On 29 January 2020, we were delighted to host Pete Smith, Professor of Soils and Global Change at the University of Aberdeen and a co-investigator on GCRF-AFRICAP in a seminar hosted jointly with the Global Food and Environment Institute. As one of the convening lead authors on the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and …
On 21 October 2019, we were delighted to welcome Dr Pedi Obani, Research Fellow in the United Nations University – Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA), to the University of Leeds to lead a seminar/webinar hosted jointly with the Leeds University Centre for African Studies. Using a case study focused on Nigeria’s Benin City, …
Adoption and adaption of new agricultural innovations is key to improve the productivity and sustainability of farming, in addition to supporting farmers in adapting to the many challenges associated with climate change. In Tanzania, model village approaches are currently being applied to roll out climate-smart agriculture (CSA), an approach that unites the agendas of climate …
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 to convene the scenarios workshop on the 12th November 2018 Burgers Park Hotel in Pretoria, South Africa. The scenarios follows the in-country launch of the …
The Civil Society Agriculture Network (CISANET) in partnership with the Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN), the University of Leeds, Chatham House and the UK Met Office will convene a Scenarios Workshop on the 15th November 2018 in Lilongwe, Malawi. The Scenarios Workshop follows the in-country launch of the Agricultural and Food …