Recordings February 2024 - CHRONOLOGICAL

1 February 2024. Political Economy of Food System Transformation: Pathways to Progress in a Polarized World Recorded

• Organised by the City University of London
• This webinar focused on insights from the IFPRI report: The Political Economy of Food System Transformation: Pathways to Progress in a Polarized World 

5 February 2024. A Hybrid High-Level Public Panel Discussion on the Future of the Malabo Declaration Beyond 2025 – What next? Recorded

• Organised by PARI- Program of Accompanying Research for Agricultural Innovation

6 February 2024 Hybrid Event, From Commitments to Impact: Analyzing the Global Commitments Toward Promoting Food Security and Healthy Diets by IFPRI Recorded

7 February 2024. Research Lessons to Inform Future CAP Reform Recorded AUDIO

• The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) plays a crucial role in aiming to transition to and maintain sustainable practices while addressing biodiversity loss and the challenges of climate change.

7 February 2024. New short film-Seeds of Profit (video)

• Best Documentary released in 2019 a the film Seeds of Profit: Why Fruits and Vegetables Are the New Gold. It is since 7 February avaialble on YouTube.

8 February 2024. Building startup ecosystems to leverage the private and public sector for the transformation of our food system – A guidebook Recorded

• Resource: World Bank, INSKIP (2024) Guidebook for the development of a startup ecosystem in Agriculture & Food # 108 p.

12 - 14 February 2024. Science Transforming Food Systems for a Better Future Recorded

• The Agricultural Research Council (ARC) in partnership with the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform, and Rural Development (DALRRD) of South Africa hosted their first-ever joint annual conference.
• Related: Focus on: Prof Umezuruike Linus Opara (video)

14 February 2024. YOUTH AHEAD: Policy Innovations to Create Opportunities for Young People in Africa’s Agrifood Systems Recorded

14 - 15 February 2024. Africa Tech Summit Nairobi (video)

15 February 2024. The challenge of policy coherence in the transition to a sustainable and healthy Food System in Europe Recorded

• Organised by the Joint Programming Initiative on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change (FACCE-JPI), together with Healthy Diet, Healthy Life, (HDHL)
  

15 - 16 February 2024. Multilateral dialogue on principles and values for international cooperation in research & innovation  (video)

15 February 2024. Regional Webinar on Leadership and Capacity Building in Food Science and Technology in Africa Recorded

• The Association of African Universities (AAU) and the International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST). Theme: Promoting collaboration and partnership for research development among academic leaders in Food Science and Technology

18 February 2024. Africa Business Forum: Boosting Africa’s transformation through education, science, technology, and innovation Recorded

• Resource:  U.S.-Africa Business Center (2023) Enabling Ecosystems: Fostering environments that support agriculture development for smallholder farmers in Africa # 43 p.

21 February 2024. Food Systems as a Solution to the Climate Agenda Recorded

• Co-sponsored by the CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute, this Grand Rounds lecture featured Dr. Jess Fanzo.

21 February2024. The Potential of African regional markets: Successes from SMEs and Smallholders Recording forthcoming

21 - 22 February 2024. “It's Bean Too Hot: The Reality of Coffee Farming in the Era of Climate Change” Movie trailer

22 February 2024. Small tickets, big returns: Innovative tools to reduce the overall cost to serve small agri businesses Recorded

• This first session of the SAFIN and USAID’s ‘Backing the Middle’ webinar series explored this notion, looking first at how some investors are using innovative tools to reduce the overall cost to serve small businesses in the sector, and then discussing whether smaller enterprises can cumulatively generate more social returns than larger ones in terms of job creation, resilience and sustainable development.

27 February 2024. Policy Fix Series: Taxes on HFSS Food and Beverages Recorded

• HFSS: high in fat, sugar, and salt, by ATNI
• With Jessica Fanzo, Professor of Global Food & Agricultural Policy and Ethics, John Hopkins. University

27 + 28 + 29 February 2024 CIRAD Webinars Recorded

• CIRAD at the 2024 Paris International Agricultural Show
• 28/02 La Grande Muraille verte face aux défis de la diversité des terroirs sahéliens

28 February 2024 Drivers of Agrifood System Transformation: Lessons from Feed-the-Future Country Studies Recorded

• In a series of case studies, IFPRI and its research partners have studied the pace and pattern of agricultural transformation within USAID’s Feed-the-Future (FTF) countries. 
• The studies use a novel indicator of agrifood system incomes and employment and further decompose these across major agricultural value chains. Learn about the top lessons that emerged from their analysis.

28 February 2024 Kosmos Innovation Center programs 5 Videos

• The centers allow young entrepreneurs to create opportunities for themselves, by fine-tuning their ideas into a business focused on solving key problems in the agricultural sector.
• Through a mix of training, mentoring, and seed-funding, young graduates in Ghana, Senegal, and Mauritania have the opportunity to bring their business ideas to life through the Senegal Startup Accelerator, AgriTech Challenge and Mauritania Innovation Challenge.

29 February 2024. Knowledge Hub for Organic Agriculture and Agroecology in Eastern Africa (KHEA) PELUM Kenya webinar Recorded

29 February 2024. Innovative Agriculture for Smallholder Resilience (iNASHR) 3 Videos

• 18 teams of Entrepreneurs for Rural Access (ERAs) in Egypt serving as digital extension service providers were able to reach more than 60,000 people in rural communities.
• Three farmer-to-farmer videos were produced that focus on the core technology and innovative
  solutions, including the raised bed technology, crop rotation, and land consolidation. 

29 February 2024 @9:00am EST) CGIAR Seminar Series, Reforming Agricultural Policies and Farm Support to Advance Sustainable Food System Transformation Recorded

• with Patrick Ofori, Deputy Director, Head of M&E Division at Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), Policy Planning Monitoring & Evaluation Directorate (PPMED) Ghana

29 February 2024. Webinar on Investing in Apple Farming in East Africa & Agro B2B Networking Recorded

• This webinar organised by the East African Business Council (EABC), in partnership with Tamu Tamu Tanzania (TTT), aimed to empower agri-actors with the necessary knowledge to capitalize on the significant market demand for apples in the region and engage in B2B networking with agri-value chain actors.
• See also EACB Website Profiling Investment Opportunities in Selected Agricultural Value Chains