AFDB fifth edition of the Africa Resilience Forum Recorded
3-5 October 2023. Abidjan, Ivory Coast. The Africa Resilience Forum (ARF) is a biennial event bringing together policymakers and practitioners from the humanitarian, development, peace and security communities, the public and private sectors, academia, and civil society.- 04/10 Scaling-up investments for Trade and Food Security NOTE THE COMMENTS OF Hon. Jeanine Milly Cooper, Minister of Agriculture, Liberia ON CAADP @ - 4.05.11
AFSA's My Food is African: theme of food shaming 2 Video presentations
3 October 2023. The AFSA online sessions use stories from: AFSA (2022) My Food is African #p.150
Global Conference on Sustainable Agricultural Mechanisation FAO webcasts
27 - 29 September 2023. HYBRID FAO EVENT. The GAMC highlighted ways for context-specific interventions to optimize the use of agricultural equipment and harness its benefits while minimizing harmful effects on the environment.
19 September 2023. At an event hosted by the World Economic Forum, USAID Administrator Samantha Power and Anne Beathe Tvinnereim, the Norwegian Minister of International Development, launched a new multi-donor fund designed to unlock hundreds of millions in financing for small-and medium-sized agricultural businesses (agri-SMEs) in Africa. Over the next 10 years, FASA Fund aims to support 500 agri-SMEs and 1.5 million smallholder farmers.
12-29 September 2023.
1 – 3 September 2023. Nairobi, The Climate for Development in Africa (ClimDev-Africa) is a joint
initiative of the African Union Commission, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, and the African Development Bank.
- 27/09 Mechanization for Sustainable Agri food Systems with H.E. Josefa Sacko, Commissioner, African Union Commission (AUC)
- 27/09 Efficiency and Productivity
- 27/09 Innovative Technologies
- 27/09 Harvest- and Post-harvest
- 27/09 Agro-processing
- 28/09 Conservation Agriculture
- 28/09 Precision Agriculture
- 28/09 Digital Technology and ICT
- 28/09 Automation and AI
- 28/09 Voices of the youth for Sustainable Mechanization & Digitalization
- 28/09 Supply Chains and Services
- 28/09 Regulations and Standards
- 28/09 Inclusive Business Models
- 28/09 Multi-stakeholder Engagement
- 29/09Enabling Environment
- 29/09 Using precision seeding to optimize crop yields
FAO Global Conference on Sustainable Livestock FAO webcasts
25 to 27 September 2023 at FAO headquarters, Rome. FAO organized the first ever Global Conference on Sustainable Livestock Transformation. The event provided a neutral forum for representatives of FAO Members, producer organizations, research and academic institutions, development agencies, civil society organizations and private sector bodies. You can still view the recordings online.
Ministerial Retreat On African Union Agenda 2063 Recorded (opening)
2 to 5 October 2023. Kigali, Rwanda. The African Union Executive Council convened a retreat to discuss the second decade of Agenda 2063.
Facilitating Anticipatory Action with Improved Early Warning Recorded
26 September 2023. This seminar took stock of existing early warning, early action systems (EWEAs) and examined whether they provide sufficient guidance to policymakers and decisionmakers keen to enhance anticipatory action and is featured under the IFPRI-AMIS policy seminar series on Making Sense of Food and Agricultural Markets.
Tropentag 2023 One panel-recording is available
20 – 22 September 2023. 21/09 Payments for Ecosystem Services: Win-Win Solutions? by BMZ/GIZBoosting Intra-African Agricultural Trade and Enhancing food and nutrition security No recording
19 - 22 September 2023. African Union (AU) Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The 4th AAPHCE was an opportunity for exhibitors to showcase their latest innovative technologies, practices, and tools for postharvest food loss/waste reduction. The exhibition was aligned with the congress theme for ‘Sustainable Postharvest Management: Boosting Intra-African Agricultural Trade and Enhancing Food and Nutrition Security.
Opportunities for processing millets No recording
19 September 2023. International Year of Millets Global Webinar Series. 4th Webinar: “Opportunities for processing millets.
9th edition of the Science Summit All presentations are online
- The Role of Affordable and Clean Energy on the Sustainable Development of Africa
- Inclusive Science for Global Sustainable Development in a Climate-changing World
- Exploring the Value of Living Labs in Co-Creation and Open Innovation with ENOLL
- Climate-smart Approaches to enhance Ruminant/Livestock production efficiency and Food production systems
- Closing the science-policy-practice gaps for Climate Resilience and sustainable Food Systems
- Expanding scientific frontiers via international cooperation and networking, with COST and NSF, USA
- Capacity Building through Interdisciplinarity: Inroads to Policy Innovation
- AI Governance, Africa and SDGs: Opportunities and Challenges
- From Global Goals to Greener Plates: Empowering Nature with Sustainable Diets with Wageningen University and Research and the World Wildlife
- The role of science and technology in developing clean energy for emerging and developing economies
- Academia - industry partnership: The missing link in Africa Recorded
- Evolution of Science Policy in Africa: A Future’s Perspective on Africa’s Role in Improving Global Policy
- Innovation and sustainability in agriculture - do we need a new discourse?
