The 2016 GREAT course focuses on Gender-Responsive Root, Tuber and Banana (RTB) Breeding. GREAT courses have a focus on sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and are offered to multi-disciplinary project teams and takes place in the week of September 12-21, 2016 and February 13-17, 2017. »
The Fertile Grounds Initiative (FGI) in collaboration with the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and the F&BKP is organizing a workshop on “Composting for Sustainable Agriculture: Facts, myths, potentials and business opportunities”, in Nairobi, Kenya. »
KIT, ICRA and Wageningen UR CDI, with support from GIZ, and the Dutch Food & Business Knowledge Platform organize, the 3-day seminar “Agricultural Innovation Systems: reality check” in Amsterdam. »
This evening will commence with the case “Future of Technology in Rural Agriculture” showing interesting projects and initiatives that are uplifting the lives of thousands of smallholder farmers, followed by ample time for discussion and the exchange of ideas and networking. »
The Tropentag is a development-oriented and interdisciplinary conference in Vienna. It addresses issues of resource management, environment, agriculture, forestry, fisheries, food, nutrition and related sciences in the context of rural development, sustainable resource use and poverty alleviation worldwide. »
The Technical Conference on “Rural transformation, agricultural and food system transition: Building the evidence base for policies that promote sustainable development, food and nutrition security and poverty reduction” will be held in the FAO Headquarters in Rome. »
The online bootcamp on inlcusive business model innovation and design will start on September 19, 2016 and takes four weeks. Business model innovation refers to the process of mapping and iterating how you… »
This FNS Forum online consultation is part of a wider discussion to help elaborate the Work Programme for the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition. FAO invites appropriate stakeholders all over the world to engage and be connected in a meaningful way. »