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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. »

NWO-WOTRO has launched the fourth call for proposals for the Food & Business Global Challenges Programme on Scaling Climate Smart Agriculture. GCP aims to generate research-based advanced understanding of 1) emerging key issues in food security and their impact on regional and local food security and 2) the role of private sector development. »

Currently there are four job openings for Senior Agriculture Economists at the World Bank Group, in Mali, Chad, Guinea and Sierra Leone.  Deadline to submit your application is January 24, 2017. Four positions for Senior Agriculture Economists are available at the World Bank’s Global Food and Agriculture Practice (GFADR): in Mali, Chad, Guinea and Sierra »

The last 2016 newsletter of the Food & Business Knowledge Platform (F&BKP) is filled with seven F&BKP related products such as studies, reports of seminars, Knowledge Portal items, and upcoming events. You can also follow the Platform on Twitter and Facebook to always stay updated on relevant Food and Nutrition Security related news. The Platform Office team wishes all our readers happy holidays »

Representatives from research, the private sector, NGOs and governmental agencies from ARF and GCP research projects as well as interested experts all gathered recently in Ghana from 12 to 15 December, 2016. Ghanaian experts in the field of food security were also present. »