Platform for African – European Partnership in Agricultural Research for Development

Tuesday, June 6, 2023

Webinars & events June 2023

1 juin 2023. 9:00 - 1:00 GMT Champs-écoles et transitions agroécologiques en Afrique  Mot de passe: AECEP2023


1 June 2023, from 9:00-10:30 AM EST. Data-Driven Systems for Crop Monitoring and Yield Forecasting
  • two national-level crop forecasting programs in Ethiopia and Morocco. 
  • It is one of the largest agricultural trade show events in West Africa and will bring together experts and trade with the aim of becoming the best business platform in the agricultural chemical and equipment/machinery industry in West Africa.
2 - 3 June 2023. ‘Virtual Open Days’ for MSc Agroecology, Water and Food Sovereignty
  • by Coventry University, United Kingdom

  • This event will create a platform for the participant to network and share ideas with the delegates from world-leading seed industries.
  • The leading tradeshow in North Africa, DJAZAGRO is an unmissable event with an exhaustive international offering in 6 sectors of activities: Processing, filling & packaging, Bakery - Pastry, Food products & Beverages, Ingredients & Flavourings, Hospitality & Food service and Hygiene
  • For an overview of side events click here
  • CGIAR will lead a delegation to UNFCCC SB58 to advocate that food systems are too important and too fragile to ignore in the international discourse on climate change. Focussing on the key areas of finance, the global stocktake, the global goal for adaptation and loss and damage, CGIAR will lead a number of side events.
    • 06/06. 11:45—13:00. Towards net zero food systems: low emission development strategies for food security and growth
    • 08/06 16:15—17:30 High-integrity forest carbon markets: from global stock-taking to advancing science
    • 09/06 16:15—17:30 Attribution and assessment of loss and damage in agri-food systems in the Global South
    • 12/06 15:15—16:30 From decisions to action: accelerating implementation of climate action on agriculture Flyer- From decisions to action [1 Mb]
  • 06/06  11:45—13:00. Climate change adaptation in the African roads sector: constraints, opportunities & policy challenge
  • 06/06  16:15—17:30. Unlocking the Potential of Alternative Proteins for Food Systems Transformation Flyer [591 kb]Concept Note [451 kb]
  • 06/06 14:45 to 16:00, CEST. Side event on Rio synergies Agroecology and Restoration - The Agroecology Coalition, Biovision Foundation, ELD Initiative, UNCCD and WWF + on YouTube + Concept Note [200 kb] Flyer [913 kb]
  • 07/06 10:15—11:30 Investing in Youth and Women for Food Systems Transformation Inclusion and Targeted Finance
  • 09/06 10:15—11:30 Fostering Renewable Energy Access for Adaptation and Resilience Building in Africa
  • 09/06 11:45—13:00 Regenerative Agriculture: A Sustainable Solution to Climate Change
  • 09/06 14:45—16:00 Transparency for effective climate policies in agriculture
  • 09/06 16:15—17:30 Green Hydrogen to Drive Sustainable Energy for All (Mauritania, Namibia)
  • 12/06 11:45—13:00 Taking Stock of African Climate action through concrete Public/ Private Sectors/ Youth led projects. Concept Note Side Event Mohhammed VI Foundation for Environmental Protection [261 kb]
  • 12/06 13:15—14:30 Food systems and the changing climate
  • 13/06 16:15—17:30 Global Stocktake Contribution of the AfDB, UNCDF and EBRD with a special focus on adaptation’ - This event will discuss the role of AfDB and UNCDF for accelerating the climate action agenda in Africa
  • 14/06 13:15—14:30 Climate Finance for the Needs of Developing Countries


6 June 2023. 1200 EAT, 1100 Southern Africa, 1000 Central and parts of West Africa/BST, 0900 the rest of WestAfrica/GMT. Water School Africa gathering / Meeting ID: 700 341 344
  • During this session, Ken Wilson, Abraham Mawere, Allyc Ndlovu and other members of the Muonde team will tell us about the life and work of Zephaniah Phiri, a man who was an inspiration to thousands of people in Zimbabwe and beyond, who understood water and the role of farmers in their relationship with water brilliantly. 
  • He applied this understanding in a very practical way on his own farm and also in urging others to put in their own water-harvesting systems. We will hear about both his water-harvesting systems and how he inspired so many others.

