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Food security - ArchivesInternational conference organised by the Shool of Agriculture and Agriculture Technology, in Federal University of Technology (FUTO) Owerri, Imo State (Nigeria), to bring together stakeholders on agriculture and development. Date: April 19-24, 2009 Strategic Research, 2009 - Health, Food and Welfare The Danish Council for Strategic Research has recently issued a call for Phase 1 applications for funding of research activities within: - Connection between food, health, lifestyle and drug resistance Application deadline: April 28, 2009. For more information, please follow this link. Food, Nutrition and Gender: Lessons learned and recommendations for future action The seminar is organised by the Evaluation Department and the Technical Advisory Services in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs together with the three research networks (ENRECA Health, DDRN and the Danish Water Forum) and will provide an opportunity to discuss interventions and policies to combat causes of malnutrition and make suggestions for future policy changes. Date: April 28, 2009 - 8:45-15:30 This Conference will focus on clearly bringing out attributes of Organic Agriculture as a science relevant to food security, poverty alleviation and natural resources conservation in Africa. The workshop on May 22, 2009, is specifically addressed to bringing recent report results on food security and organic farming into focus and future development, and this workshop is supported by DDRN. Date: May 18-22, 2009 African Fellows Programme: 9th Call for Pre-Proposals The Rothamsted International African Fellows Programme is now inviting pre-proposals under its 9th Call. The aim of the Programme is to support sustainable agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa by catalysing innovative solutions needed to achieve food security. Deadline for receipt of pre-proposals: June 19, 2009. For more information, please follow this link. 2009 Fellowship for African Journalists - Agriculture for Development The Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California at Berkeley invites applications for two year long fellowships for accomplished African journalists, beginning in August 2009. Application deadline: May 1, 2009. For more information, please follow this link. Debatdag om fødevarer, klima og etik [in Danish] Debatdag arrangeret af Det Etiske Råd og Forbrugerrådet, hvor der vil sættes fokus på de etiske konsekvenser af vores fødevarevalg i en klima- og fordelingssammenhæng forud for FN’s klimakonference i København. Tid: 1. oktober 2009, kl. 09.00 - 16.30 Food security in a climate of change - The CABI Global Summit The CABI Global Summit will bring together environment and agriculture ministers and other senior government officials from around the world. Also attending will be major funding organizations and representatives from international development and corporate organizations. Together, they will consider policies, practices and technologies that can help improve food security against this background of change. Date: October 19-21, 2009 Food Security 2009 - Achieving Long-term Solutions The conference is organised by Chatham House. The 2009 conference will focus on the politics and science surrounding global food security. Focal topics include the impact of trade, climate change, resource and land use and the politics of research and development. Venue: London, Great Britain Call for proposals under the EU - African Union Scientific Partnership This call is entirely dedicated to research for Africa. The call is structured around two major issues - Water and Food Security, and Better Health for Africa. Deadline: January 14, 2010. New: Call for open competition for projects under the CGIAR Challenge Programme for Water and Food (CPWF) CPWF is launching a call for open competition for projects with focus on the Andes, Mekong and Nile basins in relation to water management and governance, local livelihoods and development challenges. Deadline: August 31, 2009. For more information, please visit the CPWF website. This event will be held in Copenhagen, coinciding with the United Nations Climate Negotiations (UNFCCC COP-15) and will bring together policy makers and negotiators, rural development practitioners, producers, civil society and the agricultural and climate change scientific community to highlight the importance of agriculture in climate change and to identify the "no-regret" priorities for agriculture and food security where the world needs to take action. Date: December 12, 2009 Job: Senior Scientist, Nutrition & Biodiversity at Bioversity International Bioversity International is developing a programme of work on the use of biodiversity resources for food and nutrition. Bioversity seeks to fill the international post of Senior Scientist in Nutrition with expertise in human nutrition to lead a global research programme investigating how agricultural biodiversity can contribute to improved nutrition and health. Closing date: November 15, 2009 EU Call for Proposals 2009 - Global Programme on Agricultural Research for Development (ARD) In the context of the EU Food Security Thematic Programme (FSTP) an open call for proposals has been launched. The present action is specifically related to the FSTP component "Supporting the delivery of international public goods contributing to food security: research and technology", and is targeting global public goods in the field of agricultural research. Applicatione deadline: January 15, 2010 From Global Food Crisis to Local Food Insecurity This meeting is part of a series of bimonthly Development Briefings in Brussels that CTA organises in partnership with the European Commission-DG Development and EuropeAid, the EU Presidency, the ACP Secretariat, Euforic, IPS Europe and Concord, to raise awareness on key rural development issues with the development community based in Brussels. Date: December 9, 2009 - 8:30-13:00 This symposium is organised by the Innovation and Sustainable Development in Agriculture and Food (ISDA) to reflect upon future choices, design appropriate scientific agendas, and help renew actions and policies so that innovation systems can better achieve sustainability. Date: June 28 - July 1, 2010 NEW: Brussels Briefing on Biodiversity The next Brussels Development Briefing will discuss the key role Biodiversity plays in rural development, especially for ACP countries. Issues at stake include: the relationship between poverty and biodiversity, the effects of biodiversity loss in hunger and food insecurity, governance issues, the Intellectual Property Rights’ challenge, farmers rights and economic incentives, policies and legislation at the national, regional and global levels. Date: March 10, 2010 - 8:30-13:00 Agricultural development and support: Experience from the past, prospects for the future? Meeting organised by the Evaluation Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Denmark in cooperation with the Technical Advisory Services in the MFA and the Danish Development