Lauren Phillips The Food, Agriculture Policy Analysis Network and the University of Leeds are pleased to invite you to a GCRF-AFRICAP knowledge-sharing seminar / webinar: Methodological Approaches in the Agricultural and Food-system Resilience: Increasing Capacity and Advising Policy Programme Date: 30 January 2018 | Time: 1:00PM GMT | Duration: 90 MIN For in person participation: University of Leeds …
Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) unites the agendas of climate change, development and agriculture and denotes a set of agricultural practices that simultaneously increase agricultural productivity, climate mitigation and adaptation strategies. Future climate challenges mean that agricultural transformation is globally urgent (Meinke et al., 2009) and agricultural extension is a key contribution to enhancing agricultural production, poverty …
I joined the AFRICAP project in April as a crop modeller. When I was given the opportunity to go to the Participatory Scenario Workshops (or PSWs) I was thrilled as I’d never been anywhere in Africa before. To briefly introduce the PSWs for the uninitiated: stakeholders describe plausible scenarios of the food system in their …
A global food security conference attracting more than 1,200 people from 65 countries saw N8 AgriFood showcase its expertise after the programme was invited to host its own supporting event for this year’s Borlaug Dialogue. The Norman E. Borlaug International Symposium, known informally as the Borlaug Dialogue, was held in Iowa, in the United States, …
12 November 2018 The National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC) in partnership with the Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN), the University of Leeds, Chatham House and the UK Met Office under the auspices of of the GCRF funded Agricultural and Food Systems Resilience Programme (GCRF-AFRICAP) convened the Scenarios Workshop on the 12th of …