Main reports and recordings May-July 2022

REPORTS

AKADEMIYA2063 (2022) UKRAINE CRISIS BRIEF SERIES. Country Exposure, Contagion, and TradeEff ects: Summary of Findings and PolicyImplications, # 5p

AKADEMIYA2063 (2022) Contagion and Exposure of AfricanCountries to Global Wheat TradeDisruptions # 8p

EC (2022) Everyone at the Table: Transforming food systems by connecting science, policy and society Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, # 70 p.

FAO (2022) Soils for nutrition: state of the art. Rome. # 96 p.

FAO (2022) The use of solar energy in irrigated agriculture. A sourcebook for irrigation water management with alternative energy solutions. # 90 p.

FAO (2022) FAO Science and Innovation Strategy May 2022 # 18 p.

FARA (2022) Opportunities and Challenges for Local Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers: Insights from Benin Republic. FARA Research Report 6 # 125 p.

FARA (2022) Thematic Briefs Knowledge Management in African Agriculture: 6 thematic briefs

• Strengthening knowledge Partnerships in African Agriculture # 11 p.
• Knowledge Management (KM) Awareness  # 12 p.
• Fake News and Misinformation in the Agriculture Sector # 12 p.
• Organizational Knowledge Management Professionalization # 13 p.
• Strengthen Knowledge Management Competence Centres to drive the Transformation of African Countries into Knowledge Societies # 14 p.
• Advocating for Knowledge Inclusion and Adoption of Viable Business Models in the creation and Dissemination of Knowledge within National Agricultural Research Services (NARS) # 13 p.

FANRPAN: 4 draft thematic briefs

• DRAFT THEMATIC BRIEF 1. CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON FOOD SYSTEMS IN AFRICA # 12 p.
• DRAFT THEMATIC BRIEF 2: LAND RESTORATION AND BIODIVERSITY IN AFRICA # 10 p.
• DRAFT THEMATIC BRIEF 3: PEOPLE-ANIMALS-ECOSYSTEMS – HEALTH AND WELLBEING IN AFRICA #9 p.
• DRAFT THEMATIC BRIEF 4: LAND RESTORATION AND BIODIVERSITY IN AFRICA  # 10 p.

GRFC (2022) Sixth annual Global Report on Food Crises #277 p.
GRFC (2022) Global Report on Food Crises 2022 - In Brief (English version) #3 p.

IITA (2022) Genome Editing for Sustainable Agriculture in Africa # 20 p.

IPES (2022) ANOTHER PERFECT STORM? # 20 p.

OBG, OCP (2022) The Agriculture in Africa 2022 Focus Report Oxford Business Group, June 2022, #39 p.

FSP (2019). Building Locally Led Agricultural Policy Analysis Capacity: Lessons from Experience in Developing Countries. Synthesis Report IV. # 48 p.

Saha Turna N, Havelaar A, Adesogan A, Wu F (2022). Aflatoxin M1 in milk does not contribute substantially to global liver cancer incidence. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, in press. # 9 p.

Waters-Bayer A.; Tadicha Wario H. (2022) Pastoralism and large-scale Renewable energy and green hydrogen projects. Potential & Threats # 44 p.

WWF (2022) Europe eats the world: How the EU's food production and consumption impact the planet #15 p.

ZEF (2022) Can the agroprocessing sector create jobs in Africa? Evidence from Ethiopia, Ghana and Tunisia. (ZEF Working Paper 215) # 39 p.

RECORDINGS JULY

26 to 29 July Global Symposium on Soils for Nutrition - This virtual Global Symposium on Soils for Nutrition - “Soils, where food begins,” brought science and policy together to review the status and challenges of soil fertility in relation with crop, animal and human nutrition.

5 May + 28 June + 26 July Dialogues on nutrition and food security - In support of the AU’s 2022 Year of Nutrition, AKADEMIYA2063 and the Senegalese National Council for Nutrition Development (CNDN) organize a series of 5 continental level dialogues on nutrition and food security with a broad group of stakeholders.

25 July. Addressing the global food security crisis: Strengthening research and policy responses by IFPRI/GIZ

21 July. Strengthening policy research and analysis capacity: The role of institutional development programs by IFPRI - Includes the presentation: Building Locally Led Agricultural Policy Analysis Capacity in Africa

21 July. FAO Science and Innovation Strategy and its relevance for the Committee on Agriculture (COAG)

19 July. Powering Agri-food Value Chains with Geothermal Heat in Africa - Includes several resources

15 July. UN Food Systems Summit follow-up Special side event contributing to the 2022 HLPF

13 July. Creating an International Research Consortium on Food, Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture: A Platform for Research and Innovation between Africa and Europe  by LEAP4FNSSA

6 July. Successes in exporting to the EU markets from SMEs and entrepreneurs by PAFO/ColeACP

RECORDINGS JUNE

30 June. Building and financing climate-resilient agriculture and food systems in Africa - Organised by E3G, an independent climate change think tank and co-founder of London Climate Action Week, and WRI, co-lead of the Food and Land Use Coalition,

28 June. Effects of Disasters and Shocks on Africa's Food Systems: a case of the Russian-Ukrainian War. by ReNAPRI - Upcoming event: 1-3 November 2022. Windhoek, Namibia. 9th ReNAPRI stakeholders annual conference

24 June. Deepening our understanding of climate change through an agroecological perspective by AFSA

22 - 24 June. Jobs, innovation and rural value chains in the context of climate transition by IFAD

21-22 June. Aswan Forum for Sustainable Peace and Development was held in Cairo

22 - 23 June. Upscaling private sector participation and science-based outreach in West Africa by LEAP4FNSSA

21-22 June. European Development Days (EDD 2022)

16 June. The role that social mobilisation/capital has played in the Natural farming programme in Andhra Pradesh By AFSA

16 June. European Forum on Agricultural Research for Development meeting

15 June. The Living Income Community of Practice: improvements for smallholder incomes

14-15 June. Global donor platform Annual General Assembly

9 June. Pastoralism and large-scale renewable energy & green hydrogen projects

6 - 8 June. 8th Annual Agricultural Policy Conference (AAPC)

7 June 2022. Importance of local languages in agriculture extension

RECORDINGS MAY

31 May. Tips and paths to successful fundraise and accessing capital at the Agribusiness Dealroom 2022

30 May. Land Restoration and Biodiversity by FANRPAN a series of 2 webinar recordings and 4 thematic briefs

27 May. A Decade of the CFS VGGT: Impacts and Opportunities for Scaling Up

25 May. Food security in West and Central Africa and the need to reinforce value chain finance

25 May. Launch of Africa Catalyzing Action for Nutrition (AfriCAN)

19 May. Soil Biology for Crop Nutrition and Reduced Pathogen Outbreaks

9 - 20 May. 15th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) AFDB, FAO, GLF, CGIAR

12 May. Launch of IFPRI's 2022 Global Food Policy Report: Climate Change & Food Systems

12 May. Farmer Field Schools for the agroecological transition

11 May. FoodTech Innovation Revolution: The 2022 Game-Changers - Spoonshot analyzed more than 7000 foodtech startups and measured their innovativeness using several criteria including novel ingredients, health benefits, and consumer reviews. Presentation of a Nigeria and Kenya start-up

10 May. New research about Aflatoxin M1 is revealed

10 May. Africa-Europe scientific collaboration on climate change and agriculture EC/INTPA Infopoint.