On the last Friday of the year in Ethiopia, food systems e-course participants and YEPers met up for networking and pitching at the Dutch Hub in Addis Ababa. Yes, Ethiopia has a different calendar and will celebrate its New Year  2017  coming Wednesday.

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Friday, the AFS Forum 2024 in Kigali came to a close. For 5 days, food systems thought leaders exchanged ideas about the theme Innovate, Accelerate, Scale, Delivering Food Systems Transformation in a Digital and Climate Era. The growing forum brought together nearly 5000 delegates from 97 countries, among which ministers of agriculture, CEOs from Africas leading food companies, donors, knowledge institutes and civil society organisations from all over the world and many - often youth-led - innovative start-ups and MSMEs. 

Here are some of our key takeaways.

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Highlights from the Africa Food Systems Forum 2024

In this interview, Rob Kuijpers offers a deep dive into his role at KIT Institute in Amsterdam, a multidisciplinary knowledge institute dedicated to sustainable development. Robs team is engaged in food systems, particularly in Africa, working across multiple levels of the value chainfrom farm-level agricultural interventions to promoting responsible business conduct. He also discusses the critical role of true pricing in creating sustainable value chains.

Global Partnership for the True Price of Food

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True pricing: a perspective from the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT)

Please note that we share this vacancy from NJR in Dutch, as it is specifically relevant for a Dutch-speaking audience

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NJR Vacature: nieuwe leden werkgroep Natuurtalenten gezocht

In July the Saline Water & Food Systems Partnership launched a call for proposals to support Seed Money projects on salinity. After a thorough external review procedure, we are happy to announce that three salinity projects have been awarded.

In Bangladesh, the project Resilient Roots: Leveraging Indigenous Practices for Salinity Adaptation in Southern Bangladesh will be implemented by the Center of People and Environ, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam  and Krisoker Sor (Farmers Voice).
In Senegal, the consortium of AfricaRice and MetaMeta will look into salinity affected rice cultivation. 
In Mozambique, a project will start on agroforestry interventions and training for salt affected soils, by the consortium consisting of ASSAMBA, ABIODES, University Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique Institute of Agricultural Research, Weltweit e.V., The Salt Doctors, and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

Below you can read the short project descriptions of the three projects.

Saline Water and Food Systems

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Mozambique

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Three Seed Money  Projects on salinity have been granted!

This year, the 16th Conference of Parties on Biological Diversity will take place in Cali, Colombia from 21st of October till the 1st of November.

Colombia

UNCBD COP16 and Sustainable Food Systems (living document)

The Netherlands Food Partnership (NFP) is looking for a consultant to support our efforts in integrating biodiversity into  food systems transformation.

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We’re Hiring: Consultant for Biodiversity & Food Systems

Writing a blog may seem a simple task, but it takes a lot to capture a single thought, refine it, and narrate it in a way that truly touches readers. It takes courage to bring out personal views and some skill to keep the message simple. Over the past four months, I had the fascinating and inspiring experience of facilitating and supporting the writing of 20 blogs on food systems, now published on the NFPConnects platform.

Unveiling Perspectives: The Inspiring Journey Through Food Systems Blogging

If selected, your video will be featured as part of Food Loss Cinema at NFP World Food Day on the 16th of October in Amersfoort, Netherlands.

Submission Guidelines:
Theme: Food Loss in low and middle income countries.
Length: 3 to 5  minutes
Format: MP4 or MOV
Deadline: August 15, 2024

Submit your video in the fight against food losses! For more details contact us or leave your details in this submission form  so we can contact you.

FORQLAB Food Losses Kenya

Food Loss and Waste

#FoodLoss Cinema. Do you want to share your video?

One of the impact partners of the Food Systems Innovation Challenge is Koppert Cress. Koppert Cress is specialized in cultivating natural, innovative ingredients that chefs can use to enhance the flavor, aroma, and presentation of their dishes. Koppert Cress is engaged in a wide range of innovative projects aimed at advancing food system solutions. With the support of Koppert Cress the two teams of Anton de Kom University of Suriname will work on their projects to transform food systems.

Food Systems Innovation Challenge

Suriname

Youth

Food Systems Transformation

"Innovating Culinary Excellence: Koppert Cress Partners with the Food Systems Innovation Challenge"

Sarah Chi is a PhD student at the University of Gloucestershire, and her research focuses on green and innovative finance mechanisms for sustainable development and agriculture in Africa. She has been working at World Food Programme (WFP) in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Sarah is a participant of the 2024 food systems e-course from Cameroon and writes about a franchise model introducing and promoting greenhouse technologies led by Greenhouse Ventures (GHV).

2024 Blogs on food system

Navigating the crossroads of food systems, finance, and sustainability

Promoting better market access for youth agripreneurs, requires local government and private sector agencies to focus on easing channels of information and communication for and with youth groups.

Youth and Sustainable Agriculture

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Hybrid policy dialogue report: Working with Local Institutions to Improve Market Access Young Agripreneurs

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