6th Global Food Security Conference_Zero hunger and resilient food systems in an uncertain world
Description
🌍 Event Overview
For its 6th edition, the Global Food Security Conference will take place in Wageningen at Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands, from 19–22 April 2027.
This international event brings together scientists, policymakers, and food system actors to explore cutting-edge research and practical solutions for global food and nutrition security. With a strong focus on resilience, sustainability, and agency, the conference fosters dialogue across disciplines and sectors to accelerate progress toward zero hunger.
🧩 Key Themes
Through six interconnected themes, the conference explores the transformation of food systems:
👉 For more information, visit: https://www.globalfoodsecurityconference.com/
For its 6th edition, the Global Food Security Conference will take place in Wageningen at Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands, from 19–22 April 2027.
This international event brings together scientists, policymakers, and food system actors to explore cutting-edge research and practical solutions for global food and nutrition security. With a strong focus on resilience, sustainability, and agency, the conference fosters dialogue across disciplines and sectors to accelerate progress toward zero hunger.
🧩 Key Themes
Through six interconnected themes, the conference explores the transformation of food systems:
- Harnessing opportunities – leveraging innovation, digital tools, and finance to drive change
- Safeguarding diversity – promoting biodiversity, diverse diets, and resilient value chains
- Balancing scales – connecting local and global dynamics for effective action
- Stabilizing food systems – building resilience to climate and geopolitical shocks
- Strengthening agency – empowering people to shape food systems and claim their right to food
- Reflective science – advancing inclusive, critical, and impactful research
👉 For more information, visit: https://www.globalfoodsecurityconference.com/
Event
- Part of a larger event
Participants
CopSyS
Start of the eventStart of the eventStart of the event
19.04.2027
End of the event
22.04.2027
Meeting place
In a physical location
City
Wageningen
Country
Pays-Bas
16th IFSA (International Farming Systems Association) Congress - FRANCE
Description
🌱 16th IFSA (International Farming Systems Association) Congress – Join the conversation on agricultural systems!
Come discover, discuss, and exchange ideas on agricultural systems at the 16th IFSA Congress — a key event bringing together researchers, practitioners, and stakeholders from around the world.
📍 Where?
In Montpellier (FRANCE)
📅 When?
June 29 - July 3 2026
🌍 What is IFSA?
The International Farming Systems Association (IFSA) is a global network dedicated to advancing research and knowledge on farming systems, with a strong focus on sustainability, innovation, and real-world impact. The European IFSA conferences are biennial events organized in rotation by European universities and research institutes involved in farming systems research and extension.
🗓️ On the agenda
Exploring transformative changes in agricultural systems by connecting landscapes, communities, capacity building approaches, and the interlinkages between food production, consumption, and resource management.
👉 Click here to discover the full program and speakers.
✍️ How to participate?
Registrate here: https://ifsa2026.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/14
Come discover, discuss, and exchange ideas on agricultural systems at the 16th IFSA Congress — a key event bringing together researchers, practitioners, and stakeholders from around the world.
📍 Where?
In Montpellier (FRANCE)
📅 When?
June 29 - July 3 2026
🌍 What is IFSA?
The International Farming Systems Association (IFSA) is a global network dedicated to advancing research and knowledge on farming systems, with a strong focus on sustainability, innovation, and real-world impact. The European IFSA conferences are biennial events organized in rotation by European universities and research institutes involved in farming systems research and extension.
🗓️ On the agenda
Exploring transformative changes in agricultural systems by connecting landscapes, communities, capacity building approaches, and the interlinkages between food production, consumption, and resource management.
👉 Click here to discover the full program and speakers.
✍️ How to participate?
Registrate here: https://ifsa2026.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/14
Organiser
Event
- Part of a larger event
Participants
CopSyS
Start of the eventStart of the eventStart of the event
29.06.2026
End of the event
03.07.2026
Meeting place
In a physical location
Postal Code
34000
City
Montpellier
Country
France
CGIAR-France Workshop_Systems Science for agri-food systems transformation
Description
📅 Save the Date: CGIAR-France Collaboration Workshop in Nairobi
We are excited to announce a high-level scientific workshop organized by the CGIAR-France (CGIAR-FRO) teams.
