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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...

26 November 2018. The Platform for Africa-Europe Partnership on Agricultural Research for Development (PAEPARD) supports since 2009 research collaboration between a wide range of organizations in Africa and Europe. The conference described the main achievements of the various mechanisms – multi-stakeholder partnerships, users-led process – and instruments – incentive funds, write-shops, communication tools – to set up, strengthen and get sustainable various consortia. The potential for impacts has been recently assessed, and the perspective to scale were discussed. You will find below the link to watch the video of the conference: https://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/news-and-events/lessons-paepard-10-years-experience_en Introduction : Wim Olthof,  Deputy Head of Unit DEVCO C1, Rural development, Food security and Nutrition Christophe Larose , Head of sector, Sustainable Agriculture, DEVCO C1 Presentations : Jonas Mugabe - Manager PAEPARD, FARA, Accra, Ghana Remi Kahane -...