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🚨 OUT NOW: What should be on the #FoodPolicy agenda ahead of 2050? IFPRI's new report highlights key priorities for improved #FoodSystems: 🫱🏾‍🫲🏼 Resilience and inclusion ♻️ Better food environments 💻 Smart tech use ...and more 👇🏾 bit.ly/3Z7L5Z5 Cornell University

🚨 OUT NOW: What should be on the #FoodPolicy agenda ahead of 2050?

<a href="/IFPRI/">IFPRI</a>'s new report highlights key priorities for improved #FoodSystems:
🫱🏾‍🫲🏼 Resilience and inclusion
♻️ Better food environments
💻 Smart tech use

...and more 👇🏾
bit.ly/3Z7L5Z5

<a href="/Cornell/">Cornell University</a>
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Coffee, bread, eggs are breakfast staples for millions. But do YOU know their origins? Eduardo Somarriba Chavez & Oscar Castañeda reveal the histories behind everyday foods and why it matters for sustainable #FoodFutures 👇🏾 bit.ly/4kMQL38 Heifer International | CATIE

Coffee, bread, eggs are breakfast staples for millions. But do YOU know their origins?

Eduardo Somarriba Chavez &amp; Oscar Castañeda reveal the histories behind everyday foods and why it matters for sustainable #FoodFutures 👇🏾
bit.ly/4kMQL38

<a href="/Heifer/">Heifer International</a> | <a href="/CATIEOficial/">CATIE</a>
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Innovative tools such as #AI could transform #agriculture but only if #farmers understand, says Mengisti Berihu. Learn how making #AI intuitive and relevant to farmers’ realities can support more efficient #livestock systems 👇🏾

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The world loses 100M hectares of healthy land every year, says UN Land and Drought. But there’s hope 🌱 On this #WorldEnvironmentDay, Ibrahim Thiaw explains why restoring soil, water & forests is one of the smartest investments we can make, for people & the planet 👇🏾 bit.ly/3VRZ2cC

The world loses 100M hectares of healthy land every year, says <a href="/UNCCD/">UN Land and Drought</a>.

But there’s hope 🌱

On this #WorldEnvironmentDay, Ibrahim Thiaw explains why restoring soil, water &amp; forests is one of the smartest investments we can make, for people &amp; the planet 👇🏾
bit.ly/3VRZ2cC
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Bold ideas, breakthrough technologies, & new partnerships are reshaping our food future. Be part of the Science & Innovation Forum 2025 → 13–17 October, Food and Agriculture Organization HQ + online. 📌fao.org/science-techno… Together, we innovate for better foods & a better future. #SIF2025 #AgInnovation

Bold ideas, breakthrough technologies, &amp; new partnerships are reshaping our food future.

Be part of the Science &amp; Innovation Forum 2025 → 13–17 October, <a href="/FAO/">Food and Agriculture Organization</a> HQ + online.
📌fao.org/science-techno…

Together, we innovate for better foods &amp; a better future. #SIF2025 #AgInnovation
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Are you part of a producer organisation strengthening rural food systems? The World Bank’s Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP) Steering Committee has opened project proposals for its latest $38 million grant financing 👇🏾 bit.ly/43yToQo

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By 2050, we must feed 10B people sustainably and #FoodSafety should be a priority. According to Food and Agriculture Organization, innovations like 3D food printing & indoor farming are shaping the future of safer and more accessible food. Explore more 👇🏾 bit.ly/4ksTKOt #WorldFoodSafetyDay

By 2050, we must feed 10B people sustainably and #FoodSafety should be a priority. According to <a href="/FAO/">Food and Agriculture Organization</a>, innovations like 3D food printing &amp; indoor farming are shaping the future of safer and more accessible food.

Explore more 👇🏾
bit.ly/4ksTKOt

#WorldFoodSafetyDay
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Illegal, unreported & unregulated (IUU) fishing undermines: 🔹Ocean biodiversity 🔹Coastal livelihoods 🔹Fair seafood markets 🔹Food security The OECD’s new Recommendation gives countries a robust framework to combat IUU fishing ➡️ brnw.ch/21wTg7B #UNOC3

Illegal, unreported &amp; unregulated (IUU) fishing undermines:

🔹Ocean biodiversity  
🔹Coastal livelihoods  
🔹Fair seafood markets 
🔹Food security 

The OECD’s new Recommendation gives countries a robust framework to combat IUU fishing ➡️ brnw.ch/21wTg7B

#UNOC3
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Coffee, bread, milk, eggs, bacon are breakfast staples for millions. But do YOU know where these foods really come from? Find out in this article from Eduardo Somarriba Chavez & Oscar Castañeda 👇🏾 bit.ly/43WSKuU Heifer International | CATIE

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#Microfinance institutions are unlocking growth for Somalia's farmers. Two years ago, Hassan built a greenhouse with a $2.7K loan from Raas Microfinance. Today, he grows 40kg of cucumbers daily. Learn how from David Iraya & Abshir Musse👇🏾 bit.ly/3Zl2gGF AECF Africa

#Microfinance institutions are unlocking growth for Somalia's farmers.

