cultural knowledge and lived experience are inseparable from the genetic resources themselves. By bringing little-known collections of heritage crops back into active cultivation, ‘Sowing Your Seeds’ helps ensure that locally adapted varieties, together with their cultural heritage, remain living components of our food system. This presentation offered attendees opportunities to consider community seed conservation and will suggest a model for participatory conservation that strengthens biodiversity, celebrates community custodianship, and equips food systems with the diversity needed to respond to an uncertain future.
15/09 Decolonising Food Systems & Sovereignties [Panel Debate]
This panel explored decolonizing food systems through Indigenous resurgence, governance, and relational accountability. Indigenous speakers from Turtle Island will examine how colonial policies, dispossession, and extractive economies have undermined Indigenous food practices and sovereignties. The discussion addressed dismantling colonial structures that regulate land, water, and agriculture, and disrupting the power relationships that privilege state and corporate control over Indigenous decision-making.
- Track Chair: Dr. Belinda Zakrzewska (University of Birmingham)
- Shyra Barberstock, Co-founder of Kebaonish Inc / Queen's University (Canada)
- Rye Barberstock, Co-founder of Kebaonish Inc / Queen's University (Canada)
Strategy 2040 and Africa Strategy
This meeting was a joint CGIAR–FARA consultation held during the Africa Food Systems Forum (AFS Forum) in Kigali. Its purpose was to bring African agricultural research partners and other stakeholders into the development of the emerging CGIAR Africa Strategy while simultaneously gathering African perspectives to shape the longer-term CGIAR Strategy 2040. Participants were invited to provide feedback, priorities and guidance so that both strategies would be more relevant to Africa's needs, better owned by African institutions, and capable of delivering greater impact.
The consultation was particularly important in positioning African institutions as partners in defining CGIAR's future research agenda rather than simply as recipients of CGIAR research. The CGIAR Africa Strategy discussion therefore concerned how CGIAR's science, partnerships and investments should respond to continental and national priorities, while Strategy 2040 looked further ahead at CGIAR's long-term role in a rapidly changing agrifood research and innovation landscape. The workshop also provided an opportunity to strengthen alignment between CGIAR and FARA and the wider African agricultural research and innovation system.
- Dr. Ismahane Elouafi — Executive Managing Director, CGIAR.
- Dr. Simeon Ehui — Director General, IITA, and CGIAR Regional Director for Africa / Continental Champion for Africa.
- Dr. Namukolo Covic — Lead, CGIAR Liaison Office for Africa.
- Dr. Aggrey Agumya — Executive Director, Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA).
- Dr. Steven Were Omamo — Director, Development Strategies and Governance and Director for Africa, IFPRI
“By 2045, success will not be measured by what CGIAR has done or by the size of CGIAR’s footprint in Africa. Success will be measured by the strength of Africa’s own institutions.”
The session is particularly relevant to GFAiR and the Global NARS Consortium (GNC) because it opens an important space for ensuring that CGIAR Strategy 2040 and its Africa Strategy are connected to NARS priorities, regional research fora and other actors in national agricultural research and innovation systems. This complements GFAiR's role in facilitating dialogue between NARS, regional fora and CGIAR and could provide a practical entry point for GNC to aggregate NARS priorities and feed them systematically into CGIAR's evolving strategy and research agenda.
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Speaking during one of the sessions at the Africa Food Systems Forum 2026 in Kigali, Rwanda, Dr Botir Dosov, Global NARS Consortium Coordinator, highlighted four priorities for Africa's agriood systems transformation:1️⃣ Advance Africa's transition from import dependence to export-oriented economies. Reducing import dependence is only part of the ambition. Africa has the resources and opportunities to become a stronger exporter, and long-term strategies should support this transformation.
2️⃣ Consider how global changes will shape Africa's agricultural future. Africa is part of the global agricultural system. Its long-term strategies must anticipate worldwide trends and their implications for the continent's agricultural development.
3️⃣ Turn policy ambitions into practical action. Progress requires concrete programmes, clear roadmaps, and investment in institutional, cross-sectoral, and interdisciplinary reforms.
4️⃣ Strengthen investment in agricultural research and education. Population growth is increasing food demand. Meeting this challenge requires sustained investment in agricultural research and education systems.
Investing in Seed Systems for Resilience, Nutrition and Jobs
The session examined how Africa can move from individual seed-sector projects toward well-financed, nationally coordinated and market-responsive seed systems. The starting point was that quality seed underpins several objectives simultaneously: climate resilience, agricultural productivity, improved nutrition, farmer incomes and rural employment. Yet investment gaps, fragmented coordination and insufficient private-sector participation continue to prevent improved and locally adapted varieties from reaching farmers at scale.
A major focus was the use of Seed Sector Investment Plans to translate evidence on seed-system weaknesses into coordinated public and private investment.
A major focus was the use of Seed Sector Investment Plans to translate evidence on seed-system weaknesses into coordinated public and private investment.
The first panel, “Seed Sector Investment Plans and National Planning: Mobilising Public and Private Investment,” stressed that investment plans need to cover the whole seed value chain—from breeding and early-generation seed through multiplication, certification, distribution and markets. Governments have a key role in creating an enabling policy and regulatory environment, while private companies provide investment, innovation, multiplication and commercialization.
The second panel, “Strategic Partnerships for Strengthening Market-Responsive Seed Systems,” shifted attention from seed supply to farmer demand and markets. A central message was that farmers will invest in improved seed when farming is profitable; seed-system development therefore needs stronger links with processors, traders, food value chains and regional markets. This is particularly important for nutritious and climate-resilient crops. Country Manager of HarvestPlus Solutions Nigeria, for example, discussed how biofortified crop seed systems can attract private investment while strengthening nutrition-sensitive and resilient agrifood systems.
