26 October 2016. Nairobi. Experts speaking on at a meeting convened to assess gains of the YieldWise initiative by Rockefeller, said that Africa’s food import bill may
Month: October 2016
How Farmers in Africa are Restoring Degraded Lands & Enhancing Resilience
27 October 2016. Washington. Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration is a low-cost, sustainable land regeneration system that can be used to rapidly and efficiently return degraded
Committee on World Food Security (CFS)
17 – 21 October 2016. Rome. With approximately 1,200 participants, CFS 43 convened at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN.
The sustainable retail summit
27-28 October 2016. Paris, France. The Consumer Goods Forum. THE SUSTAINABLE RETAIL SUMMIT. The topics addressed included Food Waste, Forced Labour and Health and Wellness. Internationally renowned
Improving Public Health through Mycotoxin Control
Improving Public Health through Mycotoxin ControlIARC Scientific Publication No. 158Edited by Pitt JI, Wild CP, Baan RA, Gelderblom WCA, Miller JD, Riley RT, Wu FInternational
Integrating video mediated learning in higher education in Africa
20 – 21 October 2016. Cape Town. Side event of Access Agriculture at the RUFORUM conference. Recent research shows that 20% of the about 100,000 visitors to
PAEPARD side events @ RUFORUM Biennial Conference
14-16 October 2016. Several pre-conference events were held @ the RUFORUM Biennial Conference. PAEPARD organised: A training workshop Processes and Practices in multi-stakeholder partnerships in
The Impacts of Private Standards on Producers in Developing Countries
The Impacts of Private Standards on Global Value Chains: Literature review series on the impacts of private standards – Part I While standards play an
The enhanced engagement of University actors with the private sector
18 October 2016. The RUFORUM Annual General Meeting (AGM) noted that RUFORUM is now a continental organisation with the inclusion of the first North African member university –
5th African Higher Education Week and RUFORUM Biennial Conference
17 – 21 October, 2016. Cape Town, South Africa. With the conference themed “Linking Agricultural Universities with Civil Society, Private Sector, the Governments and other