MartinKropff
@kropffmartin
Supervisory Board Chair, Jan IngenHousz Inst. and CropXR virtual inst., Emeritus Rector Magnificus, Professor WUR and DG CIMMYT, former MD CGIAR
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https://www.wur.nl 12-10-2014 10:41:31
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Africa is in a race against time on #foodsecurity, and we know that getting the right technologies to African farmers at scale is key to delivery impact on #SDG2. It was a pleasure to share CGIAR’s research and innovation in this area at the African Development Bank Group’s Annual Meeting.
Inaugurated by the Minister of Agriculture and highly applauded by, MartinKropff , #3ACCA is taking off in #Rabat. "Conservation Agricultural can make a huge difference in Africa"! I could not agree more. ACT NETWORK CGIAR CIMMYT @IWMI_SouthernZA Inga Jacobs-Mata FAO Zambia Food and Agriculture Organization
"Mechanization in Africa is as important as seed and fertilizer", says MartinKropff at the #3ACCA. #africamechanize ACT NETWORK CGIAR CIMMYT
Adapting & scaling proven technologies & innovations from the Asian context can help Africa increase its agrifood system resilience. More from Lindiwe Majele Sibanda & Essam Yassin Mohammed on the benefits of increased investment in Africa’s #aquaticfoods systems: on.cgiar.org/3MZEGsb #OneCGIAR
In this blog, Gates Foundation’s Gargee Ghosh shares four key principles for development finance reform and calls for continued funding for CGIAR’s #climatesmart research and innovation to develop more resilient agrifood systems. #OneCGIAR on.cgiar.org/3MIR5R7
Great event in The Hague on Food Security in a polarizing world with keynote of Johan Swinnen. Wise words of Wijnand van IJssel at Foreign Affairs Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs 🇳🇱 who was supporting the CGIAR in the System Council for many years! Welcome in the pensionado world Wijnand!
Proud on many new NL Borlaug Scholars of the Borlaug Youth Institute who presented their Food Security and Climate Change studies today Wageningen U&R. Impressive highschool students! 2 selected students will attend the World Food Prize event!
What a special experience again: the graduation of now Dr Shalika Vyas on feeding the world studies! Super well done and thanks colleague supervisors and CIMMYT, Borlaug Institute for South Asia, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT and Wageningen U&R for support! Success Shalika!