Platform for African – European Partnership in Agricultural Research for Development

Wednesday, September 2, 2020

UPCOMING WEBINARS during the month of September

1 September 2020. "Voices of African Cities in the Localisation of the SDGs". 
This webinar forms part of the Roadmap to Rise Africa 2021 - Inspiring Action for Sustainable Cities. You can view the recording of the previous webinar of 04/08 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI7e6JILgVM&t=1s


3 September 2020. 16:00 PM. CGIAR webinar series on climate security - Sustainable finance for peace - Climate Security in the Sahel

3 September 2020. 10am - 12pm (Eastern Time). Appropriate technologies for agricultural development contexts. ECHO East Africa Regional Impact Center

3 September 2020. 4:00 PM The role of food fortification within the nutrition value chain

4 September 2020.  Mainstreaming ecological organic agriculture (EOA) into agricultural systems in Africa for the period 2019-2023 (PHASE II)- organized by Biovision Africa Trust


7 September 2020. AGRF Virtual Summit : pre-conference meetings (a selection)


8 September 2020. MSMEs Resilience and Recovery in the Face of COVID-19 Organised by Economic Policy Research Centre, Makerere University

8 September 2020. 1:00 - 3:00pm (GMT +1). Regional Exchange on Farmer-Herder Relations: Key Questions for Research and Practice in Nigeria and the Sahel: “Inclusion of Women in Responses to Farmer-Herder Conflict”

8-11 September 2020. AGRF Virtual Summit 
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Tenth Annual Summit of the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF), which brings together over thousands of delegates from governments, the civil society, the private sector, research community and development partners will be held virtually from 8-11 September 2020 and will be co-hosted by the Government of Rwanda and the AGRF Partners Group.

10 September: (selection)
11:00 – 13:00: Implementing Continental Agri-Food Policy Reforms under the AfCFTA Framework
Chairs: AGRA and AUC, with support from BMGF, AfDB, FAO, USAID, SACAU, DFID, CTA, Grow Africa, World Bank, Tony Blair Institute, NEPAD, ASARECA
16:00 – 18:00: THEME OF THE DAY: Markets and Trade
Build interconnected African markets that create opportunities, right from rural small holders to urban supermarkets

11 September: (selection)
15:00 – 18:00: THEME FOR THE DAY: Food Systems
Building back better and Defining the food systems Africa wants and being part of a multi-stakeholder vison for Africa and the world on the future of food. 
The objective of the virtual event is to discuss the role of agricultural research and innovation for development to address food systems transition and the contribution of the DeSIRA initiative.

8 September 2020. Reclaiming Health through Indigenous Food Systems: A discussion on the film “Gather”. Join FAO North America for a discussion on the new film "Gather" featuring the film director Sanjay Rawal, leadership from the partnering producer First Nations Development Institute, and one of the featured Indigenous figures from the film,


9 September 2020. 4:00 – 5:00 PM CEST. COVID-19, debt relief, and the climate and biodiversity crises. By International Institute for Environment and Development – IIED.

10 September 2020. BOOK LAUNCH Virtual Event - Agricultural Extension: Global Status and Performance in Selected Countries. Co-Organized by IFPRI and the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)

9 - 11 September 2020, Tropentag 2020: Food and nutrition security and its resilience to global crises
10 September 2020. 4:00 – 7:00 PM CEST (10:00 AM EST). Enhancing investment in soil health and carbon storage: Frontiers for linking finance and carbon accounting. By CCAFS, The Nature Conservancy, 4 per 1000 Executive Secretariat, World Bank and the Meridian Institute.

10 September 2020. 8:00 – 9:00 PM CEST (2:00 PM EST). Webinar. The 2020 Living Planet Report. By WWF.

10 September 2020. 1:00 - 3:00pm (GMT +1). Regional Exchange on Farmer-Herder Relations: Key Questions for Research and Practice in Nigeria and the Sahel: “Transhumance and Cross-Border Security”

11 September 2020. Land, People and Markets; building a sustainable and inclusive agrofood sector. 4th edition of the African Diaspora Agrofood forum.

