Platform for African – European Partnership in Agricultural Research for Development

Thursday, March 31, 2022

Upcoming webinars and events

1 April. 2:00 PM - 3:40 PM CEST. Energy Use for Irrigation in Ethiopia: Shedding light on demand, least-cost-options, and farm returns by IFPRI

5 April 2022. What Digital Cannot Solve for Farmers in Africa: 7 Years of Learning. by AGRA

4 - 9 April 2022. Applying agricultural interventions and rural development strategies: Sustainable and bio-diverse agro-ecosystems for smallholder resilience.
  • The workshop is organized as part of the project “RLC Platform for Young East African Scientists – Improving the Productivity and Resilience of Smallholder Farming” which is jointly conducted by the RLC Campus Bonn, Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Ger-many, the ‘Alternative Nobel Prize’ awarded organization Biovision Africa Trust, Nairobi, Kenya, the RLC Campus Lund, Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS), Lund University, Sweden, among other partners.
  • Who can apply? PhD students from East Africa that are currently completing their PhD at an East African university. The deadline is March 6, 2022
6 April 2022. SWAC-EU High-Level Consultation: Food Crises in the Sahel and West Africa


6 - 8 April 2022. Food Crisis Prevention Network (RPCA) restricted meeting

7 April 2022. The Africa Agri-Tech Development Forum: Supporting Agricultural Innovation and Food Manufacturing with Effective Trade and Industrial Policy


7 April 2021. 7:30 pm Healthy Soil - Healthy Planet webinar series, which begins on April 7, 2022.
  • 07/04 Webinar 1: Understanding Soil Health
  • 14/04 Webinar 2: How to Restore Soil Health
  • 20/04 Webinar 3: Proof Soil Regeneration Works
  • 27/04 Webinar 4: Careers in Soil Regeneration

12-13 April 2022. Regional consultation Africa Stockholm+50
  • Working Group 4: ‘SUSTAINABLE AGRIFOOD SYSTEMS
  • Working Group 5: ‘CIRCULAR ECONOMY

12 April 2022, 16:00 - 18:00 JST, 08:00 -10:00 CET. Asian Regional Launch of Digital Agri Hub


14 April 2022, 15:00 Linking Smallholder Farmers to Voluntary Carbon Market: Application of Innovative Remote Sensing Measurements to Generate Carbon Removal Units in Agroforestry at Scale

19 April 2022. 12:30 CEST. High-level virtual event: Scaling up Agroecology Initiative
  • Three years into the implementation of the Initiative, this webinar aims at sharing initial achievements, success stories and collective understanding of the enabling environment that takes agroecology forward on the ground, in different contexts and at different levels.
  • Check out the programme and register here or follow via webcast.
  • FAO Family Farming & Agroecology Community of Practice in Africa is implementing an e-discussion on “The co-creation, sharing and dissemination of local innovations for healthy soils in Africa”,
  • co-organized by Access Agriculture, Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA), Biovision Africa Trust, FAO Family Farming Knowledge Platform, FAO Agroecology Knowledge Hub, FAO TECA Platform, Pan-African Farmers Organization (PAFO), and World Rural Forum.
20 April 2022. 14:30–16:30 | VIRTUAL, CEST. The Increasing Imperative for Resilient Food Systems in Times of Crisis: What Can Donors Do?
  • During this event, the GDPRD’s WHITE PAPER on “Transforming Food Systems- Directions for Enhancing the Catalytic Role of Donors” will be presented. 
  • The paper attempts to provide a menu of options for donor engagement in food systems transformation, with focuses on coordination, structural barriers to change, and the importance of systemic approaches.
21 April 2022. Financing Climate Action. World Bank 2022 SPRING MEETINGS
  • This event will look at the actions that are needed to create enabling environments, leverage different pools of capital at the right time, for specific needs, while involving communities and bringing them along in the global low-carbon, resilient transition.
21 April 2022. 13h00 - 15h00 CEST/GMT+2. Putting Food system thinking into sector practice: the role of insects in food system transformation-from niche to mainstream

21 April 2022. CFS OEWG on Gender Equality and Women’s and Girls’ Empowerment

  • This is a partnership between Village Capital and The Lightsmith Group accelerating 16 companies across Africa and Asia. 
  • Slot 1 - Absolute Water, Agtuall, Congretype, Freezelink, Hiraya Water, Komunidad Global, Ship60, Worldtech Consult.
  • Slot 2 - Agromyx, Aumsat, Cadel Consulting, Crop2X, EF Polymer, Kitovu Technology, Rwanda Bio Solution, Zr3i
  • Brief overviews of these companies are available here:
  • Slot 1 companies: https://bit.ly/3u9JYsI
  • Slot 2 companies: https://bit.ly/3DIV0YU
25 April - 8 May 2022. Convention on Biological Diversity (Part 2) - Kunming, China

25 April 2022. 15:00 CEST. Applying the agroecology elements to agroforestry: Transforming food systems for a more sustainable and resilient world

26 April 2022.   12:00-14:00 GMT. Successes from women-led agribusinesses in Africa. By Fit For Market SPS COLEACP programme 

26 April 2022 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., a virtual panel around the theme: "Soaring prices fertilizers: what alternatives to save the 2022/2023 agricultural campaign? ". 

