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28 October 2020

Watch it once more | World Food Day event

On Friday 16 October, Netherlands Food Partnership organised the World Food Day 2020 event for agrofood professionals. You can watch parts of this World Food Day event again online.

15 October 2020

Global webinars to share best practice and enhance impact in horticulture sector

Three webinars have taken place in September and October 2020 in the context of the Valuable Vegetables action learning initiative.

14 October 2020

Webinar series shows relevance of digital solutions in COVID-19 response

In the webinar series of the COVID-19 Community of Pratice on Digital solutions, NGOs and businesses came together to share insights on digital solutions in response to COVID-19.

14 October 2020

NFP and the Skills for Horticulture coalition

Netherlands Food Partnership has supported the Skills for Horticulture coalition in numerous ways in 2020 to explore partners, opportunities for collaboration and existing practices.

14 October 2020

Human capacity building in horticulture in Africa

The Food & Business Knowledge Platform has compiled examples of training and schooling centres and initiatives of the past years, based on a rapid web search in May 2020.

30 September 2020

BACK ON TRACK FOR REACHING ZERO HUNGER

September 1st 2020, Myrtille Danse started as the first director of the Netherlands Food Partnership. She starts in a tumultuous year with serious consequences. “The COVID crisis has made it more evident than ever that we need food systems that are inclusive and resilient and that provide sustainable and healthy diets for all. We can only achieve this by joining forces.”

24 September 2020

Webinar | Providing Liquidity in Agri Value Chains with Digital Solutions

On Thursday September 17, 2020, the Food security and COVID-19 Community of Practice on Digital solutions hosted the webinar “Providing Liquidity in Agri Value Chains with Digital Solutions” last in a series of three. Presentations are availabe as recording and downloads.

9 September 2020

Webinar | Digital solutions for smallholder farmers: the challenges and opportunities of COVID-19

On August 27, the Food security and COVID-19 Community of Practice on Digital solutions hosted the webinar “Digital solutions for smallholder farmers: the challenges and opportunities of COVID-19” second of a series of three. Presentations are availabe as recording and downloads.

12 August 2020

Webinar | How do African entrepreneurs in agriculture use digital technology to respond to Covid-19

On July 30 the Food security and COVID-19 Community of Practice on Digital solutions hosted the webinar ”How do African entrepreneurs in agriculture use digital technology to respond to Covid-19” first of a series of three. Presentations are availabe as recording and downloads.

28 July 2020

Discussion paper ECDPM |The food systems approach in practice

In this paper an iterative, step-based sustainable food system approach has been developed that helps navigate complexity and is flexible in its required resources, thus enbaling a fast overview or a deep dive as determined by a project’s or organisation’s objectives.