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SUMMARY:Expo Milano 2015
DESCRIPTION:Expo Milano 2015 is a non-commercial Universal Exposition with some very unique and innovative features. Not only is it an exhibition but also a process\, one of active participation among a large number of players around the theme of Feeding the Planet\, Energy for Life. It is sustainable\, technological\, thematic and focused on its visitors. Open from May 1 to October 31\, 2015\, the Expo will host over 130 participants. Running for 184 days\, this giant exhibition site\, covering one million square meters\, is expected to welcome over 20 million visitors.\n\n\nA journey of tastes\nVisitors will experience a unique journey that looks at the complex theme of nutrition. They will have the possibility to take a trip around the world\, sampling the food and traditions of people from all over the globe. Expo Milano 2015 will be the first Exposition in history to be remembered not only for its products but also for its contribution towards education on food and the planet’s precious resources. \nWorkshop and debate themes include:\n\nImproving food quality and security: the security of having enough food to live on\, and an assurance that the food is healthy and the water drinkable;\nEnsuring healthy and high-quality nutrition for all human beings\, doing away with the hunger\, drought\, infantile mortality\, and malnutrition that still afflict 850 million people on this planet\, and extirpating famine and pandemic disease;\nPreventing the new epidemics and diseases of our time\, including obesity\, cardiovascular disease\, and cancer\, by championing practices that have proven to be effective;\nPromoting innovation in research\, technology\, and business practices along the entire food supply chain to improve the nutritional value\, conservation\, and distribution of foods;\nProviding education in proper nutrition and encouraging more healthy lifestyles\, especially among children\, adolescents\, the disabled\, and the elderly;\nEnhancing the value of cultural and ethnic heritage as expressed in culinary traditions.\n\nVisit the website of Expo Milano 2015 for more information. \n\n\nDownload the discussion paper ‘The role of research in global food and nutrition security’ (Expo 2015 EU Scientific Steering Committee) \nRead the Press Release ‘Expo Milano 2015: European Commission launches scientific debate on how to feed the planet’ (Brussels – April 13\, 2015) \n
URL:https://knowledge4food.net/event/expo-milano-2015/
LOCATION:Expo Exhibition Site\, Milan\, Italy
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SUMMARY:World Food System Conference 2015
DESCRIPTION:The world food system faces unprecedented challenges in its ability to feed a growing global population. There is an urgent need for viable solutions and the scope of the challenges requires collaborative efforts more than ever. \nThe World Food System Conference 2015 will highlight solution-focused\, interdisciplinary\, and system-oriented research and practice addressing how to feed the world while considering human health\, the environment\, and social well-being. \nThe aim is to bring together researchers and other food system stakeholders to exchange ideas\, methodologies\, success stories\, and lessons learned. The conference will be kept small (maximum 100 participants) in order to maximize opportunities for meaningful exchange among participants. \nSessions highlighting innovative research both within and at the intersections of four thematic focus areas (Sustainable Production Systems\, Food for Health\, Resilient Food Markets\, and Whole Food System Approaches) will offer a rare but exciting space for professional\, empirically-driven dialogue that encourages experts to interact across disciplinary and institutional boundaries. \nThe conference will incorporate a workshop in which the participants explore how collaborative work on different aspects of the food system can be integrated under a comprehensive framework. \nConference Themes\nThe conference is organized around the following thematic focus areas and their intersections: \n\nSustainable Production Systems (establishing sustainable food production systems that are resilient in the face of increasing perturbations)\nFood for Health (design and processing for safe\, accessible\, high quality and healthy food and food products)\nResilient Food Markets (creating and connecting to effective food markets that create value for all stakeholders)\nWhole Food System Approaches (tools\, methods\, frameworks designed to take a systems approach).\n\n
URL:https://knowledge4food.net/event/world-food-system-conference-2015/
LOCATION:Congressi Stefano Franscini\, Monte Verita\, Ascona\, Switzerland
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SUMMARY:Future of Farming and Food Security in Africa
DESCRIPTION:FoodFIRST is organizing a conference on Future of farming and food security in Africa. The new generation in Africa is better educated than ever before. With booming population figures\, the African youth has tremendous opportunities and challenges ahead of them. Feeding Africa is one of those urgent challenges. Food production in Africa is in the hands of smallholders and rural households. These producers are crucial for the rural economic development and food security in urban and rural areas. Dutch companies\, government and NGOs have been working with their African partners for decades. \nWith these urgent challenges ahead\, this conference invites you to join the debate on three core issues: \n\nHow to make African smallholders more efficient: farming\, food and finance?\nHow to invest in food security in post conflict regions and fragile states?\nHow to provide rural careers for young men and women in the agro-food sector?\n\nProminent speakers and guests confirmed\n\nMr Graziano da Silva\, DG FAO\nMrs Sharon Dijksma\, State Secretary of Agriculture (NL)\nDr Akinwuma Adesina\, former Minister of Agriculture (Nigeria)\nMr Ishmael Sunga\, Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions (SACAU)\nMrs Reina Buijs\, deputy Director General International Cooperation (NL)\nMr Henri van Eeghen\, Cordaid (NL)\nMrs Irene Visser\, The Netherlands-African Business Council (NABC)\n\nAfternoon talk show\n“Makkinga meets … “ hosted by Andrew Makkinga and Prof dr Ruerd Ruben (Wageningen UR)\, meeting with experts from  industry\, government and NGOs\, such as: Professor  Bekele Shiferaw (Ethiopia)\, Dr Steve Wiggins  (UK)\, Kees Verbeek  (Nl) \, Roberto Kenyi Legge (South Sudan)\, Cynthia Makena (Kenia)\, Rabha Bandas (South Sudan)\, Dr Lia van Wezenbeek (NL)\, Heleen Bos (NL)\, Edie Mukiibi (Uganda) and  Gerishom Boiyo (Kenia). \nGeneral Conference information\nThis conference is organized by Rabobank\, Rabobank Foundation\, the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs\, Trade and Development\, the Ministry of Economic Affairs\, Wageningen UR\, Cordaid and Socires. \nSponsors:  Food & Business Knowledge Platform; IICD\, Royal Friesland Campina\, Rijk Zwaan. \nParticipating students from HAS Den Bosch\, Larenstein\, WUR\, EUR-ISS\, Leiden University-ASC\, ITC TU Twente. \nMore information: www.foodfirst.eu \nTo register\, please fill in the online form. \n  \n
URL:https://knowledge4food.net/event/conference-family-farming/
LOCATION:Rabobank\, Croeselaan 18\, Utrecht\, 3521 CB\, Netherlands
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