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15 December 2022

COP27 Network Debriefing | Action Ahead to Promote Progress and Accountability

The outcomes of COP27 in relation to agriculture, food systems and nature were discussed at an online NFP network meeting on 12 December 2022. There was a mixed picture from both panelists and participants in terms of the outcomes.

15 December 2022

Reference list COP27 Food-Nature-Climate Agenda

This list shows relevant commitments, pledges and initiatives related to the Food-Nature-Climate agenda at COP27 and presents an overview of insightful articles and different opinion pieces. This list is by no means complete.

14 December 2022

NL-CGIAR Conference | Partnering for Global Food Security

On 2 and 3 November 2022 NWO-WOTRO celebrated the NL-CGIAR research programme and the partnerships within the programme with the online conference on ‘Partnering for Global Food Security - Advancing knowledge and innovation for food system transformation’.

14 December 2022

CGIAR Innovators Workshop | Building a Community around Innovation

CGIAR hosted a workshop in Kigali, Rwanda from 5 to 7 December, at Norrsken House Kigali, with the aim to support innovative solutions towards catalysing impact. Selected innovative solutions are part of CGIAR’s Regional Initiative: West and Central African Food Systems Transformation.

14 December 2022

Opportunities for Partnerships | Coffee from Yemen

On Thursday November 24th, The Netherlands Food Partnership (NFP), Mocha Valley and Wageningen Economic Research - on behalf of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Yemen - hosted an online event to present the results of a recently conducted study on the development of the coffee sector in Yemen.

13 December 2022

Webinar report: How to design Blended Learning programmes?

NFP in collaboration with Wageningen UR organised this webinar on 13dec2022

12 December 2022

Saline Water and Food Systems Partnership Launches New Facility

In 2021 and 2022, NFP and NWP explored the interest in, and subsequently convened, the Saline Water & Food Systems Partnership. Whether the Partnership will achieve its ambitions depends to a large extent on the commitment, contribution, and activities of the partners. In order to stimulate and financially (co-)support these activities, the conveners have set up a Facility which is now open for proposals.

9 December 2022

In Conversation with SeedNL Programme Director Willem Schoustra

Having now had the chance to settle into his role, we checked in with SeedNL Programme Director Willem Schoustra, to find out about his initial impressions and how things had been going.

9 December 2022

Dutch Network meeting with Dr. Agnes Kalibata on Food Systems and Soil Health

On 29 November Dr. Agnes Kalabata, president of AGRA, and her team held a dialogue at the Wageningen University and Research campus, with Dutch network members from research, private sector and civil society on how to leverage each other’s strengths.

29 November 2022

Many hands make better seeds

Why participatory and inclusive approaches to plant breeding are needed to help farmers adapt to climate change and safeguard world’s agrobiodiversity