IFAD hosts the Platform for Agricultural Risk Management (PARM), a G20-initiative created in 2013 with the mandate to enable the integration of a holistic agricultural risk management (ARM) approach into policy planning, institutional capacities and investment in the agricultural sector of Least Developed Countries and Lower Middle-Income Countries to move away from a culture of coping with disasters towards a smart management of risk, and…

This is a Call for Proposals to identify the recipient of a three-year grant financed by IFAD for a total amount of up to US$3 million. One of the key challenges facing agricultural development efforts in the central Africa region is access to quality seed, which is the most critical factor for improving agricultural sector productivity. Cassava and maize are by far the most important food crops in Central African Republic, the Republic of the…

Renewable Energy Solutions for Africa Foundation, in partnership with Enel Foundation and in cooperation with MIP and Bocconi University, organizes the two weeks advanced training course.The yearly training course, in its 6th edition, aims at providing participants with a set of technical, economic and regulatory core competences and advanced tools to assess and deploy the most appropriate solutions in different energy contexts for an efficient…

Every year, we select up to 10 best-of-breed startups to supercharge food innovation. We match them with our Corporate Partners business needs and together accelerate concrete industrial pilot projects in a 15-week program.Come and meet us during tech and innovation events, industry leading conferences, and by direct referral of Deloitte network of investors, mentors, and partners.Shortlisted startups will be meeting our selection committee in…

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is an international financial institution and a specialized United Nations agency dedicated to eradicating rural poverty and hunger. It does so by investing in rural people. IFAD finances programmes and projects that increase agricultural productivity and raise rural incomes, and advocates at the local, national and international level for policies that contribute to rural transformation.…

The E-Learning Centre of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is offering an interesting beginner course on climate change, adaptation, and mitigation. It is a good starting point to get a real know-how of what the most pressing issues are and how they can be tackled. It has been put together by experts, and is being offered free of charge on their platform along with many other related courses. Check it out for more…

The post is located in the Economic and Policy Analysis of Climate Change (EPIC) team. The team is engaged in different areas of work including: (i) country and donor support work, such as greenhouse (GHG) appraisal, projects design, projects implementation and MRV, EX-ACT suite of tools (EX-ACT, EX-ACT Value Chain and EX-ACT Monitoring, Reporting and Verifying (EX-ACT MRV) designed for NDBs, (ii) training and capacity building to partners (NGOs,…

The Know-how Exchange Program (KEF)co-finances the transfer of know-how and best practices from EU to non-EU member countries of the Central European Initiative (CEI). Thematic areas in the current call by KEP-Italy include energy, environment, and agriculture and rural development (among others). Proposals are submitted by organizations in CEI member states which are also member states of the European Union for knowledge transfers to non-EU…

We’re calling on children and teens all over the world, from age 5 to 19, to use their imagination and create a poster that illustrates their idea of what needs to be done to make healthy diets available for everyone and how each of us can improve our diets. Young minds will be inspired by our World Food Day Activity Book that shows why healthy eating matters and how everyone can come together and take action to achieve better nutrition and…

The Yves Rocher Foundation annually sponsors the “Women of the Earth” award to honor women in France and selected other countries for their achievements in environmental awareness, conservation, and solidarity. TheTerre de femmes prize highlights the strength of their fight. Acting to achieve the UN's Sustainable Development Goals for women, the Yves Rocher Foundation has already awarded 400 laureates in 50 countries. With them, the Yves Rocher…

The United Nations’ International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is launching an innovative global dance challenge, asking young people to make their moves matter and record a 15-second dance video in support of creating opportunities for rural youth in some of the world's poorest countries. The virtual dance petition, launched this week on TikTok, the short-form mobile video platform, asks world leaders to invest more in sustainable…

The Agricultural Research and Innovation Fellowship for Africa (ARIFA) is the capacity development component of Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA)’s Holistic Empowerment for Livelihoods Program (HELP). ARIFA aims to produce a new generation of fit-for-purpose workforce to re-engineer African agri-food sector to provide the change factor for rapid agricultural transformation in the next 10 years, using the Integrated Agricultural…

