Gordon Conway will be participating in the 2015 African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF), scheduled to take place in Lusaka, Zambia between 29th September and 2nd October 2015. This year’s AGRF is themed: “Walking the Talk on Youth and Women: Bringing Inclusive Agricultural Markets to Life.” This is both timely and apt, as the continent seeks to make the… Read more »
Events
CFS SIDE EVENT: CLIMATE CHANGE, FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION: CULTIVATING SUSTAINABLE DIETS AND FOOD SYSTEMS
Agriculture for Impact will be co-hosting a side event with the Global Panel and FANRPAN at the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) event in October. The side event will be held on Wednesday 14th October, 8:30-9:30am, in the Iraq Room. Refreshments will be served. Achieving food security and improved nutrition (undernutrition and obesity) for smallholder farmers… Read more »
GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY REPORT LAUNCH: HEALTHY FOOD FOR A HEALTHY WORLD LEVERAGING AGRICULTURE AND FOOD TO IMPROVE GLOBAL NUTRITION
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs’ new report, Healthy Food for a Healthy World: Leveraging Agriculture and Food to Improve Global Nutrition, followed by a discussion on how the global food system can be leveraged to improve nutrition. This event will define pathways between the food system and health and explore opportunities to incentivize collaboration… Read more »
SECOND LONDON POLICY NIGHT – 20TH MAY 2015, 6.30PM
Thanks to all of you who attended our 2nd London policy night last week. During the discussion, One Acre Fund shared how their work contributes to agricultural development and food security and what lessons and opportunities they offer the new UK Government to expand support in light of the passage of the 0.7% Aid Bill… Read more »
ONE WORLD – NO HUNGER: OUR RESPONSIBILITY
The Agriculture for Impact team will be attending the ONE WORLD – No Hunger event in Berlin on the 24th-25th of March. The BMZ aims to address the greatest challenge facing humankind and to contribute significantly to the eradication of hunger and malnutrition, a top priority shared by the post-2015 agenda and the German G7… Read more »
THIRD GLOBAL SOIL WEEK 2015: SOIL THE SUBSTANCE OF TRANSFORMATION.
The Agriculture for Impact team will be attending Global Soil Week in Berlin. This year’s Global Soil Week will highlight the importance of land and soil to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in this the UN designated International Year of Soils. The Global Soil Week 2015 will bring together politicians, scientists from different disciplines, practitioners from… Read more »
GORDON CONWAY SITS ON A HIGH-LEVEL PANEL ON GENDER, CLIMATE CHANGE AND AGRICULTURE
Gordon Conway sat on a panel at the Seminar and High-Level Panel on “Gender, Climate Change and Agriculture” in Paris, hosted by the CGIAR Research Programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), the International Social Science Council (ISSC) and Future Earth, the global research platform for environmental change research. The Panel is linked… Read more »
“WE ARE ALL IN THE SAME BOAT: FOOD PRODUCTION AND FOOD SECURITY UNDER THREAT BY CLIMATE CHANGE”
Gordon Conway gave a very well received speech “We are all in the same boat: food production and food security under threat by climate change”at the opening ceremony of the 3rd Global Science Conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture, held from March 16 to 18, 2015 in Montpellier. It is becoming increasingly obvious that human-induced climate change… Read more »
BEYOND INTENSIFICATION: MEASURING THE “SUSTAINABLE” IN SUSTAINABLE INTENSIFICATION
Gordon Conway is to take part in a session at the AAAS Conference in San Jose entitled ‘Beyond Intensification: Measuring the “Sustainable” in Sustainable Intensification’ Sustainable intensification (SI) provides a useful and widely adopted conceptual framework for achieving the necessary increases in farm productivity while also ensuring support for social and ecological resources. Unlike the… Read more »
GORDON CONWAY GIVES EVIDENCE FOR THE IDC INQUIRY ON JOBS AND LIVELIHOODS
On the 20th of January, Gordon Conway gave evidence for the International Development Committee inquiry on jobs and livelihoods. The inquiry is examining the main factors in increasing jobs and improving the livelihoods of those in the developing world in a sustainable and inclusive way. Gordon stated that agriculture is crucial to reducing poverty in rural… Read more »