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Integrating Africa’s smallholder farmers into global markets is seen as an effective way to create better jobs and reduce poverty. But what about the complex policy-context in which this potential is to be realized? »

On June 16, 2015 an expert discussion on the Coherence Monitor 2015 Let’s Walk the Talk Together (in Dutch) was held to inform Dutch Parliamentarians for further dialogue on coherence for development with the Dutch cabinet. This Monitor was offered to Minister Ploumen for Foreign Trade and Development by the Dutch NGOs’ umbrella organisation Partos, in »

Now that summer has truly started and before we enter the holiday season, the Food & Business Knowledge Platform has published its seventh newsletter with an update on the F&BKP activities of the last month.   In this July newsletter we present a new explorative report conducted within the Platform on how the Fruit and Vegetable Sector contributes to Food and Nutrition Security. We also inform you about the new Young Expert Programme that is focusing on »

The international conference No More Food to Waste – Global action to stop food losses and food waste – was held in The Hague, the Netherlands from June 16-19, 2015. It brought together global leaders from international agencies, businesses, investment groups, research institutions and civil society. During the symposium they could share their experiences and »

The Netherlands Water Partnership (NWP), in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, implements the successful YEP Water programme, offering young water professionals an opportunity to acquire professional experience abroad. The YEP Programme Bureau, in partnership with the Food & Business Knowledge Platform (F&BKP), has now announced the start of YEP Agrofood. It is a »

A working group convened by F&BKP on behalf of the Ministries of Economic Affairs and Foreign Affairs is presently exploring how a strategic partnership between the CGIAR and the Netherlands, both through its financial support and collaboration with Dutch knowledge providers, can be developed with the aim to significantly contribute to the sustainable development goals. »