The strongest overall conclusion was that seed systems cannot be treated as an isolated agricultural input issue. They have to connect research and breeding with early-generation seed, seed enterprises, finance, regulation, extension, farmers and ultimately profitable markets. This also explains the session's three-part framing: better seed systems contribute to resilience through climate-adapted varieties, nutrition through diverse and biofortified crops, and jobs through seed production, multiplication, distribution, processing and expanding agricultural value chains. (LinkedIn)
The second panel, “Strategic Partnerships for Strengthening Market-Responsive Seed Systems,” shifted attention from seed supply to farmer demand and markets. A central message was that farmers will invest in improved seed when farming is profitable; seed-system development therefore needs stronger links with processors, traders, food value chains and regional markets. This is particularly important for nutritious and climate-resilient crops. Country Manager of HarvestPlus Solutions Nigeria, for example, discussed how biofortified crop seed systems can attract private investment while strengthening nutrition-sensitive and resilient agrifood systems.
- Evelyn Lusenaka — Director, CESSA/AGRA; keynote/remarks and leadership perspective on strengthening African seed systems.
- Boaz Blackie Keizire — moderator of the session on Seed Sector Investment Plans and National Planning.
- Dr Rufaro Madakadze — Lead, Capacity Building & Technical Support, CESSA/AGRA; moderator of the market-responsive seed-systems panel and contributor to the concluding discussion.
- Enock Chikava — Gates Foundation; remarks on investment and the role of partnerships in strengthening African agricultural and seed systems.
- Dr Jean Claude Rubyogo — Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT; perspective linking agricultural research, improved varieties and delivery through functioning seed systems.
- Dr Yusuf Dollah Fou'ad — Country Manager, HarvestPlus Solutions Nigeria; contribution on biofortified seeds, private-sector investment and nutrition-sensitive seed systems
- Samuel Angwenyi — CESSA/AGRA; contributor to the session and concluding discussions.
- Lauren Good — Gates Foundation; contributor to the discussion on investment and partnerships.
- Jonathan Said — AGRA; contributor to the session's concluding discussion on investment and food-system transformation.
The strongest overall conclusion was that seed systems cannot be treated as an isolated agricultural input issue. They have to connect research and breeding with early-generation seed, seed enterprises, finance, regulation, extension, farmers and ultimately profitable markets. This also explains the session's three-part framing: better seed systems contribute to resilience through climate-adapted varieties, nutrition through diverse and biofortified crops, and jobs through seed production, multiplication, distribution, processing and expanding agricultural value chains. (LinkedIn)
Related:
31 August 2026. Pathways to Scale: Where Nutritious Climate-Smart Seed Systems, Institutional Demand, and Investment Converge for Sustainability
At this breakthrough event, HarvestPlus Solutions (HPS) and partners brought together government, private sector, finance, research, and farmer representatives to explore how Africa can move beyond donor-driven pilots toward locally owned, market-driven food systems that deliver sustained impact at scale.
- Event Moderator: Donald Mavindidze – Senior Program Officer, Gates Foundation
- Keynote Speaker: Simon Winter – Vice President, Reimagining Humanitarian Nutrition Security at the Rockefeller Foundation Catalytic Capital
- Evelyn Lusenaka – Director of the Center of Excellence for Seed Systems Africa at AGRA
- Ibitoye Oyewale – MD/CEO Premier Seeds Nigeria Ltd.
- Nelson Munyaka – Zimbabwe Super Seeds
- Yusuf Dollah – Country Manager, HarvestPlus Solutions, Nigeria
- Peter Owoko – Policy Expert, The State Department of Agriculture, Kenya
- Tanner Roark – Senior Technical Advisor at World Vision
- Rewa Misra – Head of National Policy and Innovative Finance, HarvestPlus
- Abebe Chekol – Deputy Director, Country Policy Advocacy and Communications, and Economic Opportunities, Ethiopia, Gates Foundation
Related:
The 27th Annual African Seed Trade Association (AfSTA) Congress will take place from March 16–18, 2027 at the Edge Convention Centre in Nairobi, Kenya.
Co-hosted by the Seed Trade Association of Kenya (STAK), this premier agricultural event is anticipated to draw more than 600 delegates, bringing together private seed companies, national seed trade groups, and top agricultural research centers from across the globe.
The congress serves as a vital platform for defending the interests of the African seed industry, promoting variety turnover, and advancing trade.
Key areas of focus for the 2027 sessions include:
- Technological Innovation: Exploring emerging seed tracing, traceability technologies, and climate-smart agricultural systems.
- Market Access & Trade Harmonization: Standardizing regional trade policies to facilitate easier seed distribution across African borders.Biotechnology & Intellectual Property: Advancing policy dialogues around plant variety protection, biosafety awareness, and breeding innovations.
- Institutional Strengthening: Enhancing strategic coordination between national bodies and the international private sector
Related:
8 - 10 September. The Africa Vegetable Breeding Consortium (AVBC) Annual Workshop, hosted by World Vegetable Center in collaboration with African Seed Trade Association (AfSTA), was organised in Cotonou, bringing together key stakeholders to advance innovation and collaboration in Africa’s vegetable seed sector.The participants visited demonstration plots, and had one-on-one meetings between breeders, seed companies, and the producers attending the event. These interactions were designed to better align the needs on the ground, the expectations of the seed sector, and the latest research findings.
The Africa Vegetable Breeding Consortium (AVBC) is a joint initiative of African Seed Trade Association (AfSTA) and the World Vegetable Center.
The new Africa strategy of the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
1 September 2026. Africa Food Systems Forum 2026: From research to scale
The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT launched its 2026-2030 Africa strategy in Kigali and formalized a partnership with SNV linking research, delivery and finance.
