Innovative approach on common bean based technology generation and promotion ...Tropical Legumes III
Higher production of Common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L), is constrained with several biotic and abiotic factors and the common bean research program in Ethiopia aims at contributing to the improvement of the livelihoods of smallholder farmers through generation and promotion of improved varieties which are demand driven, climate-smart, and tolerant to biotic and abiotic constraint.
Home-grown: Linking farmers to markets in Western KenyaTeresa Borelli
BFN Kenya describes its success in linking smallholder farmers to institutional markets in Western Kenya and in promoting African Leafy Vegetables for improved food and nutrition outcomes
Findings from a survey in western kenya to determine the soil fertility reple...Innspub Net
A survey on adoption levels of the existing soil nitrogen replenishing technologies amongst farmers in three counties in western Kenya was carried out in June 2011. Three farmer associations were Angurai Farmers Development Project (AFDEP), Bungoma Small-Scale Farmers Forum (BUSSFFO) and Mwangaza Farmer Group (MFAGRO). During the survey 223 farmers were interviewed with roughly a half of the households surveyed being members of farmer associations (FAs) and the other half being non-members, who acted as the control. Stratified random sampling technique was used. A repeated measures Analysis of Variance (RM – ANOVA) showed that various soil nitrogen replenishment technologies were adopted to various degrees, F (4.39, 855.43) =23.36, p<.001). The findings of this study indicated that the available technologies most extensively used in the study area were the use of inorganic fertilisers (DAP), planting of improved legumes processing, Lab lab, Push Pull, and Super 2 Package. In second place, were technologies such as seed inoculation, foliar feed use, top dressing fertiliser (CAN) and use of improved legumes. The least used technologies were found to be Ua Kayongo (IR seed), MBILI intercropping, fortified compost, and use of Farm yard manure and liming. The results also indicated that generally, adoption of technologies was higher amongst farmer association members compared with non-members regardless of the county. Bungoma County had significantly highest level of technology adoption level compared to both Busia and Vihiga. Adoption of soil technologies was also found to be positively correlated with farmers’ educational level but inversely related with their age.
Innovative approach on common bean based technology generation and promotion ...Tropical Legumes III
Higher production of Common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L), is constrained with several biotic and abiotic factors and the common bean research program in Ethiopia aims at contributing to the improvement of the livelihoods of smallholder farmers through generation and promotion of improved varieties which are demand driven, climate-smart, and tolerant to biotic and abiotic constraint.
Home-grown: Linking farmers to markets in Western KenyaTeresa Borelli
BFN Kenya describes its success in linking smallholder farmers to institutional markets in Western Kenya and in promoting African Leafy Vegetables for improved food and nutrition outcomes
Findings from a survey in western kenya to determine the soil fertility reple...Innspub Net
A survey on adoption levels of the existing soil nitrogen replenishing technologies amongst farmers in three counties in western Kenya was carried out in June 2011. Three farmer associations were Angurai Farmers Development Project (AFDEP), Bungoma Small-Scale Farmers Forum (BUSSFFO) and Mwangaza Farmer Group (MFAGRO). During the survey 223 farmers were interviewed with roughly a half of the households surveyed being members of farmer associations (FAs) and the other half being non-members, who acted as the control. Stratified random sampling technique was used. A repeated measures Analysis of Variance (RM – ANOVA) showed that various soil nitrogen replenishment technologies were adopted to various degrees, F (4.39, 855.43) =23.36, p<.001). The findings of this study indicated that the available technologies most extensively used in the study area were the use of inorganic fertilisers (DAP), planting of improved legumes processing, Lab lab, Push Pull, and Super 2 Package. In second place, were technologies such as seed inoculation, foliar feed use, top dressing fertiliser (CAN) and use of improved legumes. The least used technologies were found to be Ua Kayongo (IR seed), MBILI intercropping, fortified compost, and use of Farm yard manure and liming. The results also indicated that generally, adoption of technologies was higher amongst farmer association members compared with non-members regardless of the county. Bungoma County had significantly highest level of technology adoption level compared to both Busia and Vihiga. Adoption of soil technologies was also found to be positively correlated with farmers’ educational level but inversely related with their age.
Presentation of BFN activities at the Alacati Herb FestivalTeresa Borelli
Recent successes in BFN activities were presented at the Biodiversity for Food & Nutrition Conference organized in the framework of the Alacati Herb Festival in Turkey in March 2015.
