Platform for African – European Partnership in Agricultural Research for Development

Sunday, October 31, 2021

Upcoming webinars during the month of November and beyond

30 October 2021. G20 Heads of State and Government Summit
G20, under the Italian Presidency, will focus on three broad, interconnected pillars of action: People, Planet, Prosperity.1 November, 2021. UNFSS Independent Dialogue. Regional Dialogue - Food Security in the Sahel Region

1-12 November 2021. Climate COP26, Glasgow

01/11 Hybrid COP26 Event – Lessons from India on Scaling up Natural Farming
Side events EU at COP

2 November 2021. LEAP4FNSSA Stakeholder Engagement Meeting

2 November 2021. National Organic Agriculture Business Summit Abuja 2021

2-3 November 2021. FAO high-level Global Event on Ending Child Labour in Agriculture

3 November 2021. Launch of the ILRI impact book by ILRI

3 + 10 + 17 November 2021. African Food Environments Transformation by Food Environment Research Network
The MEALS4NCDs Project provides Measurement Evaluation, Accountability and Leadership Support (MEALS) for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) prevention in Ghana and beyond.
The project is focused on measuring and supporting public sector actions that create healthy food marketing and food provisioning environments for children and adolescents in Ghana, with the aim to prevent obesity and other nutrition-related NCDs.5 November 2021. Forests, Food, Finance - Solutions for a Healthy Planet - Landscape Forum with the UK Government on the sidelines of COP26

5-6 November 2021. African Summit on Entrepreneurship and Innovation by UNIDO

10 – 11 November 2021. First Joint Food Safety Conference. By the African Continental Association for Food Protection (ACAFP), FAO and AUC

8 - 10 November 2021. AMIs Agricultural Film Conference 2021
The conference will bring together agricultural and horticultural cover specifiers. The focus is on discussing maximising crop yields with an effective use of silage, mulch and greenhouse films to feed the growing global population.

11 November 2021. Attracting Youth into the Agriculture and Food Space
Leaders in emerging African markets talk LIVE. Watch on Youtube 

14 November 2021. Effective Agricultural Extension Systems for Sustainable Agripreneurship in Africa
The AFAAS Africa Wide Agricultural Extension Week (AEW) is an international event that brings together averagely 600 participants from across Africa and the World to deliberate on a selected strategic theme in agriculture.

14-20 November 2021. AFAAS Africa-Wide Agricultural Extension Week. Effective Agricultural Extension Systems for Sustainable Agripreneurship in Africa. By AFAAS, Kampala, Uganda.

15-17 November 2021. Africa Energy Forum see registration

15 - 18 November 2021.Agrobiodiversity Innovation Challenge: Call for innovative solutions in the agri-food tech space
The Agrobiodiversity Innovation Challenge is seeking innovators driven by a passion for solving challenges in the agri-food sector by utilizing or conserving agrobiodiversity.
16-17 November 2021. 2021 ReSAKSS Conference

17 November 2021. 11:00- 12:30 CET: InfoPoint Virtual Conference via Webex Meetings: Moving beyond formal and informal seed system for agrobiodiversity management. Including as speaker: Carla Montesi, Director of INTPA F


17 November 2021. @13:00 CET 2nd Africa Food Environment Research Network FERN2021. This year’s event is held jointly with the International Network for Food and Obesity/Non-communicable Diseases Research, Monitoring and Action Support (INFORMAS)’s e-Symposium for Africa.

17 November 2021. @ 14:00 CET) IMPROVING NUTRITION THROUGH ACCOUNTABILITY 
  • The YouTube streaming link is available here
  • This Nutrition for Growth (N4G) 2021 (nutritionforgrowth.org) side event is organized by the Nutrition Data Partners Group. 
  • Building from N4G data commitment recommendations (https://bit.ly/3kijAHS) released in September 2021, the webinar will highlight recent data value chain investments by a number of countries including India, Guatemala and Niger as well as data-focused 2021 N4G commitments made by governments and development partners.
  • Presentation 3: « Une plateforme Nationale d’Information pour la Nutrition (NIPN) : un outil d’aide à la décision au Niger » · Remarks: Denisa-Elena Ionete, European Union Ambassador to the Republic of Niger ; Presenter: Saadou Bakoye, Secretary General, Ministry of Planning, Republic of Niger
17-19 November 2021. Critical Food Studies Virtual Humanities Conference. Critical Food Studies together with the University of the Western Cape (UWC), University of Pretoria (UP) and the University of Kwazulu-Natal (UKZN)

18 November 2021 (11h00-13h00 CET): Session Innovations in the African agroprocessing sector: the key role of SMEs and businesses by PAFO/ColeACP (Isoline Boto, ex CTA). Discussant: Willi Schulz-Greve, Head of Unit, DG Agriculture, European Commission

18 November 2021. 2nd IFCN Dairy Forum 2021: Greenhouse gas emissions from dairy and solutions for emerging dairy countries

18-20 November 2021. Consultative Workshop on the Development of Continental Strategies for Improving Private Sector Engagement in AR4D - a side event of the annual AFAAS Extension Week.

