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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20141027
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20141115
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SUMMARY:Course: 'Plant genetic resources and seeds'
DESCRIPTION:Loss of genetic resources has resulted in major concerns about future food and nutrition security. The vulnerability of agricultural systems towards pests\, diseases and climate change makes the topic urgent\, and has led to the development of a range of conservation strategies. Community Biodiversity Management (CBM) distinguishes itself from other conservation strategies by enhancing social interdependence\, collaboration\, adaptability and autonomy. \nCommunity resilience in the face of change\nOn-farm management of diversity for empowerment\nCBM focuses on the process of enabling communities to secure their access to and control over genetic resources through increased decision-making power. Strengthening the management over a variety of resources\, provides options that farmers can utilize in times of scarcity. Improving their access to\, and control over these resources\, simultaneously contributes to the development of farmers’ autonomy and their capacity to respond to change.\nThe training is experience-based and task-oriented. It includes fieldwork in the Jeypore district\, in one of the world’s most important agricultural heritage systems. \nThe overall objective of the program is to enhance your capability to apply state-of-the-art strategies for managing Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (PGRFA). \nCourse objectives\nUpon completion of the course you will: \n\nbe familiar with contemporary approaches towards genetic resources management and conservation strategies;\nknow the conceptual framework of CBM\, its components and practices;\nunderstand integrated seed systems;\nknow how to manage PGRFA in dynamic landscapes\, unpredictable environments\, climate hotspots and vulnerabilities;\nknow how to empower communities and enhance their resilience;\nunderstand participatory learning and action research;\nbe familiar with key PGRFA policies such as CBD\, IT-PGRFA\, IPR\, WTO-TRIPS and UPOV.\n\nTarget audience\nThe training is designed for public\, civil\, research\, education and/or development professionals working in a range of relevant projects. Applicants should have at least a BSc degree\, have three years of professional experience in a relevant field\, and be fluent in the English language. \n
URL:https://knowledge4food.net/event/course-plant-genetic-resources-seeds/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20141103
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20141115
DTSTAMP:20260621T065631
CREATED:20140725T120613Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180913T084820Z
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SUMMARY:Course: 'Promoting entrepreneurship and agribusiness development'
DESCRIPTION:Over 140 million entrepreneurs expect to add at least five new jobs over the next five years. Entrepreneurial activity is flourishing across the globe\, and can act as an economic engine. Entrepreneurship is the best hope for reviving a weakened world economy. But entrepreneurs cannot do it alone. They need an enabling environment in which their business can grow. This 14 days course will give insight in the basic requirements on a national level for increasing the level of entrepreneurship. \nEnhancing a fertile business climate\nAvoiding the pitfalls\nIt is estimated that 70 to 80 per cent of new businesses end their operations in their first year. And of those that survive\, only half will remain in business after five years. However\, many of the hurdles and pitfalls a new entrepreneur faces can be avoided. \nIn this dynamic training programme\, you will learn how to address these challenges. It focuses on the things entrepreneurs care most about\, and that ultimately affect their bottom line: how to raise money\, make money\, save money and help others to do so. \nLearn from success and mistakes of others\nSuccessful entrepreneurs will be invited to share their experiences\, and give you tips on what you need to avoid mistakes they made\, and what secrets underlie their accomplishments. Key government officials will explain what the challenges are in creating an environment in which entrepreneurs can flourish. You will meet actors from various agribusiness clusters\, including representatives of financial institutes\, business service providers and change facilitators. You will learn from the hands-on experience of the actors\, and also enlarge the network that will help you build your own business. \nLearn to ask the right questions\nThe training will be built on the entrepreneurial life cycle\, based on the background of the participants. Experienced entrepreneurs are faced with different questions than the ones who are in the phase of starting a business. Learning to ask the right questions is key in every phase\, both for business owners and supporting organisations. \nTarget audience\nThis course is aimed at business owners and representatives from organisations that support entrepreneurship and/or seek to enable an environment in which businesses can flourish. \n
URL:https://knowledge4food.net/event/course-promoting-entrepreneurship-agribusiness-development/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20141103
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20141115
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CREATED:20140725T145844Z
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SUMMARY:Course: 'Linking emergency aid to food and nutrition security'