"Leveraging market opportunities for promoting healthy diets Gianluca Brunor...ExternalEvents
"www.fao.org/about/meetings/sustainable-food-systems-nutrition-symposium
The International Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved Nutrition was jointly held by FAO and WHO in December 2016 to explore policies and programme options for shaping the food systems in ways that deliver foods for a healthy diet, focusing on concrete country experiences and challenges. This Symposium waas the first large-scale contribution under the UN Decade of Action for Nutrition 2016-2025. This presentation was part of Parallel session 1.3: Leveraging market opportunities for promoting healthy diets"
Presentation of BFN activities to SADC countries - Feb 2015Teresa Borelli
The presentations was delivered to a meeting of SADC countries showing how traditional crops can provide useful food alternatives when nutrition and food security is poor and when climate events can cause other crops to fail.
Food safety in Tanzania: Lessons from maize and dairy supply chains and polic...ILRI
Presentation by Florence Mutua, Amos Omore, Delia Grace, Erastus Kangethe, Penjani Mkambula, Mduduzi Mbuya, Enock Musinguzi at the virtual United Nations Food System Summit sub-national dialogue, 1 July 2021.
Increasing groundnut productivity of smallholder farmers in ghana,mali and ni...ICRISAT
In West Africa, groundnut is a very important grain legume crop for smallholder farmers, especially women, it is a major cash crop for many households; it contributes to soil fertility with biological nitrogen fixation; and its haulm is a good livestock feed. Despite its importance, the productivity of the crop remains low with yield of around 1t ha-1 compared with global average of 1.5t ha-1 and over 3t ha-1 in USA and China.
Foresight Report on food systems and diets: Facing the challenges of the 21st...Glo_PAN
At the launch of the Global Panel's Foresight Report "Food systems and diets: Facing the challenges of the 21st century", which was held at FAO in Rome on 23 September 2016, Dr Lawrence Haddad, Chair of the Foresight Lead Expert Group, and Director of GAIN, presents the report.
Food Assistance and Institutional Demand: Supporting Smallholder Farmers to F...UNDP Policy Centre
Presented at The State of Food and Agriculture 2015 (SOFA) workshop held at FAO's headquarters in Rome on July 1st, 2014. The presentation explained the concept of Institutional Demand as a feature of Social Protection that links agricultural producers with local and assured local/regional markets. Institutional demand primarily consists of state purchases of produce from smallholder farmers that is then distributed through social protection networks (community kitchens, food banks, schools, etc) to fight hunger.
Rebbie Harawa
COUNTRY WORKSHOP
The Knowledge Lab on Climate Resilient Food Systems: An analytical support facility to achieve the SDGs
Co-Organized by IFPRI and AGRA
FEB 7, 2019 - 08:30 AM TO 05:55 PM EAT
The grocery gap: food retail outlets mapping and reorganization for promoting...ExternalEvents
"www.fao.org/about/meetings/sustainable-food-systems-nutrition-symposium
The International Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved Nutrition was jointly held by FAO and WHO in December 2016 to explore policies and programme options for shaping the food systems in ways that deliver foods for a healthy diet, focusing on concrete country experiences and challenges. This Symposium waas the first large-scale contribution under the UN Decade of Action for Nutrition 2016-2025. This presentation was part of Parallel session 1.3: Leveraging market opportunities for promoting healthy diets"
Conserving genetic diversity for food and nutrition in BrazilTeresa Borelli
BFN Brazil describes the process it underwent to identify the main causes of biodiversity loss in Brazil and the steps it undertook to influence existing policies and programs to recognize the importance of biodiversity with nutrition importance
"Engaging effectively with private sector in the food systems for healthy die...ExternalEvents
"www.fao.org/about/meetings/sustainable-food-systems-nutrition-symposium
The International Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved Nutrition was jointly held by FAO and WHO in December 2016 to explore policies and programme options for shaping the food systems in ways that deliver foods for a healthy diet, focusing on concrete country experiences and challenges. This Symposium waas the first large-scale contribution under the UN Decade of Action for Nutrition 2016-2025. This presentation was part of Parallel session 1.3: Leveraging market opportunities for promoting healthy diets"
Returning farmers to the centre of policy decisions is fundamental to sustainable development. Governments, businesses, scientists and civil society groups must focus attention on the source of our food security. All these groups must work together to enable the many millions of farm families, especially smallholders, to grow more crops sustainably through effective markets, more collaborative research and committed knowledge sharing.
