An online summit to discuss scaling up innovations to enhance growth, efficiency, productivity and sustainability of food systems and value chains in Africa.
Date: Thursday, 28 January 2021
Time: 19:00-23:00 (UTC+8)
The half-day summit brought together experts from business and investment, government, academia and multilateral institutions to discuss the future of sustainable and productive food systems in Africa.
A virtual forum exploring leading innovations in the wider food systems agenda.
Date: Tuesday, 2 March 2021
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In this event hosted by USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service and Purdue University’s Office of International Programs in Agriculture, multi-disciplinary experts came together to discuss innovative solutions for growth and investment opportunities in agriculture food systems.
The current food system is responsible for producing one-fifth of total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, losing approximately one-third of edible food in production, inabilities access to healthy and fresh food sources and are causing one-third of the world's land degradation. Furthermore, an estimate of two billion people worldwide suffers from hidden hunger or micronutrient deficiencies that are often caused by not eating a diverse diet including animal source food like fish and meat.
The FAO Intergovernmental Technical Working Group on Aquatic Genetic Resources (ITWG-AqGR), a subsidiary body of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (Commission) held a virtual workshop titled “Development of a Global Information System for Aquatic Genetic Resources”.
Date: Monday-Friday, 8-12 June 2020
Time: 14:00 – 15:30 (UTC+8)
There will be a Food For Thought seminar on 26 February 2019 (Tuesday), from 01:15 PM to 02:00 PM (GMT +8 hours) at the Auditorium, WorldFish HQ. The presentation will be given by Dr. Marc Verdegem on ‘Do we feed ponds wisely?’. The session will also be streamed live via Skype for Business for audiences participating remotely at the following hyperlink: https://bit.ly/2BQfIrk
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The Nature Conservation and Protected Areas conference is the key opportunity to set a Pacific based and initiated agenda for Pacific conservation for the next four-seven years.
Date: Tuesday-Friday, 24-27 November 2020
Malnutrition in all its forms continues to be one of the greatest challenges faced by our generation. While undernutrition persists in some countries, we are witnessing an unprecedented rise in obesity and diet-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Once considered a problem of high-income countries, obesity and overweight are now also on the rise in low- and middle-income countries.
An online international summit to launch a comprehensive Adaptation Action Agenda against climate change.
Date: Monday-Tuesday, 25-26 January 2021
Time: All day
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