Apr
20
2016
Past Events 
Jun
14
2016
GACSA ANNUAL FORUM, “CLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTURE IN ACTION.”
On behalf of the Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture (GACSA) it is our pleasure to announce the GACSA Annual Forum, “Climate-Smart Agriculture in Action.” Registration for the event is now open at https://goo.gl/a2TsSY The agenda is available at http://goo.gl/RsYLi0 If you have any problems with these links, please contact the GACSA Facilitation Unit GACSA-Facilitation-Unit@fao.org Please… Read more »
Mar
16
2016
BRIEFING: THE GLOBAL PANEL’S FORESIGHT PROJECT ON FUTURE DIETS
The APPG on Agriculture & Food for Development and the Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition will host a reception at the House of Lords to launch the Global Panel’s forthcoming Foresight report on future diets, which will be launched in summer 2016. Agriculture for Impact’s Gordon Conway will be among Agriculture for Impact’s… Read more »
Jan
14
2016
GLOBAL FORUM FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE (GFFA) 2016
The Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) is an international conference that focuses on central questions concerning the future of the global agri-food industry. It gives representatives from the worlds of politics, business, science and civil society an opportunity to share ideas and enhance understanding on a selected topic of current agricultural policy. The… Read more »
Jan
19
2015
THE SCHRÖDINGER LECTURE: CAN WE FEED THE WORLD SUSTAINABLY?
Professor Sir Gordon Conway presented the 28th annual Schrödinger lecture on 19th Jan 2016, from 17.30-18.30. Every individual across the globe should have the right and ability to access adequate, safe, and nutritional food at all times. But achieving worldwide food security is not going to be easy. We face growing populations, changing diets, lack of good… Read more »
Feb
2
2016
AID & INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FORUM AFRICA SUMMIT 2016
Improving aid delivery and development strategy in East Africa More than 250 senior representatives and advisors from regional governments, UN agencies, international and regional NGOs, CBOs, investors and donors, research institutes and the private sector are going to meet in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for the Aid & Development Africa Summit 2016. You are invited… Read more »
Dec
7
2015
CHATHAM HOUSE EVENT, A SUSTAINABLE FOOD FUTURE: PRODUCTION, SUPPLY AND CONSUMPTION
Montpellier Panel members Gordon Conway and Joachim von Braun will be among speakers at the Chatham House event A Sustainable Food Future: Production, Supply and Consumption, 7 Dec 2015 – 09:30 to 8 Dec 2015 – 13:30 Following the United Nations Summit to adopt the post-2015 development agenda in September 2015, the implications of the agreed goals… Read more »
Oct
22
2015
BREVAN HOWARD SYMPOSIUM: MODEL RISK MANAGEMENT AND OPTIMUM SECURITIES DESIGN, BUSINESS FINANCE FOR GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY
Hosted by the Centre for Environmental Policy and the Brevan Howard Centre for Financial Analysis 22nd October, 5pm Clore LT (TBC) Professor Sir Gordon Conway will be participating in a One by one discussion (moderator: Enrico Biffis, Associate Professor, IC Business School) Globally, 800 million people experience hunger whilst two billion are considered to be poorly nourished…. Read more »
Sep
25
2015
THE FARMS OF CHANGE: AFRICAN SMALLHOLDERS RESPONDING TO AN UNCERTAIN CLIMATE FUTURE: LAUNCH EVENT, 25TH SEPTEMBER, 11.30AM
The whole world will be affected by climate change, but one of the greatest threats it poses is to the food and nutrition security of African farm households. Rising temperatures and erratic rainfall patterns will make it harder to produce enough food on ever scarcer agricultural land and water. Yet, agriculture is both a victim… Read more »
Oct
1
2015
WALKING THE TALK ON YOUTH AND WOMEN: AGRF 2015
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 »
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