The Farming First framework proposes six interlinked imperatives for sustainable development:
1. Safeguard natural resources
2. Share knowledge
3. Build local access and capacity
4. Protect harvests
5. Enable access to markets
6. Prioritise research imperatives
Explore the principles one by one
As this animated diagram suggests, a broad-based, knowledge-centred approach to agricultural development is needed. The approach starts with focusing on farmers and the tools and information they need to steward land, grow crops, bring in their harvest and then get it to market. While modern agricultural technologies and management approaches have doubled the production of world food calories over the past half-century, many smallholder farmers struggle to achieve even the most basic level of subsistence.
New investments, incentives and innovations are needed to achieve greater social and environmental sustainability, while delivering increased agricultural production. These benefits must be made available to all farmers and agricultural workers, recognising their role as guardians of our shared environment, biodiversity, and ecosystems. There is a need for a radical shift in thinking which places the farmer at the centre of sound and sustainable agricultural practices.
This approach – delivering productivity and sustainability – must also lead to a more equitable and efficient production and distribution systems. Combined with better functioning markets and sustainable local and regional infrastructure, an enhanced farming system will contribute to improved economic development, providing food security, decent work, fair prices and improved land management.
To succeed, any new approach must be based on a stable policy environment within which farmers can work and invest. This, in turn, requires us to establish stable, long-term policy and regulatory frameworks for the development of agriculture; to enhance national financial allocations; to direct international development assistance towards the agricultural sector in developing countries;and to undertake comprehensive stakeholder consultation processes in the design and implementation of agricultural programs.
Integrating Nutrition in Agriculture in SenegalTeresa Borelli
The project aims to reduce malnutrition by adopting a multi-pronged approach that addresses sustainable agricultural production, access to safe drinking water and improving markets and food governance
Presentation of BFN activities at the Alacati Herb FestivalTeresa Borelli
Recent successes in BFN activities were presented at the Biodiversity for Food & Nutrition Conference organized in the framework of the Alacati Herb Festival in Turkey in March 2015.
"Leveraging market opportunities for promoting healthy diets Gianluca Brunor...ExternalEvents
"www.fao.org/about/meetings/sustainable-food-systems-nutrition-symposium
The International Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved Nutrition was jointly held by FAO and WHO in December 2016 to explore policies and programme options for shaping the food systems in ways that deliver foods for a healthy diet, focusing on concrete country experiences and challenges. This Symposium waas the first large-scale contribution under the UN Decade of Action for Nutrition 2016-2025. This presentation was part of Parallel session 1.3: Leveraging market opportunities for promoting healthy diets"
Presentation of BFN activities to SADC countries - Feb 2015Teresa Borelli
The presentations was delivered to a meeting of SADC countries showing how traditional crops can provide useful food alternatives when nutrition and food security is poor and when climate events can cause other crops to fail.
Food safety in Tanzania: Lessons from maize and dairy supply chains and polic...ILRI
Presentation by Florence Mutua, Amos Omore, Delia Grace, Erastus Kangethe, Penjani Mkambula, Mduduzi Mbuya, Enock Musinguzi at the virtual United Nations Food System Summit sub-national dialogue, 1 July 2021.
Increasing groundnut productivity of smallholder farmers in ghana,mali and ni...ICRISAT
In West Africa, groundnut is a very important grain legume crop for smallholder farmers, especially women, it is a major cash crop for many households; it contributes to soil fertility with biological nitrogen fixation; and its haulm is a good livestock feed. Despite its importance, the productivity of the crop remains low with yield of around 1t ha-1 compared with global average of 1.5t ha-1 and over 3t ha-1 in USA and China.
Foresight Report on food systems and diets: Facing the challenges of the 21st...Glo_PAN
At the launch of the Global Panel's Foresight Report "Food systems and diets: Facing the challenges of the 21st century", which was held at FAO in Rome on 23 September 2016, Dr Lawrence Haddad, Chair of the Foresight Lead Expert Group, and Director of GAIN, presents the report.
