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In the September newsletter the F&BKP Office presents the study, “’The impact of food standards on inclusive growth in agriculture: the case of Bangladesh”. The study was conducted by the BoP Innovation Center on behalf of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Bangladesh and the Food & Business Knowledge Platform (F&BKP). We also »

The Young Expert Programme Agrofood (YEP Agrofood) is now official; the Partnership Agreement has been signed!  Marcel Beukeboom – Head Food & Nutrition Security at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Netherlands -, Lennart Silvis – Managing Director of the Netherlands Water Platform (NWP) -, and Hedwig Bruggeman – Managing Director of AgriProFocus (on behalf »

The Food & Business Knowledge Platform (F&BKP), NWO-WOTRO Science for Global Development, the Platform for African European Partnership on Agricultural Research for Development (PAEPARD), AgriProFocus (APF) Uganda, and the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) are organizing a workshop for applied research projects in food security. The central theme is knowledge co-creation »

The Southeast Asia – Europe Pilot Joint Call for Mobility in the thematic areas of Food, Environment, or Health research is now open for proposals. Researchers can apply for funding for projects with at least 2 partners from both regions in the fields of Food (agricultural productivity, sustainability and standards, value chain), Environmental (climate change, »

The Netherlands Water Partnership (NWP) is looking for a project officer (fulltime) for the Young Expert Programme (YEP) Agrofood and Water, starting September 1, 2015. The YEP Water programme started in 2013, offering young water professionals an opportunity to acquire professional experience abroad. Just recently, YEP Agrofood was set up, in partnership with the Food »

The complex challenge of food and nutrition security for all requires structural and systemic change. The consultation facilitated by the Food & Business Knowledge Platform (F&BKP) in the summer of 2014 acknowledged the importance of a multifaceted and inclusive policy and the application of integrated approaches. The Broker and the Food & Business Knowledge Platform are »