PAEPARD blog posts related to ARD activities in August 2018.

04th September 2018
by secretary

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Please find hereunder the blog posts related to ARD activities in August 2018.

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1. India-Morocco Food Legumes Innitiatve and Innovation + PAEPARD video

31 August 2018. Interview with Dr. Udupa, Sripada. International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA) Rabat / Morroco

2. Engager la PME dans le développement agricole au Burkina Faso + PAEPARD video

31 August 2018. Interview with Dr. Bruno Tinland of SEMAFORT

3. Scientific innovation for a sustainable development of African agriculture

30 – 31 August 2018.Gent-Zwijnaarde, Belgium. IPBO conference 2018. The aim of the conference was to unite several stakeholders (breeders, policymakers and researchers) from Ghent/Belgium/Europe with African partners to discuss about their research and obtained results and to encourage future collaborations.

4. Towards Zero Hunger: Partnerships for Impact

30-31 August 2018.Wageningen. The Netherlands. The conference brought together key stakeholders to discuss their views and contributions for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

5. The food systems approach (FSA): sustainable solutions for a sufficient supply of healthy food new resource ***

30 August 2018. Wageningen Economic Research Report. An FSA analyses the relationships between the different parts of the food system and the outcomes of activities within the system in socio-economic and environmental/climate terms.

6. Book of abstracts for the final AflaNet conference new resource ***+ PAEPARD support

30 August 2018. Book of abstracts for the final AflaNet conference (August 2018, 76 pages)

7. Global Landscapes Forum + video

29-30 August 2018.Nairobi, Kenya.

8. Technologies and techniques for combating Fall Army Worm + video

29 August 2018. Webinar

9. South Africa cooling project to reduce harvest loss

29 August 2018. Dearman launches South Africa cooling project to reduce harvest loss

10. Highlight: African Initiative for Combating Desertification

28-30 August 2018. The African Initiative includes 7 countries in the Horn of Africa and 8 in the Sahel.

11. BIO Africa Convention 2018

27-29 August 2018. Durban (ICC), South Africa. Public Sector Efforts in Developing Plant Biotech for Africa

12. UPCOMING EVENTS IN AGRICULTURE RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT

13. World Water Week 2018 + video

26-31 August 2018.Stockholm, Sweden. With climate change, increased water variability and stressed ecosystems, we need new approaches to development and planning so that we can build more resilient and resourceful societies.

14. Metropolis Annual Meeting 2018

26-29 August 2018.Gauteng, South Africa. Including the Report on the State of African Cities 2018 – The Geography of African Investment

15. Le défi de faire découvrir la culture gastronomique africaine + PAEPARD video

Interview with Dr. Lamine Senghor Business Development and Technology Transfer Specialist, at International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Senegal. Including: 7 juillet 2018. La gastronomie africaine fait son festival

16. What is the business opportunity of modern food technologies +PAEPARD video

Interview with Dr. Adebowale Akande Agribusiness specialist at International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Nigeria.

17. How to generate the demand for African traditional food + PAEPARD video

Interview with Dr. Habiba Hassan-Wassef, MD, Research Adviser, National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt

18. The use of modern technology to promote indigenous vegetables + PAEPARD video

Interview with Interview with Dr. Yemisi Jeff-Agboola (Ph.D)

Department of Biological Sciences, University of Medical Sciences (UNIMED),Ondo City, Ondo State, Nigeria

19. 14th Edition of the African Dairy Conference + video

22-24 August 2018. Nairobi, Kenya. This event held annually is an opportunity for players within and outside the dairy sector to showcase their products to consumers and other decision makers, create new markets, orient the consumers to their new innovative products, meet and share knowledge with other players.

20. Unlocking the potential for agricultural development

22 August 2018. IFPRI report. This study considers both regional and individual country case studies while focusing on themes that impact agricultural and economic production, like food and water security, employment, and poverty reduction in the Middle East and North Africa.

21. Food Safety training of the Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance

16-25 August 2018. Accra, Ghana. Lead Instructor training (LI) on Food Safety. The PAEPARD consortium PROJET SOJA AFITIN MILK (ProSAM) of Benin participated in this meeting

22. Making the Most of Your H2020 Project

The European Commission and the IPR Helpdesk have published a new brochure on communication, dissemination and exploitation of Horizon 2020 projects.

23. Youth in Agriculture + video

20-21 August 2018. Kigali, Rwanda. Youth in Agriculture as a Solid Solution to ending Hunger and Poverty in Africa

24. Veterinarians and traditional animal health care new resource ***

19 August 2018. In their encyclopedia Plants Used in Animal Care, Anthra has compiled an impressive list of plants used for veterinary purposes and fodder.

25. Obituary Kofi Annan 1938 – 2018

18 August 2018.

26. Hawassa International Nutrition and Food Industries Conference + video

15 to 18 August 2018. Hawassa, Ethiopia. Conference hosted by the Academic Center of Excellence for Human Nutrition, Hawassa University.

27. Smart Farming Tech Symposium

15-17 August 2018. Centurion, South Africa. ‘Innovation and Tech use for better agriculture’

28. Fighting food waste in Africa with biofuel-run Sparky Dryer + video

14 August 2018. Kitgum, Uganda. The student trying to solve the food waste crisis.

29. Bottling Mali’s wild plants for nutritious drinks

In 2016, Aïssata Diakité launched Zabbaan Holding – a company that makes juices from plants grown locally in central Mali by over 5,000 farmers.

30. Endogenous livestock development

11 August 2018. Community Protocols-Guidelines – finalized and online available

31. USAID Investments in Developing Country Agriculture and food security

8 August 2018. Webinar. BIFAD Public Meeting

32. Using soy recipes to earn money

6 August 2018. The Tasty! Mozambique Project has just released a new training video for Soybean Innovation Lab (SIL) partners and extension agents to use to promote the women-led enterprise.

33. African universities urged to focus on farming technology

5 – 7 August 2018.Washington Over 1,600 participants attended the 2018 Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting

34. The Syrian Seed Bank that Keeps Operating through …

2 August 2018. Arte documentary Posted on YouTube. Seeds of War

35. Climate change and African National Meteorological and Hydrological Services

31 July 2018. Future Climate for Africa Webinar.

36. Pan African Conference for the African Youth in Livestock, Fisheries and Aquaculture Inculbators Network + video

25 to 27 July 2018. Cairo, Arab Republic of Egypt. The African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources organized this Pan African Conference.

Total number of page views in the month of August 2018: 23,653

Most viewed pages on PAEPARD blog over the past month:

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UPCOMING EVENTS IN AGRICULTURE RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT (AR4D) – SEPTEMBER – DECEMBER 2018	795
Youth in Agriculture as a Solid Solution to ending Hunger and Poverty in Africa	754

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PAEPARD blog posts related to ARD activities in August 2018.

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