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Report on the CGIAR Public-Private Sector event
October 21, 2015News
Report on the CGIAR Public-Private Sector event

In the designing phase of the next generation of CGIAR Research Programs a public-private sector event “Linking Public Goods with Private Interests to Scale Up Agricultural Innovations and Impact” was held in The Hague on September 21, 2015. »

Video impression of CGIAR Public-Private Sector event
October 6, 2015Knowledge activity
Video impression of CGIAR Public-Private Sector event

The Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers (CGIAR Consortium) is developing new research programs for the period 2017-2022 and seeks to work more closely with the private sector in its new strategy. CGIAR has already good examples of cooperation and success, but there is more potential. Together with Dutch co-organizers, a CGIAR Public-Private Sector event »

Linking Public Goods with Private Interests to Scale Up Agricultural Innovations and Impact
September 24, 2015News
Linking Public Goods with Private Interests to Scale Up Agricultural Innovations and Impact

Monday September 21, 2015, eighty international and Dutch participants shared best practices on the collaboration between public and private sector in research partnerships, discussed the role and position of partners, and explored opportunities for the development of the new CGIAR research programs. »

Changing the Food Game, understanding agro-systems to support transformation
June 4, 2015News
Changing the Food Game, understanding agro-systems to support transformation

As stated in their letter to parliament, the Dutch government has called on partners from the private sector, civil society and knowledge institutions to use the strengths of the Netherlands to eradicate hunger worldwide within a single generation while establishing a sound basis for sustainably feeding nine billion people by 2050. On June 2, 2015, »

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 »

Consultation on Inclusive Development
March 3, 2015News
Consultation on Inclusive Development

The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in cooperation with The Broker and the five Knowledge Platforms for Global Development, is running an online consultation on how to promote inclusiveness in the Dutch policy agenda on trade and international cooperation. Views of participants of the consultation will feed into the policy letter that Lilianne Ploumen, Minister »