Food Assistance and Institutional Demand: Supporting Smallholder Farmers to F...UNDP Policy Centre
Presented at The State of Food and Agriculture 2015 (SOFA) workshop held at FAO's headquarters in Rome on July 1st, 2014. The presentation explained the concept of Institutional Demand as a feature of Social Protection that links agricultural producers with local and assured local/regional markets. Institutional demand primarily consists of state purchases of produce from smallholder farmers that is then distributed through social protection networks (community kitchens, food banks, schools, etc) to fight hunger.
Rebbie Harawa
COUNTRY WORKSHOP
The Knowledge Lab on Climate Resilient Food Systems: An analytical support facility to achieve the SDGs
Co-Organized by IFPRI and AGRA
FEB 7, 2019 - 08:30 AM TO 05:55 PM EAT
The grocery gap: food retail outlets mapping and reorganization for promoting...ExternalEvents
"www.fao.org/about/meetings/sustainable-food-systems-nutrition-symposium
The International Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved Nutrition was jointly held by FAO and WHO in December 2016 to explore policies and programme options for shaping the food systems in ways that deliver foods for a healthy diet, focusing on concrete country experiences and challenges. This Symposium waas the first large-scale contribution under the UN Decade of Action for Nutrition 2016-2025. This presentation was part of Parallel session 1.3: Leveraging market opportunities for promoting healthy diets"
Conserving genetic diversity for food and nutrition in BrazilTeresa Borelli
BFN Brazil describes the process it underwent to identify the main causes of biodiversity loss in Brazil and the steps it undertook to influence existing policies and programs to recognize the importance of biodiversity with nutrition importance
"Engaging effectively with private sector in the food systems for healthy die...ExternalEvents
"www.fao.org/about/meetings/sustainable-food-systems-nutrition-symposium
The International Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved Nutrition was jointly held by FAO and WHO in December 2016 to explore policies and programme options for shaping the food systems in ways that deliver foods for a healthy diet, focusing on concrete country experiences and challenges. This Symposium waas the first large-scale contribution under the UN Decade of Action for Nutrition 2016-2025. This presentation was part of Parallel session 1.3: Leveraging market opportunities for promoting healthy diets"
Returning farmers to the centre of policy decisions is fundamental to sustainable development. Governments, businesses, scientists and civil society groups must focus attention on the source of our food security. All these groups must work together to enable the many millions of farm families, especially smallholders, to grow more crops sustainably through effective markets, more collaborative research and committed knowledge sharing.
The Farming First framework proposes six interlinked imperatives for sustainable development:
1. Safeguard natural resources
2. Share knowledge
3. Build local access and capacity
4. Protect harvests
5. Enable access to markets
6. Prioritise research imperatives
Explore the principles one by one
As this animated diagram suggests, a broad-based, knowledge-centred approach to agricultural development is needed. The approach starts with focusing on farmers and the tools and information they need to steward land, grow crops, bring in their harvest and then get it to market. While modern agricultural technologies and management approaches have doubled the production of world food calories over the past half-century, many smallholder farmers struggle to achieve even the most basic level of subsistence.
New investments, incentives and innovations are needed to achieve greater social and environmental sustainability, while delivering increased agricultural production. These benefits must be made available to all farmers and agricultural workers, recognising their role as guardians of our shared environment, biodiversity, and ecosystems. There is a need for a radical shift in thinking which places the farmer at the centre of sound and sustainable agricultural practices.
This approach – delivering productivity and sustainability – must also lead to a more equitable and efficient production and distribution systems. Combined with better functioning markets and sustainable local and regional infrastructure, an enhanced farming system will contribute to improved economic development, providing food security, decent work, fair prices and improved land management.
To succeed, any new approach must be based on a stable policy environment within which farmers can work and invest. This, in turn, requires us to establish stable, long-term policy and regulatory frameworks for the development of agriculture; to enhance national financial allocations; to direct international development assistance towards the agricultural sector in developing countries;and to undertake comprehensive stakeholder consultation processes in the design and implementation of agricultural programs.
