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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:FAO e-conference: ‘Utilization of Food Loss and Waste as well as Non-Food Parts as Livestock Feed’
DESCRIPTION:From 1 to 30 October 2015\, the Livestock Production Systems Branch of Animal Production and Health Division\, FAO will host\, as part of the “Save Food” initiative\, an e-conference on “Utilization of Food Loss and Waste as well as Non-Food Parts as Livestock Feed“. \nWhy this e-conference\nApproximately 1.3-1.6 Gtonnes of food is lost or wasted globally every year\, which is estimated to have enormous environmental (ca 3.3 Gtonnes of CO2 eq. greenhouse gas emission/year\, 305 cubic km water/year\, 1.5 billion ha land to grow food that is wasted)\, social (936 billion US$) and economic (1055 billion US$) costs. Also the food loss and waste has an impact on food security\, natural resource availability\,  and local and national economies. FAO through the “Save Food” initiative is working with partners to develop\, plan and implement initiatives for efficient use of resources and harmonization of methodologies\, strategies and approaches. Globally many plant resources are being used either as food or as animal feed. This dual purpose use raises questions how to consider a change of utilization of plant resources from food to animal feed within the context of food losses and waste. Similarly if food gets lost or wasted a part of these losses can be converted to animal feed. \nFAO is in the process of developing a framework and an action plan on ‘Food Loss and Waste plus Non-Food Part to Livestock Feed’ with the objective to develop criteria for setting the boundaries between dual purpose use and food loss\, and to enhance animal feed availability without compromising animal health and welfare and animal product safety and quality\, and meeting legislative requirements. \nAims\nThe aim of the e-conference is to seek guidance on: \n\nthe aims\, scope and boundaries of the framework;\nimplementation of the framework\, and\nrole of different stakeholders\, from academia\, feed and food industries\, civil societies\, policy makers\, extension workers to farmers in the implementation.\n\nHow to join\nThe e-conference is open to all persons interested in the topic\, is free (there is no registration fee) and will be moderated. \nTo join the e-mail conference\, send an e-mail to (function(){var ml="r3.sFCevAitD0oE2nmak-%hgfc4l"\,mi="E15BE?
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SUMMARY:AFAAS Second Africa Wide Agricultural Extension Week
DESCRIPTION:The AFAAS  Second  Africa  Wide  Agricultural  Extension Week  takes place in  Addis  Ababa  Ethiopia from October 12 till 16 2015 \, at  Hilton  Hotel  Addis Ababa. The theme of the event “is Reinvigorating Extension Services for Market-led Agriculture within the Context of the  Malabo Declaration”. The event is expected to bring together agricultural  extension and advisory services practitioners and other agricultural value chain actors across and outside Africa. \nBackground\nThe African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS) is a continental platform for mutual learning and innovation among agricultural extension and advisory services providers across Africa. From its inception\, AFAAS had aligned itself with Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP)\, specifically CAADP Pillar IV (technology generation\, dissemination\, adoption and training). Through this alignment\, AFAAS has been contributing to African Union’s goal of delivering average growth rate of 6% GDP. The African Union Commission (AUC) recommitted itself to enhancing CAADP momentum based on the Malabo declaration of June 2014\, which emphasises accelerating agricultural growth and transformation for shared prosperity and improved livelihoods. AFAAS reaffirms its partnering with AUC in translating the commitments of the Malabo Declaration into results; this is strongly articulated in the 2015 April MoU between AFAAS and AUC. In particular\, AFAAS will play a pivotal role in enhancing the utilisation and adoption of productivity-enhancing technologies; value-adding processes; and\, loss-reducing practices; largely among smallholder producers. \nAFAAS held its first Africa Wide Agricultural Extension Week in Gaborone Botswana in August 2013\, which brought together over 300 delegates from more than 40 countries within and outside Africa. The delegates underscored the fact that Africa faced key challenges in agricultural productivity\, because farmers did not