The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT launched its 2026-2030 Africa strategy in Kigali and formalized a partnership with SNV linking research, delivery and finance.
- Juan Lucas Restrepo said the organization is tightening its systems-based approach so research can better connect crop science, soils, biodiversity, local economies and policy.
- The alliance said the time needed to move some agricultural innovations from discovery to farmer adoption has fallen from about 15 years to as little as one to three years.
- Restrepo cited an independent evaluation of the alliance's bean research program showing that every $1 spent generated $32 for farmers.
- The group is rebuilding its funding base after USAID's exit, with a greater focus on development partners, philanthropy, private sector collaboration and impact-investment vehicles.
Monday, September 14, 2026
EC's New Strategic Approach to Research and Innovation
8 September 2026. The European Commission launched a new strategic approach to boost research, innovation, deployment and uptake in Europe’s agri-food sector.
The European Commission adopted a Communication on a new Strategic Approach to Research and Innovation for competitive, resilient and sustainable agriculture, forestry, rural areas and food systems. This strategic document brings together two closely interlinked frameworks, to guide future research, innovation, deployment and uptake across the entire agri-food sector. These frameworks are AgRI 2040, focusing on agriculture, forestry and rural areas, and Food 2040, focusing on food systems, including fisheries and aquaculture.
The Communication aims to strengthen the agri-food innovation ecosystem from early-stage research and innovation to deployment and market uptake, and to accelerate the uptake of knowledge and innovation across the entire sector. It puts greater emphasis on users’ challenges and needs and on the delivery of real impact on the ground by bringing together multiple actors including end users, researchers and businesses, to co-create, test and demonstrate solutions in real-world settings. This will also help startups, scaleups and SMEs to move promising innovations closer to the market.
This Communication draws on insights from the public consultations supporting AgRI 2040 and Food 2040 as summarized in the Staff Working Document.
The Communication identifies cooperation with international partners as one of six cross-cutting priorities and specifically points to the AU–EU FNSSA Roadmap and its International Research Consortium as the framework for identifying common R&I priorities with Africa.
This creates a role for GFAiR as a global convening and brokerage mechanism: connecting the EU with Regional Fora, NARS, farmer organisations, universities, CGIAR and other innovation actors; facilitating equitable participation in research agenda-setting; and helping translate international research investments into locally relevant Collective Actions.
The European Commission adopted a Communication on a new Strategic Approach to Research and Innovation for competitive, resilient and sustainable agriculture, forestry, rural areas and food systems. This strategic document brings together two closely interlinked frameworks, to guide future research, innovation, deployment and uptake across the entire agri-food sector. These frameworks are AgRI 2040, focusing on agriculture, forestry and rural areas, and Food 2040, focusing on food systems, including fisheries and aquaculture.
The Communication aims to strengthen the agri-food innovation ecosystem from early-stage research and innovation to deployment and market uptake, and to accelerate the uptake of knowledge and innovation across the entire sector. It puts greater emphasis on users’ challenges and needs and on the delivery of real impact on the ground by bringing together multiple actors including end users, researchers and businesses, to co-create, test and demonstrate solutions in real-world settings. This will also help startups, scaleups and SMEs to move promising innovations closer to the market.
This Communication draws on insights from the public consultations supporting AgRI 2040 and Food 2040 as summarized in the Staff Working Document.
Resources
- AgRI 2040
- Food 2040
- Future-proofing EU Agri-Food through research and innovation: Summary of the consultation results (12 p)
- Building Food 2040: stakeholder input for the new EU Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda for Food Systems European Commission Report (17 p)
- Staff Working Document: Analytical overview of the achievements of the 2016 strategic approach to agricultural research and innovation and Food 2030 research and innovation framework and insights from stakeholder consultation activities (91 p)
- EU AgRI 2040 Conference 24-25 September 2026. Brussels
* 25/09 Partnerships for research and innovation that foster competitive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems in Europe and beyond: How to build strong strategic partnerships within the EU and beyond? What are successful examples?
New Strategic Approach to Research and Innovation
The European Commission’s new Strategic Approach to Research and Innovation (26 p.) places global cooperation, inclusive governance, knowledge brokerage and multi-actor innovation at the centre of future agricultural R&I.
"In 2023, EU agriculture and food systems generated more than EUR 1 trillion in added value and employed around 30 million people (15% of all jobs in the EU2). This includes 4.8 million people employed in 309 000 businesses in the food and drink industry, the EU’s largest manufacturing sector that delivered EUR 1.5 trillion in turnover and EUR 296 billion in value added. As the world’s largest agri-food exporter, the EU recorded a EUR 50 billion agri-food trade surplus in 2025." (page 2)
This creates a role for GFAiR as a global convening and brokerage mechanism: connecting the EU with Regional Fora, NARS, farmer organisations, universities, CGIAR and other innovation actors; facilitating equitable participation in research agenda-setting; and helping translate international research investments into locally relevant Collective Actions.
"The new roadmap agreed between the African Union and the EU on ‘Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture’ (FNSSA), together with the related International Research Consortium should provide a framework for identifying, with the African Union and related partners, common areas on which to focus. Cooperation with other partners to address similar challenges in agriculture, forestry and rural areas, such as India or the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, could be further explored." (page 12)
This is reinforced by the Communication's emphasis on governance that integrates different forms of knowledge and perspectives, inclusive stakeholder engagement, youth and gender, and stronger links between research and policymaking. In this sense, GFAiR can help ensure that international cooperation under AgRI 2040 is not simply EU research transferred to partner countries, but genuinely co-created research and innovation responding to priorities identified by national and regional actors.
The Communication is equally significant for National Agricultural Research Systems (NARS) because its proposed innovation model closely corresponds to the functions NARS must perform: linking research, farmers, extension and advisory services, education, private enterprise, policymakers and markets.
