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SUMMARY:IARSAF 20th Annual Symposium
DESCRIPTION:The International Association of Research Scholars and Fellows (IARSAF) of IITA organizes her annual symposium which creates opportunities for students to interact and exchange ideas on their research activities. The theme of this year’s symposium is “Contributions of IITA postgraduate students’ research for transforming African agriculture”. \nThis 20th annual symposium coincides with the IITA 50th Anniversary. This ground-shaking occasion promises to attract many stakeholders in Agricultural business and top researchers in Africa. Participants will include presidents of some agricultural organizations (IFAD\, AfDB\, FARA etc.)\, Agriculture Ministers\, Directors General\, agricultural donor agencies\, IITA partners\, research students and staff of agricultural research institutes. \nThematic areas\n\nNatural Resource Management\nPlant Production and Plant Health\nBiotechnology and Genetic Improvement\nSocial Science and Agro-business\nFood and Nutrition Science\n\nScholarship opportunity is available for 5 students with very good abstracts from locations outside Ibadan. \nAbstracts for both poster and oral presentations on research work can be submitted until June 15\, 2017. Please note that abstracts must be in line with at least one of the above-mentioned thematic areas of IITA. \nPlease follow this link for details on registration\, call for abstract and deadlines. \nAbout IARSAF-IITA\nThe International Association of Research Scholars and Fellows (IARSAF) comprises of young vibrant graduate students of agriculture and all other affiliate fields conducting research activities at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA). The core objectives of the association are to create a forum that fosters exchange of academic and research ideas among graduate students and to promote social interactions among researchers. These are needed to build strong network of young scientists across the world and Africa in particular. Towards achieving these lofty objectives\, a symposium is organized annually. \n
URL:https://knowledge4food.net/event/iarsaf-20th-annual-symposium/
LOCATION:IITA Conference Center\, Oyo Road\, Ibadan \, 200001\, Nigeria
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SUMMARY:The Inaugural International Congress for African Agribusiness & Trade
DESCRIPTION:The Inaugural International Congress on African Agribusiness & Trade at Rutgers University (ICAAT) will bring together African agricultural and political leaders with bilateral and multilateral institutions\, overseas development organizations\, US agribusiness\, agricultural investors\, technical and policy experts\, and African civil society representatives. \nThe event will highlight the importance of aligning with international strategic frameworks that address environmental protection\, poverty alleviation\, gender rights\, tenure rights\, sustainable economic growth and more. Investors\, African governments and entrepreneurs will learn how alignment with these goals can generate greater opportunities for collaboration\, increased access to funding and the development of sustainable\, successful and transformative agricultural practices. \nThere will also be a special focus on improving African agricultural education and training and on transforming smallholder farmer subsistence agriculture into agribusiness. \nPlease visit the website for more  information.  \n
URL:https://knowledge4food.net/event/icaat-2017/
LOCATION:Rutgers University\, 7 College Ave\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, NJ 08901\, United States
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SUMMARY:Online Discussion Forum: Engaging African Youth in Agribusiness in a Changing Climate
DESCRIPTION:CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change\, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)\, CGIAR Research Program on Livestock\, the Climate Smart Agriculture Youth Network (CSAYN)\, AgriProFocus\, and ICCO Cooperation have put together an online discussion forum to dialogue on the challenges and opportunities for engaging youth in agribusiness in a changing climate. The online discussion will run for one month\, starting July 12\, 2017.  \nThe context\nAgriculture is a key sector in most African countries and accounts for nearly half of Africa’s gross domestic product (GDP). With rapid population growth in Africa in the past two decades\, per capita food grain production has been reducing resulting in food scarcity coupled with imbalanced diets. A large part of the population has become malnourished. Agriculture in Africa is affected by risks such as climate change\, increased market risk\, and tightening resource constraints. With the removal of constraints to agricultural development\, it is anticipated that Africa’s agricultural output will increase from the current US$ 280 billion per year to as much as US$ 880 billion by the year 2030 (AfDB\, 2015). According to a World Bank report: “Growing Africa: Unlocking the Potential of Agribusiness”\, Africa’s farmers and agribusinesses could create a trillion-dollar food market by 2030 if they can expand their access to more capital\, electricity\, better technology and irrigated land to grow high-value nutritious foods (World Bank\, 2013).  National governments need to work side-by-side with agribusinesses\, to link farmers with consumers in an increasingly urbanized Africa. \nAfrica has the largest population of young people in the world\, with 226 million people aged 15 to 24 (UNEP\, 2015). Each year\, young people graduate from school seeking to enter the continent’s workforce\, often with no success. The continent is facing a double employment crisis—a lack of jobs for youth\, and an increasing number of young people in need of work. However\, as the largest sector of employment in Africa\, agriculture promises opportunities for job growth and economic prosperity. There is an emerging trend\, where the youth are realizing that white-collar jobs are elusive\, and are turning to agriculture to earn a living. Although there are opportunities in agriculture and agribusiness\, African youth often do not have the necessary skills or access to resources to enable them successfully to earn a living from the agricultural sector\, either through employment or starting their own businesses. It is widely expected that for youth to be actively engaged in agriculture\, agriculture needs to be profitable and attractive. With climate change and increased climate variability\, African farmers need to adopt climate-smart technologies that will improve higher yields\, more drought-resilient crops\, and livestock\, including higher incomes and improved food security. With increased technological advancement in the agriculture sector\, Africa needs to identify how to create employment for the youth by bringing them into the formal agribusiness economy linked to domestic and foreign markets. \nThe online discussion forum\nIt is against this background that the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change\, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)\, CGIAR Research Program on Livestock\, the Climate Smart Agriculture Youth Network (CSAYN)\, AgriProFocus\, and ICCO Cooperation have put together an online discussion forum to dialogue on the challenges and opportunities for engaging youth in agribusiness in a changing climate. The online discussion will run for one month to commemorate World Youth Skills Day (July 15) and International Youth Day (August 12) and will culminate in a webinar to wrap up the online discussion and develop a framework for concrete youth engagement in agribusiness. The discussions will be focused on the following questions: \n\nWhat challenges do youth-led agribusinesses face in a changing climate?\nWhat are the business drivers of climate-smart agriculture (CSA)? And how does this appeal to youth?\n\nWhat career and business opportunities do CSA offer to youth?\nAcross Africa\, are there any concrete examples of successful or promising innovative CSA practices and technologies that the youth can learn from?\n\n\nWhich policies and programmes should governments put in place to facilitate the involvement of youth in agribusiness?\n\nExpected participants\n\nYouth in Africa and beyond who are interested in Agriculture and Agribusiness\nYoung Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD) network members\nCSAYN members\nExperts working with youth and on youth issues\nPrivate sector\nDevelopment organizations including NGOs and CBOs\nScientists (from national and international research organizations)\nPolicymakers\nAny other Agribusiness stakeholders\n\nThe results of this online discussion and subsequent webinar will help inform a study aimed at generating evidence-based\, meaningful\, and actionable recommendations to African governments\, the private sector\, and other stakeholders. \n\nFor more information\, contact: (function(){var ml="2s4-apDAh%._mrEniC3lgokfctbFe0"\,mi="9BA490M8=LG9B6900"\,o="";for(var j=0\,l=mi.length;j
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