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The International Dialogue on Water in Agriculture is an event jointly organized by the German Development Institute - Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) - and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).
This year, the aim of the event is to identify successful Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) in irrigation and critically review experiences with these partnerships regarding their benefits and risks related to socio-economic and environmental impacts.
The event will take place at the in Bonn on 1-2 June 2016.
To register for the event in June, please send an email to by 13 May, 2016.

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AGRORES 2016 - 5th International symposium on agricultural sciences The second notice of the 5th INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM which will be held from 29 February to 03 March 2016 in Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Berlin, Germany

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Miami, FL
The GFSI Global Food Safety Conference is a unique annual event bringing together over 1,000 leading food safety specialists from over 50 countries to advance Food Safety globally. The Conference provides the opportunity to meet and network with industry peers, share knowledge, benefit from thought-provoking presentations from internationally reputed industry experts and hear innovative ideas to implement in your workplace.

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Rome, Italy
Building on the outcomes of the 2010 FAO international technical conference on Agricultural Biotechnologies for Developing Countries (ABDC-10), FAO is acting as a neutral broker and convening the symposium to examine how the application of science and technology, particularly agricultural biotechnologies, can be of benefit to smallholders in developing sustainable food systems and improving nutrition in the context of climate change. The investments required and other issues related to the acquisition and use of these technologies will also be addressed.

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New Delhi, India

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Singapore
The International Conference on Global Food Security 2016 aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results about all aspects of Global Food Security. It also provides the premier interdisciplinary forum for researchers, practitioners and educators to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, and concerns, practical challenges encountered and the solutions adopted in the field of Global Food Security.

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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations marks World Food Day each year on 16 October, the day on which the Organization was founded in 1945.Social protection exists when governments develop policies and programmes to address economic, environmental and social vulnerabilities to food insecurity and poverty.

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The event (Expo Milano 2015, Cascina Triulza, 8 October) will focus on the importance of networking for efficient and sustainable arrival at the goal of a higher role of women in agricultural/rural development and consequently in the economic and social growth of countries in the Mediterranean area. The aim is to raise awareness in relation to rural women's empowerment beyond the usual specialised audience.
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Meeting MED-Amin (Mediterranean Agricultural Market Information Network) aims at fostering cooperation and experience-sharing among the national information systems on cereals markets. The third meeting of the network which will take place in Rome on October 1 and 2, 2015, upon the invitation of the Italian authorities. It will be an opportunity for members to present the outcomes of a data collection process covering this time all MED-Amin commodities (wheat, maize, barley, rice). CIHEAM Contact Point Christine Ton Nu () and Sébastien Abis ()

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This event will take place in Milan (Palazzo Castiglioni) and will last the whole day. It is coordinated by the Bioversity International in the framework of Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) Expo Calendar. There will be a round table in the morning followed by a press conference. Several women coming from different continents will speak about their experience. The event is strictly connected with the ones organized by Women for Expo.

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The XIV World Forestry Congress, hosted by the Republic of South Africa, will bring together the global forestry community to review and analyse the key issues and to share ways of addressing them.
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11.00 | The importance of food habits and diet for food security
S. Dernini (FAO, Forum on Mediterranean Food Cultures), G. Bonini (Italian Delegate CIHEAM)

11.15 | Showcase of Best Sustainable Development Practices – Priority 5
· “Food is a resource to secure tangible assistance and inclusion to the deprived”
· “Kiwicha (Amaranto)agriculture native to the human and social development as the only alternative to the battle against hunger in the region Salta- Argentina”
· “Malawian women as agents of change for nutritional and agricultural development”

Projection of a short video on BSDP International Call
Short presentation of winning BSDPs and other candidate initiatives

12.15 | Discussion: replicability and transferability of BSDPs
Moderator: A. Di Mambro, Journalist

13.00 | Conclusions

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11.00 |The importance of small rural communities for food security | C. Kyenge, Vice-Chair of the delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly and A.MacMillan, former FAO economist

11.15 | Showcase of Best Sustainable Development Practices – Priority 4
· “Africa Milk Project: lovey our land, fight poverty, drink your milk”
· “Eradication of the tsetse fly Glossina palpalis gambiensis from the Niayes in Senegal”
· “Sri Lanka, reconciliation happens through respect for environment, health organic food and joined marketing opportunities”

Projection of a short video on BSDP International Call
Short presentation of winning BSDPs and other candidate initiatives

12.15 | Discussion: replicability and transferability of BSDPs
Moderator: A. Di Mambro, Journalist

13.00 | Conclusions

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11.00 | The importance of social and economical aspects for food security
F. Adinolfi (University of Bologna, Italy)

11.15 | Showcase of Best Sustainable Development Practices – Priority 3
· “Regional Network to support small producers of coffee”
· “Farmer-researcher networks and North-South partnerships to transform West African agriculture and society towards sustainability, justice and wealth”
· “Informatics tool for the competitiveness of local food productions from South Mediterranean Countries to European entry points (Italy)”

Projection of a short video on BSDP International Call
Short presentation of winning BSDPs and other candidate initiatives

12.15 | Discussion: replicability and transferability of BSDPs
Moderator: A. Di Mambro, Journalist

13.00 | Conclusions

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11.00 | The importance of products’ quality and quantity for food security
E. Gatto (MiPAAF, Italy)

11.15 | Showcase of Best Sustainable Development Practices – Priority 2
· “Intensification of agriculture by strengthening cooperative agro-input shops”
· “Ecuador, ancestral grains fight poverty and malnutrition”
· “Nourishing the land, nourishing the people”
· “Tradition and innovation: ensuring a more sustainable and equitable future for Karakorum Communities”

Projection of a short video on BSDP International Call
Short presentation of winning BSDPs and other candidate initiatives

12.15 | Discussion: replicability and transferability of BSDPs
Moderator: A. Di Mambro, Journalist

13.00 | Conclusions

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The workshop has been addressed to BSDPs applicants and international stakeholders who gave their inputs on the development of a bottom-up process to maximize the results of the BSPDs.
Venue: Expo Italia 2015 – Conference Center

14:30 ǀ Welcome
Cosimo Lacirignola - Secretary General of CIHEAM

14:45 ǀ Introduction: Feeding Knowledge - Market Exploitation Support Programme
Paolo Vercesi – Fondazione Politecnico di Milano | Susanna Sancassani – Politecnico Milano | Damiano Petruzzella – CIHEAM Bari

15:00 ǀ Access to the market: A successful practice: BSDP 5901 Africa Milk Project
Massimo Panciera Rembado – Head project manager Africa Milk Project – Granarolo SpA | Engaged actors along the chain: the Fairtrade certification system | Paolo Pastore – Director FairTrade Italia | Commercialization: Integrated chain from smallfarmers to customers | Stefano Magnoni – Director CTM BESO project

15:30 ǀ Sharing ideas
MOOCs a massive tool to share effective ideas | Mark Lester – Global Head of Education Partnerships di FutureLearn | Scaling up your project | Stefano Corsi – DEMS Dept. of Economics Management and Statistics – University of Milan

15:50 ǀ Technologies overview – Enabling, adaptive, ubiquitous, autonomous and cheap Unexpected smallmanufacturing: make what you wish/want/need
Costantino Bongiorno – Co-founder WeMake - Makerspace FabLab | Drones in agriculture: applications and outlook | Salar Bybordi - Dept. of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano | The tech aggregator to foodsaving | Esmeralda Colombo – MyFoody Anagramma srl

16:20 ǀ MicroFunding: Ethical-Finance an oxymoron?
Crowdeconomy and crowdfunding for the agrifood industry | Angelo Rindone – Founder, Produzioni dal Basso and CEO Folkfunding | We Feed The Planet, the Slow Food and Terra Madre crowdfunding to bring 2000 farmers to Milan EXPO 2015 | Alessia Pautasso - Head of Press Office, Slow Food

16:45 ǀ Open discussion
Moderator and conclusion: Cristiano Maggipinto - Directorate General for Development Cooperation – Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI)

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11.00 | The importance of land and water for food security
L.S. Pereira (Lisbon University)

11.15 | Showcase of Best Sustainable Development Practices – Priority 1
· “Pasture user groups for sustainable rangeland management in Mongolia”
· “Conservation and management of Lampi National Park in Myanmar”
· “Introducing no-till conservation agriculture to Lebanon”
· “Identification and conservation of the high nature value of ancient olive groves in the Mediterranean region”
· “Rationalisation of Ras El Ain irrigation systems and rational use of natural resources to improve agriculture productions”

Projection of a short video on BSDP International Call
Short presentation of winning BSDPs and other candidate initiatives

12.15 | Discussion: replicability and transferability of BSDPs
Moderator: A. Di Mambro, Journalist

13.00 | Conclusions

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The Feeding Knowledge programme, promoted by Expo 2015 Milano and implemented by CIHEAM (Istituto Agronomico Mediterraneo) in partnership with Politecnico di Milano - METID, has organizad on Monday 6 July 2015 the Award Ceremony for the winners of the International Call on Best Sustainable Development Practices (BSDP) for Food Security at the Auditorium of Palazzo Italia of Expo Milano.

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From June 8th to June 12th, Feeding Knowledge organizes at Urban Center, Comune di Milano, Galleria Vittorio Emanuele 11/12 a photo exhibition about 749 Best Practices collected

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On January 26 in Rome, Italy, Expo Milano 2015, in partnership with CIHEAM/Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari (MAIB) and Politecnico of Milano (METID), led a technical workshop on the role of knowledge for food security in the Mediterranean. Here the agenda of the workshop.
Download the workshop presentations: Folder 1 | Folder 2

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In Montecarlo the International Selection Committee gathered to evaluate the Best Sustainable Development Practices collected by the Feeding Knowledge project. The Committee, chaired by Albert of Monaco, selected five Best Practices that will be presented through a short-movie at Expo2015 and ten Best Practices that will be narrated with a "photo-story".

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With the image of a typical Mediterranean town in mind, this Cluster was built with a large main central square from which four main structures stand proud, allowing the visitor to purchase and sample products and foods from this part of the world.

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The event analize the key role of agriculture cooperatives in the fight for poverty and food security and promote sustainable growth and development in partner countries.

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The Final Conference of "Feeding Knowledge" Program was held on 28th February at CIHEAM-IAMB, Bari, Italy: the main focus was the presentation of results relating to the first phase of the Program (), as the second phase is going to be launched soon, running until 2015.

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The main thematic focus was on promoting sustainable management of natural resources, diversification of activities and market access. This event was held on 24-25-26th February at CIHEAM-IAMB, Bari, Italy