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Future applicability of effective “Drivers for Change” to reduce postharvest food losses
November 26, 2015News
Future applicability of effective “Drivers for Change” to reduce postharvest food losses
Theme: Food Wastage

The F&BKP Office has contracted the Food & Biobased Research institute of Wageningen University to conduct a study on “Drivers for Change” that focus on reducing postharvest food losses and improving food value chains. »

Youth employment and agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa
November 19, 2015Expert opinion
Youth employment and agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa
Theme: Youth in agrofood systems

This expert opinion written for the Knowledge Platform on Inclusive Development Policies, underlines that agriculture has an important role to play in tackling the youth unemployment challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa. »

How African entrepreneurs in agro and food create commercial and social impact
November 6, 2015Knowledge activity
How African entrepreneurs in agro and food create commercial and social impact
Theme: Inclusive Business

On October 27 the 2SCALE consortium organized the conference “Food for thought” Made in Africa, for Africa!” in The Hague, the Netherlands. The event focused on inclusive agribusiness and food security in Africa and highlighted successful African agribusiness. »

Potato losses, value chain efficiency and food security
November 5, 2015News
Potato losses, value chain efficiency and food security
Theme: Food Wastage

The Wicked World – Bee Collective session co-organized by the F&BKP and Postharvest Network on November 20, 2015 in Kenya, forms part of the Bee Collective Festival in which different wicked problems will be addressed on several locations all over the world. »

Investing sustainably in food security: The water-energy–food nexus
November 4, 2015Expert opinion
Investing sustainably in food security: The water-energy–food nexus

This FAO article focuses on the role of the water-food-energy nexus approach in designing and implementing sustainable investments. It is part of a series of articles earlier published by The Broker, think net on globalization and development. »

Ninth F&BKP Newsletter
October 23, 2015News
Ninth F&BKP Newsletter

In its October newsletter the F&BKP Office presents various knowledge products recently developed within the Food & Business Knowledge Platform (F&BKP). These include the complete report of the CGIAR Public-Private Sector Event on agricultural research partnerships, a brochure on valorization of agricultural knowledge in international Public-Private Partnerships, and a news item about the successful Food & Business »