Join us on May 13, 2026, in Nairobi, Kenya!
This event is held on the sidelines of the Africa Forward Summit (May 11–12, 2026) and focuses on consolidating scientific cooperation around systemic innovation
Event Details:
📍 Location: Nairobi, Kenya (or remotely).
🗓️ Date: May 13, 2026;14.00-16.00 pm EAT
🔬 Main Topic: Systems Science for agri-food systems transformation
🔗 Detailed Program:https://system-s.org/?WorkshopCGIAR-franceKenya
💡 Why Attend?
This workshop is a key milestone in the 2026-2028 Action Plan for France-CGIAR relations
It offers a unique platform to:
📊 Discover the latest CGIAR-FRANCE Collaboration Mapping
🔄 Foster reflection on systemic innovation at the crossroads of farms, landscapes, and value chains
🔍 Identify case studies and specific countries of interest for future research and funding
📝 Program Highlights
"Sharing and strengthening capacities for systemic innovation"
Part 1: Insights from the CapSha Accelerator, Sustainable Farming Science Program, and the CopSyS community of practice
.
Part 2: Interactive discussion on country case studies and potential links between science programs
.
Part 3: Forming working groups to develop Concept Notes for project submissions, specifically targeting EU funding
🎙️ Featured Speakers & Organizers
Charles Kleinermann (CGIAR, CapSha Director)
Frank Rasche (CGIAR-IITA, Sustainable Farming SP)
Marc Corbeels (CIRAD, AIDA Research Unit)
Jacques Wery (L’Institut Agro and CopSyS)
🎯 Our Goal: Moving Toward Systemic Impact
We aim to create a dedicated working group to prepare project submissions with African NARS (National Agricultural Research Systems) and universities
Our priority is sharing research capacities and technical support to transform agri-food systems
Join us in Nairobi to shape the future of systemic innovation! 🤝✨
We are excited to announce a high-level scientific workshop organized by the CGIAR-France (CGIAR-FRO) teams.
Join us on May 13, 2026, in Nairobi, Kenya!
This event is held on the sidelines of the Africa Forward Summit (May 11–12, 2026) and focuses on consolidating scientific cooperation around systemic innovation
📍 Location: Nairobi, Kenya (or remotely).
🗓️ Date: May 13, 2026;14.00-16.00 pm EAT
🔬 Main Topic: Systems Science for agri-food systems transformation
🔗 Detailed Program:https://system-s.org/?WorkshopCGIAR-franceKenya
💡 Why Attend?
This workshop is a key milestone in the 2026-2028 Action Plan for France-CGIAR relations
It offers a unique platform to:
📊 Discover the latest CGIAR-FRANCE Collaboration Mapping
🔄 Foster reflection on systemic innovation at the crossroads of farms, landscapes, and value chains
🔍 Identify case studies and specific countries of interest for future research and funding
📝 Program Highlights
"Sharing and strengthening capacities for systemic innovation"
Part 1: Insights from the CapSha Accelerator, Sustainable Farming Science Program, and the CopSyS community of practice
.
Part 2: Interactive discussion on country case studies and potential links between science programs
.
