Upcoming Webinars January 2021

8-11 January 2021. IUCN World conservation congress, Marseille. 

Postponed to 4-7 September 2021.

11 January 2021.One Planet Summit for Biodiversity
France, with the United Nations and the World Bank, is organizing a 'One Planet Summit' for biodiversity in Paris. The Summit will bring together heads of state and government, leaders of international organizations, financial institutions, companies and NGOs, all ready to demonstrate that their commitments are leading to concrete actions to preserve and restore biodiversity, and to lead systemic transformations of our economies. 

12 January 2021. Water Productivity Talks - 5- Models for assessment of WP: use and applications of AquaCrop & CropWat by FAO/NENA

12 January 2021. Virtual Event - CGIAR COVID-19 Hub: Supporting National Responses to a Global Pandemic. Co-Organized by IFPRI and CGIAR COVID-19 Hub

13 January 2021. Virtual Event - Local vs Global? The role of trade in building food system resilience. IFPRI

14 January 2021. Understanding how and why people make food choices in LMIC for promotion of sustainable healthy diets.

13-18 JANUARY, CCAFS, in partnership with Wageningen University & Research and the Dutch ministries of foreign affairs and agriculture, nature and food quality, hosts a series of virtual dialogues on African climate-resilient food systems (the 3 video recording are already online)

• 13 January 2021. Virtual dialogue 1: Transforming innovation systems for evidence-based action at scale
• 15 January 2021. Virtual dialogue 2: Digitalisation to improve planning and monitoring of adaptation actions
• 18 January 2021. Virtual dialogue 3: Mobilizing investments for climate change adaptation in African food systems.

18-24 January 2021. Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) 2021

18 January (livestream)

• 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Kick-off Event - How to feed the world in times of pandemics and climate change?
• 1:00-2:00 p.m. Expert Panel 1 - “Building Forward Better – for ONE Climate-Resilient and Healthy WORLD without Hunger.”
• 3:30-4:30 p.m. Expert Panel 2 - “COVID-19: Lessons for resilience building along agricultural value chains”
• 5:00-6:00 p.m. Expert Panel 3 - “CFS: Water and Climate Recommendations to Feed the World”

19 January (livestream) 

• 8:00-9:00 a.m. Expert Panel 4 FAO/RUAF - “Managing city region food systems – Enhancing strength and resilience against pandemics and climate change”
• 9:00-10:00 a.m. Expert Panel 5 ILRI - “Prevention is cheaper than cure: One Health in practice for sustainable livestock production in Sub-Saharan Africa”
• 11:00-12:00 a.m. High Level Panel 1 FAO - “How innovation can help strengthen the sustainability of food systems and prevent future pandemics”
• 2:00-3:00 p.m. Expert Panel 6 OECD- “Looking ahead: Food systems resilience beyond COVID-19”
• 5:00-6:00 p.m. Expert Panel 7 GFFA Berlin e.V. - “New reality, new business: Lessons to learn from global mega crises”

20 January (livestream) 

• 8:00-9:00 a.m. Expert Panel 8 GFA/GIZ - “The role of the seed sector in strengthening the resilience of agricultural production”
• 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. High Level Panel 2 EU-Commission -“Climate change – what’s agriculture got to do with it!?”
• 2:00-3:00 p.m. Expert Panel 9 WWF - “Agrobiodiversity as a key to more resilient agricultural systems – lessons learnt from the global South”
• 5:00-6:00 p.m. Expert Panel 10 Forum Umwelt und Entwicklung, INKOTA, Agrarkoordination, Welttierschutzstiftung, Brot für die Welt - “Implementing the right to food! – with agro-ecology, climate-proof agriculture and One Health”

21 January (livestream) 

• 8:00-9:00 a.m. Expert Panel 11 Australia - “Climate Resilient Agriculture: Lessons from the EU and the Land Down Under”
• 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Science Slam
• 1:00-2:00 p.m. Expert Panel 12 Bundesverband für Tiergesundheit - “Advancing the Three Pillars of Sustainability through Better Livestock Health & Welfare: A Data and Evidence Review”
• 2:15-3:15 p.m. Expert Panel 13 4 per 1000 - “Healthy soils to combat climate change and end hunger”
• 3:30-4:30 p.m. Expert Panel 14 Deutscher Verband Tiernahrung - “Sustainable feed for sustainable food: global solutions for climate resilience and climate change mitigation”
• 5:00-6:00 p.m. Expert Panel 15 Thuenen-Institute/GRA/University Potsdam - “The power of many: enhancing climate change mitigation through agricultural research networks (in times of pandemics)”

