post-type: Events
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Empowering cities and citizens for food systems transformation
Date: July 28, 2021 Time: 9:00 – 10:30 CEST Location: Virtual event. Sign up here. Full programme here. A special session on City and Local Food Systems will take place next Wednesday, 28th July as part of the UN Food Systems Pre-Summit, highlighting the particularities of urban food systems, their vulnerability, and the need…
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Event: Multiplicities (Menu) of entry points into urban food governance through the lenses of “Food Sensitive Urban Planning” and the “City Region Food System”
Date: July 29, 2021 Time: 14:00-16:00 CAT Location: Virtual event. Register: Register here. With the high rates of urban population growth and increasing levels of food insecurity in African cities, it is becoming critical that food systems governance is recognised and better understood as a powerful process for addressing urban poverty and service delivery,…
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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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#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…