Integrating Nutrition in Agriculture in SenegalTeresa Borelli
The project aims to reduce malnutrition by adopting a multi-pronged approach that addresses sustainable agricultural production, access to safe drinking water and improving markets and food governance
"Maintaining and Improving Nutritional Value and Food Safety along the Value ...ExternalEvents
"www.fao.org/about/meetings/sustainable-food-systems-nutrition-symposium
The International Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved Nutrition was jointly held by FAO and WHO in December 2016 to explore policies and programme options for shaping the food systems in ways that deliver foods for a healthy diet, focusing on concrete country experiences and challenges. This Symposium waas the first large-scale contribution under the UN Decade of Action for Nutrition 2016-2025. This presentation was part of Parallel session 1.2: Maintaining and improving nutritional value and food safety along the value chain"
Approaching sustainable urban development in China through a food system pla...Steffanie Scott
After more than two decades of rapid urbanization, Chinese cities now face severe sustainability challenges in terms of balancing economic viability, social justice, and environmental protection goals. While various types of planning have long been adopted to cope with these challenges, food as a centerpiece of daily life and of social and economic activity in cities has rarely been considered as a focus of urban planning in China, despite a lot of recent attention to food waste and food safety concerns. In contrast, over the past decade or more, cities in the west have seen food system planning emerge as a holistic lens to promote multifaceted urban development strategies. Community gardens and neighbourhood farmers’ markets are two common examples. In these strategies, food has been recognized as a powerful element that links closely with multiple economic, social, health, and environmental issues.
This paper thus calls for an integration of food issues into urban planning in Chinese cities. Our paper reviews some successful cases of food system assessments and planning in the west and provides a preliminary framework for food system planning in China. The framework brings together various priorities: connecting people to the food system, community economic development, access to healthy food, ecological health, and integrated food policy. By applying this framework to examine urban food systems in China, our paper identifies strengths and challenges for achieving sustainability goals. This analysis also sets the stage for future research in urban food system planning in China.
Overview of the 2015 Annual Trends and Outlook Report (ATOR)
Namukolo Covic, Research Coordinator, Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division (PHND), IFPRI, Ethiopia
9 February 2017, the first Food for All Talk (#FFATalks) under the WBG-Netherlands Partnership took place on the subject: Food Systems for Healthier Diets.
This strategy will reinforce IFPRI’s position as an evidence-based research organization that partners for impact and will help achieve the
Institute’s vision of a world free of hunger and malnutrition.
Scaling up strategies from technology transfer to empowerment with focus on a...SIANI
Presented by Riccardo Quiros during the seminar How to Feed Nine Billion within the Planet’s Boundaries - Agroecology for Food Security & Nutrition organised by the SIANI Expert group on Agriculture Transformation on March 10, 2015. Read more here: http://www.siani.se/expert-groups/agriculture-transformation-low-income-countries-under-environmental-change
Pathways to improved nutrition in the Ethiopian Highlands africa-rising
Poster prepared by Kalpana Sharma, Zelalem Lema, Tesfaye Hailu, Kindu Mekonnen and Mariama Fofanah for the Africa RISING Ethiopia Review and Planning Meeting, Addis Ababa, 29-30 November 2016
Contribution of the GEF Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition to ‘mainstreaming’; country experiences.
Presentation given by Danny Hunter, Global Project Coordinator, Bioversity International at the side event ' Mainstreaming biodiversity for improved human nutrition and well-being: moving from global initiatives to local action' on the occasion of the 15th Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Rome, Italy - 20th January 2015
The contribution of GEF 'Biodiversity for food and nutrition' country experiences
Presentation given by Danny Hunter, Global Project Coordinator, Bioversity International at the side event ' Mainstreaming biodiversity for improved human nutrition and well-being: moving from global initiatives to local action' on the occasion of the 15th Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Rome, Italy - January 20th 2015
Find out more about the initiative here:
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/research-portfolio/diet-diversity/biodiversity-for-food-and-nutrition/
Visit the B4FN website:
http://www.b4fn.org/home.html
Corinna Hawkes
POLICY SEMINAR
Virtual Event - No backsliding: How can we re-orient food systems and health systems to protect nutrition and healthy diets in the context of COVID-19?
Co-Organized by IFPRI and the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)
MAY 28, 2020 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EDT
June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
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Macroeconomics- Movie Location
This will be used as part of your Personal Professional Portfolio once graded.
Objective:
Prepare a presentation or a paper using research, basic comparative analysis, data organization and application of economic information. You will make an informed assessment of an economic climate outside of the United States to accomplish an entertainment industry objective.
Unit 8 - Information and Communication Technology (Paper I).pdfThiyagu K
This slides describes the basic concepts of ICT, basics of Email, Emerging Technology and Digital Initiatives in Education. This presentations aligns with the UGC Paper I syllabus.