The Commission stresses that innovation must move beyond individual projects through scaling out, scaling up and scaling deep, and argues that farmers are more likely to adopt innovations when they are co-created with them, tested under real-life conditions and supported through advisory services and peer-to-peer exchange. This provides a strong rationale for engaging NARS as national innovation-system partners rather than merely research implementers. Their research stations, extension links, testing facilities, universities and relationships with producers can provide the institutional infrastructure for Living Labs, farmer-led experimentation, validation of traditional knowledge and adaptation of innovations to local conditions.
Particularly relevant to GFAiR’s current work, AgRI 2040 explicitly calls for the development or reintroduction of “neglected and underutilised species” as climate-smart, resource-efficient, resilient and diverse crops.
"The potential of plant breeding, knowledge of seeds and plant varieties, biotechnology and genetic resources should be further leveraged. This includes supporting breeding activities, as well as the development or reintroduction of climate-smart, resource-efficient, resilient, resistant and diverse varieties, including neglected and underutilised species, suited to a wide range of conditions, with due consideration of the legal41 and policy context." (page 16-17)
Extract from the consultation results
Up to 88% of the respondents strongly or somewhat agreed with the four proposed mechanisms to strengthen research and innovation (R&I) at EU and international level to address global challenges in agriculture, forestry and rural areas: (page 10)
- closer public-public cooperation and alignment of agendas between the EU, Member States and Associated Countries;
- enhanced public-private collaboration with business and philanthropic actors;
- deeper partnerships with international organisations and third countries;
- stronger cross-disciplinary and cross sectoral collaboration (for example on One Health, the bioeconomy, biotechnology and the blue economy).
Extract from the Staff Working Document
The Staff Working Document provides a fairly clear set of lessons for how agricultural research and innovation (R&I) should be strengthened at international level. The most relevant elements are:
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Treat international cooperation as a core R&I function, not an add-on. The Commission argues that climate change, biodiversity loss, soil degradation, water scarcity and food insecurity are inherently cross-border challenges. International cooperation is therefore needed to accelerate innovation uptake, exchange knowledge and co-develop solutions adapted to local needs. The document notes that third-country partners participated in 34% of relevant Horizon 2020 projects and 19% of current Horizon Europe projects.
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Build long-term international R&I partnerships around jointly agreed priorities. The EU–AU FNSSA Partnership is presented as a flagship model: it combines joint research, innovation, capacity building and knowledge exchange around sustainable agriculture, nutrition-sensitive food systems, markets and trade, climate resilience and innovation uptake. The Commission has mobilised more than €125.5 million for 20 collaborative projects through this cooperation. Several projects began in 2020: FOODLAND | InnoFoodAfrica | HealthyFoodAfricaEWA – BELT | SustainSAHEL | SustInAfrica | UPSCALE | Soils4Africa
- Move from temporary projects towards permanent or networked international research mechanisms. Particularly important is the International Research Consortium (IRC-FNSSA).
"Its establishment has transformed FNSSA from a coordination platform into a long-term, inclusive mechanism for joint AU-EU research governance."
Together with the forthcoming FNSSA Roadmap 2027–2036, it is expected to support
innovation, policy alignment and sustainable development across both continents.
CEA-FIRST further supports this by reducing research fragmentation, developing a common knowledge platform, analysing R&I activities and establishing thematic working groups that feed evidence into high-level policy dialogue.
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Strengthen NARS and Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS). The AKIS4FNSSA project is a Horizon Europe research initiative that builds a shared African and European agricultural knowledge network to support sustainable food security. The envisaged impact is to strengthen the AU–EU agrifood systems R&I governance framework by evolving the IRC into an enduring infrastructure and a community of practice that drives agricultural innovation in Africa. AKIS4FNSSA is a shared African and European knowledge investment into a productive, innovative-driven and inclusive agricultural innovation system supporting the FNSSA Partnership.
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Use multi-actor and place-based approaches internationally. International cooperation increasingly supports place-based innovation and AKIS, while Horizon cooperation promotes multi-actor approaches and capacity building. CANALLS (Driving agroecological transitions in the humid tropics of Central and Eastern Africa through traNsdisciplinary Agroecology Living LabS) provides a concrete African example: eight agroecology Living Labs connect researchers, farmers, advisory services,
communities and policymakers and engage more than 20,000 farmers and value-chain actors. This is a way of connecting science, policy and practice.
- Connect international research to policy and investment rather than ending at knowledge generation. PRIMA - The Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area - demonstrates such model: countries pool resources around a common R&I strategy and competitive calls. Between 2018 and 2025 it supported 2,900 beneficiaries through 305 projects, illustrating how a long-term intergovernmental partnership can mobilise scientific communities, public institutions and private actors around common challenges.
- Improve access of smaller and less-connected actors to international R&I. Cascade funding can finance SMEs, farmers and other small actors to test and validate research results, while Living Labs and lighthouses allow innovations to be tested under real conditions.
The PREMIERE project adds training, capacity building, networking, brokerage and even seed funding for proposal development, specifically to widen participation of organisations with little previous experience in collaborative projects. PREMIERE is a European Union funded project that aims to strengthen the multi-actor approach by supporting the development of more relevant, coherent, and well-prepared project proposals. Handbook #2 is the second in PREMIERE’s series of practical guides for multi-actor proposal teams. It’s a companion to the forthcoming, shorter How-to Guide on the same topic and to PREMIERE’s webinar on this subject (available soon).
The role of regional fora
GFAiR through its global coordination and network along with the six Regional Fora can contribute to Food 2040 by acting as the bridge between the EU’s global R&I ambitions and the priorities, capacities and innovation systems of their regions. Building on the Food 2030 experience, they can help co-define research agendas, connect NARS and AKIS actors, identify locally relevant food-system challenges, mobilise multi-actor partnerships, and channel evidence from farmers, researchers, advisory services, private sector and policymakers into international R&I programming.