get optimal value for their efforts and from their land potential. Some of the key factors causing this include\, among others\, the policy environment\, capacities\, delivery systems\, approaches and tools like information and communication technology (ICT) – hence the theme of this second Extension Week. \nSecond Africa Wide Agricultural Extension Week\nThe Second Africa Wide Agricultural Extension Week will take place from 12-16 October 2015\, Hilton Hotel\, Addis Ababa\, Ethiopia under the theme: “Reinvigorating Extension Services for Market-led Agriculture within the Context of the Malabo Declaration”. The event is expected to bring together agricultural extension and advisory services practitioners and other agricultural value chain actors across and outside Africa. AFAAS will also hold its Fifth General Assembly during this period. \nSub themes\n\nPolicies and institutional arrangements and support systems;\nResourcing agricultural extension (financing and investment);\nCapacity development in agricultural extension for enhancing resilience of livelihoods and production systems to risks; and\nApproaches and ICTs for knowledge management in agricultural extension.\n\nObjectives\nThe main objective of the Extension Week is to reinvigorate agricultural extension services for market- led agriculture for shared prosperity and improved livelihoods in Africa. The specific objectives are to: \n\nExplore the elements for reinvigorating agricultural extension;\nExplore sustainable options for improving effectiveness and efficiency of Agricultural Extension and Advisory AEAS investments;\nFacilitate networking\, information and knowledge exchange in agricultural extension across Africa and beyond.\n\nExpected outcomes\n\nElements of enabling institutional environment for the effective delivery of agricultural extension for market led agriculture agreed;\nSustainable options for improving effectiveness and efficiency of AEAS investments and delivery shared;\nSynergies for achieving the CAADP agenda explored and strengthened; and\nProfile of agricultural extension at continental level raised.\n\nMore information\nFor more information on the Delegates\, Side Events\, Registration\, etc\, please download the Second Announcement. \n
URL:https://knowledge4food.net/event/afaas-second-africa-wide-agricultural-extension-week/
LOCATION:Hilton Hotel\, Menelik II Avenue\, Addis Ababa\, Ethiopia
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SUMMARY:World Food Day Colloquium 2015
DESCRIPTION:The main focus of this years’ World Food Day colloquium is on grasslands as jeopardized ecosystems due to increasing intensity and competitiveness use of grasslands worldwide. Impacts on e.g. grasslands based animal production systems and on food security will be discussed. \nGrasslands are the largest terrestrial ecosystem worldwide\, co­vering a land area of approximately 52.5 million km². Savannas\, steppes\, and tundras contribute largely to atmospheric carbon sequestration\, biodiversity conservation\, as well as fresh water filtration and storage. For millennia\, their use for pastoral lives­tock production has sustained livelihoods of millions of people worldwide. \nBut\, as a result of the growing human population and an increasing demand for food and energy\, grasslands are more and more at risk. An intensive debate is therefore going on how to use and conserve these ecosystems in the future. Challen­ges related to the increasing intensity and competitiveness in the use of grasslands\, the sedentarization of mobile livestock farmers\, their access rights to natural resources\, and the need for conserving  the multiple ecological functions of grassland ecosystems will have to be addressed. Scientists from different disciplines of the University of Hohenheim are actively involved in grassland research. They will present their perspectives and suggest strategies for a sustainable\, future-oriented grassland use. \nAs a special highlight in the colloquium the “Justus von Liebig Award” will be granted by the foundation fiat panis. Further\, the latest Global Hunger Index will be presented at the World Food Day colloquium. \nWith reference to this years’ thematically focus\, the colloquium will be jointly hosted by FSC with the Institute of Animal Production in the Tropics and Subtropics. \n Please register here. \n
URL:https://knowledge4food.net/event/world-food-day-colloquium-2015/
LOCATION:Euroforum\, University of Hohenheim\, Schloss Hohenheim 1\, Stuttgart\, 70599 \, Germany
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