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14-15 February 2019 .  IFAD's forty-second session focused on the theme  rural innovation and entrepreneurship . IFAD, with its specialized mandate of enabling rural transformation, has a pivotal role to play in creating the conditions for innovation and entrepreneurship to thrive in rural areas. Extract of the programme Centre Stage – IFAD Talk  Dr Gunhild Stordalen, Executive Chair of the EAT Foundation Moderator: Ms Katherine Meighan , General Counsel, IFAD Special event: Access to finance for young people  Mr Jim Leandro Cano , Country Representative, Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD) ( Philippines )  Ms Annie Nyaga , farmer, agriculture transporter, and the youngest County Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation, Livestock and Fisheries in Kenya; Co-Director, 4-H Kenya ( Kenya )  Ms Dalí Nolasco Cruz , Member of the Nahua peoples of Tlaola, Puebla. Director of the Timo’Patla Intercultural Organization A.C. and Mopampa, a network of...

11-13 February 2019 . New Delhi, Delhi, India. World Sustainable Development Summit . This summit aimed to accelerate the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. The World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS) is the annual flagship event of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). WSDS 2019 focused on the theme, 'Attaining the 2030 Agenda: Delivering on our Promise'. The “mega themes” to be addressed during the event are clean oceans, climate finance, energy transitions, mobility and sustainable agriculture. "There is a need to make use of the endless possibilities of biotechnology and  nanotechnology to develop a range of green products, including nano-fertilisers. We should move towards more efficient systems of irrigation with 'more crop per drop' as our mantra. Greater thrust has to be placed on organic farming and on the use of natural means of pest control. Sustainable development is inclusive development which includes sustainable agriculture, sustainable mob...

30th January to 1st February 2019. FARA Secretariat, Accra, Ghana The Long-term Europe-Africa Partnership for Food and Nutrition Security, and Sustainable Agriculture (LEAP4FNSSA) is a Coordination Support Action (CSA) funded by the Directorate General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD) of the European Commission (EC), under Horizon 2020. It brings together 35 institutions from Africa and Europe which are ready to engage in collaborative research and innovation on Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture (FNSSA) roadmap signed in 2016, between the African Union and the European Union. From Left: Dr. Mawoko Philippe (Africa Union Commission), Agnieszka Romanowicz (European Commission), Madam Patricia Apiagyei (Hon. Deputy Minister of Environment, Science, Technology & Innovation of Ghana), Dr. Yemi Akinbamijo (Executive Director, FARA) and Philippe Petithuguenin (CIRAD) A presentation to the  Honourable Deputy Minister The official Kick Off Meeting, which is t...