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World Food Prize - Borlaug Dialogue 2024
The 2024 Borlaug Dialogue convenes under the theme "Seeds of Opportunity: Bridging Generations and Cultivating Diplomacy," echoing Dr. Norman Borlaug's enduring vision of breaking barriers and transcending boundaries for global food security.
27 Jun 2024
29 Oct 2024 - 31 Oct 2024
UN Biodiversity Conference COP16
Paz con la Naturaleza - Peace with Nature
27 Jun 2024
21 Oct 2024 - 1 Nov 2024
Global Nature Positive Summit 2024
The Global Nature Positive Summit will accelerate collective action to drive investment in nature and strengthen activities to protect and repair our environment.
27 Jun 2024
8 Oct 2024 - 10 Oct 2024
Africa Food Systems Forum 2024
Innovate, Accelerate and Scale: Delivering food systems transformation in a digital and climate era
27 Jun 2024
2 Sep 2024 - 6 Sep 2024
Climate Week NYC 2024
Climate Week NYC is the largest annual climate event of its kind, bringing together over 600 events and activities across the City of New York – in person, hybrid and online. Each year, business leaders, political change makers, local decision takers and civil society representatives of all ages and backgrounds, from all over the world, gather to drive the transition, speed up progress, and champion change that is already happening.
27 Jun 2024
22 Sep 2024 - 29 Sep 2024
Grasspea Innovation Shines in Ghent
In June, the picturesque city of Ghent, Belgium, gathered grasspea fans and experts at the inaugural International Lathyrus Day.
Organized by the Fernand Lambein Fund and sponsored by the Crop Trust, this event honored the...
26 Jun 2024
POSTPONED - CGIAR Science Week
Innovation and partnerships for a food, nutrition, and climate secure-future.
This event has been postponed!
25 Jun 2024
1 Jul 2024 - 5 Jul 2024
Enjoy Katie Parla’s Grasspea Soup – At Your Own Risk
Some foods are delicious but dangerous. Fubu, or puffer fish, is an extreme example: only trained chefs are allowed to prepare the funny-looking fish for risk-loving gourmets.
But humans have also accepted risk in more prosaic...
24 Jun 2024
Evangelina Villegas: The First Woman to Receive the World Food Prize
In this installment of our Seed Heroes series, we celebrate the life of Mexican scientist Evangelina Villegas, who co-developed a new variety of protein-building maize that improved diets for millions of malnourished people around...
19 Jun 2024