Climate Resilience RFA: Funding Opportunities
2020-09-16 08:00 - 2020-11-11 17:00 UTC
Request For Application

The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) is seeking applications through our Next Generation Crops Challenge Area. FFAR builds unique partnerships to support innovative and actionable science addressing today’s food and agriculture challenges. We are seeking innovative research focused on improving climate resilience in crops to provide the critical solutions necessary to enhance the sustainable production of nutritious food for a growing global population. For 2021, FFAR anticipates funding up to two meritorious applications.

What We Are Looking For

FFAR aims to support research that addresses the challenge of rising global temperatures by increasing the basal or acquired thermotolerance of crop plants. In accordance with the above intent, the successful research will be applicable to one or more of the following crop species: maize, rice, sorghum, millet, wheat, sweet potato, cassava, banana, yam, common bean, cowpea, chickpea or groundnut. We will also consider research in other plants, if applicants adequately describe how the proposed research would be transferable to the preferred crops. Potential solutions only applicable to agricultural systems in high-income countries or involving domestication of new crops will not be considered.
FFAR would consider:

Approaches that quantify the specific features of climate-driven temperature change that will most impact crop plants. This may include development or improvement of biophysical crop simulation/predictive models;
Solutions that address higher temperatures in day and/or night periods;
Solutions that address increased temperature variability;
Solutions that could be applied in crop genetic improvement programs;
Solutions that address the challenges of phenotyping for variation in thermotolerance, including the impact of acclimation;
Solutions that address temperature response in crop plants, including molecular, enzymatic, physiological, and/or genetic approaches;
Solutions developed in model plant systems that can be applied to one or more of the above crops;
Solutions that can be reasonably applied in agricultural systems in low income countries.

Eligibility

The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research welcomes applications from institutions of Higher Education, non-profit and for-profit organizations, government-affiliated researchers, and domestic and international organizations.
Any individual(s) with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed research as Program Director(s)/Principal Investigator(s) is invited to work with his/her organization to develop an application for support.

Award Information

Project duration: Up to 60 months
Proposal funding range: $250,000 – $1,000,000
Matching Funds are not required for this program.
Reasonable budgets clearly work in favor of the applicant. Budgets that are not commensurate with proposed work or poorly justified will likely have a negative impact on the overall evaluation of the application.

The number of projects selected for funding may vary.
Indirect Expenses: A maximum of 10% of the total award may be used for indirect costs. FFAR’s indirect cost allotment is not an indirect cost rate applied to the total modified direct costs but instead it is an overall allotment from the Total Funds Request, also known as the Total Project Costs, to be used for IDC. This means 90% of the total funds requested must go directly to the proposed research. For example, if you request the maximum, the total direct cost available to the project is $750,000⁄1. 1 = $682,000. Indirect costs cannot exceed 10% of the total.
Indirect costs cannot exceed 10% of the total budget (FFAR contribution+ grantee’s matching funding, if any). Please carefully review our IDC policy in the Instructions Tab of the budget template.
Estimated Number of Awards: To be determined. The number of awards depends on the quality and the total funds requested of successful application. The number of applications funded is left totally to the discretion of FFAR including choosing not to fund any applications under this opportunity.

Anticipated Award Date: February 2021

More information @ https://foundationfar.org/climate-resilience-rfa/

ONLINE WORKSHOP ON PROCESSING, STORAGE AND VALUE ADDITION OF MILLETS
2020-09-23 10:00 - 13:30 UTC

The Millet Series - 4 by SHARAN
2020-10-11 18:00 - 19:30 UTC
About the EventMillets are the humble superfood of the Indian diet. They are extremely eco-friendly and packed with nutrition, gluten free and very easy to digest! They also contain a good amount of fiber, various vitamins, phytochemicals and minerals.SHARAN is proud to conduct a Millet Series on the second Sunday of every month, where we will focus specifically on one millet each session. Here, you will learn all about millets, how to cook them and slowly seep them into your daily meals
You will be introduced to the millet, what all it can be used for, how to use it and lots more. The session will end with a demonstration of three delicious recipes, made from scratch.
To support you further, we will also have a special Q&A session on the last Sunday of every month so that we can answer any doubts you may have.
Join Rose, who is truly passionate about cooking with millets and let the magic of millets sparkle in your kitchens for your health and the environment too. So join us and get millet-powered!
Menu:

Ragi Milk Pudding
Ragi Curd
Ragi Butter Milk
Ragi Momos
Eastern Red Chutney

Date: Sunday 11th October, 2020
Time: 6.00 pm to 7.15 pm IST (8.30 am New York time, 1.30 pm UK time, 4.30 pm UAE time, 8.30 pm Singapore time)
Registrations close on Saturday 10th October, 2020 (midnight)