22 January (livestream)

• 8:00-9:00 a.m. Expert Panel 16 Grain Club/OVID - “Climate-proof food systems: the role played by new breeding techniques – globally and in Europe”
• 10:30-11:30 a.m. Expert Panel 17 GAA/IAMO - “How to better cope with change: New approaches for food system resilience to pandemic and climatic shocks” 

19 January 2021. PUM Asia Special – Responsible and successful entrepreneurship

21 January 2021, 12h00-14h00 (GMT) Grow local: Conquering high-value markets. Organised by PAFO and COLEACP

21 January 2021. Shining a Brighter Light: Comprehensive Evidence on Adoption and Diffusion of CGIAR-Related Innovations in Ethiopia

25-26 January 2021 – ONLINE WORLDWIDE. Climate Adaptation Summit 2021

The Netherlands government will host an online international Climate Adaptation Summit (CAS Online) on 25 January 2021. CAS Online will build on the advances of the UN Climate Action Summit by showcasing pioneering solutions to the climate emergency, and sustaining momentum through to UNFCCC’s COP26 in Glasgow in 2021.

25-26 January 2021 Power on Your Plate: All-Africa Summit on Diversifying Food Systems with African Traditional Vegetables to Increase Health, Nutrition and Wealth

26 January 202110:00 AM Thematic Roundtable Meetings on Sustainable Cocoa – Cocoa Talks

26 January 2021 4:00 pm. Territorial food systems and healthy diets: Pathways for global transformations This seminar will raise awareness and discuss the importance of inclusive territorial approaches to promote sustainable food systems and healthy diets in the context of the European preparation for the upcoming United Nations Food Systems Summit and the ongoing decentralization process in Africa. Speakers include: Leonard Mizzi, Head of Unit for Sustainable agri-food systems and Fisheries, EU Commission Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA).

26 January 2021, 8:00 - 9:00am (8:00 - 9:00am) How MSD Enhanced Nigerian Farmers’ Resilience to COVID-19. The webinar will provide evidence from the work of two programmes in the Niger Delta - the UK Aid-funded Market Development in the Niger Delta (MADE) programme and The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta's (PIND).

25-29 January 2021. ‘The Davos Agenda’. The World Economic Forum

• January 27, 2021: 09:00 - 09:45CET. Transforming Food Systems and Land Use (Option 1)
• January 27, 2021: 14:00 - 15:00CET  Unlocking Innovation to Transform Food Systems
• January 27, 2021: 17:15 - 18:00CET Transforming Food Systems and Land Use (Option 2)
January 29, 2021: 14:00 - 15:00CET Building Inclusive, Sustainable and Job-creating Growth in Africa

27 January 2021. 15:00 - 16:30 CET. Organic Agriculture - A realistic pathway? organized by FiBL and INTPA (former DEVCO)

27 January 2021. Crop Breeding for Climate Resilience in Southern Africa: Opportunities and Principles for Integrating Climate Model Projections by FANRPAN

27 January 2021. 14:00-15:30 Central European Time (CET). Second Global Summit on Food Fortification Virtual Series. - Reaching the Most Vulnerable with Fortified Foods: Consolidating Gains in Salt Iodization, Edible Oil, and Biofortified Crops. - Click here to register.

27 January 2021 at 11AM (Manila Time). Session 2: Creating Co-Benefits from Climate Smart Agriculture as a Case for Scaling Out via Development Programs.  In this final session, you will learn about the experiences of development and research organizations in implementing Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA)

27 January 2021. 16:00 (GMT+2). Mycotoxins, an important threat to human health

28-29 January 2021. Virtual, Online Info day on the 2021 AGRI Promotion Calls for proposals: grants for information provision and promotion measures concerning agricultural products.