- Building Sustainable Food and Health future using Artificial Intelligence Technologies and Methodologies - using Nigeria as Case Study.
- Plant Molecular Farming: Advances in Biopharmaceutical Biomanufacturing
- How to fast-track commercialisation of R&D outputs in Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) member countries
- An Assessment of Nigeria’s Agriculture Promotion Policy for Poverty Reduction and Zero Hunger to Achieve 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with University of Lagos
- Pan-African initiative to build research and innovation capacity to achieve SDG7 for Africa
- European funded research & innovation projects with partners from the Americas and the Global South: support of SDGs and creation of sustainable partnerships - incl. Dr Emmanuel Benjamin (AGLOBE Development Center, Lagos/Nigeria): INtegrated and Circular Technologies for Sustainable city region FOOD systems in Africa (INCiTiS-FOOD)
- Diaspora Scientists: How the Scientific Community Can Help
- Advanced technologies to enable the research administrator of the future to support research ecosystems in attaining UN SDGs
Decolonizing African Food Systems Through Agroecology No recording
14 September 2023. The AFSA webinar explored agroecology as a solution
Research and Innovation in Africa: a driver for development and partnerships No recording
13 September 2023. Brussels. In the context of the revision of the EU multiannual financial framework and of the programming of EU external action instruments for 25-27, the conference will discuss the role of research and innovation for the development of partnerships between the European Union and partner countries, through a focus on African countries.WTO Public Forum Recorded
12-15 September 2023. WTO (Geneva). The Public Forum is the WTO’s largest outreach event, providing a unique platform for interested stakeholders from around the world to discuss the latest developments in global trade and to propose ways of enhancing the multilateral trading system.
Africa's Food Systems Forum 2023 Summit’s theme, “Recover, Regenerate, Act: Africa’s Solutions to Food Systems Transformation Recorded
5 - 8 September 2023. Dar es Salaam Tanzania.
- 04/09 Climate: Making investments in climate-smart innovation count for women Organizer: USAID Recorded
- 04/09 Putting greens and beans at the center of nutritious and resilient food systems Organizers: World Vegetable Centre, PABRA
- 04/09 Youth in agri-food systems: Opportunities and Gaps? Organizer: FAO, CGIAR GENDER IMPACT PLATFORM, SACAU, AGRA Recorded
- 04/09 Investing in Women – an AECF initiative to support transformation for women in agriculture Organizer: AECF
- 04/09 Financing Seed Companies Organizer: CESSA
- 04/09 Financing Farmers Organizations for Resilience Organizer: IFAD, SAFIN, AFEX
- 04/09 Policy Prioritization through Value-Chain Analysis: public-private partnerships in policymaking, implementation, competitiveness, and investment. Organizer: RENAPRI
- 04/09 Agri-innovations for transformative food systems Organizer: EAFF & ILC Africa + R&D investment for smallholder-centered innovation in Africa Organizer: CGIAR Recorded
- 04/09 From Farm to Fork for Real – How to Enhance Young People’s Employment and Entrepreneurship Opportunities Within Africa’s Agri-Food Systems Organizer: Mastercard Foundation
- 04/09 Agribusiness Acceleration approaches for CSA innovation, resilience, gender and social inclusion Organizers: CIAT, AICCRA, IWMI, CGIAR
- 04/09 Food Systems Transformation: Supporting government leadership for pathway implementation. Organizer: GAIN, ACT4Food, Akademiya2063 Recorded
- 04/09 The Malabo Declaration on Africa’s Agriculture: fostering coalitions of decisionmakers, and stakeholders to accelerate implementation Organizer: Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, United Kingdom, AGRA
- 04/09 Rural prosperity in fragile situations Organisers: IFAD
- 04/09 Merged Event Title: Gender Responsive Policies as Drivers of Innovative Solutions for Equitable Agri-food Systems Organizers: AWARD, African Food Changemakers Recorded
- 04/09 Defining Africa’s Fertilizer and Soil Health Vision Organizers: AAP, CIFOR/ICRAF, CGIAR, AGRA, AFAP, IITA, GiZ Session Brief Theme 1: Promoting Indigenous Crops for Increased Soil and Human Health and Climate Change Resiliency – led by Alliance for African Partnership (AAP) ; Theme 2: Building Healthy Soil Ecosystems – led by CIFOR-ICRAF ; Theme 3: Integrated Soil Fertility Management (ISFM) – led by CGIAR and GIZ ; Theme 4: Defining Africa’s Fertilizer and Soil Health Vision/Rehabilitating acid soils for food security – led by AGRA, CIMMYT
