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Agricultural extension support to urban farmers in Nairobi: The story of a farmers’ field day
by Samuel Ikua, Mazingira Institute With over 200 staff at the Food Agriculture and Forestry Sector and an Urban Agriculture Promotion and Regulation Act (2015), Nairobi City County is leading in urban agriculture in both policy and practice. Most importantly, it has agricultural extension officers in crops and livestock at the sub-county level. These…
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UNFSS Science Days Side Event: COVID-19, food systems, and One Health in an urbanizing world: Research responses at a national level
Date: July 6, 2021 Time: 09:30 – 11:00 AM EDT Location: Virtual event. Register: Register here. (CLOSED) Recording is available here. COVID-19’s relentless march across the globe and subsequent lockdowns and restrictions have affected the lives of women and men everywhere, far beyond health impacts alone. Fragilities in food systems, market access, trade, rural-urban mobility,…
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Event: Priorities for inclusive urban food systems transformations in the Global South
Date: July 6, 2021 Time: 14:00 – 15:30 UTC Location: Virtual event. Register: Register here. As a side event to the Science Days for the UN Food Systems Summit in New York in September, CIRAD and the Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Science are organizing a round table on the priorities for inclusive transformation of food…
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RUAF, GAIN and Milan Urban Food Policy Pact launch ‘Food Action Cities’
Geneva/Milan/The Hague, 1 July 2021 — The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact (MUFPP), and RUAF are launching Food Action Cities. Food Action Cities is a knowledge platform where cities can share experiences, resources, and inspiration, and connect with each other’s journeys towards sustainable, resilient food systems that advance…
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#AfricanCITYFOODmonth 2021: Join us!
RUAF is proud to be a partner in the second #AfricanCITYFOODMonth, and will be actively participating in events and discussions throughout the month of July. RUAF and ICLEI started the global CITYFOOD network in 2013 in response to the request by cities for support in the improvement of the resilience of urban food systems. Following…
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Event: Building a Climate Resilient City Region Food System Through Innovative Strategies and Action Planning in Tamale
Date: June 30, 2021 Time: 10:00 – 13:00 GMT | 12:00 – 15:00 CEST Location: Virtual event. Register: Register here. Background information Tamale is the capital city of Northern Region of Ghana, and the most urbanised urban centre in the entire northern Ghana. The character of the food systems in Tamale mirrors those of…
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Event: Empowering Cities And Local Governments To Improve Food Systems Globally
Date: Monday June 28, 2021 Time: 14.30 to 17.30 (CEST) Location: Virtual event. Register: it will be streamed online on the Urban Food Agenda Homepage and on the FAO Webcast page. A Registration Link (optional) is open if you want to access the Zoom Room. (CLOSED) The recording is available here. Convened by FAO,…
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City Region Food Systems at the MUFPP Africa Forum 2021
On 17th February 2021 RUAF will host an online panel session on City Region Food Systems at the 4th annual Milan Urban Food Policy Pact (MUFPP) Africa Forum, together with FAO and CGIAR’s Water Land and Ecosystems programme. This year’s MUFPP Africa Forum will be held between 15 and 19 February 2021 in Ouagadougou, Burkina…
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Role of City Region Food Systems in pandemic and climate shock recovery highlighted at GFFA
City region food systems help assure access to food when supply chains are impacted by climate shocks and stresses and pandemic infection control measures, and play a vital role in building back better, according to an expert panel at the 13th Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) held on 18-22 January 2021. GFFA is…
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Upcoming IWMI CAPVAL Project trainings
Supporting public and private sectors driven commercialization of reuse and recycling of liquid and solid wastes in selected cities in Ghana. RUAF Partner, the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) – under the Creating and capturing value: Supporting enterprises for urban liquid and solid wastes recycling for food, energy and clean environment (CapVal) project – and…