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Lessons learned in the first years of the Geodata for Agriculture and Water (G4AW) Facility
November 24, 2016News
Lessons learned in the first years of the Geodata for Agriculture and Water (G4AW) Facility

The F&BKP assisted with a mid-term review of the Geodata for Agriculture and Water (G4AW) Facility. The findings show that the G4AW Facility opens new markets for providing information services. The G4AW projects offer a wide range of business models that address a gap in the current global geodata services market by offering locally targeted advice to small food producers, based on satellite information. »

Progress NL-CGIAR Portfolio
June 22, 2016News
Progress NL-CGIAR Portfolio

The strategic partnership between the CGIAR and the Netherlands is taking shape. On June 2, 2016 a stock meeting was organized to discuss the progress with the development of the NL-CGIAR Portfolio. Participants from knowledge institutions, government, private sector, civil society and CGIAR CRPs were present at the meeting to discuss the progress. »

Investing sustainably in food security: The water-energy–food nexus
November 4, 2015Expert opinion
Investing sustainably in food security: The water-energy–food nexus

This FAO article focuses on the role of the water-food-energy nexus approach in designing and implementing sustainable investments. It is part of a series of articles earlier published by The Broker, think net on globalization and development. »

Vacancy project officer YEP programme (Agrofood & Water)
July 16, 2015News
Vacancy project officer YEP programme (Agrofood & Water)

The Netherlands Water Partnership (NWP) is looking for a project officer (fulltime) for the Young Expert Programme (YEP) Agrofood and Water, starting September 1, 2015. The YEP Water programme started in 2013, offering young water professionals an opportunity to acquire professional experience abroad. Just recently, YEP Agrofood was set up, in partnership with the Food »

First-ever Global Nutrition Report released
November 17, 2014News
First-ever Global Nutrition Report released
Theme: Nutrition Security

The first-ever Global Nutrition Report of an international consortium of experts, was published on November 13, 2014. It provides a comprehensive narrative on levels of malnutrition across the world: the report includes 192 country profiles. A consortium of nations, organizations, researchers, and academics has released the first-ever comprehensive narrative on global health and country-level progress »

Geodata for Agriculture and Water - improving food security
October 22, 2014News
Geodata for Agriculture and Water – improving food security

Geodata for Agriculture and Water (G4AW) improves food security in developing countries by using satellite data. Netherlands Space Office (NSO) is executing this programme, commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and a second call for proposals has been released in September 2014. The Geodata for Agriculture and Water (G4AW) programme was started in »