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18 February 2021

17 Dutch experts contribute to One CGIAR by sharing views in seven two-pagers

One CGIAR is a dynamic reformulation of CGIAR’s partnerships, knowledge, assets, and global presence, aiming for greater integration and impact in the face of the interdependent challenges facing today’s world. Dutch Senior Experts share their views on key research challenges within the One CGIAR Impact Areas and how these interact with Dutch policy priorities.

4 February 2021

Reducing postharvest losses in shallots in Indonesia

Contributing to the reduction of food losses is one of the topics on which The Netherlands Food Partnership supports collaborations working towards more sustainable food systems. A recent pilot in the shallots value chain in Indonesia has generated valuable insights and learnings on practical and implementable solutions for farmers.

3 February 2021

Ontbijt Webinar Zuivel in Oost-Afrika

1 February 2021

Second Coalition Meeting | Action Groups Kick Off

29 January 2021

Cash transfers for food and futures

This report, by The Broker in collaboration with and with financing from, INCLUDE, Netherlands Food Partnership and The Knowledge Platform Security & Rule of Law, provides new insights into cash transfer programming as a tool to realise food security in fragile settings.

28 January 2021

Agricultural sector transformation is teamwork

In this new book Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation & Sesame Business Network in Northwest Ethiopia share the comprehensive approach they developed and applied for sustainable and inclusive development. Although this book is about the sesame sector in Ethiopia, the learnings are relevant for all agricultural sector transformations. A must read!

21 January 2021

The implications of implicit choices

A simple ‘more-food’ approach is not the solution to addressing growing food and nutrition security (FNS) challenges across the globe, especially for poor and vulnerable groups. Systemic and holistic approaches are called for to shift to more sustainable food systems. This synthesis study examined how narratives, entry points for interventions, and transition pathways influence sustainability transitions in food system and their relationship with power and politics.

15 January 2021

Presentations Potato Conference

On the 30th of November 2020, the online conference 'Potato Futures: impact of hybrid varieties' took place. It was attended by over 150 participants from all over the world and facilitated inspirational exchange on the future of the hybrid potato. On this page you can download the presentations of the speakers and the English version of the report 'Potatoes are the future: Three scenarios for hybrid potatoes and the global food supply'.

6 January 2021

Join YEP Programmes, submit new YEP proposals before February 7th

A tip for a great start of 2021: join YEP Programmes! February 7th is the next deadline for the submission of new proposals for new Young Expert positions in the water, agrofood and/or renewable energy sector.

17 December 2020

Learning exchange on food systems resilience from a local programming perspective

On 19 November NFP and Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation (CDI) organized an online learning event on food systems resilience in the Horn of Africa, aligned with the learning agenda of the FNS-REPRO programme, implemented by FAO and Wageningen CDI. The goal of the meeting was to create a joint understanding of food systems resilience, the focus of REPRO and the fifth action track of the 2021 Food Systems Summit.