Platform for African – European Partnership in Agricultural Research for Development

Friday, October 30, 2020

Upcoming webinars during the month of November

2 November 2020. Sustainable Livestock for the UN Sustainable Development Goals - Outcomes and directions from latest FAO Committee on Agriculture (COAG27)

2 to 5 November 2020. Global Donor Platform for Rural Development Annual General Assembly (AGA), “Pathways for Food Systems Transformation”. The AGA virtual events will be held over a period of four days, from , through the Zoom platform. The events will be publicly streamed over the internet, and therefore accessible also to those who are not registered.
3-4 November 2020. The Brazil Africa Forum 

3, 10 and 17 November, 2020. AfDB's 4th African Youth Agripreneur Forum

4 November 2020. Assessing predictors and metrics of diet quality in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia: The intersection of agriculture, nutrition, and health

3-5 November 2020. Africa Food Environment Research Network (virtual) Meeting MEALS4NCDs project secretariat at the University of Ghana, objective: Identify current food environment research priorities for Africa.

5 November 2020. Technical Series on the conceptual framework for addressing acute malnutrition in Africa's drylands. Hosted by FAO and Tufts University: Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy


5 - 6 November 2020. Regional Consultation Meeting on UN Decade of Family Farming: Formulating strategies and action plan to strengthen smallholder family farmers in South Asia



9th November from 14:00 - 16:00 (GMT) on "Post-crisis lessons from the African Coalitions of Climate Chance". Live translation English/French available.

10 November 2020 Innovative models for undertaking National Agriculture Insurance Scheme. The webinar is being jointly organized by PULA, African Risk Capacity and AGRA.

11 November 2020. Climate Adaptation and Resilience: Lessons from Bangladesh. Organised by IFAD

11-13 November 2020. Paris Peace Forum
  • 12/11 SUPPORTING SMES IN AFRICA DURING AND AFTER COVID-19 CRISIS
  • 12/11 FINANCING SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS – PDBS AS CATALYSTS OF NEW INVESTMENT MODELS
12 November 2020. | 10-11 a.m. CDT (11 a.m. EST/15:00 UTC) | Innovation in Irrigation

12 November 2020. Technical Series on the conceptual framework for addressing acute malnutrition in Africa's drylands. Hosted by FAO and Tufts University: Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

12 November 2020. @12:00 - 14:00 (GMT+2). Role of Public Policies in Supporting Innovation for Sustainable Agri-Food System Transformation in the NENA Region

12 November 2020. 13h-14h30 (GMT+1), 15h-16h30 (EAT). CELEP webinar “Pastoralism and conflict – rethinking the phenomenon?”

12 November 2020. COVID-19 and Fertilizer Value Chains in Sub-Saharan Africa: Impacts and Policy Responses (West Africa)

15 November 2020. VCBNetwork ASIA AGRI TECH Challenge 2020. How ICT solutions can support the development of resilient post-COVID19 agricultural value chains/market systems that are more resilient, fair and inclusive.

16 November 2020. Advocating on transformational change for agri-food systems  jointly organized by ACT-Alliance EU, Agroecology Europe, iPES-Food, FiBL and IFOAM Organics International.

16 November 2020. Developing Capacities for Agricultural Innovation Systems: Lessons from Implementing a Common Framework in 8 countries. Organised by: FAO and Agrinatura

17 November 2020. Food & ag trade in the new policy environment: How can WTO members support economic recovery and resilience in Africa? Organised by IFPRI

17 - 18 November 2020. Cultivate Africa. 
This is an event organized by the Africa Union Commission in partnership with Hallpax. The main objective of Cultivate Africa is to unlock a concerted multi-stakeholder partnership toward a sustained and effective response leading to averting potential adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on food security and nutrition and food systems (production, distribution, trading and market access of agricultural commodities and services).

