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

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

Africa Agribusiness and Science Week

Durban Durban, South Africa

The Africa Agribusiness and Science Week (AASW) in April 2023 is the continent’s MUST-ATTEND Science-to-Business platform for SPONSORS AND OR EXHIBITORS as it provides a one-stop platform to develop relations, exchange knowledge and assess opportunities

Africa’s Food Systems Forum 2023 Summit

Africa's Food Systems Forum 2023 Summit’s theme, “Recover, Regenerate, Act: Africa’s Solutions to Food Systems Transformation,” focuses on building back better food systems and food sovereignty with youth and women at the center. The theme identifies three steps needed to achieve this transformation: Recovery, Regenerate, and Act.