22 au 24 février 2016. Dakar, Sénégal. Le Groupe Interacadémique pour le Développement – GID a organisé le premier forum euro-subsaharien GID-FastDev – Forum Africain des Sciences
Month: February 2016
A strategic approach to EU agricultural research & innovation
24 February 2016. Blogpost of by Sarah Cummings on Cap4dev. The strategy was published for discussion as a draft document to coincide with the Conference on
Call for Proposals: Sustainable Inclusive Value Chains and Food Fortification
25 February 2016. Brussels. EU public information session on the launch of two calls for proposals with a combined value of €57 million with the
The Citrus Innovation Platform of Ghana
19 February 2016. Kade (120 Km from Accra, Ghana) Eastern Region citrus producers. Since 2014, the Sub Saharan Challenge Programme (SSA CP, managed by FARA) has supported
Symposium on Climate Change Adaptation in Africa
21 – 23 February 2016. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Symposium on Climate Change Adaptation in Africa. This symposium was organised by Manchester Metropolitan University (UK), Addis Ababa University, the
Guide to the Use of Digital Finance in Agriculture
Guide to the Use ofDigital Financial Servicesin AgricultureLead Author Christine Martin, Senior Digital Finance Advisor, USAID Co-Authors Nandini Harihareswara (USAID), Elizabeth Diebold (USAID), Harsha Kodali
The Cyumba Wheat Innovation platform in Rwanda
Threshing wheat using the traditional method of beating with stick to remove the grains 17 February 2016. An Innovation Platform (IP) established in 2015 in
The power of online communities
22 February 2016. The power of online communities . Communities of practice can strengthen smallholder farmers’ ability to influence policy and improve their farming practices The latest
Community seed banks
19 February 2016. Community Seed Banks: Origins, Evolution and Prospects is the latest book in the ‘Issues in Agricultural Biodiversity’ series to be made available to download
Action against widespread mycotoxin contamination
17 February 2016. Lyon, France. A Working Group of world-leading experts convened by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) with support from the Bill