Please find hereunder the blog posts
related to ARD activities in October 2018.
1.
Multi-Stakeholder
Partnerships for enhancing ARD new resource *** PAEPARD
support
31 October 2018. African Journal of Rural Development Vol 3 No 1 (2018)
31 October 2018. African Journal of Rural Development Vol 3 No 1 (2018)
30-31 October 2018.
Brussels. The SCAR Strategic Working Groups ARCH, AKIS and Food Systems
meeting.
This series is
an output of the PROTA foundation, which seeks to improve understanding and
information on the plant resources of tropical Africa.
30 October 2018. Gent,
Belgium. Organised by Vétérinaires Sans Frontières Belgium and be-troplive
26 October 2018. Panel
debate Strengthening sustainable food and nutrition security in Africa
25 October 2018. UC Davis
researchers are leading an international effort to identify genes crucial to
breeding chickens with enhanced resistance to Newcastle disease and heat
stress.
24-25 October 2018. Accra,
Ghana.
25- 27 October 2018. New Delhi, India.
24 - 26 October 2018.
Johannesburg, South Africa. This symposium was organised by the NEPAD Planning
and Coordination Agency and Regeneration International.
23 October 2018. In this
year’s group of 20 fellows selected for the African Leadership Academy’s
Anzisha Prize (presented in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation), there
are four young entrepreneurs (hailing from Uganda, Kenya, Benin and Cameroon)
22 - 26 October 2018.
KICC,Nairobi, Kenya. The 2018 RUFORUM Biennial conference overall theme was
“Aligning African Universities to accelerate attainment of Africa’s Agenda
2063”.
22-24 October 2018.
Kampala, Uganda.
July 2018. 14 pages
22 October 2018. AUTHORS:
Alfred S., Muchiri S. and Kahane R. 9 pages
10-12 October
2018.
22 October 2018. Nairobi,
Kenya. Launch of PAEPARD THEMATIC BRIEFS @ the PAEPARD 16th Management Team
Meeting (MTM).
20 October 2018.
The International Climate Change Information and Research Programme
(ICCIRP) has coordinated the inputs by a
team of over 100 specialists, to produce these two publications
18 October 2018. Nairobi.
Horizon 2020 Info Day: Funding opportunities for cooperation between Africa and
Europe through Horizon 2020.
17-19 October 2018. Des Moines, Iowa. USA. The
theme of the 2018 Borlaug Dialogue, Rise to the Challenge, explored the massive
effort to feed 9.5 billion people expected by 2050.
15-19 October 2018. Rome.
16-17 October 2018.
Nairobi (Kenya). T
17 October 2018. Pretoria.
Presntation on Groundnut aflatoxin exposure and the food safety policy
environment – need for a systems approach Willeke De Bruin, University of
Pretoria
17 October 2018. Pretoria.
Presentation made by Francis Agbali, University of Kentucky. US
15-17 October 2018.
Pretoria. 2nd International Conference on Food Safety and Security.
Bioversity
International and partners reveal that most of the world's vegetable species
are poorly documented, and present a study and database with the aim to help
promote and recognize the value of these 'forgotten foods'.
11 -12 October 2018.
Dublin Ireland.
10-12 October 2018.
Stellenbosch, South Africa. Win more, lose less: Capturing synergies between
SDGs through agricultural research.
11 October 2018. The
European Commission has put forward an action plan to develop a sustainable and
circular bioeconomy that serves Europe's society, environment and economy.
9-12 October 2018.
Johannesburg, South Africa. The purpose of the 2ACCA initiative was to
facilitate diverse and open sharing of experiences and information on CA
7-11 October 2018 in
Berlin, Germany. IWCSPP 2018 - 12th International Working Conference for Stored
Product Protection.
8–10 October 2018, Bari,
Italy. LEAP-Agri Project’s Kick-Off Meeting of ERA-Net LEAP-Agri Funded
Projects.
8-10 October 2018. During
MRC2018, the most important issues concerning mycotoxins, along the safety
aspects of foods were covered
7 October 2018. food
sovereignty among a Somali community
5-6 October 2018.
Ouagadougou. The theme of this 5th edition was: “Challenges and opportunities
of the green economy in Africa”.
5 October 2018. Brussels.
The global Diaspora week.
4 October 2018. Brussels. After
presenting its innovative approach, products and services to a jury comprising
20 major actors main development players in Belgium, Access Agriculture was
selected as the winner of ‘iStandOut’ category at the biannual Prize Digital
for Development (D4D).
AERC Research
Paper 350 African Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi August 2018, 35 pages
3-4 October 2018. Ottawa,
Canada.
1-5 October 2018. Addis
Ababa. Including a symposium on traditional and indigenous food resources:
“Mainstreaming agrobiodiversity in African food systems for healthy and
sustainable diets”
1-2 October 2018. Utrecht,
the Netherlands. The Fifth bi-annual Future of Finance conference brought
together over 500 global financial experts.
1-2 October
2018. Cologne (Germany). Revolution in Food and Biomass Production; High-tech
strategy for a sustainable biomass supply.
2-4 October 2018, in
DAKAR, SENEGAL. Third PACA Partnership Platform Meeting (PPM).
Elevated
maternal AFB-Lys levels were significantly associated with lower infant birth
weight, in addition to lower weight-for age Z-score (WAZ), smaller head
circumference, and lower HCZ in infants at birth.
b.
Spotlight
on the GrainMate Moisture Meter of Ghana + video
GrainMate Grain Moisture Tester helps prevent post-harvest losses in grains by helping farmers accurately determine the exact moisture content in their grain crops before storage.
GrainMate Grain Moisture Tester helps prevent post-harvest losses in grains by helping farmers accurately determine the exact moisture content in their grain crops before storage.
c.
Launch
of two new videos on aflatoxins in maize @ PACA PPMeeting + video
They have been posted on the platform www.accessagriculture.org. These videos are currently available in English and French. They are freely downloadable, also in 3gp format for mobile phone viewing.
They have been posted on the platform www.accessagriculture.org. These videos are currently available in English and French. They are freely downloadable, also in 3gp format for mobile phone viewing.
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