17 - 18 November 2020. Sustainable Animal Production Systems (SusAn)
Improve the productivity, resilience and competitiveness of European Animal Production
registration closes on 11 November

17-19 November 2020. Financing agricultural water (OECD with FAO)

16 - 20 November 2020. High Level dialogue on realignment towards online teaching and learning in Universities: Learning from each other .The 16th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) 


18 November 2020. "Measuring Resilience: Evidence from Nepal, Bangladesh, and Uganda.https://www.nutritioninnovationlab.org/webinar-series

18 November 2020. 3:30 – 4:30 PM (Rome Time - CET). Organic matter management (Part 2) Supporting transformative change and transitions towards sustainable agriculture and food systems. 

  • Background to the EU-Africa Research and Innovation Partnership in FNSSA – European Commission
  • The importance of the AU-EU Research and Innovation Partnership in FNSSA to the African research community – Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa
  • The ‘Platform’ for the efficient and coherent implementation of the AU-EU Research and Innovation Partnership to be developed by LEAP4FNSSA; Role of the African research community (LEAP4FNSSA Project)
18-19 November 2020. 7th Annual ReNAPRI Stakeholder Conference 2020. The Great Reset: Embedding Resilience into African Agriculture

19 November 2020. 2020 ECHO International Agriculture Conference

19 November 2020. 15:00-16:30 (CET) The opportunities and risks of digital technologies in nutrition behaviour change and capacity building. 
  • Webinar series - Nutrition in a Digital World Episode 2
  • Building upon UNSCN 45 - Nutrition in the Digital World, published in July 2020. 
  • The event will be recorded and published afterwards. If you missed Episode 1 - The challenges of digital food marketing, the recording and presentations are available on the UNSCN website.
19 November 2020. 12h00-14h00 (GMT) Panel on Innovations and successes in Farmer’s-led businesses and SMEs in Africa - Register here before 18/11

19 November 2020. Webinar on Landesa's land rights education in rural Liberia


This joint-partner organized event is co-led by the World Economic Forum, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), World Farmers Organization, World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Unilever, PepsiCo, Royal DSM, Rabobank, One Young World, Tufts University's Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy, Wageningen University & Research, and the Government of The Netherlands.
24 - 25 November 2020. 09:00 - 16:30 GMT.  Webinar. FARA General Assembly 2020: Theme – INSTITUTIONS, INVESTMENTS, IMPACT. Organized by the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa and the CAADP-XP4 Partners (CORAF, ASARECA, CCARDESA, NAASRO & AFAAS) 
  • 24/11 Strengthening Partnership for Agricultural Research, Technology and Mutual Accountability: the case of the EU-funded CAADP-XP4 Program: Launch of CAADP-XP4 programme
  • 24/11 Mobilization of stakeholder support and ownership of the Europe-Africa roadmap on Food, Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture (FNSSA)
  • 24/11 Unlocking domestic investments to make science and innovation work for agricultural development in Africa: Incl. Mr. Christoph Larose Head of Sector—Sustainable Agriculture, European Commission, DG-DEVCO.

24 - 25 November 2020. “Strategies to invest in human capital in agriculture” to generate evidence about promising investments in farmers’ human capital. (FAO), (IFPRI), and the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions and Markets (PIM) will present this one year global study 

24 November 2020. Information Needs for Food Crisis Risk Early Warning: The Role of the Food Security Portal. Organised by IFPRI (Opening remarks - Conrad Rein, Policy Officer, European Commission, and Co-Chair, Global Donor Platform for Rural Development)

24 November 2020. 11:00 – 15:00 (GMT+2)  The United Nations Decade of Family Farming 2019 - 2028. Regional E-Launch in the Near East and North Africa Region 

24 November 2020. 2:00pm to 3:30pm GMT. ‘Leveraging M&E Systems to Improve SBC Programme Performance’ series of webinars on using social and behaviour change (SBC) for improved agriculture and nutrition.
  • GIZ in collaboration with the ANH Academy has prepared for you and your colleagues a series of webinars on using social and behaviour change (SBC) for improved agriculture and nutrition.
  • first four webinars (first, second, third and fourth – new!) and view additional resources

25 November 2020. 2-3.15pm (GMT) Food systems of the poor: shaping the agenda for the Food Systems Summit. In the lead up to the UN Food Systems Summit in 2021, this IIED event will discuss how food systems transformation can be relevant for people living in poverty.