22 November 2021. Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: Reflections from a Career in Research for Development
22 November 2021: InfoPoint Virtual Conference via Webex Meetings: "Beyond the UN Food Systems Summit". 
  • Speakers include: Lawrence Haddad Executive Director, GAIN (Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition) + Leonard Mizzi Head of Unit, INTPA F3, Afri-Food Systems and Fisheries
22-26 November 2021. 8TH TAP PARTNERS ASSEMBLY
  • The TAP-AIS project is funded by the European Union (EU) and implemented by the FAO. Project duration August 2019 - July 2024. Budget 5,000,000 EUR. Its objective is to increase the coherence and effectiveness of capacity development interventions for agricultural innovation systems.
23 November 2021. 1:00pm CET.  Scaling up Nutrient Enriched Foods Through Policy: The Role of Public Support Programmes.  This webinar will be hosted by The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition

23 - 26 November 2021. Family Farming at the core of Sustainable Food Systems.

24 November 2021. An open Access soil information system. A virtual dialogue was organized by the 
  • Soils4Africa project [https://www.soils4africa-h2020.eu ] in close collaboration with FARA. The Soils4Africa project, aims to provide an open-access soil information system (SIS) with a set of key indicators and underpinning data, accompanied with a methodology for repeated soil monitoring across the continent.

24 November 2021.  Innovative Gastronomy
  • Global Foodnet brings together food innovators in Kenya, southern Africa, Peru and Finland to develop foods from indigenous foods with indigenous knowledge.
24 November 2021. Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future
  • A Series of Online Webinars for Stakeholders in Each of the Six UNEP Regions
  • Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future (SF), with the support of the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Civil Society Unit in Nairobi, invites you to take part in one of six new regional capacity-building webinars for Major Group Stakeholders.
  • Focused on the run-up to UNEA 5.2, the resumed session of UNEA-5 from 28 February to 2 March 2022, the webinars will also include content relevant to the Special Session of the Assembly on 3 - 4 March 2022, which is devoted to the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the creation of UNEP in 1972 - UNEP@50.
  • The webinars will also highlight the related and upcoming Stockholhm+50 meeting, convened by the United Nations General Assembly and hosted by the governments of Sweden and Kenya, to be held in Stockholm, Sweden from 2-3 June 2022 to commemorate the 50 years since the 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, which made the environment a pressing global issue for the first time.
  • The theme chosen for the 17th CAADP Partnership Platform was centered on “Ending hunger in Africa by 2025 through resilient food systems”, to take advantage of renewed momentum that has been created by the UN Food System Summit, at a moment when the continent is halfway through the Malabo Declaration timeframe.
  • 22-23 November 2021. Malabo Agricultural Policy Learning Event (MAPLE)
23- 25 November 2021. DJAZAGRO 2021 - Tradeshow for Agro-Food Production
The show takes its name from "DJAZAIR", which means "Algeria" in Algerian Arabic, and from « agro » representing the agro-food sector.

24 November 2021. Scaling Up Innovation for a Fortified Future - part II - new business models, coalition building & advocacy. By GAIN



2 December 2021. 1:30 PM in CET. Digital Lending for Smallholder Farmers: Lessons Learned from the Field by World Bank

  • Global Foodnet brings together food innovators in Kenya, southern Africa, Peru and Finland to develop foods from indigenous foods with indigenous knowledge.
2 et 3 décembre 2021. Forum EPA2021 Connecter les données et la recherche aux politiques pour transformer le secteur agricole. 

2 - 4 December 2021. Food Agro Africa
This event will showcase top products, equipment, and machinery presented by exhibitors from over 26 countries.

5 December 2021 - World Soil Day "Halt soil salinization, Boost soil productivity"

6-10 December 202.1 Africa Agriculture Knowledge Management Conference.
The Conference aims to showcase the KM products and services of CAADP-XP and generate political support for advancing climate-smart KM for Agricultural development in Africa.
KM4AgD site at https://km4agd.faraafrica.org/ for more details.

6-10 December 2021. THE SEVENTH AFRICA HIGHER EDUCATION WEEK AND RUFORUM TRIENNIAL CONFERENCE

11-14 December 2021. AQUACULTURE AFRICA 2021

8 - 14 December 2021. Intra-African Trade Fair 2021
This trade fair brings together exhibitors and visitors from all sectors. It provides a platform for attendees and non attendees to connect. There will also be virtual stands for entrepreneurs to showcase their work across African markets.

15-16 December 2021. LEAP-Agri Knowledge Sharing and Stakeholders Engagement Matchmaking event


25 - 27 February 2022 AgrikExpo & Farming Conference
Machinery & Equipment Input (Seeds, Agro Chemicals, ETC)Livestock Care & Management Biotechnology Poultry Forestry Food Processing & Packaging Infrastructure Afri finanace

3-4 March 2022. The Africa Food Sustainability Summit

9-10 June 2022. Africa Dairy & Drink Innovations Summit & Expo 2021
The dairy, soft and alcoholic beverage sectors may not have a lot in common at first glance, but the line between these sectors has been and is expected to continue blurring into the future, as the pace of innovations gathers steam and as consumer tastes and preferences are transformed

27 June 1 July 2022. Lilongwe. 12th TRIENNIAL CONFERENCE AFRICA POTATO ASSOCIATION

12-15 July 2022. FAO-CIRAD international conference on Geographical Indication.

14-20 August 2022. 31st International Horticultural Congress, IHC2022, Angers, France
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