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SUMMARY:Course "Everything you need to know about sweetpotato"
DESCRIPTION:The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) is organizing the 10-day course “Everything you need to know about sweetpotato”\, in partnership with CSIR-Crops Research Institute (CRI) and the International Potato Center (CIP). \nIt is a 10-day Training of Trainers course designed to provide the participants with the skills and knowledge to train others. This course has been adapted for Ghana from the original course: “Everything you ever wanted to know about sweetpotato”\, developed and implemented by the International Potato Center under the “Reaching Agents of Change” project. \nIn 2016\, as part of an AGRA-funded project\, “Development and Promotion Of Orange-Fleshed Sweetpotato in Volta\,” the “Everything you need to know about sweetpotato” course will be offered at KNUST and CSIR-CRI in Kumasi\, Ghana. Its sole aim is to consolidate other efforts in promoting OFSP\, thus building capacity of national implementing agencies in Ghana and the West African region to drive uptake of OFSP. \nParticipants\nA maximum of 30 participants will be accepted to foster a conducive learning environment. This Training of Trainers (ToT) course seeks participants from organizations committed to incorporating nutritious crops into their programs. The fee for this 10-day intensive course is US$ 1350 for international participants and GH ¢ 4000 for Ghanaian participants. It covers accommodation\, meals\, course materials and souvenirs. A limited number of scholarships are available. Participants who successfully complete the course will be awarded a certificate of participation. \nInstructors knowledgeable on all aspects of the sweetpotato for health and wealth will serve as resource people\, using a hands-on approach to provide educators and trainers with the skills and knowledge in training others on all aspects of the root for profit and health.  Participants will be drawn from all regions of Ghana and beyond. \nInterested persons are invited to send an application and motivation letter by 31 st December\, 2015. Women are particularly encouraged to apply.  Participants will be drawn from all regions of Ghana and beyond. \nCourse topics\nThe specific topics that will be covered include: \n\nOrigin and importance of sweetpotato\nSweetpotato varietal selection and characteristics\nOrange-fleshed sweetpotato and nutrition\nSweetpotato seed systems\nSweetpotato production and management\nSweetpotato pest and disease management\nHarvesting and postharvest management\nMarketing and value addition\nProcessing and utilization\nGender and diversity aspects\nMonitoring of OFSP dissemination and uptake\nEntrepreneurship\n\nRegistration\nInterested persons can send an email to (function(){var ml="hkn.i3acTdO4F%AP0CSltmog2eurEDf-s"\,mi="=5A6=H@0KIN=5M=HHE64CDF=5>:
URL:https://knowledge4food.net/event/course-everything-you-need-to-know-about-sweetpotato/
LOCATION:KNUST\, Kumasi\, Ghana
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SUMMARY:GIM International Summit 2016
DESCRIPTION:The GIM Summit – taking place on 10-12 February 2016 in Amsterdam\, the Netherlands – is an initiative of GIM International. The GIM International Summit will draw thought leaders and key decision-makers from the global geomatics sector. Workshops will be organized around different themes\, including Social Justice\, Integration for Geo-IT\, Climate Change\, Urban Planning\, Property Rights\, and Food Security and Agriculture. \nThe GIM International Summit is focused on discussing the future of the field – for educational institutes\, industry members and policymakers alike. The discussion will be fuelled by speakers from outside the traditional geomatics world\, all of whom are experts in their own field. They will explain the needs and desires of the wider world and how they would like to see the geomatics sector develop. \nThe summit will be very much based on the concept of ‘inside looking out’ rather than merely insiders’ perspectives. The main topics of the Summit – Water\, Food Security and Social Justice – will be brought together under the overarching theme of ‘Seeking Space for Future Development’. The GIM International Summit will be future oriented\, forward looking\, explorative and sometimes even provocative. \nThe GIM International Summit will offer ample opportunities to network with peers\, both during the conference and at social events throughout the cosmopolitan city of Amsterdam. \nEndorsing partners of the GIM International Summit are Kadaster International\, ITC University of Twente\, FIG\, GSDI\, ICA\, ISPRS\, and RICS. \n
URL:https://knowledge4food.net/event/6766/
LOCATION:NH Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky\, Dam 9\, Amsterdam\, 1012 JS\, Netherlands
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SUMMARY:South-South and Triangular Cooperation Symposium