14 September 14:00 - 16:00 EFARD 2020 Virtual AGM
The European Forum for Agricultural Research and Development (EFARD), is organising a VIRTUAL AGM and will focus on "Strengthening EFARD’s Networking Capacity: Implications for Governance, Partnerships, Funding”. 


15 September 2020.  02:30 PM CEST. Food Crises and COVID-19: Emerging evidence and implications for action. 75th UNGA - Global Network Against Food Crises High-Level Virtual Side-Event


15 September 2020: 08:30 – 10:00 am (US Eastern Time) Food Crises and COVID-19: Emerging evidence and implicationsfor action



16 September 2020. Sustainable Food Value Chains for Nutrition. This international technical webinar is part of the series organized by the FAO eLearning Academy, Agreenium (l'Institut agronomique, vétérinaire et forestier de France) and UN-ESCAP (United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific).

16 September 2020. Novel Metrics to Support Research, Programming, and Policy in Agriculture, Nutrition, and Health: Findings from India, Nepal, and Ghana

16 September 2020. 11:00 am - 12:00 pm ET. The Nature of Nature: A Conversation with Enric Sala. Dr. Enric Sala, National Geographic explorer-in-residence, as they dive into topics from Enric’s new book The Nature of Nature: Why We Need the Wild. The conversation will go beyond the pages to explore Enric’s passion for the wild, why now is the time for hope, the economic case for nature, and the way the novel coronavirus shifted our relationship with the world. Organise by the World Resources Institute

16 September 2020.14.30-16.00 CEST. LAUNCH ELearning Course: Sustainable Food Value Chains for Nutrition. Organised by FAO

17 September 2020. 11:00 am CEST. Strengthening Capacities for Promoting Healthy Behaviours: 10 Years of FAO’s Work on Professional Training in Nutrition Education. The Capacity Development and Academia Unit (PSUA) of the Partnerships and UN Collaboration Division (PSU) and the Food and Nutrition Division (ESN)


17 September 2020. Third virtual dialogue in the Parliamentarians' Actions for Gender Equality and Resilient Food Systems in Response to COVID-19 series

17-18 September 2020. From Crisis to Action – Lessons from COVID-19 for Building a Better Future through Sustainable Livestock. Link for Thursday meeting + link for Friday meeting

18 September 2020. 9:30 am EST Professionalizing Farmers during COVID-19: Lessons learned from remote assessing in four countries

21 September 2020. 9:00 am CEST “Methodological introduction to broad-based rapid assessment of national-level food systems”. 
In order to assess the sustainability and inclusiveness of food systems at national and subnational level CIRAD and FAO have been preparing, with the support from DEVCO, (since 2019), an analytical and methodological framework to assess food systems. The framework is oriented to donors, policymakers and local authorities, as well as to key private, public and civil society food systems stakeholders


22 September 2020.  Virtual Book Launch, Ethiopia’s agri-food system: Past trends, present challenges, and future scenarios

22 September 2020. 0900-1300 GMT. Rural Livelihoods in the context of covid-19: Impact and Interventions. The Africa Union’ Semi-Arid Food Grains Research and Development (AU-SAFGRAD) and Rural Economy Division (RED) of the Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture (DREA)

22 September 2020. 15:30-18:00 CEST. EU multi-stakeholder dialogue on sustainable cocoa. Invitated only.
22/09 @ 12:45 UNCROSSING PLANETARY BOUNDARIES: How to get nutrient flows back within safe ecological limits?
Experts from different fields linked to nutrients will discuss the environmental impacts of excessive nutrient flows and the possible solutions and barriers for bringing the nitrogen and phosphorus cycles within safe regional and planetary boundaries.Speakers : John Bell, Mark A. Sutton, Chiara Manoli, Jannes Maes, Annika Eskusson

22/09 @ 12:45 Building a POST-COVID FOOD SYSTEM ECONOMY that works for people, planet and climate
Food must be treated less as a commodity and more as a common good. This session will explore alternative models for a new multi-objective food systems economy that can meet the EU Green Deal and Farm to Fork Strategy objectives.
Speakers : John Bell, Johan Swinnen, Silke Thiele, Ana Moragues

23/09 @ 10:30 The opportunity to halt BIODIVERSITY loss
The session will show how Horizon Europe will support the European Green Deal through science, research & innovation. It will improve our understanding of biodiversity decline and drive action for biodiversity & ecosystems protection & restoration, by promoting nature-based solutions & sustainable management of natural capital.