TEDXVarese talk on The Challenge of Smart Food by Stefania Grando, Honorary Fellow, ICRISAT
2020-10-17 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Rome)

FoodTec Expo - Global virtual conference and Expo on Food Industry
2020-11-23 08:00 - 2020-11-29 17:00 UTC

Millet Masti – This Thanksgiving, cook millets for a cause!
2020-11-26 15:30 - 18:30 UTC
This Thanksgiving, AID and i4Farmers bring you Millet Masti – a virtual contest where you can Cook Millets for a Cause! In this event participants will cook millets of their choice using recipes of their liking – making anything from dishes to deserts. Please register at aidindia.org/milletmasti
Want to know how cooking millets can conserve water? Check out an AID video explaining it!
Event day logistics:
The virtual event will begin at 3:00 pm EST when the contestants are expected to join online.
At 5:30pm, the contestants will start submitting their work i.e. pictures and 1 to 2 minute videos explaining their submission.
Between 3:30pm to 6:30pm, we will either have live interactions with farmers on millets or play preceded videos of the farmers
How will the event be judged?
Based on the recipe, the presentation, the preparation, the top 5 participants will be shortlisted for the finals. The final round will have the judge interact with the finalists and then decide the winner(s)

IFNH 3RD ANNUAL FORUM 15TH DECEMBER 2020: ADDRESSING FOOD SYSTEM CHALLENGES: MAKING INTER-DISCIPLINARITY WORK
2020-12-15 07:30 - 21:30 UTC
The importance of sustainable and resilient food supply systems is widely acknowledged. Providing food and nutrient security to a growing global population and ensuring the livelihoods of millions of people working along the food supply chain, whilst safeguarding the environment for future generations has never been more important. The Covid-19 pandemic has further emphasised the imperative for robust food systems, capable of responding to shocks and disruptions.
Food systems are complex, with inter-relationships between agriculture, the environment and consumers. Therefore, the approach to food systems and food systems challenges needs to be holistic and interdisciplinary, drawing upon natural, social and physical sciences. The IFNH is based on the recognition of the value of interdisciplinary approaches to systems-wide challenges and our 3rd Annual Forum provides an opportunity to learn about the application of such approaches in practice in different parts of the world.
The event is free to attend and for more information on the event and to register your attendance please Click Here. Please register your attendance by Monday 7th December 2020. Follow the links to see the programme and speaker’s biography.

INTERNATIONAL CROP SCIENCE CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION 2021
2021-01-28 08:00 - 2021-01-29 17:00 UTC
In the global pandemic situation when social distancing is must, in person gatherings are restricted, to promote businesses and brands , PMFAI has now decided to stage its 15th ICSCE 2020 on 3D Virtual Platform so which will enable companies to reach out to buyers-sellers, discuss business.

For registration: https://pmfaiicsce.org/3d-virtual-online-platform-28-29-january-2021-with-extended-exhibition-for-4-days/

Biofach 2021
2021-02-17 08:00 - 2021-02-21 17:00 UTC | Exhibition, Nuremberg, Germany
The world’s leading trade fair for organic food is in combination with the VIVANESS, international trade fair for natural cosmetics, important business meeting and emotional industry event in one and serves both as a meeting place and for positioning. Not for nothing is the trade fair duo an annual platform for:

Network: Nowhere else do customers, suppliers and all partners and potential new customers meet in their entirety and on a personal level in a comparable way.
Market: This is where supply and demand meet. Manufacturers introduce themselves and their products and thus observe and analyze the market and position themselves against the competition.
PR: The fair serves the image formation of manufacturers and dealers as well as of all participating industry players. With over 1,000 media representatives from 39 countries as well as comprehensive media coverage, BIOFACH offers a strong platform for PR.

7th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
2021-04-20 08:00 - 2021-04-22 17:00 UTC | University of Barcelona
7th ICFAE 2021 will be held during April 20-22, 2021, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.It will bring together innovative academics and industrial experts in the field of Food and Agricultural Engineering to a common forum.

For more information: http://www.icfae.org/

7th AGRITEC AFRICA 2021
2021-06-16 08:00 - 2021-06-18 17:00 UTC | KICC, Nairobi, Kenya, Kenya
An International Exhibition & Conference on Agriculture Technologies will be organized during 16-17-18 June, 2021 at Kenyatta International Exhibition Center, Nairobi, Kenya. Total 175 companies from 25 countries are expected to participate in this exhibition and large numbers of gathering are expected at 7th Agritec Africa which included Progressive farmers, Dairy Farmers, Dealers, Distributors, Importers, Government officials, etc.

For information visit: www.agritecafrica.com
