The Africa Agribusiness and Science Week (AASW8) gathers over 1,000 stakeholders involved in agriculture and agribusiness research and innovation in Africa.

To celebrate the 2023 UN Behavioural Science Week, IFAD is hosting a number of events on the use of behavioural science within our projects.

This event is an opportunity for Indigneous Peoples, farmers and youth representatives to discuss ways of strengthening partnerships during the IFAD13 cycle.

IFAD and the UN Office of the Special Adviser for Africa are hosting the Global Forum on Remittances, Investment and Development (GFRID) Summit 2023.
 

How to make innovation and impact investments work for the rural poor?

This webinar will launch the International Day of Family Remittances (IDFR) campaign and will set the stage for the upcoming Global Forum on Remittances, Investment and Development (GFRID) Summit 2023.

To help African farmers be ready to adopt new technologies, the Alliance for a Green revolution in Africa (AGRA), partnered with IFAD under the project "Improving Delivery of Seed and Soil Fertility Technologies" (IDSST).

IFAD will host an event on ‘Making Reporting on Indigenous Peoples Issues Safe and Meaningful’. 

This year’s Forum focuses on “Indigenous Peoples, human health, planetary and territorial health and climate change: a rights-based approach”.

This event will discuss how the new EU-IFAD partnership agreements can be used to promote agro-ecological approaches and other sustainable agricultural practices among youth.

This event will explore how neuroscience can enhance the potential of evaluations and how this impacts IFAD’s work.

The Conference is the most important water event in a generation. It aims to raise awareness of the global water crisis and decide on concerted action to achieve the internationally agreed water-related goals and targets, including those contained in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Critical challenges in attaining food security and climate change adaptation in the Pacific, and opportunities for strengthened collaboration.

This year’s Commission on the Status of Women (CSW67) focuses on innovation and education in the digital age to achieve gender equality, with an emphasis on rural women and girls.

Young people play a vital role in transforming food systems and accelerating a “Just Transition”. Leveraging young people’s fresh perspectives, innovation, and energy can spur inclusive green work opportunities in agrifood systems.
 

This event will examine the connections between these three resources; the synergies, conflicts and trade-offs that arise from how they are managed; and the opportunities for increased investment.

This event will deep-dive into food systems transformation, what it is all about, the role of small-scale farmers in achieving it, and how it can be financed.

This event will discuss the challenges and opportunities of private sector finance and identify concrete investments and policy actions.

Through evidence, storytelling and a Q&A, this session will showcase how the effective participation of Indigenous Peoples in decision-making and policymaking is key to achieving food security.

The forty-sixth session of the IFAD Governing Council, taking place on 14 and 15 February 2023, will focus on “Accelerating Action for Food Security”.