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INTERFACES Colloquium Series - Overview
As part of the work area on capacity development and education, the Center of Development Research organises a colloquium series on future visions and theories of change for sustainable land management together with the regional projects and actors from science, policy and practice. For more information, see below.
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Pre-Conference Workshop at Tropentag 2024
Knowledge management for sustainable agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa
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Review: INTERFACES Colloquium Series - #11
The eleventh lecture in the INTERFACES colloquium series on “Sustainable land management in sub‐Saharan Africa: Improving livelihoods through local research” was on 11 July 2024 by Dr. Jonas Meier from the COINS project and discussed efficient land management to ensure long-term food security and sovereignty in Africa while at the same time conserving natural resources. Colloquium Series Overview
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Review: Science in Support of Combatting Land Degradation
Register here In celebration of the 30th anniversary of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification, the INTERFACES team at IDOS in collaboration with the NGO “Let’s Plant!” is organising an evening event including an engaging panel discussion and an interactive market place, accompanied by music, food and drinks, aiming to foster exchange and science-policy-practitioner networking among organisations and people engaged in combating desertification, soil degradation and drought. Agenda 16:30 Arrival and registration 17:00 Panel Discussion 18:30 Market Place 20:00 End
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Review: Knowledge Management Cafe: Gender Responsive and Disability Inclusive Knowledge Management for African Agricultural Transformation
Fourth and final Knowledge Cafe for this year’s Knowledge Management for Agricultural Development (KM4AgD) on 11 June with Karen Munoko, Gender and Agribisness Expert, as keynote speaker.
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Review: INTERFACES Colloquium Series - #10
The tenth lecture in the INTERFACES colloquium series on “Sustainable land management in sub‐Saharan Africa: Improving livelihoods through local research” is on 6 June 2024 by Prof. Dr. Andreas Bürkert from the DecLaRe project on “Interdisciplinary Approach to Strengthen Land Resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa”. Colloquium Series Overview
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Review: Knowledge Management Cafe: Strengthening Knowledge Linkages and Partnerships among Communities of Practice and Associates Sectors
Third Knowledge Cafe for this year’s Knowledge Management for Agricultural Development (KM4AgD) on 5 June with Erie Tamale from UNEP as keynote speaker.
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Review: Knowledge Management Cafe: Harnessing Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Transformative Agricultural African Knowledge Hubs
Second Knowledge Cafe is taking place Thursday as part of the KM4AgD Challenge 2024 with a keynote by Alan Orth from CGIAR-ILRI.
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Review: Fufu Workshop with the Minodu Team
On May 30th at 3:30 PM, the Minodu team would like to invite you to a Fufu workshop taking place at BOL 1. We are very happy to have our Togolese experts Victoire Tsamedi, Ousia Foli-Bebe and Séti Afanouwith us during the workshop. What is the Fufu workshop about? Fufu is a traditional dish from Togo and many other African countries. In the workshop, you will be introduced to the art of preparing Fufu, break a bit of a sweat, taste something delicious, and along the way, gather some impressions from Togo. Spoiler: It won’t look anything like the picture, because generative Artificial Intelligence really has no idea about Fufu.
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Review: Building Bridges: Soldering for Climate Change Awareness
The workshop aims to draw attention to the multi-faceted impacts of climate change by mediating knowledge through a hands-on approach with DIY electronics in which we solder LEDs on a custom circuit board and thereby learn about the various regions of Togo in sub-Saharan West Africa.
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Review: Knowledge Management Cafe: Bridging the Gap Between Research, Policy and Practice Through Indigenous Knowledge
First Knowledge Cafe is taking place this Friday as part of the KM4AgD Challenge 2024 with a keynote by Adrianrafy Raso and Sarah Cummings as guest contributor.
