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Building partnerships with whom?
May 19, 2015Study
Building partnerships with whom?
Theme: Partnerships

Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) in agriculture, food security and nutrition are on the rise. OECD countries and African governments invest more and more funds through PPPs to modernize the agricultural sector and food value chains in Africa. A new paper by the Food & Business Knowledge Platform presents a brief and non-exhaustive overview (a ‘quick scan’) »

Call for proposals - System approaches for food and nutrition
May 7, 2015News
Call for proposals – System approaches for food and nutrition

The partnership programme NWO-TIFN ‘System Approaches for Food and Nutrition’ is now open for proposals. The collaboration between NWO and the Top Institute Food and Nutrition (TIFN) forms part of the NWO-theme Agro, Food & Horticulture. Researchers can apply for funding for PhD projects as part of larger theme projects together with private parties from »

Online course on Food and Nutrition Security
April 29, 2015News
Online course on Food and Nutrition Security

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in collaboration with Wageningen UR, is organzing a challenging and unique online course on Food and Nutrition Security for policy officers and development professionals, either working on Food and Nutrition Security (FNS) and seeking to broaden and refresh their knowledge, or planning to do so and looking to get an »

Lively event ‘Scaling up Dutch efforts for Global Nutrition’
April 7, 2015Knowledge activity
Lively event ‘Scaling up Dutch efforts for Global Nutrition’
Theme: Nutrition Security

On March 10, 2015, the Netherlands Working Group on Nutrition (NWGN) organized an action-oriented discussion event entitled ‘Scaling up Dutch efforts for Global Nutrition’. It included the Dutch launch of the Global Nutrition Report 2014 by Lawrence Haddad (International Food Policy Research Institute), a key note speech by Reina Buijs (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Deputy »

Expert discussion about Fruits & Vegetables and Food & Nutrition Security
April 2, 2015Knowledge activity
Expert discussion about Fruits & Vegetables and Food & Nutrition Security
Theme: Valuable Vegetables

The preliminary results of the report “How does the Fruit and Vegetable Sector contribute to Food and Nutrition Security?” by LEI-Wageningen UR (LEI-WUR) were discussed during a meeting in early March 2015, facilitated by the Food & Business Knowledge Platform and hosted by ‘TopSector’ Horticulture and Starting Materials. The participants were 15 experts from knowledge »

Going Dutch in Global Nutrition
March 11, 2015Knowledge activity
Going Dutch in Global Nutrition
Theme: Nutrition Security

The 12th launch of the Global Nutrition Report took place in Rotterdam, the Netherlands this week during an action-oriented discussion event organized by the Netherlands Working Group on Nutrition (NWGN) in collaboration with the Food and Business Knowledge Platform and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and hosted by Unilever R&D. To ensure that the messages »