GFAiR and Regional Fora together could help Food 2040 avoid fragmented, project-by-project cooperation by aggregating national priorities, facilitating cross-country and South–South learning, supporting regional Living Labs and Communities of Practice, and ensuring that EU-funded research is better aligned with regional strategies and more effectively taken up through NARS, extension, education and policy systems.
APAARI’s Role in Agricultural Research and Innovation
AARINENA's Role in Agricultural Research and Innovation
AGRA Impact, Learning and Foresight Report 2026
31 August 2026. AFS Kigali. The major AGRA report whose findings were brought into the AFS Forum 2026 discussions in Kigali was the AGRA Impact, Learning and Foresight Report 2026, a 20-year stocktake of AGRA’s work and, more broadly, of Africa’s agricultural transformation since 2006
AGRA (2026) AGRA Impact, Learning and Foresight Report 2026. 180 p.
AGRA (2026) Executive summary AGRA Impact, Learning and Foresight Report 2026. 17 p.
It therefore argues that the next phase of transformation should be judged less by hectares reached, technologies distributed or yields alone, and more by whether farmers earn sustainable incomes and become economically resilient.
A particularly useful contribution of the report is its diagnosis of three interconnected “traps” holding back transformation:
- the productivity trap, where farmers cannot consistently achieve sufficient productivity;
- the value trap, where farmers and other local actors capture too little value from what they produce; and
- the capability trap, where institutions, markets and delivery systems lack the capacity to sustain transformation.
Saturday, September 12, 2026
Rockefeller Foundation at AFS Forum 2026: Investing in healthier and more resilient food systems
31 August–4 September 2026. Africa Food Systems Forum (AFSF), Kigali, Rwanda,
31 August 2026. Among the Foundation's prominent engagements was the Signature Side Event “Agri-Energy Finance for Underserved Groups”, organised with Practical Action, the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) and BASE. The discussion examined how finance, clean energy, agricultural markets, farmer organisations and last-mile businesses can be connected so that technologies such as solar irrigation, cooling, storage and processing become commercially viable for underserved farming communities.
3 September. The Narrative Panel “Telling Africa’s Food Story: Proof, Perception and Power”, examined a central communication challenge in African food systems: the gap between official narratives of agricultural transformation, the evidence and data used to demonstrate progress, and the realities experienced and perceived by farmers and citizens.
1 September. A particularly engaging part of the Rockefeller Foundation programme was the screening of FOOD 2050, its new feature documentary narrated and executive-produced by Academy Award winner Viola Davis.
The Rockefeller Foundation highlighted how investment in nutrition, clean energy, public procurement and food markets can accelerate Africa’s food systems transformation.
31 August 2026. Among the Foundation's prominent engagements was the Signature Side Event “Agri-Energy Finance for Underserved Groups”, organised with Practical Action, the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) and BASE. The discussion examined how finance, clean energy, agricultural markets, farmer organisations and last-mile businesses can be connected so that technologies such as solar irrigation, cooling, storage and processing become commercially viable for underserved farming communities.
- keynote by Kagwiria Koome, Lead of the Rockefeller Foundation Food Team,
- Roselyn Akinyi Walender – Africa Director at Practical Action
- Kagwiria Koome – Food Team Lead at The Rockefeller Foundation
- Tim Mwangi – Head of Programme Delivery at Practical Action Kenya
- Betty Kibaara with Diplav Sapkota (The Rockefeller Foundation)
- Leila Odhiambo (Ministry of Health, Kenya)
- Bahati W. (AGRIFACE Ltd, Rwanda)
- IMBABAZI Jean De La Croix (World Food Forum Rwanda)
- MICHAEL ONCHABO (FOLU Kenya)
- Nancy Phoebe Rapando (ClimateWorks Foundation,
3 September. The Narrative Panel “Telling Africa’s Food Story: Proof, Perception and Power”, examined a central communication challenge in African food systems: the gap between official narratives of agricultural transformation, the evidence and data used to demonstrate progress, and the realities experienced and perceived by farmers and citizens.
In particular, the discussion considered who shapes Africa’s food-system narrative, whose evidence is considered credible, and how research, statistics, journalism and lived experience can be combined to communicate both progress and persistent challenges more accurately.
4 September. Nutrition and consumer demand formed another important strand. The Rockefeller
Foundation co-organised the closing plenary “Charting Consumer Demand Trends & Our Food Environment” with AGRA, GAIN, SNV and the Access to Nutrition initiative.
- Dr John Ulimwengu, Evidence and Measurement at IFPRI;
- Ms Umuliza Njiru, Rockefeller Foundation, Investment and Partnership;
- Dr Fatou Dieng Gueye, Agro-economist and Head of CORAF’s MEL unit
- Gilbert Borketey Boyefio, Programmes Manager at Parliamentary Network Africa.
4 September. Nutrition and consumer demand formed another important strand. The Rockefeller
- The session examined how healthier and nutrient-dense foods can become more affordable, desirable and commercially attractive, while generating jobs and markets for women and young people.
- At its exhibition space, the Foundation also showcased the work of the Fortified Whole Grain Alliance, including fortified whole-grain products from Rwanda, Kenya and Benin and progress in linking nutritious grains to school feeding.
1 September. A particularly engaging part of the Rockefeller Foundation programme was the screening of FOOD 2050, its new feature documentary narrated and executive-produced by Academy Award winner Viola Davis.
- The film itself had its world premiere earlier, on 14 January 2026 in Los Angeles, at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
- The film follows farmers, scientists, entrepreneurs and activists across five continents and asks a central question for the future of agriculture: how can the world nourish nearly 10 billion people by 2050 in ways that are regenerative, equitable and healthy?