Part 3: Forming working groups to develop Concept Notes for project submissions, specifically targeting EU funding
🎙️ Featured Speakers & Organizers
Charles Kleinermann (CGIAR, CapSha Director)
Frank Rasche (CGIAR-IITA, Sustainable Farming SP)
Marc Corbeels (CIRAD, AIDA Research Unit)
Jacques Wery (L’Institut Agro and CopSyS)
🎯 Our Goal: Moving Toward Systemic Impact
We aim to create a dedicated working group to prepare project submissions with African NARS (National Agricultural Research Systems) and universities
Our priority is sharing research capacities and technical support to transform agri-food systems
Join us in Nairobi to shape the future of systemic innovation! 🤝✨
Organiser
Event
- Part of a larger event
Participants
CopSyS
Start of the eventStart of the eventStart of the event
13.05.2026 - 14:00
End of the event
13.05.2026 - 16:00
Meeting place
Hybrid
Adress
ILRI Campus
City
Nairobi
Country
Kenya
File : Survey_Workshop_Nairobi_CopSyS.docx
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DAAFRICA'2026 – Workshop on Data Science and AI for Agriculture in Africa
Description
The DAAFRICA'2026 workshop explores the transformative power of data science and artificial intelligence in addressing the critical challenges of African agriculture.💻📊
As the sector faces increasing pressure from climate variability and food security needs, this event focuses on how digital innovation can unlock new solutions for productivity and sustainable development.
📅 Date: October 21, 2026
📍 Location: Cotonou, Benin
💻 Format: Hybrid event (in-person & online participation)
Aligned with the African Union’s Digital Agriculture Strategy, the workshop brings together experts to discuss the integration of heterogeneous data—from IoT sensors and remote sensing to weather stations—into actionable knowledge for farmers and decision-makers.
Key Discussion Topics:
🚜 Smart Farming and Yield Forecasting
💧 Agroecology and Water Management
🌿 Crop Monitoring and Plant Health
🍲 Food Safety, Security, and Nutrition
⚖️ Policy and Regulation in Digital Agriculture
Organization: The event is supported by the African Society in Digital Agriculture (ASDS) and is chaired by Paulin Melatagia (University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon) and Mathieu Roche (CIRAD, France).
For more details: https://cari-conf.bj/
As the sector faces increasing pressure from climate variability and food security needs, this event focuses on how digital innovation can unlock new solutions for productivity and sustainable development.
📍 Location: Cotonou, Benin
💻 Format: Hybrid event (in-person & online participation)
Aligned with the African Union’s Digital Agriculture Strategy, the workshop brings together experts to discuss the integration of heterogeneous data—from IoT sensors and remote sensing to weather stations—into actionable knowledge for farmers and decision-makers.
Key Discussion Topics:
🚜 Smart Farming and Yield Forecasting
💧 Agroecology and Water Management
🌿 Crop Monitoring and Plant Health
🍲 Food Safety, Security, and Nutrition
⚖️ Policy and Regulation in Digital Agriculture
Organization: The event is supported by the African Society in Digital Agriculture (ASDS) and is chaired by Paulin Melatagia (University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon) and Mathieu Roche (CIRAD, France).
For more details: https://cari-conf.bj/
Event
- Part of a larger event
Participants
CopSyS
Start of the eventStart of the eventStart of the event
21.10.2026
End of the event
21.10.2026
Meeting place
Hybrid
Postal Code
Cotonou
Country
Bénin
Farming Systems and Rural Livelihoods Analysis course in Malawi
Description
Join the International Post Graduate Course: Farming Systems and Rural Livelihoods Analysis – Sustainable Farming in Multifunctional Landscapes in📍 Kasungu, Malawi | 🗓 22 March – 2 April 2026.
This two-week intensive course is ideal for PhD students and post-docs of Wageningen University, as well as (junior) staff of national agricultural research institutes and institutes of the CGIAR, working on and within (smallholder) production systems, rural livelihoods, and the effects of global change at the regional, national and local level.
Why join?
👉 Interested? Check out the link: https://lnkd.in/eMgvgrPb
This two-week intensive course is ideal for PhD students and post-docs of Wageningen University, as well as (junior) staff of national agricultural research institutes and institutes of the CGIAR, working on and within (smallholder) production systems, rural livelihoods, and the effects of global change at the regional, national and local level.
Why join?