DESCRIPTION:Emergency/food aid is often criticized as a donor driven response\, creating dependency in the short term\, and undermining incentives for local agricultural development in the longer term. Usually\, little is done to encourage people to build a better life and prevent them from falling back into situations where they need assistance again. \nAvoiding the pitfalls of help-induced dependency\nClosing the gap between emergency aid and development\nIn this course we will explore how to bridge the gap between emergency assistance and developmental food and livelihood security support. Building resilience of livelihoods\, necessary to make the position of households robust. Responses to emergency situations have to be seen and used as an initial step towards sustainable development. \nIn this interactive course\, participants learn to make use of theoretical and conceptual thinking on food security. We will work with practical examples of policies and programs of the critical path of transition from aid to food security. \nCourse  objectives\nUpon completion of the course you will: \n\nhave insight in the typology of emergencies – and the responses that contribute to food security;\nbe better aware of causes of food insecurity outside the direct context of the household (on regional\, national or even global levels);\nhave clear ideas for lobby and advocacy for policies to facilitate a more developmental approach to emergencies;\nbe able to apply tools for developing programs or interventions to contribute to structural development.\n\nTarget audience\n\nMid-career officials working for a governmental and non-governmental organisation in one of the following positions:\nyou are a policy or planning officer at national or sub-national level with responsibility for emergency situations;\nyou  have a managing or co-ordinating position in planning\, management and/or implementation of a community food security and nutrition programme or rural development programme;\nyou are a representative of civil society involved of structural development in emergency areas.\n\n
URL:https://knowledge4food.net/event/course-linking-emergency-aid-food-nutrition-security/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC+1:20141107T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC+1:20141107T173000
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SUMMARY:Workshop "Operationalizing an EU approach to research and innovation for sustainable agriculture and food and nutrition security"
DESCRIPTION:The European Commission Directorate General Europeaid\, Development and Cooperation (DEVCO)  is organizing a workshop on “Operationalizing an EU approach to research and innovation for sustainable agriculture and food and nutrition security”. \nDuring 2014 the European Commission Directorate General Europeaid\, Development and Cooperation (DEVCO) has developed a paper describing our approach to agricultural research and innovation for development. This paper recognises that research and innovation in sustainable agriculture and food and nutrition security (AR4D) is essential to addressing the major challenges of poverty and hunger that are concentrated in developing countries\, thereby providing a rationale for support from development budgets.  AR4D generates public goods in the form of knowledge\, policies and technologies at global\, regional and national levels. Enabling policies and institutions\, equitable access and capacity are essential to realising the potential impact of public goods on agriculture and rural development objectives. \nDEVCO’s approach builds on lessons learned and reviews and evaluations of research under DEVCO’s current AR4D portfolio. It is focused around four main pillars: \n\nImproving European leadership\, coordination and influence\, in particular complementing the Horizon 2020 programme of Directorate General Research and Innovation (DG RTD)\, and also with Member States and the broader donor community.\nEnsuring the success of global and regional AR4D initiatives\, building on AR4D initiatives such as those led by the CGIAR\, the Global Forum for Agricultural Research (GFAR)\, and on African research organisations supporting the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) process\, both through funding and engagement with governance bodies.\nExploring new strategic directions to put research into use and achieve impact\, particularly on innovation and value chains\, engaging with new partners as appropriate\, and on building nutrition targets into AR4D programmes.\nEnsuring that AR4D delivers impact at country and local level\, implying a much greater emphasis on working with EU Delegations in country to support national agricultural research and innovation systems and to foster better linkages between national priorities and the AR4D agenda at regional and global levels.\n\nThis workshop is structured around these four pillars\, drawing on case studies and concept papers as appropriate. EU support to the CGIAR is centred on the first pillar but also has implications for all the others\, and in particular for pillar iii) as our rationale for supporting research requires clear pathways to how impact will be achieved. \nThe workshop will be organized as five sequential sessions with concise presentations and opportunities for discussion\, followed by a Panel session. \nThe European launch of the book ‘Maximising Impact from Agricultural Research: Potential of the IAR4D Concept’ will take place during the workshop. It is intended that the workshop will be recorded and the proceedings published. \nThe organizers are keen to extend participation to participants outside the CGIAR circle but DevCo is not able to assist with travel or subsistence expenses. \n
URL:https://knowledge4food.net/event/workshop-operationalizing-eu-approach-research-innovation-sustainable-agriculture-food-nutrition-security/
LOCATION:DG DEVCO\, Rue de la Loi 41\, Brussels\, 1040\, Belgium
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