Exploiting Artificial Intelligence for Empowering Researchers and Faculty, In...Dr. Vinod Kumar Kanvaria
Exploiting Artificial Intelligence for Empowering Researchers and Faculty,
International FDP on Fundamentals of Research in Social Sciences
at Integral University, Lucknow, 06.06.2024
By Dr. Vinod Kumar Kanvaria
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In Odoo, the multi-company feature allows you to manage multiple companies within a single Odoo database instance. Each company can have its own configurations while still sharing common resources such as products, customers, and suppliers.
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Let’s explore the intersection of technology and equity in the final session of our DEI series. Discover how AI tools, like ChatGPT, can be used to support and enhance your nonprofit's DEI initiatives. Participants will gain insights into practical AI applications and get tips for leveraging technology to advance their DEI goals.
Introduction to AI for Nonprofits with Tapp NetworkTechSoup
Dive into the world of AI! Experts Jon Hill and Tareq Monaur will guide you through AI's role in enhancing nonprofit websites and basic marketing strategies, making it easy to understand and apply.
2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...Sandy Millin
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/iateflwebinar2024
Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...
Group work - Policy and advocacy
1. What determines what is on our plate, e.g. pulses
Want
Perception
Taste
Visual
Shame/pride
Tradition
Know
Quality of food
Knowledge (nutrition,
health, environment,
ecology)
Food composition
Can
Available
Lifestyle
Westernized diets
Price, time
Planification – soak
Cooking time
2. Production Consumption
Trader
In some countries
Farmer = consumer
Who influences whom?
Increase collaboration/communication between farmers, traders and consumers
-> to know each others needs
Research
3. Possible solutions to increase pulse consumption
• Include pulses recommendations in
• School nutrition/feeding programmes
• Government procurement programmes, e.g. hospitals, schools, prisons etc
• Food Based Dietary Guidelines (FBDG) – specific on pulses
• Policies on nutrition, agriculture
• Dissolve stigma of being a poor man’s food
• Through chefs and 5 star restaurants, environmental impact
• Through cutting habit to decrease pulses consumption with increased income (FBDG,
Promotion)
• Increase availability of pulses and their products
• Include in take-away, restaurant menus
• Create and promote new recipes and pulse products. Promote traditional ones
• Increase knowledge on pulses and strive to use them
• Promote several pulses (not only 1) in addition to cereals
• Nutrition education campaigns
• Dissemination of nutritional and health benefits
• Increase collaboration/communication between farmers, traders and consumers
-> to know each others needs
4. What hampers the production and trade of
pulses?
Production
• Underdeveloped markets
• Small profit margins
• Lack of incentives (policies tend to promote other crops)
• Lack of agro-ecological adapted seeds and varieties
• Pulses are often relegated to marginal lands
• Cultural aspects and values
Trade
• High market price fluctuations
• Codex groups pulses together
• High phytosanitary requirements for accessing markets
5. Proposed solutions and approaches
• All solutions need to be highly context specific
• Solutions need to be inclusive of all stakeholders
• Learn from other countries’ success or lack thereof
• Focus policy and programmes on producers
• Farmers should be empowered to take informed
decisions vis-à-vis the adoption of pulses
• Balance the intrinsic drawbacks of pulses (such as lower
yields) by compensating pulses producers for the
environmental benefits of growing pules
• Establish direct incentives
• Improve mechanization, especially for smallholder
farmers
• Strengthen extension services
• Adopt ICTs
• Include pulses in nutrition policy & programmes
• Include pulses in public procurement schemes
• Include pulses in food-based dietary guidelines
• Include pulses in national nutrition policies
• Improved value chains of pulses
• Consumers play an important role in creating demand
and hence incentivize production
• Establish a formal (international) market for pulses on the
same line as the existing cereal markets
• Invest in infrastructure (storage, transportation)
• Process pulses into other foods (biscuits, etc.) to access
new markets
• Strengthen research
• Establish a global pulses institute or research consortium
• Tackle the demographic challenges to the research
community
6. How FAO can keep supporting pulses beyond
IYP 2016
• Continue developing the FAO/INFOODS global food composition
database on pulses
• Foster technical networks on pulses
• Include pulses in its market analysis work and publish statistics on
pulses
• Keep pulses in its programme of work