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The #EUAgriFoodDays are around the corner 🗓️. 💡 Engage in discussions on European #agriculture, market trends, #foodsecurity, #sustainability, and digital innovation. This international event brings together #farmers, policy-makers, business leaders, analysts, and experts from around the world. 🕒 5-8 December 2023 📌 More information & registration: https://lnkd.in/dX3Ykd7W European Commission Agroecology Europe Association Agriculture Community European Federation of Food, Agriculture, and Tourism Trade Unions (EFFAT) EU Joint Programming Initiative on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute Acta les instituts techniques agricoles INRAE

#AgriFoodForum2023 has began! 🚀 Welcoming speech from European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Janusz Wojciechowski inspired for future discusions. 🗨 “Agrifood Forum 2023 is an important opportunity to explore solutions and innovations for the agrifood sector. For fruitful discussions, I would like to share my three perspectives. Firstly, rural areas are crucial for the EU. Secondly, despite the importance of local and European government institutions work to strengthen rural communities, we need to enable them to act independently. That's why initiatives like Startup Villages and Smart Villages are so important. Lastly, the EU takes into account future crises and tries to prevent them through various pacts,” said European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Janusz Wojciechowski in his @AgriFood Forum’s 2023 opening speech 🎙 ❗You can still join online to hear insightful discussions at digitalfarm.lt #AgriFoodForum2023 #AgromaistoForumas #AgriFoodLithuania #FoodSystemsTransformation #FoodSecurity #Sustainability #PeaceForFood European Commission #EuropeanCommission

Thank you Ministerio da Agricultura (MAPA) for your continued support of Global AgInvesting! We look forward to seeing you at Global AgInvesting New York 2024 on April 15-17. The mission of The Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAPA) is to promote sustainable development and competitiveness of Brazilian agribusiness for the benefit of society, stimulating the increase of agricultural production and agribusiness development in order to meet domestic demand and to make an exportable surplus, contributing to employment and income generation, promotion of food security, social inclusion and the reduction of social inequalities. MAPA is responsible for developing and executing public policies for agribusiness development, integrating marketing, technological, scientific, organizational and environmental aspects to meet the needs of Brazilian consumers and the international market. https://hubs.li/Q02mcN5F0 Learn more about Global AgInvesting and register at https://hubs.li/Q02mcPxg0

Looking forward to intervene on Thursday to EBIC (European Biostimulants Industry Council) Summit 2024. "Working towards the common cause of robust agri and food supply chain". Implementing dialogue among all the agri-food chain is key COPA COGECA FoodDrinkEurope

Well said Jose Ramón! OP2B is proud to have companies like Pernod Ricard as member. At OP2B we advocate for acceleration and scale up of transition to Regenerative Agriculture. We ask European policy makers: 1. Align policies to improve outcomes related to soil health, biodiversity, water, climate and farmer livelihoods 2. Repurpose subsidies to accelerate the transition by providing subsidies for deploying regenerative agriculture, and incentives for ecosystem services such as carbon sequestration and water quality improvement 3. Establish risk-sharing mechanisms and insurance programs 4. Foster public-private partnerships to scale up and accelerate the transition to regenerative agriculture and promote collaboration within value chains. 5. Support the development of new equitable business models and reinforce markets for ecosystem services 6. Provide clear and consistent metrics through established standards

Beanstalk Agtech is delighted to announce that we have recently kick-started a new program focused on Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) in Vietnam. The year-long program is focused on driving CSA adoption outcomes targeting specifically Vietnam’s rice and shrimp value chains via bilateral partnerships and collaboration with Australia. Beanstalk would like to connect with Australian organisations that have CSA knowledge and solutions that may benefit the Vietnam rice and shrimp market and have a keen interest in exploring collaborative opportunities in Vietnam. 1. Industry Roundtables: Mon 23 – Fri 27 October (tentative) Series of invite-only focus groups seeking expert perspectives on high-potential CSA opportunities in Vietnam’s rice and shrimp sector. 2. Blueprint report launch: Wed 29 November (tentative) A release of a blueprint report to serve as a guide for Vietnamese and Australian audiences on CSA challenges and opportunities in Vietnam’s rice and shrimp sector. 3. In-Market Mission: Vietnam Mission, Australia Mission (April 2024) Senior leaders in the CSA ecosystem across both Australia and Vietnam will also be invited to attend in-country missions in Australia and Vietnam to learn more about the challenges and opportunities firsthand. Powered by Beanstalk, the program is supported by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Mekong Business Initiative - MBI and Clickable Impact. Learn more about the program and how you can be involved: https://lnkd.in/gM-2-txT Lily Tao William Taing 陈财喜 Phan Quang James Symons Van Anh Anh Nguyen

Shifting from ‘clockwork’ to ‘cloudwork’ approaches. Food and agriculture systems are more like clouds than clocks. This means, the challenges food systems are facing, are immensely complex, multi-dimensional and ever changing: they need to be addressed systemically. This mindset shift for many international development organisations has far reaching implications for: 🌐The funding, design, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation of projects, programmes and portfolios. 💡Organisational culture, policies, procedures and the type of skillsets required by international development practitioners. 📈Wider systemic incentives in how donors fund and think about impacts Read the recommendations from global food systems experts in our latest report "Navigating Complexity in Food Systems: From Clockwork to Cloudwork" here: https://lnkd.in/dnjdw7qY

WATCH THE HIGHLIGHTS: PHINMA executives, government and industry leaders, members of the business community, and other stakeholders gathered on Monday to discuss the country's food security and agricultural sustainability, and what solutions must be pursued to address these challenges amid the intensifying climate crisis. Here are the highlights of the PHINMA Policy Forum "Achieving Food Security: Advancing Investments for Agricultural Sustainability" with Stratbase ADR Institute and Makati Business Club, Inc. #MBC #PHINMA #agriculture #MakingLivesBetter

At the GAP Initiative's launch last week of the 2023 GAP Report, Tanager President Sergio Rivas called attention again to the longstanding issue of women's marginalization in agriculture. Referencing a study conducted by our IGNITE project on cassava growers in Southwest Nigeria (and mentioned in Tanager's article in the GAP Report), Sergio pointed out that while mechanization is helping farmers cut plowing and land preparation time from 216 hours down to just 3, women are most likely to work in cassava processing, where mechanization is doing nothing to save them time. Learnings from these studies help our partners see limitations in the current agriculture landscape and translate to practical and affordable new tools that reduce the burden on women. Read more about the launch and check out our article in the GAP Report here: https://bit.ly/3ZQ3dG2

🗣️ "There's more transparency coming into the market, there are more tools for business leaders to ensure that the hard-earned dollars that they're spending actually have the impacts that they're looking for..." 🌱 Kiantar Betancourt, President of Atenil Paraguay, joined us recently to discuss the reasons for an increased demand in nature-based solutions and share the encouraging shift he's seen from organisations towards more environmentally-friendly practices. 🎤 Kiantar will take to the stage for two sessions on day two of Innovation Zero: "Understanding and Growing Natural Capital Markets" at the Food & Agriculture Forum. The session also features Rich Stockdale PhD, the Rt Hon Phillip Dunne MP, Kate McGavin and Katherine Foster. "The Future of Nature-Based versus Engineered Projects" at the Carbon Markets Forum. The session also features Michael Holder, Allister Furey, Joe Cruttwell and Michelle You. ✍️ Register to attend Innovation Zero today 👉 https://lnkd.in/egjxedbR