30 January 2021. 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm IST. Resilience at intersections: Pastoralism’s relationship with climate change. this webinar will explore pastoralism's adaptive capacity and resilience in the face of new climate related challenges.

2 February 2021 at 7:00 EST | 13:00 CET. the Food Systems Innovation Hub. by Sight and Life 

2 February 2021.  LEGS Webinar on Livestock Insurance

2 February 2021.  Building back better: How can public food and agricultural research institutions be strengthened and rebuilt after the COVID-19 pandemic? IFPRI webinar

2 February 2021. 2 PM – 3:30 PM Cairo time (UTC +2). Water-Energy-Food Nexus Webinar series by FAO NENA

3 February 2021 (8:30 -10:00AM EST) Key Health, Nutrition and Agricultural Services in the Face of COVID-19 in Ethiopia: Lessons Learned. Feed the Future Ethiopia Growth through Nutrition Activity Webinar

3 February 2021. Enhancing African Research Visibility Through Use of Repositories

4 February 2021 (10:00 to 16:30 CET). Bonding science and policy to accelerate food systems transformation organised by MUSE-Montpellier Université d'Excellence . Towards the United Nations Food Systems Summit

9 February 2021. Making Food systems Equitable: An African Dialogue on Gender & Food Systems
by IFPRI AFRICA

9 February 2021. Research and Innovation in Agri-food systems.

10–11 February 2021. The global Farmer Innovation Fair (FIF).

• 7:00-11:00 ET / 12:00-16:00 GMT / 13:00-17:00 CET+WAT / 14:00-18:00 CAT / 15:00-19:00 EAT / 17:30-21:30 IST.
• Prolinnova and A Growing Culture (AGC) will celebrate small-scale family farmers. This virtual event will give men and women farmers in Africa and Asia a chance to showcase their innovations and to learn about the activities of others in local innovation and farmer-led Participatory Innovation Development (PID).

15 February 2021. 14-15:30 GMT+2. Tools and Methods to find Nexus Solutions: Examples from Morocco and Jordan

16-17 February 2021. AU-EU R&I Partnership ‘Climate Change and Sustainable Energy’ Workshop on COVID-19 and the Health-Energy-Climate Nexus 

23 February 2021 Global Diet Quality Score (GDQS), a new metric of diet quality appropriate for use in low- and middle-income countries.

2 March 2021 | 14-15:30 GMT+2 A Water-Energy-Food Nexus approach for evaluating the sustainability of the Mediterranean Diet: The Case of Lebanon 

16 March 2021 | 14-15:30 GMT+2 The WEF Nexus on the ground: practical applications from the Maghreb and West Africa 

15 and 18 March 2021. The FFA Policy Week online events, with virtual webinars tackling the EU policy such as the Farm to Fork Strategy, the CAP reform and the effects these policies have on the international landscape.

29 March - 01 April 2021. Dakar. All African Horticulture conference

30 March 2021 | 14-15:30 GMT+2 Selected experiences with WEF Nexus decision-making: applications in Jordan and Morocco 

18 to 20 May 2021, the MEA agrofood event (Middle East and East Africa) aims to deepen trade relations and integration between the Middle East and Africa, and between Middle East, Africa and Europe, Asia and the Americas.

FOOD SYSTEMS DIALOGUES

Bangladesh (21/01), Cambodia (18/01), Nigeria (23/02), Sweden (25/01) and the United States of America - have announced/organised their first Dialogue events. Learn more >

Independent Dialogues that have been announced. Click here to explore the Global Map of Dialogues:

• 29 January, 2021 - India - Independent Dialogue - UNFSS: Grassroots Perspectives from India
• 2 February, 2021 - China Independent Dialogue - Shift to healthy and sustainable consumption patterns in China - with a focus on food environments 
• 5 February, 2021 - Africa/Asia Independent Dialogue UNFSS: Grassroots Perspectives from Asia & Africa
• 9 February, 2021 - Nairobi, Kenya Independent Dialogue - Making Food systems Equitable: An African Dialogue on Gender and Food Systems
• 25 February, 2021. Brussels, Belgium - Independent Dialogue Walking the talk: healthy & sustainable food systems through aligned, evidence-based communication & policy