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2-3 May 2018. Brussels.
The EU AgriResearch Conference was dedicated to scientists, farmers, rural
communities, industry, advisors, policy-makers, citizens and NGO
representatives who wished to learn about EU agriculture and rural Research and
Innovation activities
The Common
Dissemination Booster (CDB) is a brand-new service from the European Commission
which is free of charge and available to all, ongoing or closed, European,
National, Regional funded Research & Innovation (R&I) projects (H2020,
FP7 or other).
The Data-Driven
Bioeconomy project (DataBio) demonstrates the benefits of Big Data technologies
in the production of raw materials from agriculture, forestry and fisheries.
4.
Supporting
Diaspora investment in agri-food systems with research and funding PAEPARD
participation
25 April 2018. Bouchout
Castle, Botanic Garden Meise Belgium. African Diaspora Agro Food Forum 2018.
25 April 2018.
Meise/Brussels. The consultation between African Diaspora Agro-entrepreneurs
and researchers resulted in a strong recommendation for more research into the
domestication of African orphan crops and indigenous medicinal plants and wild
fruits for nutritious food and healthcare.
This is a small
selection of plants that can be found in the collections of Meise Botanic
Garden (Brussels)and that can be considered as African ‘orphan crops’.
7. Stratégies marketing pour les
espèces alimentaires négligées et sous-utilisées PAEPARD
participation
25-27 avril 2018.
Université de Parakou, Benin. Première édition des journées
Scientifiques des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion de l’Université de Parakou
24-26 April 2018.
Stuttgart, Germany. This year Agrinatura celebrated its 30th anniversary.
25 April 2018.
IFAD launched a 1-million-U.S.-dollar project that is aimed at unveiling
financial services to the youths involved in agriculture in East Africa.
24 April 2018. This report provides
details on maximizing finance for development in agricultural value chains.
24 April 2018. With the
competition 'Sustainable Technology for Africa' (SusTech4Africa), Entrepreneur
Entrepreneurs, VITO, The African Diaspora Projects Initiative and Thomas More
want to boost sustainable entrepreneurship in Africa.
The Danish
funded Valorizing Green Growth in Africa (VALOR) project created new knowledge
on how African origin product (OP) producers can add value to their products by
documenting and incorporating territory specific cultural, environmental and
social qualities.
13. Online
discussion: Partnerships, innovations and financing
for youth in climate-smart agriculture
The discussion
runs from 23 April to 21 May 2018,
and emerging issues will be shared during the Africa Climate Smart Agriculture
Summit on 15 and 16 May in Nairobi,
Kenya.
19-20 April 2018. Berlin,
Germany. Around 700 high-ranking representatives from politics, science, civil
society and the business sector and from more than 70 countries discussed the
latest developments and challenges in the global bioeconomy.
19-20 April 2018. The
Hague. One of the objectives of this meeting was to select the final 83
eligible proposals which were submitted under the the LEAP-Agri Call 2017 on
'African European collaborative research on Sustainable Agriculture and
Aquaculture and on Food and Nutrition Security' (which close 15 June 2017).
18 April 2018. Rome. This policy
brief explores opportunities to build much more ambitious and effective links between the public and the private
sectors to help improve the food environment, and enable better dietary
choices.
AKTZ is a
value-added business whose supplier-members consist of an expanding network of
women and youth local farmers in rural areas.
OECD, April
2018. 32 pages. The food economy is
the biggest employer in West Africa accounting for 66% of total employment.
17 April 2018. This webinar
introduced AGRIS (the International System for Agricultural Science and
Technology), a global public domain database with more than 9 million
structured bibliographical records on agricultural science and technology.
16-20 April 2018. Entebbe, Uganda.
11 April 2019. Brussels.
DIVERSIFOOD is a European project aiming at enriching cultivated biodiversity
by testing, renewing and promoting underutilized or forgotten crop species.
11 April 2018. Release of
the PAEPARD policy brief at the PAEPARD Steering Committee (Malawi,
10 April 2018.
Pre- and post-harvest management of the aflatoxin.
10 April 2018. CTA
Brussels Development Briefing no. 50
9-12 April 2018. Cape Town
South Africa. Experts explored among others the science and technology of how
to process Ancient grains into mainstream food and beverage products to bring
the nutritional and health-promoting benefits of these climate-friendly grain
staples to consumers worldwide.
9-10 April 2018.
Copenhagen. This included a presentation on Evaluating the impact of
consumption of indigenous fruits and vegetables
FAO, 2018, 16 pages. This brief reviews
opportunities and challenges related to livestock’s potential to contribute to
agroecological transition.
FAO, 2018, 112 pages
6 April 2018. Deadline for
registration: 21 May 2018. The finale will be held during the 2018 edition of
the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF 2018), organised by AGRA and other
partners, in Rwanda in September 2018.
6 April 2018. Rome. The
SCAR Strategic Working Groups ARCH, AKIS and Food Systems organised jointly this
Workshop
5 April 2018. USAID
LandLinks shared findings from the first voluntary Investor Survey on Land
Rights
5 April 2018. The ACCF has
approximately US $5 million available to allocate to approved projects
5 April 2018. Webinar.
5 April 2018. Delegates of
the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) converged on the high-level
UN meeting in Rome, Italy, to beat the drum for Agroecology in Africa.
4 April 2018. The articles "The Mycotox Charter: Increasing
Awareness of, and Concerted Action for, Minimizing Mycotoxin Exposure
Worldwide" + "Scaling-Up
the Impact of Aflatoxin Research in Africa. The Role of Social Sciences" have
been published in Toxins as part of the Special Issue of the International
MYCOKEY Conference (September 2017)
3-5 April 2018. Rome.
3 April 2018. A new
peer-reviewed scientific research journal showcasing cutting-edge African research
was launched in Kigali + Side event: editors' forum on growing science and
technology reporting in africa (SHEMA)
30 March 2018. Cotonou, Benin.
26-28 March 2018. Kigali. The
Next Einstein Forum (NEF) is a platform that connects science, society and
policy in Africa and the rest of the world – with the goal to leverage science
for human development globally.
26 March 2018. SciDev.
Project using Research and Development is changing wheat farming in Africa
17-21 March 2018. Kigali. The
AfCFTA aims at providing a single continental market for goods and services,
with free movement of people and investments.
20 March 2018. Washington
D.C. AMEA facilitates the development of the global definition for professional
farmer organizations
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