YPARD is delighted to welcome the incoming YPARD director Yemi Adeyeye . Yemi is a PhD Candidate at the University of British Columbia, Canada. He holds a double MSc degree (Erasmus Mundus MSc program): MSc in Agricultural Development (forests and livelihoods) from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark and MSc Environmental Forestry from Bangor University, Wales.
Wecome to this issue of the GFAR Update highlighting World Food Week!
There's still time to deliver on the global pledge to eradicate hunger but "urgent measures" are needed to reverse the recent increase in the number of hungry people, speakers at the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) said today.
"There is no time to lose," FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva told the opening assembly of the week-long CFS meeting. Failure to eradicate hunger will undermine all the Sustainable Development Goals, meaning "poverty will not be eradicated, natural resources will continue to degrade, and forced migration will continue to rise," he added.
During the official ceremony on October 4, Paul Van Mele and Jonas Wanvoeke received the award on behalf of Access Agriculture from Alexander De Croo, Deputy Prime Minister and Belgian Minister of Development Cooperation and Digital Agenda.
GFAR Executive Secretary Mark Holderness was invited and sponsored to present a paper on ‘Collective Action, the future for Agricultural Research and Innovation’ to the 2nd International Conference on Agricultural Research, held on 24-29 September in Beijing, China. The Conference was organized by Partner in GFAR, the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS). The mission also included participation in the working group for the G20 MACS Agricultural Technology System and the development of the China-Africa Technology Transfer Consortium.
GFAR Executive Secretary, Mark Holderness, spoke at a side event to the 26th Committee on Agriculture on October 3rd 2018. The panelists to the side event, entitled “The EU and FAO, Partners in Action for Sustainable Agriculture & Food Security”, showcased success stories of partnerships and programmes supported by the European Union and FAO. Mr Holderness gave an overview of GFAR's role and work as a dynamic network of diverse stakeholders, working to improve agri-food research and innovation for greater development impact.
This video highlights how through Africa RISING program interventions, a group of farmers at Mlali Village in central Tanzania are today making choices that will ensure they improve their livelihoods while conserving the natural resource base for the future generations.
During the 26th Committee on Agriculture (#COAG26) held at FAO Headquarters on 1-5 October 2018, GFAR was featured as an example of Innovation in Partnership. Watch this short video describing the innovative approach of GFAR in catalyzing multistakeholder networked actions to achieve impacts for smallholder farmers and producers.
Farmers are enthusiastically adopting Utuba, a reliable, high-yielding new durum wheat.