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27 November 2018.  Brussels, Belgium. InfoPoint Lunchtime Conference:  e-Weather/e-Climate Information Services for Sustainable Development in Africa Increasing agricultural productivity, profitability and resilience to climate change while ensuring food security all requires access to reliable, customized, and consistent information including weather forecasts, early warning of extreme weather events and agronomic advisory services. This InfoPoint will show-case two EU Horizon 2020 funded projects and the work of Kenya's Agricultural & Livestock Research Organization (KARLO) in harnessing advanced remote sensing technologies (e.g. EU Copernicus satellite weather/climate data) and in-situ sensing technologies, both combined with mobile technologies to support climate-smart agriculture effectively and ensure food security in a changing climate. Meropi PANELI  Senior Policy Officer, DEVCO C6, Sustainable Energy & Climate Change, European Commission Frank OHENE ANN...

31 October 2018 . Brussels. Launch of the EU Policy brief: Programming Research and Innovation for Improved Impact. Multi-actor research with ex-ante assessment, which is beginning to be applied in EU programmes, can foster development impact when conducted within a right enabling environment. This was concluded by the SCAR Strategic European Working Groups ARCH , AKIS and  SCAR Food Systems on October 31, 2018 at a joint launch of the Policy Brief in Brussels. The Policy Brief “Programming Research and Innovation for improved impact ” was written based on discussions and conclusions from a jointly held workshop in Rome on 6thApril 2018 and was presented to the meeting participants. The Policy Brief was launched with the main aim to identify a way forward which will allow better use of the Brief by the EC and also Member States in terms of research agendas and policy issues. DG RTD sees it as its role to show what involvement of farmers, business etc. means. Facilitating imp...