Rethinking Global Food Security

07th March 2016
by secretary

Paepard

Abu Dhabi Third annual Global Forum for Innovations in Agriculture (GFIA) agrinatura

16 – 17 February 2016. Abu Dhabi. Third annual Global Forum for Innovations in Agriculture (GFIA). GFIA was aimed at harnessing global efforts to provide enough safe, nutritious food to an expanding population, and featured more than 300 next-generation agricultural solutions that could shape the future of sustainable farming around the world.

Extract of the programme:

Collaboration between scientists and growers for Integrated Pest Management. Innovation: By growers, for growers . Presenter: Tom Mason, Managing Director, Dudutech, Kenya
How can we deploy high tech agriculture in Africa? Chair: Sanjay Sethi, Group Managing Director, Paragon Agri, UK
Enabling smallholders to access wider and more profitable marketsInnovation: FarmForce. Presenter: Miodrag Mitic, Managing Director Farmforce, Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture, Switzerland
Mass production of sustainable protein from insectsInnovation: Entofood Protein. Presenter: Franck Ducharne, CEO, Entofood Sdn Bhd, Malaysia
The state of agribusiness incubation and opportunities in Africa Chair: Dr Alex Ariho, Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), Ghana
Upwardly mobile livestock farmers through SMSInnovation: M-FodderPresenter: Elvis Ouma, Founder, M-Fodder, Kenya
Modern greenhouse built with simple materialsInnovation: Smart mobile farmingPresenter: Taita Ngetich, Co-Founder, Illuminum Greenhouse, Kenya
The greenhouse that waters itself in the desertInnovation: Dew Collecting greenhouse Presenter: Bassel Jouni, Designer, Roots Up, Ethiopia

Source: PAEPARD FEED