6 June 2023. 8:00 AM—9:30 AM EDT (GMT-4). Elevating Nutrition in Pre-Service Training: A Competency-based Tool to Assess Coverage of Nutrition Content - By USAID

6 - 8 June 2023. IFTEX
  • Exhibitions will gather flower growers, market breeders, and the supply chain under one roof with the aim to support sustainable floriculture in Africa.
6 - 8 June 2023. PROPAK GHANA 2023
  • The event will feature exhibitors from only the food manufacturing sectors which takes into account the bulk ingredients dealers, commodity ingredients, essential ingredients, food processing machinery, and facilitators.
6 - 8 June 2023.  WORLD COFFEE AND TEA EXPO 2023
  • 2023's World and Tea Expo (WCTE) is the source of the most dominant B2B route for industry stakeholders to network with interested investors, generate increased business opportunities, exchange suggestions, or enter the business by associating with leading brands.
6 - 8 June 2023. AVI AFRICA
  • AVI Africa will showcase the latest in products, techniques, and services aimed at enhancing business and maximizing the profits of commercial poultry enterprises.
  • 7 June, 3-5 pm (NY time). Theatre performance “Lalela Ulwandle” (Listen to the Sea) from South Africa,  It highlights pressing need to respectfully engage with Indigenous & local knowledge holders. Register here: https://t.co/0tUDPyqCiz @PeaceBoat_US
8 June 2023. FAO Brussels. Status of Women in Agrifood Systems Report in Brussels

8 June 2023. 10:30-12:00 (UTC+2). Innovations in breeding livestock for adaptation to climate change: Genome editing in livestock, Challenges in animal phenotyping

  • Join USAID to explore the challenges associated with natural resource management, climate change, and conflict, as well as the tools and approaches that practitioners can use to address these critical issues.
8 - 10 June 2023. AGROFOOD ETHIOPIA 2023
  • After the great success of agrofood & plastprintpack Ethiopia 2021, the 5th edition is now coming up, organised by fairtrade. The event is expected to feature stakeholders from all over the agrifood industry.

12-13 June 2023 Cracking the Nut Conference 2023

  • Coordinated by the UN Behavioural Science Group, brings together 26 UN Entities collaborating to host 17 webinars between June 12th and 16th 2023.
  • Sessions cover topics including climate, health, peace and security, women's empowerment, artificial intelligence, global support for behavioural science and embedding behavioural science into organisations.

13 - 14 June 2023. Africa Sustainability Symposium

13 - 15 June 2023. FOOD AND BEVERAGE WEST AFRICA 2023
  • Food and Beverage West Africa is a fantastic opportunity to showcase new food and drink products and to build better business connections across the grocery, catering and wider F&B industry in Nigeria and beyond.
14 June 2023 Sustainable Palm Oil Dialogue EU 

  • An online event in English, with interpretation in Arabic, French, and Spanish

14 - 17 June 2023. FUTURE OF FOOD SAFETY, NUTRITION & FOOD SECURITY IN AFRICA​
  • The three interconnected issues of food safety, food nutrition and food security are some of the most challenging in Africa’s quest to provide adequate, nutritious and safe food to its growing population.
14 - 16 June 2023. GFRID SUMMIT 2023
  • The summit aims to improve understanding of migrant and diaspora contributions to development, impacts on national and global policies, and market opportunities for service providers in both remittance and investment ecosystems.

15 June 2023 03:00PM - 04:30PM CEST. Digital Technologies for a Sustainable Food System webinar
  • This webinar will bring together 5 EU-funded projects working on digital technologies that aim at supporting the transition to a sustainable food system in Europe.

  • By USAID, CGIAR, DAI, and DevGlobal
  • ICTforAg is an annual convening where agrifood system stakeholders, technology experts, and enthusiasts gather to share knowledge, find solutions, and form partnerships to address challenges in agrifood systems across low and middle-income countries.
15 June 2023 | Hybrid event | 14.00-16.30 CEST. Reducing inequalities for food security and nutrition
  • Launch of the HLPE-FSN Report #18
15 - 17 June 2023. AGRITEC AFRICA 2023
  • The upcoming edition of Agritec Africa, International Exhibition and Conference on Agriculture Technology will be held in Nairobi, Kenya during June 17-19,2020. Africa has huge potential for Agricultural growth, thanks to ample amount of Land and Water Resources.
15 - 17 June 2023.  GRAINS AFRICA 2023
  • The exhibition “GRAINS AFRICA 2023” gives a unique scenario regarding Grains & Cereals. That absolutely affiliates the different exhibitors in one place. In considering the land products, it also indulges the bright aspects of Flour, Silos, Cereals, Beans,Legumes, etc.
19 - 30 June 2023 ANH Academy Week (ANH2023) online and in Malawi
  • 19 - 21 June 2023: Learning Labs (online only) 
  • 26 June 2023: Learning Labs (In-person only in Lilongwe) 
  • 27 - 30 June 2023: Research Conference (in-person in Lilongwe and online) 
  • The full interactive programme is here , comprising over 70 sessions including Learning Labs, Keynote speeches and special plenaries; as well as abstract-driven oral and poster sessions and official side events. The programme includes details and speakers for each session, allowing you to search and filter to find the sessions you would like to attend and create your own conference schedule. 
  • Registration is FREE for online participation and for most Malawians. 
  •  click here to access the communication toolkit or here to post a message on Twitter. 
  • Enquiries: mailto:ANH-Academy@lshtm.ac.uk