- 💡 Gain hands-on experience with mixed methods in a smallholder context
- 🧑🌾 Work directly with farmers and local stakeholders
- 📅 Learn to link field data with secondary sources for systems analysis
- 🗺️ Engage with an international network of peers and CGIAR scientists
👉 Interested? Check out the link: https://lnkd.in/eMgvgrPb
Organiser
Event
- Part of a larger event
Participants
CopSyS
Start of the eventStart of the eventStart of the event
22.03.2026
End of the event
02.04.2026
Meeting place
In a physical location
Country
Malawi
Url link to working document
https://www.pe-rc.nl/courses-retreats/farming-systems-and-rural-livelihoods-analysis
ISG meeting March 2026
Description
https://system-s.org/?IsgmeetingMarch2026
Organiser
Event
- Past event
Participants
ISG
Start of the eventStart of the eventStart of the event
17.03.2026 - 16:00
End of the event
17.03.2026 - 17:00
Meeting place
Video conferencing
URL link for video conferencing
https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/37646397482577?p=8WKATNqy0AdmDjb6Io
Modelling the Agroecological Transition of Your Territory by MAELAB
Description
Join the International Post Graduate Course: Farming Systems and Rural Livelihoods Analysis – Sustainable Farming in Multifunctional Landscapes in📍 Kasungu, Malawi | 🗓 22 March – 2 April 2026.
This two-week intensive course is ideal for PhD students and post-docs of Wageningen University, as well as (junior) staff of national agricultural research institutes and institutes of the CGIAR, working on and within (smallholder) production systems, rural livelihoods, and the effects of global change at the regional, national and local level.
Why join?
👉 Interested? Check out the link: https://lnkd.in/eMgvgrPb
This two-week intensive course is ideal for PhD students and post-docs of Wageningen University, as well as (junior) staff of national agricultural research institutes and institutes of the CGIAR, working on and within (smallholder) production systems, rural livelihoods, and the effects of global change at the regional, national and local level.
Why join?
- 💡 Gain hands-on experience with mixed methods in a smallholder context
- 🧑🌾 Work directly with farmers and local stakeholders
- 📅 Learn to link field data with secondary sources for systems analysis
- 🗺️ Engage with an international network of peers and CGIAR scientists
👉 Interested? Check out the link: https://lnkd.in/eMgvgrPb
Organiser
Event
- Part of a larger event
Participants
CopSyS
Start of the eventStart of the eventStart of the event
22.03.2026
End of the event
02.04.2026
Meeting place
In a physical location
Country
Malawi
Url link to working document
https://www.pe-rc.nl/courses-retreats/farming-systems-and-rural-livelihoods-analysis
Second CopSyS Workshop - Montpellier
Description
https://system-s.org/?WorkshopFrance
Organiser
Event
- Specific of the community
Participants
CopSyS
Start of the eventStart of the eventStart of the event
29.06.2026
End of the event
29.06.2026
Meeting place
In a physical location
Postal Code
34000
City
Montpellier
Country
France
Spécial Session on System Science during FSD8
Description
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CopSyS is organising a spécial session to discuss system science and present CopSyS during the 8th Farming Systems Design conference.
This event will be an opportunity to officialy launch the system-s collaborative platform of CopSyS.
To know more about this event
This event has ended.You can view the programme and presentations, which are archived :
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CopSyS is organising a spécial session to discuss system science and present CopSyS during the 8th Farming Systems Design conference.
This event will be an opportunity to officialy launch the system-s collaborative platform of CopSyS.
Organiser
Event
- Part of a larger event
Participants
CopSyS
Start of the eventStart of the eventStart of the event
27.08.2025 - 10:30
End of the event
27.08.2025 - 12:30
Meeting place
In a physical location
URL link for video conferencing
https://fsd8-2025.symposium.inrae.fr/
Adress
Campus Agro Paris-Saclay, 22 place de l’Agronomie,
Postal Code
91120
City
Palaiseau
Country
France
File : FSD8_System_Science_SessionB2_Program_20250907.docx
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Webinar : Transforming human activity systems: towards an agriculture for improving human-biosphere relations
Description
Join the first ELLS SA SYSTEM Webinar : Transforming human activity systems: towards an agriculture for improving human-biosphere relations
During this webinar hosted by SLU Global and ELLS, Professor Emeritus Ray Ison will talk about how we can transform human activity systems towards a more improved human-biosphere agriculture.