- The documentary grew out of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Food System Vision Prize, which attracted more than 1,300 visions involving 4,000 organisations from 119 countries.
- Watch / learn more: FOOD 2050 – official film website and trailer. The full feature film is currently listed as “coming soon to streaming”; meanwhile, the original Food 2050 short-film series can be watched through the Rockefeller Foundation’s Food System Vision Prize page. Watch the Food 2050 series
Friday, September 11, 2026
The Netherlands Food Partnership at AFSF 2026: Connecting Dutch Expertise with Africa’s Food Systems Transformation
NFP brought together Dutch organisations and partners around a shared presence at the Forum, while also supporting several partnerships and sessions addressing some of the most pressing challenges facing Africa’s food systems.
A Dutch Pavilion built around partnership
The pavilion reflected the diversity of Dutch engagement in African food systems. Among those represented were organisations working on farmer livelihoods and value chains, climate resilience, nutrition, youth entrepreneurship, research and innovation.
- Dorcas, for example, used the pavilion to showcase its work on climate-resilient agriculture, farmer field schools and value-chain development in East Africa. Its representatives highlighted experience from Tanzania and Kenya, including work around the PIP approach, farmer field schools and the honey value chain.
- Access to Nutrition Initiative (ATNi) was also represented through the Dutch booth, with Katherine Pittore participating on behalf of the Netherlands Working Group on international
Nutrition. ATNi's broader engagement at the Forum focused on healthy diets, consumer demand and the food environment. - ProVeg International was another partner present at the Dutch Pavilion, bringing perspectives on plant-rich diets and protein diversification and linking these issues to healthier and more resilient African food systems.
The pavilion therefore served as more than an exhibition stand. It became a meeting point for organisations that approach food-system transformation from different entry points but share an interest in practical, locally relevant solutions.
Putting youth entrepreneurship at the centre
The discussion explored the importance of education, skills, networks, market opportunities and enabling ecosystems. Rather than treating young people simply as beneficiaries of food-system programmes, the session focused on young people as entrepreneurs, innovators and economic actors.
The involvement of East-West Seed Knowledge Transfer Foundation added a practical smallholder perspective. Elijah Mwashayenyi, Head of Knowledge Transfer for Africa, participated in the panel discussing how youth enterprises can scale across different country contexts.
Turning food-system plans into action
NFP joined FAO, GAIN, AGRA, AKADEMIYA2063, GIZ, Expertise France, the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement and the UN Food Systems Coordination Hub, among others, in a side event examining how national food-system plans can be translated into practical action. The discussion focused on the practical challenges governments face when moving from strategy to implementation, including the need for stronger coordination, partnerships and investment.
A session convened under the Accelerator framework brought together government representatives, development partners and international financial institutions to consider how implementation gaps can be addressed.
Connecting food systems with clean energy
Another major area of NFP engagement was the Agri-Energy Coalition, which brings together partners working at the intersection of energy, agriculture, water, nutrition, climate and finance. The Coalition had a dedicated exhibition booth, side events, deal-room activities, Innovation Hub sessions and networking events. NFP was among the Coalition partners. The Coalition brought together organisations including GOGLA, SNV, AGRA, GAIN, Wageningen University & Research, IWMI, Practical Action, REEEP, the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet, Welthungerhilfe, IKEA Foundation, Acumen, BASE, Partners in Food Solutions, Helen Keller International and others.
Energy is not a peripheral issue for food systems. Reliable and affordable energy affects irrigation, cold storage, processing, transport, markets and the ability of rural enterprises to add value. Renewable energy can therefore be an enabler of both food-system resilience and rural economic development.
Investing in young innovators
The Challenge connects students from universities in the Global South and elsewhere with real food-system challenges, creating opportunities for young people to develop practical solutions and entrepreneurial ideas.
WUR and NFP jointly organise the Challenge, with a strong emphasis on partnerships with universities in the Global South and on connecting youth innovation with food-system transformation pathways. The 2026 edition involves student teams from 17 partner universities.
Although the Grand Finals will take place Tuesday, 29 September 2026 in Wageningen, the initiative formed part of the wider NFP presence at AFSF: an example of how youth engagement, education, innovation and entrepreneurship can be connected rather than treated as separate agendas.
The 30 selected teams
| 1 | Bangladesh | Bangladesh Agricultural University | The Golden Loop |
| 2 | Bangladesh | Bangladesh Agricultural University | Biocircular |
| 3 | Benin | National University of Agriculture | GreenValor-Compost |
| 4 | Benin | National University of Agriculture | Ketou FertiSoyaPlus |
| 5 | Brazil | ESALQ-USP | EcoPalm Nexus |
| 6 | Brazil | ESALQ-USP | Kindred Ora |
| 7 | Ethiopia | Wollo University | Eureka |
| 8 | Ethiopia | Wollo University | Biochar – The Black Diamond |
| 9 | Ghana | University of Ghana | Soilpulse AI |
| 10 | Ghana | University of Ghana | MacIsland |
| 11 | Indonesia | University of Brawijaya | Ekolestari |
| 12 | Indonesia | University of Brawijaya | Ngramut Wiji |
| 13 | Kenya | Lukenya University | Agripro |
| 14 | Kenya | Lukenya University | Solar Harvest Innovators |
| 15 | Kenya | University of Eldoret | BreezBag |
| 16 | Kenya | University of Eldoret | FermentaFuture |
| 17 | Nepal | Kathmandu University | Green Miracle |
| 18 | Nepal | Kathmandu University | Shell Alchemist |
| 19 | Netherlands | Wageningen University & Research | IronTeam |
| 20 | Netherlands | Wageningen University & Research | Paludifuture |
| 21 | Nigeria | University of Abuja | Green Dessert |
| 22 | Nigeria | University of Abuja | Siam Bio-Store |
| 23 | Senegal | USSEIN | Gancax Pro |
| 24 | Senegal | USSEIN | MBT's Infusana |
| 25 | South Korea | Seoul National University | Regrain |
| 26 | South Korea | Seoul National University | ABEL |
| 27 | Uganda | Makerere University | Green Organic Harvest Canopy |
| 28 | Uganda | Makerere University | BioCoat Solutions |
| 29 | Vietnam | Can Tho University | Eco-Aqua Alliance |
| 30 | Vietnam | Tra Vinh University | EverGreen |
Thursday, September 10, 2026
WINNERS OF THE CAFF 2026 YOUTH CHALLENGE – SECOND COHORT
The 2026 Collective Action on Forgotten Foods (CAFF) Youth Challenge is a youth-led innovation initiative of GFAiR’s Collective Action on Forgotten Foods, coordinated by The Food Bridge, that supports young people aged 18–30 in Africa and the Caribbean to rediscover, promote and innovate around indigenous, neglected and underutilized foods.
