Nairobi, Kenya

Prolinnova - together with the EU-funded project JOint Learning in Innovation Systems in African Agriculture (JOLISAA) coordinated by CIRAD, France; the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) and the AusAID-funded project Food System Innovation for Food Security (FSIFS) - have joined forces in exploring approaches to enhance knowledge-to-action linkages among actors in agricultural innovation systems in Africa. They will hold an International Workshop on Agricultural Innovation Systems in Africa (AISA), where experiences from various institutions and initiatives will be shared in order to increase our understanding of multi-stakeholder innovation processes in agriculture, with a focus on recognising the role of smallholder farmers – both men and women – in innovation. The workshop should lead to identification of priorities for research, practice and policy to strengthen innovation process in smallholder agriculture.

Brussels, Belgium

For developing countries, agriculture is crucial for economic growth, through its role in food security, and in addressing global issues such as bio-energy, climate change, etc. Agricultural research responds to the needs to feed growing populations and to drive economic growth in a sustainable manner.

ERA-ARD will address these issues through improving coordination and collaboration between national research programmes. The current, second phase of ERA-ARD is a € 1 million project funded under the European Commission’s 7th Framework Programme and will run from 2010 to 2013. The project is a partnership of 17 organisations involved with funding agricultural research for development in 15 European countries.

Washington, USA

The symposium will be a convening of experts to share evidence from the field on how to improve food security and rural livelihoods through strengthening extension and advisory services, EAS, in developing countries. The majority of presentations will be based on case studies and other type of research conducted  through the MEAS project in the past year.

Dublin, Ireland

Future of Farm Advisory Services, Delivering Innovative Systems

Purpose

To enable discussions among policy makers, advisory services managers and other stakeholders on the effectiveness of advisory services in providing innovation support to farmers through the proposed measures proposed in CAP 2013-2020.

Moscow, Russia

The 8th Conference of GCHERA (Global Consortium of Higher Education and Research for Agriculture). 

This conference has been cancelled.

Nairobi, Kenya

An an International Training Program by the International Fertilizer Development Center IFDC

Gahorone, Botswana

Value Chain Approach in Agricultural Development: Coping with new demands for Agricultural Advisory Services

• Market orientation, Entrepreneurship and Farmer institutional development;


• Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for Extension and Advisory Services;


• Linkages between different value chain actors;


• Emerging issues: Gender, Climate change adaption and mitigation;


• Extension policy and Global rural advisory services perspectives.

 Concept note (english, pdf 351KB)

 Concept note (arabic, pdf 351KB)

Registration Form (doc 819KB)

Christchurch, New Zealand

Tansformative Changes: Chosen or Unchosen

Pathway to innovation, resilience and prosperity

Antalya, Turkey

The mainpurpose of this seminar traditionally is to share the ideas and practices of the participants on participatory approach to agricultural extension works. As usual this year we'll see and listen the best practice in extension between public and private extension services around the world starting from Europe. We have the possibilities to discuss and argue and to adopt them in other countries, and to meet good friends during years. We pack the best new ideas from ESEE to our own countries.

Announcement (pdf 742KB)

Singapore

The theme of this conference is “Meeting Future Food Demands: Security & Sustainability”.

Bonn, Germany

Agriculture in the post-Soviet states of Central Asia and the Caucasus continues to be of central importance for securing individual livelihoods in the region. At present, the agricultural sector employs about half of the region’s workforce; a high percentage of the population lives in rural areas. Total revenues from agriculture in the region count between one quarter and one third of annual national GDPs. However, the development of the agrarian sector is very heterogeneous. Despite constant economic growth of the sector, overall production of staple crops is often not sufficient to satisfy national needs with high poverty levels especially in the rural areas.

Conference Themes

1. Cultures of knowledge production and sharing in agriculture


2. Local governance arrangements and knowledge production


3. Agricultural advisory service development

Stuttgart-Hohenheim

The annual Conference on Tropical and Subtropical Agricultural and Natural Resource Management (TROPENTAG) is jointly organised by the universities of Bonn, Göttingen, Hohenheim, Kassel-Witzenhausen, Hamburg, ETH Zurich (Switzerland), Czech University of Life Sciences of Prague (Czech Republic), as well as by the Council for Tropical and Subtropical Research (ATSAF e.V) in co-operation with the GIZ Advisory Service on Agricultural Research for Development (BEAF).

Fairfax, Virginia, USA

The USAID supported Innovation in Agricultural Training and Education Program (InnovATE) will host the First International Symposium on Innovation in Agricultural Training and Education (ATE). This global event is designed to stimulate and organize knowledge about key issues that impact ATE. We expect many key specialists and stakeholders to attend so it will be held close to Washington, DC at the George Mason University and Conference Center in Fairfax, Virginia

Berlin, Germany

Safe the date! More information as soon as available.

Kigali, Rwanda

The event looks into the future of ICTs for agriculture. Discover new innovations, learn about cutting edge technologies and share exciting experiences as we bring together ICT experts from around the globe at this unmissable event.

Bangalore, India

Third International Conference

Extension Educational Strategies for Sustainable Agricultural Development

A global perspective

Berlin, Germany

Farming systems facing global challenges: Capacities and strategies

Brisbane, Australia

The theme of the 2014 congress is 'Horticulture - sustaining lives, livelihoods and landscapes'. We've chosen this theme to highlight the unique potential of horticulture addressing the key issues of modern society - health, poverty, food production and the environment. Horticulture matters to us all, whether we are involved in research, extension, education, or servicing horticulture in commercial, amenity or environmental horticulture, in both developed or developing countries. In the spirit of scientific cooperation and sharing knowledge globally, the Congress will showcase advanced technologies that are becoming globally significant in a world with a rapidly growing population, less cultivatable land and an environment under threat.