UPCOMING EVENTS IN AGRICULTURE RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT (AR4D) – MAY – DECEMBER 2018

  • 09th May 2018
  • by secretary
Paepard
14-18 May 2018. Montpellier, France. PhenoHarmonIS workshop 2018 Agenda.
15-16 May, 2018. Nairobi, Kenya. Africa Climate Smart Agriculture Summit.
29-30 May, 2018. Paris, France. FoodNexus Visioning Summit
31 May -1 June 2018. Pretoria, South Africa. IAALD – AFRICA CONFERENCE
4-5 June 2018. London, United Kingdom. African Farming’s Agro-Investment Summit
5-6 June 2018. New York, USA. Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the SDGs (STI Forum)

5-6 June 2018. Brussels. European Development Days 2018

Tuesday, June 5, 2018. 09:30 to 10:15 The Minimum Dietary Diversity for Women (MDDW) in Reproductive Age indicator
Tuesday, June 5, 2018. 14:00 to 15:15 The Land Rights Now campaign for secure indigenous and community lands and how to ensure equal land rights for women.Tuesday, June 5, 2018. 16:15 to 17:30 Hidden hunger: Produce more or empower more? Why gender matters
Tuesday, June 5, 2018. 18:00 to 19:15 Going Digital: Sustainable development in agriculture for women
Tuesday, June 5, 2018.18:00 to 19:30 EU-Africa Business Forum (EABF) Follow-up dialogue 2018: Women in Business: the African perspective
Tuesday, June 5, 2018. 18:00 to 19:15 Women’s leadership in African farmers’ and rural producers’ organizations
Wednesday, June 6, 2018. 09:00 to 10:15 Rural women in decision-making and enterpreneurship: forest and farm producer organisations and cooperatives have solutions
Wednesday, June 6, 2018. 09:00 to 10:15 Women’s empowerment in pastoralist societies
Wednesday, June 6, 2018. 09:00 to 10:15 Women entrepreneurs – spearheading implementation of Agenda 2030
Wednesday, June 6, 2018. 10:45 to 12:00 Ensuring Women Participation and Empowerment for Water and Development
Wednesday, June 6, 2018. 13:00 to 14:15 Promoting gender transformative approaches in rural development
Wednesday, June 6, 2018.14:30 to 16:00 Leading the change: Empowering women and girls for a thriving rural economy
Wednesday, June 6, 2018. 14:45 to 16:00 Trade and women’s economic empowerment
Wednesday, June 6, 2018. 14:45 to 16:00 Innovation & Sustainable agriculture – tools to bridge the gender gap

Thursday, June 7, 2018. – Side event The EC together with ECOWAS and WAEMU is organising the High level conference on job creation, growth and competitiveness in West Africa on 07/06/2018 in Brussels. Focusing on 3 areas – MSMEs, agribusiness and digitalization – the conference will bring together high-level policy makers from the EU and West Africa, financial institutions and the private sector.

11-12 June 2018. Stockholm, Sweden. EAT Stockholm Food Forum 2018
13-14 June 2018. Berlin. Young and ready to move – empowering the new generation in the rural space. Annual General Assembly of the Donor Platform for Rural Development.
14-15 June 2018. Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Research; Innovation for Food and Nutrition Security – Transforming our food systems. Second FOOD2030 High Level event. The Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of EU is organising a Flagship Conference dedicated to Research and Innovation (Research and Innovation) as a driver of sustainable food systems transformation. This will be the second FOOD2030 High Level event.

18-19 June 2018. Brussels. FACCE – JPI BELMONT FORUM JOINT ACTION Scoping meeting.
18-21 June 2018. Cape Town, South Africa. Adaptation Futures 2018
Adaptation Futures is the world’s premier conference on climate change adaptation. We invite you to join over 1000 scientists, practitioners, business leaders and policymakers from around the world to connect, learn and inspire. Adaptation Futures 2018 aims to facilitate dialogues for solutions between key actors from diverse perspectives and regions.
18-22 June 2018. CNR – National Research Council -Institute of Sciences of Food Production (ISPA) – Bari, Italy. 18th International Fusarium Laboratory Workshop.
19-20 June 2018. London, United Kingdom. Africa’s Premier Green Bond Summit 2018
19-22 June 2018. Mauritius.  Africa Energy Forum 2018. The Annual Meeting Place for Africa’s Power Sector
24-27 June 2018. Mombassa, Kenya. 2nd African Symposium on Mycotoxicology
27 June 2018. Brussels, Belgium. Smart AKIS Final Conference: “The future of Agriculture in Europe: Smart Farming leads the way”
3 – 5 July 2018. Stuttgart, Germany. 5th International ISEKI Food Conference
20-24 August 2018. Nairobi, Kenya. 14th Edition of the African Dairy Conference
30 – 31 August 2018. Auditorium Fiers-Shell-Van Montagu VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology Gent-Zwijnaarde, Belgium. IPBO conference 2018: “Scientific innovation for a sustainable development of African agriculture”.
4 September 2018: AFAAS Webinar Series Scaling up proven technologies and practices of postharvest management in Africa @ 12:00-14:00 GMT
5 – 6 September 2018. University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany. Congress FOOD2030 Towards Sustainable Food Systems
17-19 September 2018. Gent, Belgium. Tropen Tag Ghent 2018. Annual interdisciplinary conference on Research in tropical and subtropical agriculture, Natural Resource Management and Rural Development. Conference theme: Global food security and food safety: The role of universities
24-26 September 2018. Cape Town, South Africa. Africa Fertilizer Agribusiness Conference.
25-26 September 2018. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. CGIAR Gender Annual Scientific Conference
September/October 2018. Final Date & Venue Yet to be announced: Fall Army Worm Tech Price Award Event. Organized by the US Government Feed the Future and the Challenge Prize Centre
1-2 October 2018. Maritim Hotel, Cologne (Germany): Revolution in Food and Biomass Production; High-tech strategy for a sustainable biomass supply
3-4 October 2018. University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana. WACCI International Conference on Food and Nutrition Security in Africa.
4-7 October 2018. Jahorina, Bosnia and Herzegovina. AGROSYM 2018.
7-11 October 2018 in Berlin, Germany. IWCSPP 2018 – 12th International Working Conference for Stored Product Protection.
9-12 October 2018. Johannesburg, South Africa. Second African Congress on Conservation Agriculture
10-12 October 2018.Stellenbosch, South Africa. Science Forum 2018 (SF18)
24-25 October 2018. Accra, Ghana. 2018 GLOBELICS International Conference.
7 – 9 November 2018.  Esterhazy Palace, Eisenstadt, Austria. 6th International Conference on Organic Agriculture Sciences (ICOAS);
22-23 November 2018. Salvador, Bahia/Brazil. 6th Brazil Africa Forum. Youth Empowerment: Transformation to Achieve Sustainable Transformation
30 November-4 December 2018: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. APIMONDIA SYMPOSIUM 2018; Role of Bees in Food Production

10-12 December. Center of Congress Rennes, France. DIVERSIFOOD Final Congress ‘Cultivating Diversity and Food Quality’


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