Through small project grants, mentorship and capacity building, young changemakers implement practical initiatives on university campuses and in semi-urban communities that connect traditional and intergenerational knowledge with nutrition, biodiversity conservation, climate resilience, entrepreneurship and stronger local food systems.
More broadly, the Challenge seeks to develop a new generation of biodiversity champions who can turn forgotten foods into “foods of the future,” creating livelihoods and new products and value chains while preserving food heritage and strengthening links among youth, communities, research organisations and other food-system actors.
Across Africa, young people are taking action to revive forgotten and indigenous foods, improve nutrition, preserve traditional knowledge and strengthen local food systems.
The Second Cohort Winners are:
2026 — Second Cohort: 4 winners
| Country | Winner / initiative | What the project does |
|---|---|---|
| Kenya | Serah Masika Samuel – Uji Wa Tano: Restoring Indigenous Nutrition for Child Health | Revives an indigenous porridge and associated food knowledge to use locally available foods to improve child nutrition and health. |
| Uganda | Omony Polycarp – Reviving Finger Millet for Improved Nutrition Among Women Farmers | Promotes the cultivation and consumption of finger millet among women farmers in Palenga Town Council, Omoro District, connecting an indigenous cereal with household nutrition. |
| Ghana | Sakina Abdulai / Fulani Youth Association of Ghana (FuYAG) – Reviving Forgotten Fulani Foods | Creates youth–elder knowledge exchange in Wulugu to preserve and revive traditional Fulani foods and the cultural knowledge surrounding them. |
| DR Congo | Nevile Matabaro Gaddiel – Vita Root Africa | Engages urban youth in Goma, North Kivu, in rediscovering nutritious and medicinal indigenous foods and reconnecting traditional knowledge with contemporary urban food systems. |
These projects demonstrate that forgotten foods are not simply foods of the past. They can contribute to the future of nutrition, biodiversity, livelihoods, cultural heritage and resilient African food systems.
Taken together, the 13 initiatives show an evolution from the 2025 proof-of-concept focused on food heritage and awareness in Nigeria and Ghana toward a broader African youth innovation programme in 2026.
The portfolio now covers indigenous vegetables, Bambara groundnut, purple beans, grains, leafy foods, seaweed, orphan crops, finger millet, traditional Fulani foods and medicinal indigenous foods, while combining nutrition, biodiversity conservation, intergenerational knowledge transfer, youth entrepreneurship, education and community resilience. This reflects CAFF's broader ambition to develop young people not only as beneficiaries but as biodiversity champions and custodians of indigenous knowledge who can turn “forgotten foods” into foods of the future.
Across 2025 and 2026, 13 projects have so far been selected through the CAFF Youth Challenge: four pilot winners in 2025, followed by five winners in the first 2026 cohort and four in the second cohort. The programme has also expanded geographically—from Nigeria and Ghana in 2025 to Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Cameroon, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2026. (GFAiR)
2025 — 4 winners
| Country | Winner / initiative | What the project does |
|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | CFF Agroschooling Initiative, Ibadan – Rediscovering Indigenous Vegetables through Youth-Led Campus Food Heritage Hubs | Reconnects university students with indigenous leafy vegetables through cultivation, seed distribution, awareness activities, cooking and a campus Indigenous Food Festival. |
| Nigeria | NAgriFoRD youth group, FUTO – From Elders to Youths: Preserving Igbo Food Heritage in Imo State | Brings young people and elders together to document, cultivate and transmit Igbo traditional foods and associated knowledge, making food heritage relevant to a new generation. Chimezie Marvellous presented the initiative at the 2026 World Social Forum. |
| Ghana | Emmanuella Akumtu Caesar – “Aboboe” Revival: A School Farm for Nutrition, Skills and Indigenous Crop Heritage | Uses a school farm in Ghana’s Eastern Region to introduce children to Bambara groundnut (Aboboe), combining improved nutrition with agricultural skills and preservation of indigenous crop heritage. |
| Ghana | Joel Teye – Reviving Akortormor Purple Beans | Revives the Akortormor purple bean, an indigenous food of the Krobo people, linking on-farm conservation and renewed consumption with cultural heritage and livelihood opportunities. |
2026 — First Cohort: 5 winners
| Country | Winner / initiative | What the project does |
|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | Dalis Favour Apollos / Gwomshar Initiative – ROOTS & REVIVAL | Mobilizes young people in Plateau State around forgotten foods, using indigenous crops and knowledge to strengthen food heritage and community resilience. |
| Ghana | Wisdom Kofi, with Philomena Blankson & Kwame Asante – From Farm to Feast | Seeks to bring Ghana's forgotten grains and leafy foods back into the diets of urban youth, connecting food heritage with nutrition and food innovation. |
| Kenya | Damaris Adhiambo Adoyo & Quinter Aoko Ogwonyo, Pwani University – Revitalizing Seaweed as a Nutritional Powerhouse in Kwale County | Repositions locally produced seaweed from primarily an income/export commodity towards greater use as a nutritious food within coastal communities. |
| Cameroon | Enongene Beltin Epie – ROOTS REVIVAL: Youth-Elder Action for Forgotten Foods and Community Resilience | Uses intergenerational youth–elder engagement to recover forgotten-food knowledge and strengthen community resilience and indigenous food heritage. |
| Uganda | Suzan Amoit, Makerere University – Reviving Forgotten Foods: A Youth-Led Innovation for Orphan Crops | Mobilizes youth around orphan crops, promoting their revival as part of more diverse, nutritious and sustainable food systems. |
Taken together, the 13 initiatives show an evolution from the 2025 proof-of-concept focused on food heritage and awareness in Nigeria and Ghana toward a broader African youth innovation programme in 2026.