20-21 June 2023. Nairobi Cultivating Africa’s Future(CultiAF) – Enabling Resilient, Equitable and Sustainable Food Systems

21 June 2023 Southern African Food Systems Transformation Alliance launch

21 June 2023. 10:00 AM-11:30 AM EDT (GMT-4) Promoting a Continuum of Care for Wasted Children: Lessons Learned from Democratic Republic of Congo

21 June 2023. Sowing Seeds of Equality: Farmer Field Schools, Transforming Gender Norms!”. The webinar will take place olat 11:00 CEST, and is co-organized by FAO and CARE USA

28 June 2023. IFAD Innovation Day 2023

  • The webinar will mark the launch of the SEI report on risk mitigation for renewable energy investments, the result of a collaboration between Stockholm Environment Institute and the Industrial Development Corporation of Zambia and the University of Cape Town Power Futures Lab.
  • The webinar will explore the role of risk mitigation instruments in attracting private finance to renewable energy projects in Southern Africa. The discussion will focus on lessons learned from structuring and financing large utility scale solar projects in Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia and Zambia. The webinar will include presentations from Scaling Solar and GETFiT, two leading DFI-led risk mitigation programs.


29 June 2023. Comment accompagner les transitions agro-écologiques aux Suds ?
  • La Journée d’Etude sera également diffusée en direct, avec une possibilité de réagir via le chat.

29 June 2023. 10:00 and 12:30 CEST. Smallholder Horticulture Empowerment & Promotion (SHEP) approach.
  • The Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services (GFRAS), in collaboration with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), 
  • SHEP is an innovative approach to agricultural extension services that is anchored on the disciplines of economics and psychology and which has been effective in raising smallholder farmers' income from horticulture as it develops both the technical and managerial capacity of farmers to practice market-oriented farming. 
  • experiences from the ground, to get information on the upcoming SHEP online trainings for Africa and Asia.

  • In the framework of the Africa-EU Partnership, the fifth AU-EU agriculture ministerial conference foresees 4 high-level thematic sessions, side events and a ministerial plenary session. 
  • The thematic sessions will be held in parallel in the morning and will cover: (a) Sustainable investment in support of agri-food; (b) Research and innovation for smarter policies and technologies; (c) Climate resilience of agri-food systems; (d) Regional trade integration
7 July 2023 | 10 am PST | 1 pm EST | 8 pm EAT.
  • This webinar will review the sustainability aspects of growing millet, including the reduced need for inputs (e.g., water, fertilizer, pesticides), as well as its resilience to climate change.
11-13 July 2023. in Jordan as hybrid event,
  • identify necessary ecosystem that are needed to develop and sustain digital solutions for agriculture.
13 July 2023, 10:00 BST 2023. Soil health and crop nutrition
  • As part of the GCRF AgriFood Africa Connect project, Innovate UK KTN have launched a new pot of funding and online event to address African AgriFood challenges through innovative UK-Africa collaboration.
  • Round 6 of the GCRF AgriFood Africa Innovation Awards will support collaborations between organisations in the UK and Africa to address African AgriFood challenges.
  • Successful projects will receive up to £30,000 for a five-month project to be completed by 30th January 2024. The application deadline is 11:00 BST on 4th August 2023.

24-26 July 2023. 2023 UN Food Systems Stocktaking Moment

27 - 29 July 2023. Kinshasa, DRC. Reconciling Food Production with Biodiversity Conservation and Climate Emergency in the Congo Basin

  • The Africa Climate Action Summit is being co-hosted by the Government of Kenya and the African Union Commission and is co-convened by the African Development Bank and GCA.
  • The Summit will coalesce partners, including international financial institutions and the private sector, around accelerating adaptation financing and climate action leading into the United Nations Secretary-General’s Climate Action Summit and COP28.

26-28 September 2023. European Organic Congress 2023

28-30 September 2023 in Bandung Indonesia. Talk ASAP: Africa-Asia Pacific Dialogue on Communication Issues at 29th AMIC Annual Conference

16-20 October 2023. FAO Science and Innovation Forum 
  • 2nd edition of the FAO Science and Innovation Forum (SIF) under the umbrella of the WFF flagship event will focus on “Science and Innovation for Climate Action”. 
  • The FAO SIF will take in a hybrid format at FAO headquarters in Rome and through a digital platform.

16-20 October 2023. Rabat. 19th CGIAR Science Council

16-20 October 2023. Nutrition for Resilience
  • Micronutrient Forum 6th Global Conference #MNF2023,

5 - 7 December 2023 The Second International Conference on farmer-centric On-Farm Experimentation
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