Events
The Future Agricultures Consortium participates in many conferences and workshops. We also watch for important agriculture policy “windows” and report them here.
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Fertiliser Subsidies: Lessons from Malawi & Kenya
March 4, 2010 / Conferences Opportunities, Challenges and Future Prospects: presentations and panel discussion 10 February 2009 PanAfric Hotel, Nairobi. As Kenya’s food crisis is declared a national disaster and 10 million people face hunger, scientists from the Future Agricultures Consortium have set out new
Achieving Pro-Poor Growth through Agriculture: The Challenges
March 4, 2010 / Workshops The Future Agricultures consortium convened six meetings to discuss key issues in agricultural policy for pro-poor growth. The meetings took place at ODI's offices in London and began in October 2006 with 'Effective Rural Institutions: The Missing Link in Market-based
Toward an “African Green Revolution”
January 22, 2010 / Events Kofi Annan, the Chairman of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and Louis Michel, European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid recently kick started a process aimed at implementing a truly participatory and pro-poor African Green Revolution
High Level Expert Forum on How to Feed the World 2050
January 22, 2010 / Events 12-13 October 2009 The Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN FORUM) hosted the online-discussion "How to Feed the World in 2050''. The discussion gathered views from a broad range of interested parties to prepare for discussions at the
Put Farmers First To Transform Agriculture
January 18, 2010 / Farmer First Agriculture and food are urgent global priorities with farmers on the front line of some ofthe world’s most pressing issues. Putting farmers at the vanguard of responses to thefood crisis and climate change in Africa and beyond is vital. Putting
Innovation for Agricultural Research and Development
January 18, 2010 / Farmer First Agriculture is an urgent global priority andfarmers find themselves in the front line ofsome of the world’s most pressing issues – climate change, globalization and food security.Twenty years ago, the Farmer First workshopheld at the Institute of Development Studies,University of
Farmer First Revisited Innovation for Agricultural Research and Development
January 18, 2010 / Farmer First Agriculture is an urgent priority worldwide and farmers in the developing world find themselves in the front line of some of the world’s most pressing issues – climate change, globalization and food security. The problem with the agricultural research and
CAADP Africa Forum
November 28, 2009 / Events A major conference to help enhance food security in Africa and share lessons on best practices took place in Nairobi from 28 - 30 November 2009. The Comprehensive Africa Agricultural Development Programme (CAADP) head Richard Mkandawire who spoke on behalf
Farmer First Revisited
November 2, 2009 / Farmer First •Different types of farmers from 20 ya – new economic and livelihood contexts •Global and regional differences •Shocks and stresses – climate change, HIV/AIDS, commodity prices, urbanisation/demand
National African Green Revolution Workshops
October 1, 2009 / Events From October to November 2009 The Future Agricultures Consortium (FAC) in partnership with the Salzburg Global Seminar (SGS) and the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), conducted two international events on the theme of an “African Green Revolution” last year. In
Ethiopian Economic Association
September 9, 2009 / Conferences Ethiopian Economic Conference: Farmer Organisations and Social Protection On 27 June 2009, FAC researchers Amdissa Teshome and John Thompson provided an overview of FAC activities and two keynote presentations at the Ethiopian Economics Association’s (EEA) Seventh Annual Conference was held
Seasonality Revisited
July 8, 2009 / Seasonality Revisited The Seasonality Revisited International Conference, was held at the Institute of Development Studies from 8-10 July 2009, concluded that the costs of ignoring the seasonal dimensions of poverty are enormous, despite seasonality being rarely reflected in agricultural investment and social
University in the Bush
July 8, 2009 / University of the Bush The Seasonality Revisited International Conference, was held at the Institute of Development Studies from 8-10 July 2009, concluded that the costs of ignoring the seasonal dimensions of poverty are enormous, despite seasonality being rarely reflected in agricultural investment and social
EEA Seventh Annual Conference
June 25, 2009 / Events FAC researchers Amdissa Teshome and John Thompson provided an overview of FAC activities and two keynote presentations at the Ethiopian Economics Association’s (EEA) Seventh Annual Conference that was held in Addis Ababa from 25-27 June 2009.
Farmer First
June 24, 2009 / Conferences In July 1987, some 50 social and natural scientists of roughly equal numbers met at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) at the University of Sussex, UK, for a workshop on ‘Farmers and Agricultural Research: Complementary Methods', later more generally
Farmer first revisited innovation for agricultural research and development
March 1, 2009 / Farmer First Agriculture is an urgent priority worldwide and farmers in the developing world find themselves in the front line of some of the world’s most pressing issues – climate change, globalization and food security. The problem with the agricultural research and
Toward A Green Revolution in Africa?
April 30, 2008 / Events 30 April - 2 May 2008 Toward a 'Green Revolution' in Africa?" is an Initiative of the Salzburg Global Seminar, the Institute of Development Studies and the Future Agricultures Consortium. The Initiative, through a series of interconnected events, seeks to:
Is there a future for small farms?
December 2, 2005 / Workshops Achieving pro-poor growth through agriculture: the challenges Friday, 2 December 13.00–14.30, at Overseas Development Institute, 111 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7JD Is there a future for small farms?
Politics, policies and agriculture: the art of the possible in agricultural development
November 25, 2005 / Workshops Achieving pro-poor growth through agriculture: the challenges Friday, 25 November 13.00–14.30, at Overseas Development Institute, 111 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7JD Politics, policies and agriculture: the art of the possible in agricultural development
What priorities for improved agricultural technology?
November 11, 2005 / Workshops Achieving pro-poor growth through agriculture: the challenges Friday, 11 November 13.00–14.30, at Overseas Development Institute, 111 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7JD What priorities for improved agricultural technology?
Agriculture and the rural non-farm sector: rivals or complements?
November 4, 2005 / Workshops Achieving pro-poor growth through agriculture: the challenges Friday, 4 November 13.00–14.30, at Overseas Development Institute, 111 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7JD Agriculture and the rural non-farm sector: rivals or complements?