Research Network (DDRN). The meeting will bring together researchers, evaluators and experts in the field of agriculture, including participants from partner countries. Date: March 18, 2010 - 9:00-17:00 Knowledge Fair Share - Latin America and Caribbean The ICT-KM Program of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) are jointly organizing a Knowledge Share Fair in the field of agricultural research and development and food security for Latin America and the Caribbean. The meeting aims at discussing good knowledge sharing practices and good practices in making research outputs accessible. Date: May 25-27, 2010 CCAFS Launch Conference - Building food security in the face of climate change To facilitate new research on the interactions between climate change, agriculture, natural resource management and food security, the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) and the Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP) have initiated the Challenge Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). This conference will be held to launch the CCAFS and will bring together the research and development community, policy makers, donors and other stakeholders. Date: May 4, 2010 - 9:00-17:30 NEW: Brown Bag Lunch with Professor Finn Tarp: The Triple Crisis Finance, food and climate constitute a ‘triple crisis’, and are the focus of the new research programme of the United Nations University’s World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), a UN organization with a global network, based in Helsinki, and of which Finn Tarp became Director in September 2009. Date: March 19, 2010 - 12:15–14:00 The Danish Academy of Technical Sciences (ATV) and the international Council of Academies of Engineering and Technological Sciences (CAETS) are hosting an international conference to discuss some of the pressing issues related to world food systems and sustainability. The aim is to facilitate an open debate between universities, industry, agriculture, NGOs and GOs in order to identify problems and effective solutions to increase food production, reduce poverty and hunger and reduce over-exploitation of natural resources. Date: June 29, 2010 Agricultural price volatility: prospects, challenges and possible solutions This seminar, organised by the University of Barcelona, the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development and the International Food & Agricultural Trade Policy Council, will look at the challenges related to agricultural and food price volatility, a.o in relation to food security in developing countries. The seminar will examine current and projected trends in agricultural and food prices, review past policy responses, examine policy options available today and arrive at pragmatic recommendations on addressing volatility in the future. Date: May 26-27, 2010 ESRC Seminar: Applying Sustainable Livelihoods Approaches-Food Security & Social Protection As part of an international series, the Department of Development & Economic Studies and the John & Elnora Ferguson Centre for African Studies (University of Bradford) are hosting a seminar bringing together academics, practitioners and policy-makers to explore the links between the application of a Sustainable Livelihoods Approach to issues of Food Security and Social Protection. Date: June 2, 2010 NEW: Agricultural risk and food security The Agricultural Information Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the UK Department for International Development (DFID) are organising a conference with high level Chinese policymakers and international researchers to discuss agricultural risks and farmer and consumer reactions to food security and food safety concerns. Date: June 10-12, 2010 Global Environmental Leadership Fellows - University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment (IonE) is searching for postdoctoral candidates to fill four new Global Environmental Leadership Fellows positions for research on global issues such as land use and ecosystem management and change, agriculture and food security, freshwater resources and water security, climate change adaptation, links between population & development. Application deadline: August 1, 2010 The call is managed jointly by the Indian Department of Biotechnology and the Programme Commission on Health, Food and Welfare under the Danish Council for Strategic Research. Approx € 2 million is offered under the headline biotechnology including the following themes: • Connection between food, health and lifestyle Application deadline: September 7, 2010 Job: 20 Research Positions available at IFPRI. The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) is looking for Research Analysts, Senior Research Assistant, and Postdoctoral/Research Fellow for a series of positions in the US, Uganda, Senegal, and India. Application deadlines will be open until the positions are filled. The conference will bring together scientists, government agencies, technology developers, engineers and NGO in an attempt to create a platform to exchange ideas and best practices on the implementation of e-Services for Agriculture, Food, Environment and Life sciences, with emphasis on e-Agriculture initiatives worldwide. Date: September 8-10, 2010 Master's course: Ecosystem diversity and function: Analysis and simulation A five-day, intensive course, with lots of practical exercises organised by the BioSafe Train project. The skills to be gained are expected to be of use during study planning, proposal and thesis writing and generally in the scientific career. Date: August 30 - September 3, 2010 Benefit-sharing Fund: Call for Proposals 2010 ´ The Call for Proposals 2010 under the Benefit-sharing Fund of the International Treaty, which will invest more than USD 10 million in projects globally, is now opened for its biennial cycle 2010-2011. The thematic focus of the Fund is helping ensure sustainable food security by assisting farmers to adapt to climate change through a targeted set of high impact activities on the conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture. Application deadline: September 8, 2010 African Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change This meeting is organized by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), African Union Commission (AUC), Ethiopia, Netherlands, Norway and Germany. Date: September 6-8, 2010 Value added processing of indigenous fermented food One day International Committee on Food Microbiology and Hygiene (ICFMH) Workshop focusing on how capacity builing of laboratories and small private enterprises can be used for adding value within food production chains. Date: August 30, 2010 – 09:00-17:00 |
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2 upcoming CCTF eventsThe Climate Change Task Force is organising two workshops to be held in Copenhagen in October and November 2010. Updated DDRN publication!Background on the Debates and Documentation of Research on Climate Change and Food Security in Southern Africa. DDRN report by Katharine Vincent and Tracy Cull, February 2009. Tables updated: June 2010. |