DESCRIPTION:\nThe focus of this joint symposium under the theme “Integrated Rural Development: Strengthening Women and Youth Empowerment through Jobs and Entrepreneurship” is how developing countries cooperate and collaborate amongst each other for development goals – also known as South-South Cooperation (SSC). \nDeveloping countries in the South offer a myriad of development solutions – knowledge\, experiences and good practices\, innovative policies\, technology\, know-how\, and resources – that have proven cost-effective and have huge potential to be up-scaled for the benefit of others. \nSouth-South Cooperation (SSC) is complementary to north-south cooperation and in many cases involves a more developed partner in the equation\, resulting in Triangular Cooperation (TrC)\, which also has a critical role to play. \nThe Symposium\nThe symposium\, co-organised by the ACP Secretariat\, the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) and the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF)\, supported by the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLC)\, will bring together national government representatives from Africa\, the Caribbean and the Pacific to hear presentations and take part in discussions led by key note speakers and high level experts. \nParticipants will be able to share best practices and identify priority areas for up-scaling practical solutions\, at the policy\, institutional and grassroots level that place women and youth at the centre. \nThe symposium will also chart the mechanisms through which SSC and TrC can support the exchange and transfer of the best practices in the priority areas identified\, including sessions on: \n\nSkills development and enhancing institutional capacity\nAccess to technology\nAccess to efficient business services.\n\nSouth-South Cooperation is playing a greater role than ever before in the international development cooperation landscape and innovation in the South is generating new tools and partnerships for tackling issues of food insecurity\, poverty and sustainable agriculture. \nThis symposium will aim to advance the ACP’s strategic priorities for women and youth in agriculture and rural areas using a sustainable food systems approach\, and mobilise South-South (SSC) and Triangular Cooperation (TrC) as key mechanisms for delivering on this agenda. \nA full programme of the event will be available soon\, the Flyer can be downloaded here. \nGo to the ACP website to register online. \n\n
URL:https://knowledge4food.net/event/south-south-and-triangular-cooperation-symposium/
LOCATION:ACP House\,  Avenue Georges Henri 451\, Brussels\, Belgium
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SUMMARY:Voedsel Anders Conference 2016
DESCRIPTION:Theme of the second Voedsel Anders Conference is “Towards fair and sustainable food systems”. Farmers\, fishermen\, citizens\, scientists and grassroots organizations will convene again to take further steps towards contemporary\, sustainable and fair food production and consumption\, with new relationships between food producers and (urban) citizens.  \nTowards fair and sustainable food systems\nWould you like to learn about\, experience and discuss new and viable food and agriculture practices and policy? Would you like to help build bridges and contribute to a more sustainable and fair system? Would you like to meet sustainable (young) farmers and fishermen\, and be inspired by innovative examples from the Netherlands and abroad? Then be sure to visit this conference! \n\nVoedsel Anders promises great speakers from home and abroad\, such as Irene Cardoso (Chair of the Brazilian Agroecology Association\, Professor of Soil Science)\,  Jyoti Fernandes (farmer and member of La Via Campesina Europe)\, Sieta Keimpema (Dutch Dairymen Board)\, Jonathan Karpathios (Greek- Dutch chef\, food blogger and gardener)\, Olivier De Schutter (IPES-Food)\, Jocelyn Parot (Urgenci)\, Maryam Rahmanian (FAO) and Jan Douwe van der Ploeg (Wageningen University). \nThere will also be around 60 workshops related to agroecology\, soils\, permaculture\, short chains\, regional food systems\, urban farming\, land rights\, access to land\, seeds\, trade agreements\, agriculture and food policy. On Saturday the conference will be combined with Reclaim the Seeds and there is also a special kids’ programme. \nThe conference will be accessible to non-Dutch speakers as keynotes will be (interpreted) in English and in every round various workshops will take place in English. \n\nHave a look at the program\nRegister for the conference (reduced prices for students and people on low income)\nGet more info on how to register as a volunteer\n\nThe conference is supported by: Action Aid\, A SEED\, Association for biodynamic farming and food\, Boerengroep\, Both ENDS\, Brabantse Milieufederatie\, Cityplot\, Centrum voor Landbouw en Milieu\, Down2Earth\, Dutch Dairymen Board\, FIAN-NL\, Greenpeace\, Hivos\, ILEIA\, Land&Co\, La Via Campesina\, Louis Bolk Instituut\, Milieudefensie/ FoE Netherlands\, Ministry of Foreign Affairs\, Nederlandse Akkerbouw Vakbond\, NetVisWerk\, OtherWise\, Platform Aarde Boer Concument\, RUAF\, Toekomstboeren\, Transnational Institute\, Triodos Foundation\, Velt\, and Wageningen University.\n\nAbout Voedsel Anders (Food Otherwise)\nVoedsel Anders (Food Otherwise) is a network of farmers\, fisherfolk\, scientists\, beekeepers\, students\, artists\, professionals\, policymakers\, journalists and other active citizens in the Netherlands and Belgium engaged in building healthy food systems. While the current agrifood system is depleting the soil and biodiversity\, causes major greenhouse gas emissions and squeezes farmers out of business\, many local\, national and international initiatives show that there is another way. Around the world\, we can feed ourselves sustainably with good and healthy food that is produced regionally\, with fair prices and dignified lives for farmers\, fishermen and citizens\, while respecting the environment and biodiversity. This is the system Voedsel Anders promotes. Read the manifest of Voedsel Anders \n\nThe first Voedsel Anders Conference\n\nThe first Voedsel Anders conference at the University of Wageningen in 2014 was a great success with over 800 participants. \n\n\n
URL:https://knowledge4food.net/event/voedsel-anders-conference-2016/
LOCATION:Wageningen Universiteit\, Orion\, gebouw 103\, Bronland 1\, Wageningen\, 6708 WH
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