Lenovo is a US$45 billion global Fortune 500 company and a leader in providing innovative consumer, commercial, and enterprise technology. Its portfolio of high-quality, secure products and services covers PCs (including the legendary Think and multimode YOGA brands), workstations, servers, storage, smart TVs and a family of mobile products like smartphones (including the Motorola brand), tablets and apps. The rapid growth Lenovo has recently…

The Land and Water Division (CBL) aims at enhancing the agricultural productivity and advancing the sustainable use of land and water resources through their improved tenure, management, development and conservation. For this reason, the division is looking for a Capacity Development Officer (SDG Monitoring) based in Rome, Italy. The Capacity Development Officer will support the “Integrated Monitoring initiative (GEMI) ”which was established as…

The 4th international Conference on Water Pollution and Treatment (ICWPT) 2019 will provide a forum for researchers and practitioners in the field to share ideas, designs, and experiments. Participation from academia, industry and government is welcome. ICWPT 2019 invites submissions of technical papers (at least 5 pages) for oral and poster presentations, the deadline for submission is May 15, 2019. Topics that will be discussed include the…

The Senior Irrigation and Rural Infrastructure Engineer reports to the Chief, Asia and the Pacific Services. Who will be in charge of formulation, implementation support and evaluation of investment operations in food security, agriculture, rural development, natural resource management and agro-processing. The Engineer will be aligned with the following key functions and is expected to have the following skills, among others: Leads or…

The Italian Association of Remote Sensing (AIT), jointly with the Institute for Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment (IREA) of the National Research Council of Italy (CNR), the Laboratory of Forest Geomatics at the University of Florence, the Geomatics Research Group of the DISAFA-University of Torino, in cooperation with European Space Agency (ESA) and European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories (EARSeL), and under the auspicious…

The Global Symposium on Soil Erosion (GSER19), ‘Stop soil erosion, Save our future’ will be held from 15-17 May 2019, at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Headquarters in Rome, Italy. This science-policy meeting is co-organized by the UN FAO and its Global Soil Partnership (GSP), the Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils (ITPS), together with the Science-Policy Interface (SPI) of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification…

The Climate, Biodiversity, Land and Water Department (CBD) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) welcomes the application of Biodiversity Specialists based in Rome, Italy. The Consultants will work as part of a team to conduct activities, research and analysis, support the drafting of reports and organization of technical meetings in the context of agricultural economics, rural policies, environmental law and…

The Land and Water Division (CBL) of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations invites eligible soil specialists based in Rome, Italy to support the development, quality control and effective implementation of FAO’s soil portfolio including the Global Soil Partnership work plan through the provision of expertise in relevant technical areas including project formulation and implementation to support member countries. The purpose of…

The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) seeks a Strategic Programme Leader (SPL) on Sustainable Agriculture based in Rome, Italy. The Programme Leader ensures provision of technical and policy advice to member countries on innovative practices and technologies that sustainably increase agriculture productivity in all sectors (crop, livestock, fisheries, aquaculture and forestry), promote adaptation and resilience to climate change and…

The Forestry Policy and Resources Division (FOA) is looking for a Forestry Official based in Rome, Italy mainly to lead and provide technical guidance and advice for the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) Team on economic and financial analysis of REDD+ implementation. Key responsibilities include, among many others: Plans and leads components of multidisciplinary teams, leads and/or participates Develops…

The Construction Innovation and Sustainable Engineering Consortium at the Politecnico di Milan (CISE POLIMI) is a scientific-technological university which trains engineers, architects and industrial designers. In partnership with the Organization of American States (OAS), the Politecnico di Milan offers a reduction on the online tuition fee from € 5.000.00 to € 3000.00 for the online modality of the International Master on Urban Transformation…

This course seeks to strengthen institutional and individual capacities to support a just transition to environmentally sustainable economies and societies. Participants will acquire knowledge and tools to help them understand the sustainable development framework, in particular the link between environmental challenges and the world of work. It will focus on the International Labour Organization Guidelines for a Just Transition: a framework and…

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and its Climate Change & Resilience Team welcomes applications from professionals on Forest-related Climate Change based in Rome, Italy. The consultancy aims to provide support to the Action Against Desertification’s (AAD) work on climate change adaptation, sustainable land/forest management and restoration of degraded lands and landscapes in preventing and combating desertification,…