24 September 2020. 10-12:00 SAST. Food Security, Hunger and Market Access by Smallholder Farmers in Southern Africa.

28 September 2020. Biofortification Amid COVID-19 and beyond. Lessons from COVID-19 and the Path to Scaling Up

28 September 2020. 10:00am CEST . Second online edition of the Global Science Collaboration Conference. As part of this conference Innopharma, Ireland, will host a webinar entitled “High-tech skills to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals”

29 September 2020. Access to sustainable energy – a critical component for a green recovery in Africa. Speaker: Stefano Signore - Head of Unit for Sustainable Energy and Climate Change of DG DEVCO

29 September 2020. 13:00-17:00 CEST. Digital Forum: Can tree planting save our planet?  https://events.globallandscapesforum.org/digital-forum-tree-planting/

30 September 2020. TAAT CDTO Webinar

30 September 2020. Accounting for Pastoralists. Organized by the League for Pastoral Peoples and Endogenous Livestock Development (LPP).

30 September 2020. 09:30 AM to 11:00 AM (GMT -4). Building A Safe Food System: The Role of Cold Chain Logistics in Food Safety of Perishable Food



1 October 2020. 10-11 a.m. CDT | 15:00-16:00 UTC  The Role of Water Re-use in Water Security: An effective tool in agriculture, food production and urban water use. 2020 Water for Food Global Webinar Series 

7 October 2020. 15:00-16:30hrs EAT. Regional Policy Dialogue on Enhancing Cross Border Trade and Food Security through Data and Information Sharing. Organised by ASARECA in partnership with IFPRI

7 October 2020. 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM CEST. Africa’s Fertilizer Ecosystem. The theme focuses on Unlocking Africa’s Potential 

6-9 October 2020. 7th OECD Forum on Green Finance and Investment taking place virtually as a Zoom Conference. This year’s Forum will focus on mobilising finance to green the COVID-19 recovery and maintaining momentum for green, sustainable finance and investment.

6 - 29 October 2020. The USAID Integrated Land and Resource Governance (ILRG) Annual Research Symposium will showcase academic research and field experience in Zambia related to land tenure and natural resource management online from Read more about the event and register online.

7-9 October 2020. Borlaug Global Rust Initiative’s (BGRI) virtual technical workshop. Experts from global institutions such as Cornell University, CIMMYT, ICARDA, and the John Innes Centre, with presenters from Ethiopia, Kenya, India, Australia, Finland, Mexico, the United Kingdom and United States, will lead in-depth talks and discussions on the most pressing challenges facing global wheat security.

8 October 2020.  2:00 – 3:30 PM EDT. Caribbean Tree Planting: Empowering Youth Climate Action

9 October 2020. Promote fresh produce farming and exports in Nigeria

12-16 October 2020. 2020 International Borlaug Dialogue Building Resilience Today for Improved Global Food Systems Tomorrow. See the agenda

13 October 2020. 7.30-8.30 am CDT. Small-Scale Irrigation, Resilience and Nutrition: Can we have it All? UNSCN, Africa Union Commission, SEWA, Texas A&M, and IFPRI at the World Food Prize Side Event

13 October 2020. @ 10:00 am - 12:30 pm. Webinar. Boosting rural job creation and economic growth . LEAP4FNSSA webinar. 

14 October 2020. TAAT CDTO Webinar


15 October 2020. 4 pm - 6 pm . Regulating African Food imports and market in Belgium
Speaker: Dr. Jan Van Seghbroeck, Atache-expert Imports FAVV-AFSCA. Belgian Food Agency
Registration with: thefoodbridge@gmail.com


28-29 October 2020. 8am-5pm CEST. LEAP4FNSSA West Africa Workshop

23 - 26 November 2020 Africa Agro Food first virtual event

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