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Review: INTERFACES Colloquium Series - #9
The ninth lecture in the INTERFACES colloquium series on “Sustainable land management in sub‐Saharan Africa: Improving livelihoods through local research” is on 16 May 2024 by Prof. Dr. Brigitte Kaufmann (DITSL, Germany) and Dr. Hussein Wario (CRDD, Kenya) from the InfoRange project on “Land, Information and Resilience: understanding key aspects of pastoral systems”. Colloquium Series Overview
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Review: INTERFACES Colloquium Series - #8
The eighth lecture in the INTERFACES colloquium series on “Sustainable land management in sub‐Saharan Africa: Improving livelihoods through local research” is on 11 April 2024 by Dr. Frederike Klümper from TMG Research on “Empowering Communities for a Just Transition towards Land Degradation Neutrality: Evidence from Benin, Kenya, Madagascar and Malawi”. Colloquium Series Overview
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Review: INTERFACES Colloquium Series - #7
The seventh lecture in the INTERFACES colloquium series on “Sustainable land management in sub‐Saharan Africa: Improving livelihoods through local research” is on 14 March 2024 by Prof. Akua Britwum from University of Cape Coast, Ghana, entitled “Gendered Tensions in Rural Livelihoods and Development Interventions”. (This lecture is postponed and will be given at a later date tbd.) Colloquium Series Overview
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Review: INTERFACES Colloquium Series - #6
The sixth lecture in the INTERFACES colloquium series on “Sustainable land management in sub‐Saharan Africa: Improving livelihoods through local research” on 22 February 2024 was held by Dr. Till Below from GIZ. Colloquium Series Overview
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Review: INTERFACES Colloquium Series - #5
The fifth lecture in the INTERFACES colloquium series on “Sustainable land management in sub‐Saharan Africa: Improving livelihoods through local research” is on 11 January 2024 by Constance Akurugu from Simon Diedong Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies Ghana. (This lecture is postponed and will be given at a later date tbd.) Colloquium Series Overview
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Review: Online Lecture by Dr. Tina Beuchelt
As part of the BINUM/SINUM Lecture Series “Justice in a Changing Climate: Addressing Injustice Issues in the Wake of the Climate Crisis”, INTERFACES’ Dr. Tina Beuchelt will give a online lecture on “The Climate Crisis and the Struggle for Gender Justice in Land and Food Systems in the Global South”
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Review: INTERFACES at GIZ LandHub 2023
The GIZ LandHub is a German networking and knowledge event on land and other thematic areas. The LandHub takes place on an annual basis with over 100 representatives from German international cooperation, civil society, academia and the private sector.
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Review: INTERFACES Colloquium Series - #4
The fourth lecture in the INTERFACES colloquium series on “Sustainable land management in sub‐Saharan Africa: Improving livelihoods through local research” is on 30 November 2023 by Juliane Wiesenhütter and Nina Bisom from GIZ. Colloquium Series Overview
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Review: DecLaRe Annual Meeting in Parakou, Benin
Following the Key Stakeholder Workshop with #COINS, #DecLaRe and #INTERFACES in Tamale, Ghana, DecLaRe’s Annual Meeting tool place at the end of November in Parakou, Benin.
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Review: INTERFACES Colloquium Series - Special Session
INTERFACES and International Day to stop Violence against Women INTERFACES organised a special colloquium session in commemoration of the United Nations “International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women”, which is on the 25th November every year, followed by 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence. Colloquium Series Overview
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Review: First Major Workshop of Key Stakeholders in Tamale, Ghana
First major workshop of key stakeholders in Tamale in Ghana, jointly organised by #INTERFACES, the #COINS and the #DecLaRe projects focuses on the development of the gender-responsive theory of change.
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Review: INTERFACES Colloquium Series - #3
The third lecture in the INTERFACES colloquium series on “Sustainable land management in sub‐Saharan Africa: Improving livelihoods through local research” is on 2 November 2023 by Dr. Heike Baumüller, Senior Researcher at ZEF, University Bonn. Colloquium Series Overview
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Review: INTERFACES Colloquium Series - #2
The second lecture in the INTERFACES colloquium series on “Sustainable land management in sub‐Saharan Africa: Improving livelihoods through local research” is on 5 October 2023 by Dr. David Anaafo from WASCAL’s Competence Center in Burkina Faso. Colloquium Series Overview
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Review: Pre-Conference Workshop at Tropentag 2023
Workshop on Researching Sustainable Land Management in sub-Sahara Africa
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Review: INTERFACES Colloquium Series - #1
On Thursday, 7 September, INTERFACES started the colloquium series on Sustainable land management in sub‐Saharan Africa: Improving livelihoods through local research. The inaugural presentation was given by Prof. Anna-Katharina Hornidge, Director of IDOS, Bonn, Germany. Colloquium Series Overview
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Review: INTERFACES at 8th Africa Agribusiness and Science Week
INTERFACES side-event at the 8th FARA Science Week, Durban, South Africa
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Review: First Status Seminar for Sustainable Land Management in Africa
Sustainable Land Management in sub-Saharan Africa: Major research project sets off
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