Creating an International Research Consortium on Food, Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture

The Long-term Europe-Africa Research and Innovation Partnership for Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture (LEAP4FNSSA) is pleased to invite you to the workshop preparing an International Research Consortium for Food, Nutrition Security and Sustainable agriculture; a collaborative platform for AU and EU.
The workshop will be held on 13 July 2022, from 10:30 to 16:30 CEST in a hybrid format. The physical meeting will be in Brussels, Belgium.

The 5th World Congress on Agroforestry 2022

UPSCALE partner, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), will be presenting a paper at the 5th World congress of Agroforestry: Towards further intensification of push-pull technology with agroforestry by the team Buleti Sylvia, Were Samuell, Gichua Moses and Kuyah Shem. 

International Symposium on Managing Land and Water for Climate-Smart Agriculture

Vienna, Austria Vienna, Austria

The ‘International Symposium on Managing Land and Water for Climate-Smart Agriculture’ aims to facilitate the exchange of information and knowledge among soil, water and environment professionals from developed and developing countries to advance the understanding, collaboration and capabilities to respond to the impact of climate change in a rapidly changing global environment.

Sustainable Research & Innovation Conference

UPSCALE partner, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), will organize the Sustainable Research and Innovation Conference on October 5th - October 6th 2022 in Nairobi, Kenya.

Cooperation Lounge Bavaria-Africa – Research and Innovation for Global Climate Action

In the aftermath of the UN Climate Change Conference COP27 which is taking place this year in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, for the first time in Africa since 2016, the Scientific Coordination Office Bavaria-Africa of the Bavarian Research Alliance organises an online Cooperation Lounge “Bavaria-Africa – Research and Innovation for Global Climate Action” on 23-24 November 2022. The event is supported by the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN). Part of the event are 1:1 matchmaking meetings.

18th RUFORUM Annual General Meeting

The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) will hold its 18th Annual General Meeting (AGM) from 12-16 December 2022 at the Harare International Conference Centre in Zimbabwe under the theme “Sustaining African Industrialization through Innovative Agricultural Research, Training and Outreach in the Post COVID-19 Era”.

Work Package 8 Workshop Online

This meeting is called by icipe, the Work Package 8 leaders, in conjunction with the UPSCALE project coordinator Prof. Emily Poppenborg. The main purpose of the workshop is to review the status, track progress, learning and plan for effective implementation and coordination of Work Package 8 activities across all the 5 UPSCALE sites in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda.

Work Package 8 Workshop Online | January 2023

This meeting is called by icipe, the Work Package 8 leaders, in conjunction with the UPSCALE project coordinator Prof. Emily Poppenborg. The main purpose of the workshop is to review the status, track progress, learning and plan for effective implementation and coordination of Work Package 8 activities across all the 5 UPSCALE sites in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda.

UPSCALE General Assembly 2023

Malaika Beach Resort, Mwanza Mwanza, Tanzania, United Republic of

Members of the EU-funded UPSCALE project studying push-pull cropping systems in sub-Saharan Africa will gather for their third general assembly.