Knowledge activity

The preliminary results of the report “How does the Fruit and Vegetable Sector contribute to Food and Nutrition Security?” by LEI-Wageningen UR (LEI-WUR) were discussed during a meeting in early March 2015, facilitated by the Food & Business Knowledge Platform and hosted by ‘TopSector’ Horticulture and Starting Materials. The participants were 15 experts from knowledge »

The 12th launch of the Global Nutrition Report took place in Rotterdam, the Netherlands this week during an action-oriented discussion event organized by the Netherlands Working Group on Nutrition (NWGN) in collaboration with the Food and Business Knowledge Platform and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and hosted by Unilever R&D. To ensure that the messages »

This workshop on inclusive business for SMEs will be run and funded jointly with the African Agribusiness Academy (AAA) and with the Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF) who have marketed it to their members. The workshop (no places available anymore) will be held in 2 blocks. The first block of 2,5 days will take place March »

The Netherlands Working Group on Nutrition, together with the Food & Business Knowledge Platform and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, organize an action-oriented discussion event on 10 March 2015, kindly hosted by Unilever Vlaardingen. The aim of the event is to make Dutch policy makers and practitioners aware of the findings of the Global Nutrition »

For three days in October 2014, a group of 20 staff from nine Dutch embassies travelled through Ethiopia for a learning event, reflected on Food & Nutrition Security (FNS) programmes in their countries. »

This interview was recorded at a Seas of Change workshop, early 2014, in Amsterdam. At this workshop, practitioners from companies, NGOs, development organizations, and research institutions discussed inclusive business strategies to productively engage smallholder farmers. And in particular how to scale up successful strategies. In the interview, CIAT’s Mark Lundy talks about trends in smallholder »