Webinar recordings January 2024

31 January 2024. Investing in resilience: Pathways to food security for Sudan Recording forthcoming

The Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO) Sudan and FSD Africa commissioned Wellspring to undertake a rapid assessment of the agri-food and enabling payment systems in Sudan, to inform a coordinated emergency response that promotes food security.
FSD, Wellspring (2023) Rapid Assessment of Food and Payment Systems in Sudan for a Coordinated Food SecurityEmergency Response November 2023 #24 p.

30 January 2024. European Parliament. Blue Economy. From Science to Policy and Regulatory solutions Recording forthcoming

The BlueBio ERA-NET Cofund , gathering 30 partners from 17 European countries, aspires to strengthen Europe’s position in the blue bioeconomy.

29 January 2024. Italy-Africa Summit. Theme: A bridge for common growth’ Recorded

29 January 2024 The Trade Dialogues on Food Recorded

The aim of is to create a conversation around the role of international trade in food security.

The event included presentations of the team’s research on the main drivers of resilience and vulnerability in Africa, new indices developed to inform policy responses that are socio-economically inclusive and climate friendly, as well as the lessons learnt from 12 country case studies on the impact and responses of Africa to key shocks from 2000-2022.

25 - 27 January 2024. Africa Prosperity Dialogues Recorded

The theme, “Delivering Prosperity in Africa – Produce, Add Value, Trade,” set the stage for a collective effort to boost intra-Africa trade and build the world’s largest single market.
Session 2: Unleashing Africa’s Food and Agribusiness Potential: Keynote speech: Dr Aggrey Agumya Executive Director FARA

The East African Business Council (EABC), in collaboration with the Agency for Business and Economic Development(AWE) funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ),
Purpose: strengthen agricultural value chains and bolster the food security of Agri-actors in the East African Community (EAC) Region.

by Jessica Fanzo, Professor of Climate and Director of the Food for Humanity Initiative at the Columbia Climate School
Food Systems Countdown Initiative

23 January 2024. Digitalisation, AI and sustainable agriculture seminar (European Parliament Brussels and online) Recorded

This seminar explored digitalization and data utilization in agriculture. Focusing on advanced progress and best practices, the goal was to address challenges hindering further development in data-driven innovation.
Josse De Baerdemaeker (2023) Artificial intelligence in the agri-food sector – applications, risks and impact EPRS | European Parliamentary Research Service Scientific Foresight Unit (STOA) # 92 p.
USAID, BMGF (2023) Inclusively Advancing Agri-Food Systems through AI and Automation # 97 p.
ECDPM (2024) Envisioning Africa's AI governance landscape in 2024 # 11 p

The Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) is an international conference on central issues of vital importance for global agricultural and food policies.

15 - 19 January 2024. WEF 2024: sessions on agriculture and food systems Recorded

10 January 2024. AARINENA regional meeting on the Global NARS Consortium Recorded

The advisory group for the Global NARS Consortium (GNC) will convene with CGIAR a joint meeting on 18th of January. GNC is due to be launched in June 2024 (TBC), coinciding with a main CGIAR event.

Mganga, et.all. (2023) Longa: An automated speech recognition tool for Bantu languages. Digital Innovation Technical Report December 2023. IFPRI. # 13 p.
USAID, BMGF (2023) Farmer-Centric Data Governance: Towards A New Paradigm # 64 p.

Thursday, February 1, 2024