The portfolio now covers indigenous vegetables, Bambara groundnut, purple beans, grains, leafy foods, seaweed, orphan crops, finger millet, traditional Fulani foods and medicinal indigenous foods, while combining nutrition, biodiversity conservation, intergenerational knowledge transfer, youth entrepreneurship, education and community resilience. This reflects CAFF's broader ambition to develop young people not only as beneficiaries but as biodiversity champions and custodians of indigenous knowledge who can turn “forgotten foods” into foods of the future.
Highlight 1: Gwomshar Initiative – ROOTS & REVIVAL / Nigeria
9 September 2026. Gwomshar Colloquium Calls for Revival of Indigenous Foods, Cultural Heritage in Plateau
The colloquium, themed “Preserving Our Heritage, Nourishing Our Future,” brought together academics, community representatives, youths and traditional custodians to highlight the nutritional, economic, environmental and cultural value of forgotten foods.
Dalis Favour Apollos (picture right)—through the Gwomshar Initiative—subsequently became one of the first five winners of the 2026 CAFF Youth Challenge with “ROOTS & REVIVAL: A Youth-Led Forgotten Foods Initiative in Plateau State, North-Central Nigeria.” Her earlier initiative was enabled by a grant secured through T-CEIPEC: TETFund Centre of Excellence for Innovative Teaching and Learning in Primary and Early Childhood Education (T-CEIPEC) at the Federal University of Education, Pankshin (FUEP) in Plateau State, Nigeria.
Highlight 2: Revitalizing Seaweed as a Nutritional Powerhouse in Kwale County / Kenya
Damaris Adhiambo Adoyo & Quinter Aoko Ogwonyo, Pwani University – Revitalizing Seaweed as a Nutritional Powerhouse in Kwale County. She repositions locally produced seaweed from primarily an income/export commodity towards greater use as a nutritious food within coastal communities.
Global Agrifood Systems Outlook to 2050
Organized by IFPRI in collaboration with the CGIAR Science Program on Policy Innovations
The Global Agrifood Systems Outlook to 2050, published by IFPRI on 10 September 2026 and prepared under the CGIAR Science Program on Policy Innovations, is a new long-term foresight report examining how global agrifood systems could evolve over the next 25 years.
Wiebe, Keith; Cenacchi, Nicola; Dunston, Shahnila; Gabriel, Sherwin; Hartley, Faaiqa; et al. 2026. Global agrifood systems outlook to 2050. Report September 2026. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. 154 p
Rather than making a single prediction, it explores plausible futures under different scenarios, considering changes in population, incomes, technology and climate and their implications for diets, agricultural production, food security, international trade and natural-resource use. Its particular purpose is to fill the gap between short- and medium-term agricultural outlooks and the longer-term information needed by policymakers—especially in low- and middle-income countries—to anticipate emerging challenges and make investment and policy choices today that support healthier, more sustainable and resilient food systems through 2050.
A particularly important dimension is the interaction between agricultural productivity, natural resources, Africa and global trade. The launch highlighted productivity and resource constraints as a thematic focus and Africa and trade as a specific regional focus, asking how future production, demand and trade patterns may reshape food security.
The Outlook is therefore intended as a decision-support and foresight tool, connecting quantitative modelling and alternative scenarios with policy choices rather than presenting 2050 as a fixed endpoint. Its findings are also designed to inform CGIAR's future research and policy agenda across climate adaptation, biodiversity and environmental health, nutrition and food security, livelihoods and jobs, and social inclusion.
Welcome & Setting the Scene
- Moderator: Evgeniya Anisimova, Media and Digital Engagement Manager, IFPRI
- Why Look Ahead? The Importance of Looking Ahead to the Future of Agrifood Systems:Clemens Breisinger, Director, CGIAR Policy Innovations Program
Introducing the Global Outlook Report
- Overview: Keith Wiebe, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
- Thematic Highlight: Productivity & Resources: Abhijeet Mishra, Research Fellow, IFPRI
- Regional Highlight: Africa & Trade: Faaiqa Hartley, Scientist, IFPRI
Panel Discussion: What Does the Outlook Mean for Agrifood Systems?
A discussion with leading experts on the implications of the report’s findings for the future of agrifood systems, including perspectives from development, policy, research, and practice.
- Rob Bertram, Chief Scientist, Food Security Leadership Council
- Valeria Piñeiro, Director Technical Cooperation, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)
- Elisabetta Gotor, Director, Land Resource Economics Unit, Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT
From Outlook to Action
- Connecting the Findings to the CGIAR and Policy Research Agenda: James Thurlow, Director, Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit, IFPRI
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