25 November 2020, 14:00 to 16:30 (CET) Minimum Dietary Diversity for Women (MDD-W): From Collection to Action (MDD/W). Organised by  FAO Food and Nutrition Division (ESN), together with EU and GIZ. Register here.
  • MDD-W in the context of healthy diets and food system transformation - Ms. Carla Montesi, Director in DG DEVCO (European Commission)
  • Ethiopia: Using MDD-W for EUD programming - Mr. Pierre-Luc Vanhaeverbeke, Nutrition focal point (EUD)
25 November - 3 December 2020. 3rd Global Conference of the One Planet (10YFP) Sustainable Food Systems Programme

26 November 2020. 17:00 SGT (GMT+8) Building Smallholder Capacities in Africa 

26 November 2020. Women Enterprise Development as an Engine for Economic Growth. Register here

26 - 27 November 2020. FACCE-JPI 10 Year Event
  • The Joint Programming Initiative on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change (FACCE-JPI) celebrates its ten year anniversary by engaging in a high-level science-policy discussion. 
  • The aim is threefold, i) highlighting the European societal challenges including the key research concerns, ii) exploring potential new pathways by showcasing the past scientific results, and iii) prioritisation of the science–policy discussion together with the national and European decision makers about the strategic urgencies.

27 November 2020. "Innovation and organization of rural extension systems in Kenya and Argentina" 

30 November to 2 December 2020. South-South Cooperation Forum on Food Security and Agrobiodiversity in times of Covid-19 and Climate Change

1 December 2020. Virtual Event - The New Nutrition Reality: Time to Recognize and Tackle the Double Burden of Malnutrition! Organised by IFPRI


1 December 2020 (4:30-5:30PM - EAT). Transforming Food Systems: Lessons Learned from Global and Local Experience. Feed the Future Ethiopia Growth through Nutrition Activity Webinar
  • The webinar will focus on core elements of food systems, external drivers, and political economy issues that facilitate or impede important changes in food systems. Critical gaps in our knowledge regarding the tradeoffs between targets embedded in the SDGs will be explored and there will also be an extensive discussion of policies that can bring about dramatic changes in food systems. After the presentation, two commenters will reflect on the topic focusing on the Ethiopian context, followed by discussion of audience questions.
  • Incl. Dr. Namukolo Covic - Sr. Research Coordinator, IFPRI, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
1-2 December 2020. First Biennial Africa Climate Smart Agriculture Stakeholders Conference CAADP-XP4 Organizations (FARA, AFAAS, CORAF, ASARECA, CCARDESA) and Partners (AUDA-NEPAD, FAO, CCAFS, AGNES, CSAYN)

  • The two-part webinar series are looking to increase awareness and understanding of the Horizon 2020 (i.e. H2020) research and innovation programme and opportunities for African organisations. In particular, the webinars will focus on the 'Accelerating the green transition and energy access Partnership with Africa (TOPIC ID: LC-GD-2-3-2020)’ call which is currently open.
  • The first session is mainly aimed at African organisations (e.g. research organisations, start-ups, NGOs, tech-hubs, corporate innovations) interested in learning more about H2020 and application procedures. The second session (i.e. matchmaking) is aimed at European and African organisations looking to connect with potential partners for the Africa Green Deal call. You can participate in one or both sessions.

3 December 2020. Africa Knows! Panel 47 on Agricultural Tertiary and Vocational Education and Training in Africa



9-10 December 2020. Scaling Insights for Sustainable Food Systems.  10/12: ECDPM Sustainability transitions of food systems: A political affair

10-12 December 2020. Virtual APIEXPO AFRICA 2020


8 - 12 February 2021. Committee for Food Security 47
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