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SUMMARY:Seventh Africa Day for Food and Nutrition Security
DESCRIPTION:The Africa Day for Food and Nutrition Security (ADFNS) was declared in July 2010 by the African Union Heads of State and Government (at the 15th Ordinary Session of the AU Summit) in Kampala\, Uganda. This decision was made in recognition of the unacceptable and chronic crisis of hunger and malnutrition in Africa.  \nThe first ADFNS was successfully launched in Lilongwe\, Malawi\, on 31st October 2010. Since then the ADFNS has been commemorated six times with the last edition taking place in Kampala\, Uganda\, from 28 to 30 October 2015. \nThe main purpose of the ADFNS is to serve as a platform for rallying political and financial commitments at all levels to address contemporary challenges of food and nutrition insecurity in Africa. The event provides a platform at national\, regional and continental levels to share experiences\, knowledge and mutual learning\, as well as measure progress in assuring food and nutrition security for all by governments and multi-stakeholder partners. \nPurpose and Objectives 7th ADFNS\nThe main objective for commemorating this year’s ADFNS is to motivate commitments by decision and policy makers and all relevant actors to deliberately prioritise investment in nutrition in development planning\, resource allocations and programme implementation. The CAADP Framework for Africa’s Food Security calls for scaling up investment in food security on the continent. To this end\, the event is specifically aimed at: \n\nFocusing on infant and young child feeding\, create a common awareness of investing in nutritious\, safe\, sustainable and healthy food value chains to enhance food and nutrition security that will impact on the worrying trends in child stunting in Africa;\nCreate a common and complementary investments in nutrition sensitive and specific interventions\, through mutlisectoral approaches aimed at addressing childhood stunting as an important measure to impacting the survival of the African child;\nFacilitate dialogue among stakeholders\, sharing of experiences\, best practices\, innovations and mutual learning among various stakeholders on options for investing in direct and indirect nutrition interventions in order to eliminate child under nutrition in Africa;\nAdvocating for the scale up of proven and cost effective child sensitive nutrition interventions for maximum impact; and\nDocumenting and preparing a set of recommendations to inform action planning and the way forward.\n\nExpected Outcomes\nThe expected outcomes to emanate from the event will be: \n\nIncreased appreciation of the importance of investing in nutrition for childhood development and its central role in attaining economic prosperity and sustainable development.\nSubstantive and persistent political commitment to invest in and implement child sensitive nutrition intervention. Particular attention will be paid to how to leverage forthcoming high level events (e.g. the Rio Nutrition for Growth Summit in Rio de Janeiro) to bear on improved nutrition for the African child and to better deliver engage partners in the Decade of Nutrition and Africa Leader’s Initiative on Nutrition.\n\nStructure of the commemoration\nMember States may have only a half- to one-day public event. The continental commemoration of the ADFNS will be conducted in three days as follows: \nDay 1: Pre-events\nThe first day of the commemoration of the ADFNS will be dedicated to side events by partners and stakeholders to showcase their products\, services and/or successful interventions. The demand for this dedicated day is arose from the success of the 6th commemoration of the ADFNS in Kampala\, Uganda. This open day provides an opportunity for participants and members of the public to appreciate the role of organisations committed to the fight against hunger and malnutrition. It affords a true demonstration of the “walking the talk” mantra. \nDay 2: Technical seminar/symposium\nAs usual a technical symposium will precede the main commemorative event\, which will feature deliberations along the above-listed sub-themes. The day will also be used to reflect on recommendations of previous commemorations of the ADFNS and actions/responses taken since then to inform future direction. Summary and key recommendations from this event will be presented in the Main Event. \nDay 3: The Main Event – Commemoration of ADFNS 2016\nThe main event will feature official opening remarks\, keynote address\, panel discussions guided by the sub-themes and other activities as agreed by the Steering Committee of the event. It will also feature highlights of the summary of the pre-event. \nFor more information\, contact: Kefilwe Moalosi\, email: (function(){var ml="Mits.Er34cnhg2leAf-apmdDC%wkKuF0o"\,mi="I7HCI=O;6?AI7GI==EC1>2PI7@L?A1>J?0I8O:?DCF4P6C33I7GI==EC1>2PB>1:KI==I75I7HMI75L?A1>J?0I8O:?DCF4P6
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LOCATION:Main venue\, Accra\, Ghana
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SUMMARY:Vijverbergsession "Youth Agro Entrepreneurs" (by invitation only - in Dutch)
DESCRIPTION:Vijverbergsessions are closed sessions where academics\, politicians and experts from the government\, civil society and business discuss global food issues; goal is to formulate conclusions relevant for policy makers. On Wednesday September 7\, 2016\, FoodFIRST organizes the Vijverbergsession “Youth Agro Entrepreneurs” (by invitation only). The session is in Dutch. \nContext\nDe conferentie The Future of Farming and Food Security op 22 juni 2015 leverde als belangrijke conclusie het volgende op. \n“Landbouw moet niet meer iets zijn voor dummies en het is ook niet iets dat je bij gebrek aan beter doet.\nDe ontwikkeling van jonge boeren-entrepreneurs moet centraal staan in het beleid. Je maakt dan een keuze\, want de ene boer is de andere niet. Hoe de selectie tot stand komt? Mensen zullen zichzelf aandienen of op een andere manier in het vizier komen. En ja\, je weet ook dat veel mensen van het platteland zullen vertrekken omdat er geen emplooi meer is. Daar kun je apart beleid voor ontwikkelen. Maar hier gaan we het hebben over beleid dat specifiek gericht is op de categorie van jonge boer-ondernemers die voor grote kansen en uitdagingen staan. Die willen we gaan ondersteunen.\n“The future is for young\, well educated\, market oriented and organized farmer-entrepreneurs.” Wat betekent dat?” \nProgramma\n17.00 Welkom \n17.10 Marije Balt\, Spring Factor\, jongerenexpert en voormalig diplomaat \nVoorwaarden voor succesvol jong ondernemerschap in de landbouw in Afrika en wat kan de Dutch Diamond daaraan doen. Ervaringen in onder andere Rwanda\, succesverhalen\, kansen en uitdagingen. Zijn ze ‘scalable’? \n17.30 Gesprek \n17.50 Wouter Kleijn\, KIT\, adviseur sustainable development en jeugdwerkgelegenheid \nJeugd en ondernemerschap. Willen jongeren echt zo graag naar de stad? Wat is beter: banen of ondernemerschap? Hoe selecteer je de beste jonge ondernemers? En hoe maken we training zo effectief mogelijk? Ervaringen uit het veld. \n18.10 Gesprek \n18.50 Lessen en conclusie \n19.00 Eind en drinks \n
URL:https://knowledge4food.net/event/youth-agro-entrepreneurs-invitation-dutch/
LOCATION:Rabobank Vijverberg\, Korte Vijverberg 2\, Den Haag\, 2513 AB\, Netherlands
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