Food & Business Knowledge Platform - F&BKP

01/12/2020

Final chance to register for Food & Business Research final conference! Join to learn & discuss about politics, , markets, , local foods, agribusiness ethics, , research for impact & more!

Register via: https://nwofoodbusinessconference.nl

NL Global Issues

30/11/2020

| Conference parallel sessions start at 13:30: focusing on Prospects & challenges
1. in NL and agro-industrial system context
2. in international development context
Conference organizers Wageningen University & Research, University of Groningen, Rathenau Instituut ,Solynta, Netherlands Food Partnership - NFP
https://www.nlfoodpartnership.com/events/international-conference-potato-futures-impact-of-hybrid-varieties/
NL Global Issues Ministerie van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit Oxfam Novib Solidaridad Network Bejo Zaden East-West Seed Plantum

30/11/2020

| Today 30 Nov at 10:00 Jim Lorenzen Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation opens the online international conference “Potato futures: impact of hybrid varieties”, organized by Wageningen University & Research, University of Groningen, Rathenau Instituut, Solynta and Netherlands Food Partnership - NFP
More information: https://www.nlfoodpartnership.com/events/international-conference-potato-futures-impact-of-hybrid-varieties/

NL Global Issues Ministerie van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation Plantum Bejo Nederland HZPC Potatoes East-West Seed

26/11/2020

Final research findings of the NWO-WOTRO Applied Research Fund project show that rainwater harvesting form roads enhances production of indigenous forage grasses, that are suitable to address the challenge of land degradation that is contributing significantly to scarcity of forage resources for grazing herbivores.
https://knowledge4food.net/arf-3-final-factsheet-rofip-project-kenya/

NL Global Issues Embassy of the Netherlands in Kenya

25/11/2020

| You can still register for the NWO-WOTRO online Food & Business Research final conference on 9 & 10 December " Insights for "
Online registration until 1 December: https://www.nwofoodbusinessconference.nl/

24/11/2020

Now online in the ViceVersa series “Africa 2030 Food & Work”: an article on how digitalisation of agriculture promises to bring big changes to the lives of African farmers: https://hetnieuwe.viceversaonline.nl/2020/11/13/digital-farming-a-golden-opportunity-or-the-end-of-the-independent-farmer/ |
See also the Netherlands Food Partnership - NFP, NL Global Issues, 2Scale Community of Practice on and Digital solutions at https://www.nlfoodpartnership.com/knowledge-expertise/covid19/covid-19-cop-digital-solutions/

19/11/2020

The “Dangerous Assumptions” podcast Episode 2 by NWO-WOTRO challenges the assumption that inclusion of smallholders in value chains and markets is a must for improving their food & nutrition security: discussed by various stakeholders in Kenya.
Available in multiple apps: https://anchor.fm/andyjclark/episodes/Dangerous-Assumptions-1-More-Income--More-Food-and-Nutrition-Security-ek2ihl
NL Global Issues Embassy of the Netherlands in Kenya

More money means better Food and Nutrition Security for smallholder farmers, right? It seems like a fair assumption – but is this actually a dangerous assumption? Dangerous Assumptions is the new new podcast series from WOTRO, the Science for Global Development division of the Dutch Research Counc...

17/11/2020

| Register now for one or both sessions on 3 December of the panel on "Agricultural Tertiary and Vocational Education and Training ( ) in Africa: integration within the broader Agricultural Knowledge & Innovation System" More information on the programme & speakers, and link to online registration: https://knowledge4food.net/africa-knows-conference-panel-47-on-atvet-in-africa/
Nuffic RUFORUM Network Wageningen University & Research African Studies Centre

11/11/2020

| Register now for the online international conference "Potato futures: impact of hybrid varieties" on 30 November to discuss: the current situation of breeding as an innovation; and the social context & trends for the future
More info: https://www.nlfoodpartnership.com/events/international-conference-potato-futures-impact-of-hybrid-varieties/
Organized by Wageningen University & Research, Rathenau Instituut, University of Groningen, Solynta & Netherlands Food Partnership - NFP

11/11/2020

| In preparation of Panel 47 "Agricultural Tertiary and Vocational Education and Training in Africa” the organizing team welcomes all input on the draft report by Richard Hawkins ICRA - building trust
Direct link to the draf report:
https://knowledge4food.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/201106_report-ATVETreview_draft.pdf
More information on Panel 47 and its two sessions: https://knowledge4food.net/africa-knows-conference-panel-47-on-atvet-in-africa/
Nuffic RUFORUM Network Wageningen University & Research African Studies Centre

10/11/2020

| On 9 & 10 December the NWO-WOTRO conference treats 13 Food & Nutrition Security related themes in three rounds of parallel sessions to bring together project insights and outcomes, in order to strengthen research uptake and facilitate critical reflection & learning https://www.nwofoodbusinessconference.nl/page/746955