- 04/09 Herding Change: Sustainable Livestock Innovation by Women and Youth Organizers: Heifer, ILRI, GDP, Land O'Lakes, SNV
- 04/09 Transforming African Food Systems: Sharable, Reliable and Timely Agricultural Data and Market Information are Essential for Agricultural Policies, Market Information, Food Security and Sustainable Food Systems Organizers: USDA, AKADEMIYA2063, AGRA
- 04/09 Mainstreaming Gender into the African Crop Innovation Pipeline Organizers: GCfGE, Gates Ag One
- 05/09 Partner Event Title: Soil as a Strategic Tool for Food Security, Nutrition and Food Systems Transformation Organizer: YARA
- 05/09 Nutritious Foods Financing Facility, an innovative approach to strengthen Africa’s food systems. Organizers: GAIN N3F
AGRF Summit Side events day 1: RECOVER RECAP Video
- 05/09 Policy: The Power of Data, Information & Research for Sustainable Food System- Parallel Session
- 05/09 Plenary: Africa’s Fertilizer and Soil Health Vision
AGRF Summit Side events day 2: REGENERATE RECAP Video
- 06/09 PLENARY: Transforming African Food Systems for Stronger Nutritional Benefits
- 06/09 The Cost of a Healthy Diet
- 06/09 Food Safety and Post-Harvest Management
- 06/09 Program & Innovation: Regenerative Agriculture and Resilient Food Systems
- 07/09 Farmers Forum
- 07/09 Global Leaders Panel: Setting the Scene: Africa Narrative on food system transformation. Presidential Summit: Roundtable 1: Leading the Way - Africa’s Solutions to Transforming Food Systems Roundtable 2: The Finance we need for systems transformation in Africa.
- 08/09 Plenary Session title: Journey towards COP28: Adapting Africa’s Food System to Climate Change
Improving farmers’ livelihoods in the Sahel No recording
5 September 2023. InfoPoint conference: Improving farmers’ livelihoods in the Sahel through agroforestry and the agroecological intensification of farming systems
5 September 2023. AGRA. (2023). Empowering Africa’s Food Systems for the Future (Issue 11). Nairobi, Kenya: AGRA # 218 p.
Africa Climate Week (ACW 2023): sessions on agriculture 1 Recording
4 - 8 September 2023. Africa Climate Week (ACW 2023) + African Climate Action Summit- 04/09 Climate innovation in agriculture - practical solutions and lessons to be shared from Israel
- 04/09 AB Testing for Farming - Unlocking Transformation of Smallholder Livelihoods in Africa
- 05/09 Just Transition: Panacea for Africa’s climate, energy and development agenda
- 06/09 The Connections Between Food Security and Climate
- 06/09 Science and Practice: Water-Food-Energy nexus for resilient conservation landscapes
- 06/09 Learning to Build Better Food Systems through the Africa Sustainable Commodities Initiative – a regional multi-stakeholder platform in West & Central Africa
- 07/09 Safeguarding human and animal health in a changing environment
- 07/09 Considering GST outcomes to drive nature-positive climate action in Africa
- 07/09 Unlocking Nature based solutions for transformative climate adaptation in Africa
- 07/09 Nature as the Backbone for Climate and Biodiversity Solution
- 07/09 Adapting Agrifood Systems and Ensuring Food Security in Africa Amidst Climate Change
- 07/09 Agroecology as a Pathway for Climate change Adaptation and Mitigation
- 07/09 Supporting smallholder climate adaptation from seeds to basin
- 07/09 Leveraging finance and investments for food systems adaptation in Africa
- 07/09 Walking the talk : Advancing smallholder farmers land rights for climate adaptation and resilience
- 07/09 Climate Change and Food Security: The contribution of pastoralism through sustainable management of rangelands across the Horn of Africa: How improved pastoralism can contribute to increased food security, climate adaptation and mitigation.
- 08/09 From Farm to Fork – what is required to pivot agriculture and food systems towards food secure, regenerative, climate resilient outcomes - Event of the Climate Champions Recorded
- 08/09 CompensACTION: Mobilizing carbon finance for food security and environmental benefits
initiative of the African Union Commission, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, and the African Development Bank.
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