Webinars and events August 2026

3 - 6 August 2026. Malaysia. SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY 2026,

4 - 8 August 2026. Cotonou, Benin World Social Forum 2026

• After more than a decade, Africa welcomes the World Social Forum to Benin.
• This 17th edition of the WSF reflects a strategic reading of the dynamics of struggles, resistances and alternative proposals carried by West African communities.

7-8 August 2026. African Food Research & Innovation Conference, online

• The Role of Industry in Funding African Food Research Plenary
• Winning Research Funding: Strategies for African Food Researchers
• The Role of Banks and Investors in Funding African Food Research Plenary
• The Role of International and Multilateral Organisations
• The Role of Development Finance and Government-Backed Institutions
• The Role of Academia in Advancing African Food Research

10-13 August 2026. Burgas, Bulgaria14th International Conference on Agriculture & Food

25 - 26 August 2026. Leuven, KU Leuven. Plant-Based Fermented Foods for Healthier and More Sustainable Diets - Health Farm Final Conference

31 August - 3 September 2026, Kigali, Rwanda. Africa Food Systems Forum 2026 Summit

• 02/09 Crop Life / GFAiR side event: Growing the movement: Scaling Opportunity Crops through policy, partnerships and Investment

8-10 September 2026, Dubai World Trade Centre, UAE. Agra Middle East 2026 (AgraME 2026)

11-12 September 2026. Accra. Phenomics in Plant Breeding

• The International Plant Phenotyping Network (IPPN) is organizing a symposium in Accra – Ghana, incl a 2-day workshop for which participants can apply for full cover of travel, stay and symposium costs via this Novo Nordisk sponsored event: the Phenotyping Innovation Sprint

14-16 September 2026, Rome, Italy. Global Conference on Agriculture & Horticulture

16 to 18 September 2026 in Göttingen (Germany) and online. TROPENTAG

• under the theme 'Towards multi-functional agro-ecosystems promoting climate-resilient future'.
• The call for workshops was open until 3 May 2026. 

15-17 September 2026 – Lagos, Nigeria Africa Food Manufacturing Nigeria & Western Africa

22–25 September 2026. Nairobi (Kenya). Smart Agriculture: Innovation, Digital Transformation, and Trade for a Climate-Challenged Africa.

• The event invites papers and proposals on topics like climate-smart ag, agri-finance, digital tech, value chains, and gender/youth in agriculture - by African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).

24–25 September, Brussels. EU AgRI 2040 Conference “Future-proofing EU Agri-Food through research and innovation”
Registrations closes 3 July

October 2026. FAO’s World Food Forum (WFF) Youth Assembly

• This is a year-round platform for youth engagement in agrifood systems. It includes ongoing virtual and thematic consultations throughout the year and typically culminates in activities around the flagship World Food Forum event in October.

13 - 17 October 2026. The 11th Conference on Mushroom Biology and Mushroom Products

19–23 October 2026. FAO HQ, Rome, Italy. CFS 54th Plenary Session

19-30 October 2026. Seventeenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity

27 October 2026, Addis Ababa. AU-EU High-Level Policy Dialogue on Science, Technology and Innovation

31 October 2026. International Conference on Agroforestry Systems for Climate Adaptation and Biodiversity (ICASCAAB-2026)

• Focuses on agroforestry systems, climate adaptation, and biodiversity — a platform for researchers and practitioners to share developments in the field.

17 – 20 November 2026. 1st Eastern Africa Indigenous Seed Conference - EA-ISC 2026

• Building farmer managed seed system community of practice (COP) For a Resilient EASTERN AFRICA Region.
• Catholic university of Eastern Africa, Nairobi, Kenya

25 November 2026. Bari, Italy. AU-EU Innovation fair - focus on food and nutrition security and sustainable agriculture

25-27 November 2026. Santiago, Chile. XI CONGRESSO LATINOAMERICANO DE AGROECOLOGIA

30 November - 3 December 2026 RUFORUM’s 22nd AGM

• To be held in Zambia, hosted by the Government of Zambia and RUFORUM member universities in Zambia.
• This AGM edition offers Zambia, the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), the rest of Africa, and partners an opportunity to discuss current development opportunities and challenges, and to co-create roadmaps for delivering solutions