27 April 2022. 1 pm Cairo  Water Accounting in Use webinar series | Session 3: A Review of Water Accounting Framework: for Who, What and Why by FAO


28 April 2022. 10:00 AM Universal Time UTC. GFAR Regional Interaction with Partners in SSA
  • The overall purpose of the regional interaction is:  to re-engage and strengthen the GFAR partnership; to give an update on GFAR and our current EC project; to exchange about the recommendations of the independent evaluation that was conducted in 2018; and to prepare for a Partners’ Assembly
28 April 2022. 4:30 pm – 6 pm EAT. 3:30 CEST The 3rd CAADP Biennial Review: From Data to Policy Implementation

28 April 2022.  Enabling Ethical Food Supply Chains to become Sustainable and Climate-Resilient using Blockchain Technology: TraceX Technologies in India by World Bank

28 April 2022. Special learning session of the World Food Forum on systematization of innovation through the adoption of the InnovationToolkit
  • how to foster, scale, and accelerate innovation across the UN System.
  • Upon request of the UN Secretary-General, the UN Innovation Toolkit was developed under the leadership of the UN System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB) in close collaboration with the UN Innovation Network and innovators from 30+ UN Entities. The toolkit has been entrusted to UN System Staff College (UNSSC) to ensure dissemination and integration into relevant capacity building and innovation efforts.
28-29 April 2022. GLOBAL LANDSCAPES FORUM: BUILDING A GREEN, HEALTHY AND RESILIENT FUTURE WITH FORESTS
  • The online seminar, is organized by the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) alongside the XV World Forestry Congress.
  • This opportunity is open for all journalists from around the world with a passion for learning and raising awareness about the essential role of forests in the global sustainable agenda.
2-6 May 2022. XV World Forestry Congress

3-5 May 2022. 4th International Conference on Animal Health Surveillance - Bridging Science and Policy - Copenhagen, Denmark.


4 May 2022. 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. CT. Fertilizer Availability and Affordability: Implications for Agricultural Productivity and Food Insecurity

  • offer young innovators a platform to exchange views on how technology can help individuals make climate-friendly consumer choices, how impactful they are, and the concrete results of such climate tech tools.

4 May, 5pm CEST. Energy Transition in Times of War: a Perspective From the MENA Region. Series: "The Future of Energy"


11-13 May 2022. 15th Edition eLearning Africa Kigali, Rwanda.

16-18 May 2022. ISF World Seed Congress

18 May 2022. 10:00 SAST   Dialogue to reflect on the outcomes of COP26! This dialogue is the first for the series “Roadmap to COP27: From Johannesburg to Sharma El-Sheikh” to shape Africa’s narrative for climate justice leading to COP27.


16 June 2022, Brussels, Belgium. EFARD Annual Hybrid Meeting. “EFARD for Inclusiveness and Transformative Learning”

17 June 2022. World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

20 June - 1 July 2022. The Agriculture, Nutrition and Health Academy conference. The call for abstracts is now open.

21-22 June 2022 European Development Days (EDD 2022) – taking place in Brussels and online. The 15th edition will focus on “Global Gateway: building sustainable partnerships for a connected world.”

22 - 24 June 2022. Jobs, innovation and rural value chains in the context of climate transition: Bridging the gap between research and policy by IFAD

27-29 June 2022, Brussels. MicrobiomeSupport 
  • This high-level conference will bring together stakeholders of microbiome research and the wider food system to discuss opportunities and challenges for harnessing the potential of microbiomes in the agri-food sector, and for human, animal and environmental health. 
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

9 - 11 September 2022. Agroecology Europe Youth Forum

  • virtually and in Paris, France 
  • The congress underlines the theme “Harnessing the Latest Innovations and Laying Foreground for Future of Food Science and Technology.”
29-30 September 2022. Africa Dairy & Drink Innovations Summit – Hybrid & Nairobi, Kenya

7-18 November 2022. UN COP27: Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt

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