Two years ago, Hassan built a greenhouse with a $2.7K loan from Raas Microfinance. Today, he grows 40kg of cucumbers daily.

Learn how from <a href="/IrayaDavid/">David Iraya</a> &amp; Abshir Musse👇🏾
bit.ly/3Zl2gGF

<a href="/AECFAfrica/">AECF Africa</a>
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1 in 10 people fall ill from contaminated food each year. In Forbes, food systems expert Danielle Nierenberg, Food Tank calls for a whole-system approach to #FoodSafety – from farm to fork 👇🏾 bit.ly/4kPoIjw #WorldFoodSafetyDay | Food Tank

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Farmers stand on the frontline of #ClimateChange and play a vital role in driving global climate solutions. 🌎🌡️ It’s time to turn vision into action and connect climate goals with the everyday realities farmers face. Do you agree? If yes, drop a ❤️ or 🔄! #FarmersInAction

Farmers stand on the frontline of #ClimateChange and play a vital role in driving global climate solutions. 🌎🌡️

It’s time to turn vision into action and connect climate goals with the everyday realities farmers face. 

Do you agree? If yes, drop a ❤️ or 🔄!

#FarmersInAction
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Africa’s #fisheries & #aquaculture sector provides 20% of animal protein – but demand is rising fast. Without action, Africa will face an 11M metric ton gap by 2030. Policies like Morocco’s Halieutis Strategy are paving the way. Learn how 👇🏾 bit.ly/4hB2e4J Malabo Montpellier Panel

Africa’s #fisheries &amp; #aquaculture sector provides 20% of animal protein – but demand is rising fast.

Without action, Africa will face an 11M metric ton gap by 2030. Policies like Morocco’s Halieutis Strategy are paving the way.

Learn how 👇🏾
bit.ly/4hB2e4J

<a href="/MaMoPanel/">Malabo Montpellier Panel</a>
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How can the #ag sector sustainably feed up to 10 BILLION people by 2050? Join CropLife International's Festival of Stewardship to explore how collaboration helps #farmers manage risk, build capacity & scale solutions. 🗓️ 15 July 🕜 13:00 to 15:00 CET 🔗 bit.ly/3ZjTJ6Y

How can the #ag sector sustainably feed up to 10 BILLION people by 2050?

Join <a href="/CropLifeIntl/">CropLife International</a>'s Festival of Stewardship to explore how collaboration helps #farmers manage risk, build capacity &amp; scale solutions.

🗓️ 15 July
🕜 13:00 to 15:00 CET
🔗 bit.ly/3ZjTJ6Y
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How to bridge the gap between #innovation and smallholder farming 👇🏾 1️⃣ Make solutions financially viable 2️⃣ Offer agrifoodtech mentorship 3️⃣ Co-design with buyers for better market access More from Margarita Guerra & Juan Carlos Thomas 👇🏾 bit.ly/3ZmTmbP TechnoServe

How to bridge the gap between #innovation and smallholder farming 👇🏾

1️⃣ Make solutions financially viable
2️⃣ Offer agrifoodtech mentorship
3️⃣ Co-design with buyers for better market access

More from Margarita Guerra &amp; Juan Carlos Thomas 👇🏾
bit.ly/3ZmTmbP

<a href="/TechnoServe/">TechnoServe</a>
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40% of the world’s land is degraded, says UN Land and Drought. This affects both livelihoods & biodiversity, but there is hope 💡 Farm Africa’s Dan Collison’s shares how 🇪🇹 farmers are protecting land & raising resilient livestock 👇🏾 bit.ly/4jZuoXp #DesertificationAndDroughtDay

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Know someone transforming #agriculture in #Africa? Nominate them for the Africa Food Prize, a prestigious $100,000 award celebrating bold African-led innovations in #ag! Shine a light on visionary changemaker today 👇🏾 bit.ly/4nlpmrd AGRA - Sustainably Growing Africa’s Food Systems. | AFS Forum

Know someone transforming #agriculture in #Africa?

Nominate them for the Africa Food Prize, a prestigious $100,000 award celebrating bold African-led innovations in #ag! Shine a light on visionary changemaker today 👇🏾
bit.ly/4nlpmrd

<a href="/AGRA_Africa/">AGRA - Sustainably Growing Africa’s Food Systems.</a> | <a href="/TheAGRF/">AFS Forum</a>