📍 Online webinar | 🗓 17 March, 2026 (10.00 to 11.30 am (CET)).
Participation is free of charge but you need to register with the link below.
https://www.slu.se/en/calendar/2026/03/ray-ison/
Russell, D.B., Ison, R.L., Gamble, D.R. & Williams, R.K. (1989) A Critical Review of Rural Extension Theory and Practice. Australian Wool Corporation/ University of Western Sydney (Hawkesbury). 67pp.
He will finish with some personal reflections on a 55 year ‘career’ within (or near) the domain of agriculture (understood as one of the main domains in which human-biosphere relations are manifest through the enactment of ‘human activity systems’ that can be the product of systemic (co)design).
During this webinar hosted by SLU Global and ELLS, Professor Emeritus Ray Ison will talk about how we can transform human activity systems towards a more improved human-biosphere agriculture.
📍 Online webinar | 🗓 17 March, 2026 (10.00 to 11.30 am (CET)).
Participation is free of charge but you need to register with the link below.
https://www.slu.se/en/calendar/2026/03/ray-ison/
- Webinar abstract
Russell, D.B., Ison, R.L., Gamble, D.R. & Williams, R.K. (1989) A Critical Review of Rural Extension Theory and Practice. Australian Wool Corporation/ University of Western Sydney (Hawkesbury). 67pp.
He will finish with some personal reflections on a 55 year ‘career’ within (or near) the domain of agriculture (understood as one of the main domains in which human-biosphere relations are manifest through the enactment of ‘human activity systems’ that can be the product of systemic (co)design).
Organiser
Event
- Part of a larger event
Participants
CopSyS
Start of the eventStart of the eventStart of the event
17.03.2026 - 10:00
End of the event
17.03.2026 - 11:30
Meeting place
Video conferencing
URL link for video conferencing
https://www.slu.se/en/calendar/2026/03/ray-ison/
Country
Pays-Bas
📢 NEW TRAINING OPPORTUNITY: Modelling the Agroecological Transition of Your Territory by MAELAB
Description
MAELAB is organizing a training course titled “Thinking and Simulating the Agroecological Transition of Your Territory with the MAELIA Platform”
🗓️ June 23–25, 📍Colmar (INRAE Center)
🎯 The objective: to enable participants to understand the challenges of a territorial approach to agroecological transition and its assessment using the MAELIA platform.
📊 By the end of the training, participants will be able to identify relevant datasets, modify input data to build scenarios, compare scenarios, interpret platform outputs, and assess relevant action levers at the territorial scale.
🌍Curretly delivered in French and in-person (Colmar, FRANCE), MAELAB is actively considering the development of English-language versions adapted to other regional and institutional contexts. They are also open to engaging in international collaborations to further scale up this type of capacity-building initiative.
👉 Registration form available: https://lnkd.in/exFH4FWE
And for more information: www.maelab.fr/formation
🗓️ June 23–25, 📍Colmar (INRAE Center)
🎯 The objective: to enable participants to understand the challenges of a territorial approach to agroecological transition and its assessment using the MAELIA platform.
📊 By the end of the training, participants will be able to identify relevant datasets, modify input data to build scenarios, compare scenarios, interpret platform outputs, and assess relevant action levers at the territorial scale.
🌍Curretly delivered in French and in-person (Colmar, FRANCE), MAELAB is actively considering the development of English-language versions adapted to other regional and institutional contexts. They are also open to engaging in international collaborations to further scale up this type of capacity-building initiative.
👉 Registration form available: https://lnkd.in/exFH4FWE
And for more information: www.maelab.fr/formation
Organiser
Event
- Part of a larger event
Participants
CopSyS
Start of the eventStart of the eventStart of the event
23.06.2026
End of the event
25.06.2026
Meeting place
In a physical location
Adress
Centre INRAE
Postal Code
68000
City
Colmar
Country
France
Url link to working document
https://www.maelab.fr/formation