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Fruitful kick-off Food Connection Challenge
September 28, 2016Knowledge activity
Fruitful kick-off Food Connection Challenge
Theme: Food Wastage

“What a waste!”: is the first thought that comes to mind when you realize that in many food industries up to 40% of food produce gets wasted due to postharvest issues. The Food Connection Challenge (FCC) focuses on fit-to-purpose solutions for postharvest losses in Ghana. »

Report regional workshop on Compost for Sustainable Agriculture
September 28, 2016Knowledge activity
Report regional workshop on Compost for Sustainable Agriculture
Theme: Soil Management

Enhancing the knowledge and raising awareness about uses, challenges and potentials of organic nutrient sources was among the core objectives of a regional workshop by the Fertile Ground Initiative and CIAT held in Nairobi early September 2016. »

Measuring the effects of agricultural development interventions on nutrition
September 28, 2016Study
Measuring the effects of agricultural development interventions on nutrition
Theme: Nutrition Security

“Towards an improved framework for measuring the effects of agricultural development interventions on household and individual nutrition” is a one-year research project by Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) and collaborating partners. »

FOOD 2030 & ARCH Pre Event on Tomorrow’s Nutrition & Food Systems
September 26, 2016Knowledge activity
FOOD 2030 & ARCH Pre Event on Tomorrow’s Nutrition & Food Systems

“The role of consumers in sustainable consumption and production in Europe and in developing countries” is the title of a Pre Event of FOOD2030. The Pre Event will highlight the increasingly international dimension of food systems and the need to include the perspectives of consumers in and outside Europe. »

Submission open Food & Business Applied Research Fund (ARF) third call second round
September 7, 2016News
Submission open Food & Business Applied Research Fund (ARF) third call second round

NWO-WOTRO Science for global development has launched the last round of the third call for proposals for the Food & Business Applied Research Fund (ARF). ARF is one of the two funding instruments within Food & Business Research, providing grants for demand-driven applied research that contributes to food security in the fifteen partner countries of »

Reflection paper on land governance and food security
August 31, 2016Study
Reflection paper on land governance and food security
Theme: Land Governance

This reflection paper brings together the main findings and outcomes of three country-specific learning trajectories on land governance and food security in Uganda, Ghana and Ethiopia, to provide policy recommendations for improved land governance and food security in Africa. »