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Application Deadline: May 14, 2021 Throughout late 2020 and early 2021, food systems experts and organizations in support of the UN Food Systems Summit called forward potential game-changing solutions from stakeholders around the world that could create systemic change to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. The  Global Open Call opens the doors for you to join this global community of food systems solvers and be part of a movement. For those who have already engaged in the Su...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says Nigeria is prioritizing innovation and technology investments in agriculture in order to transform

Views: Visits 6 Professor Yemi Osinbajo Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says Nigeria is prioritizing innovation and technology investments in agriculture in order to transform the sector by attracting young people and also scaling up productivity. Osinbajo’s spokesman Laolu Akande, in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, said the vice president spoke virtually at the 2021 High-Level Dialogue on Feeding Africa. The event was organised by the African Development Bank and the ...

Date Time African countries commit to double agricultural productivity as development banks – A coalition of multilateral development banks and development partners has pledged over US$17 billion in financing on Friday during a high-level forum, in a bold bid to address rising hunger on the African continent and to improve food security. These funds were pledged on the final day of a two-day high-level dialogue – Feeding Africa: leadership to scale up successful innovations. The event was h...

African countries commit to double agricultural productivity as development banks, institutions pledge US$17 billion to increase food security News provided by Share this article Share this article ROME, April 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Four multilateral development banks and financial institutions pledged close to US$17 billion in financing on Friday during a high-level forum, in a bold bid to address rising hunger on the African continent and to improve food security. In addition, 18 African h...

29/04/2021 29 April 2021, Rome - Unprecedented challenges including the climate crisis, natural disasters and man-made conflicts mean “we need a new business model” to address food security in Africa, QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), said today. FAO has made Africa, where 246 million people go to bed hungry on a daily basis, its top priority to assist countries in agriculture and rural development, the Director-General said a...

Industry, research and public action needed for healthy, sustainable diet shifts Large-scale dietary shifts over the past 70 years reveal combined scientific, technological, political and cultural innovations drive transformations in food systems.  15 April 2021, Penang, MALAYSIA – New research has found coordinated, cross-sector policies, investments, and innovations are key to large-scale shifts in food production and consumption, and will be essential to meet the global call to transf...

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Leaders Summit on Climate: USAID Announcements From Share this to : On April 22-23, President Biden hosted a virtual Leaders Summit on Climate to catalyze global ambition to address the climate crisis. The Summit convened world leaders to galvanize efforts to keep the vital goal of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius within reach. As part of this effort, USAID will launch new initiatives that help address the climate crisis, including: Supporting the Agricultural Innovation Mis...

26 April 2021, Rome – Addressing the 166 th Session of the FAO Council today, Director-General QU Dongyu highlighted the ways the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has been providing constant support to Members, including to overcome the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Each of the decisions, activities and results shared with Council today are “not an isolated exercise, but part of an interlinked chain of progress,” he said. Alluding to the COVID-19 ...