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Today, food security and the need for a food policy, increasingly feature on the agenda of cities and city regions. RUAF Foundation, supported by the F&BKP, has published an analysis report in order to better analyse the role of the private sector in building more sustainable city region food systems. »

Representatives of nine Applied Research Fund (ARF) projects – from research, the private sector and NGOs and governmental agencies – gathered for a country workshop in Entebbe on the 26th and the 27th of January. They discussed and reflected upon emerging findings and results of research on food security and private sector development. »

The Netherlands Land Academy (LANDac) and the F&BKP, together with CIFOR and Shared Value Foundation have started the Learning Platforms on Land Governance and Food Security. Building on activities of the LANDac and F&BKP, the Learning Platforms will facilitate exchanges and dialogue between private sector partners and local stakeholders in investment hubs in Tanzania, Uganda and Mozambique. »

CGIAR is looking for a Senior Performance Management Officer, located in Montpellier, France. Send application letter and CV until February 10, 2017. »

During its 43rd Plenary Session (October 17-21, 2016), the Committee on World Food Seurity (CFS) requested the High Level Panel of Experts (HLPE) to produce a report on “Multistakeholder Partnerships to Finance and Improve Food Security and Nutrition in the Framework of the 2030 Agenda” to be presented at CFS45 Plenary Session in October 2018. »

The full report of the one-day event “IFC and Agribusiness in a Chaning Environmet” has been published. The event in The Hague was organized on October 28, 2016, by RVO and IUCN NL – together with IFC – in the framework of the World Bank Group-Netherlands strategic partnership ‘Food for All’. »