PAEPARD blog posts - July 2018

Please find hereunder the blog posts related to ARD activities in July 2018. To view the whole blog instead of separate postings click on http://paepard.blogspot.com/ 

Veuillez trouver ci-dessous les ressources du blog se relatant à la RAD pour le mois de juillet 2018. Pour consulter le blog dans son entièreté au lieu de nouvelles distinctes cliquez sur http://paepard.blogspot.com/. Pour la traduction en français cliquez dans la colonne de droite du blog sur « automatic translation » et choisissez votre langue !

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1.       Climate change and African National Meteorological and Hydrological Services + video

31 July 2018. The USAID funded Assessing Sustainability and Effectiveness of Climate Information Services (Sustainable CIS) project is developing a financial planning tool that enables African National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHS)

2.       Low-Cost, Locally-Produced and Locally-Serviced Thresher Webinar + video

26 July 2018. Soybean Innovation Lab Webinar. The introduction of low-cost, locally-produced mechanized threshing systems in smallholder agriculture can significantly reduce post-harvest loss in staple food grains.

3.       Linking Small-Scale Energy and Agriculture to Support develop,ent qnd cli,qte goqls + video

25 July 2018. This Africa AFOLU Community of Practice (CoP) session focused on approaches to link small-scale energy and agriculture in the Africa region.

4.       Gender Considerations in Peanuts Webinar + video

24 July 2018. The Peanut Innovation Lab hosted a webinar to highlight gender considerations in peanut research

5.       AR4D Funding Opportunities: August 2018

6.       UPCOMING EVENTS IN AGRICULTURE RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT.

7.       Integrating Agriculture in National Adaptation Plans + video

17 July 2018. This video shows what three of these countries, Uganda, Thailand and Colombia, are doing to tackle climate change and integrate agriculture in their planning and budgeting processes.

8.       Sharing Knowledge on Capacity Development for Agricultural Innovation + video

10 July 2018. This webinar was co-organised by TAP and GFAR to raise awareness among the francophone community of the role of TAPipedia in disseminating innovative and systemic approaches for capacity development.

9.       Clôture du Projet Soja aftitin-milk (ProSam) PAEPARD support

9 - 10 Juillet 2018. Bohicon, Benin. Une variété de produits du Soja aux valeurs nutritionnelles lors d’une visite de terrain effectuée au Centre de stockage de graines de néré de Saclo, dans le cadre la clôture du Projet Soja aftitin-milk (ProSam).

10.   Better Vegetables, Better Lives: Improving African Indigenous Vegetables PAEPARD support

5 July 2018. Uganda. End of project dissemination workshop for the PAEPARD project “Enhancing nutrition security and incomes through adding value to indigenous vegetables in East and Central Uganda”.

11.   Webinar Agriculture, Food and Jobs in West Africa new resource ***+ video

28 June 2018. Webinar "Food Employment in West Africa". Based on the SWAC West African Paper, ‘Agriculture, Food and Jobs in West Africa’ published last April.

12.   Agriculture as an engine of economic reconstruction + video

27 June 2018. CTA Brussels Development Briefing. Including the presentation by the PAEPARD supported consortium in Burundi:  Farmers’ Organisations: a social and economic force in a context of chronic instability - Annick Sezibera, Executive Secretary, CAPAD, Burundi

13.   2nd African Symposium on Mycotoxicology PAEPARD participation

24 - 27 June 2018. Mombasa (Kenya). The 2nd African Symposium on Mycotoxicology entitled “Mitigating mycotoxin contamination in the African food and feed chain”

14.   Canadian research projects in Africa

Jointly funded by IDRC and Global Affairs Canada, CIFSRF addresses the critical challenge of global hunger through applied research in 25 countries.

15.   The Agriculture, Nutrition & Health (ANH) Academy + video

25 – 29 June 2018. Accra, Ghana. The Agriculture, Nutrition and Health (ANH) Academy.

16.   Access agriculture platform now in Spanish

Total number of page views in the month of July 2018: 26,522

Most viewed pages on PAEPARD blog over the past month:

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ARD funding opportunities	1,701
Better Vegetables, Better Lives: Improving African Indigenous Vegetables	449

More:  forthcoming ARD conferences:  UPCOMING EVENTS IN AGRICULTURE RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT.