COP29 will take place from November 11 to 22, 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan. This article gives an overview of the most relevant food systems related opportunities at the COP. We will be updating this article in the run up to the event.

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Food Systems at COP29

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Food Systems

Food Systems in Practice: A Pilot Practical Training of the Food Systems e-Course

On 16 October as part of NFPs World Food Day,  an insightful event titled Tasting the Future: Exploring the Role of Salt-Tolerant Crops in Sustainable Food Systems was hosted by VU and the Saline Water & Food Systems (SWFS) Partnership. The session triggered discussions from a professional and societal perspective on the opportunities of saline agriculture as a response to global food security challenges.

Saline Water and Food Systems

Saline

Tasting the Future: Exploring the Role of Salt-Tolerant Crops in Sustainable Food Systems at World Food Day

In de eerste helft van 2024 heeft Netherlands Food Partnership namens 95 Nederlandse bedrijven, kennisinstellingen en maatschappelijke organisaties een oproep gedaan aan het nieuwe kabinet, genaamd 'Nederlandse aanpak wereldwijde voedselzekerheid werkt!'. De inhoud van deze oproep is door een grote groep van de 95 ondertekenaars verder uitgewerkt in 'Nederlandse aanpak wereldwijde voedselzekerheid werkt beter door samenwerking!'. Deze uitwerking is gelanceerd op World Food Day 2024.

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Food Security

Oproep uitgewerkt: Nederlandse aanpak wereldwijde voedselzekerheid werkt beter door samenwerking!

BRIDGE+ is the second phase of the BRIDGE project, which began in 2018 and has achieved significant success in improving the productivity, quality, and marketability of dairy products in Ethiopia. The new phase will build upon these successes and expand its scope and impact. The Dairy Farm School Initiative, part of the BRIDGE+ project, aims to scale up LC-focused dairy extension model, which promotes peer-to-peer learning among farmers. This collaborative environment not only fosters knowledge sharing but also improves market linkages and access to essential inputs.

NEADAP Dairy in East Africa

Ethiopia

Dairy

From Knowledge to Yield: Scaling the LC-Focused Dairy Extension Model through Dairy Farmer Schools

In Baringo County's arid and semi-arid lands (ASAL), two dairy cooperativesSabatia Farmers Cooperative Society Limited (Sabatia FCS) and Mumberes Cooperativeare leading the charge in revolutionizing the local dairy industry. These cooperatives have long been central to the livelihoods of dairy farmers in the region, providing crucial support from production to marketing. However, a key factor contributing to their recent success is an innovative approach to logistics and quality control, in which local youths play a pivotal role.

Kenya

Youth

The Role of Youth in Ensuring Milk Quality: A Case Study of Mumberes and Sabatia Cooperatives in Baringo County

Our World Food Day exhibit used a Swahili proverb meaning "One who has eyes is not told where to look". This perfectly captured our message: while the informal food economy is right in front of us, vital, visible, and integral to the everyday lives of millions it is too often overlooked, misunderstood, or under-appreciated. After all, the informal economy is THE economy.

Working with Informality

Informality

Mwenye Macho Haambiwi Tazama

School feeding programmes play a critical role in encouraging the poorest families to send their children  sons, and especially their daughters  to school. Once children are in the classroom, school meals ensure they are well nourished and ready to learn.  The importance of school feeding is well established and widely recognized. Providing nutritious food at school is good for educational achievement, for nutrition and health, for inclusion of girls and of the most vulnerable children and, if done right, for local economies.

School Feeding

School milk in Ethiopia: Toward a grassroots dynamic

Consistent access to high-quality feed including forage is crucial for the competitiveness of the dairy sector in East Africa. Use of quality forages in balanced rations can reduce the feed cost for the famer, increase margin above feed cost and reduce enteric methane emission intensity per Liter of milk. Milk processors and dairy cooperatives should, advice farmers to adopt improved forage production (Forage Finder), to conserve forage for the dry season and to feed balanced rations to their dairy cows. This is in their interest because it will reduce seasonal milk supply fluctuations, thereby improving operational profits.

Forage

Year-Round Access to Quality Feeds

Smart, curious, and confident. These describe well seven students of Kafrelsheikh University, Egypt, who concluded end September their exchange program in the Netherlands through the MOBILISE Mobility program. The three months program with three modules - Production, Post-harvest, and Marketing, was highly appreciated. They learned and practised new things related to horticulture during their stay. They also noted that the horticulture course at Kafrelsheikh is a solid base and fundamental for further learning.

Egypt

Horticulture

Egyptian young trainees in Dutch horticulture: their take-aways

The Food Loss Cinema was an engaging and interactive set of videos that were showcased at the NFP World Food Day in Amersfoort. The cinema was organsied by FORQLAB, which stands for the Food Waste Reduction and Food Quality Living Lab. This is a consortium by four Dutch universities, Van Hall Larenstein, HAS Green Academy, Inholland, and Aeres and Egerton University and Meru University from Kenya. Moreover, a range of cooperatives, trader companies, business support organizations, and county authorities in the dairy and avocado sectors were involved.

FORQLAB Food Losses Kenya

Food Losses and Waste

Logistics

Food Loss and Waste

The Food Loss Cinema at NFP World Food Day

During NFPs World Food Day, 16 October 2024, in Amersfoort, the Netherlands, an inspiring learning event was held, attracting an enthusiastic crowd eager to tackle the pressing issue: transforming food systems through innovative finance.

Food System Finance

Finance

Access to Finance

Food Systems Transformation

FoodSystemFinance

Unlocking Finance to Drive Sustainable Food System Change - A World Food Day 2024 Learning Event

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