FAO's Office of Innovation presents the webinar 

Capacity development for agricultural innovation systems (AIS) mainstreaming  and investments through the Tropical Agriculture Platform

- Side event of the FAO Science and Innovation Forum 2022 -

13 October 2022, 15:00-16:30 CET 

Registration link:  https://fao.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Rqc_ALnvRE2BbT8me57cQw

Science, technology and innovation (STI) lies at the center of food systems transformation. To unleash countries and regions’ potential for agricultural innovation their human and institutional capacities need to be strengthened, and investments on capacity development (CD) for agricultural innovation systems (AIS) need to be scaled up. This Side Event shares successful examples of the partners of the Tropical Agriculture Platform (TAP), a global, multi-stakeholder facilitation mechanism on CD for AIS, supported by the European Union and coordinated by FAO. The session introduces the TAP approach to strengthen capacities for AIS at individual, organizational and policy level. Country/regional experiences in Africa, Latin America and Asia will be presented, with emphasis on development of functional capacities. Insights among regional organizations on evidence-based policy dialogue and investments on agricultural innovation, based on regional and country level assessments, will be shared.

AGENDA

15:00 – 15:15 |Tropical Agriculture Platform (TAP) - Introduction:

Max Olupot, TAP Chair, African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS)

Carla Montesi, Director Green Deal & Digital Agenda, DG International Partnerships, European Commission

Selvaraju Ramasamy, Head of TAP Secretariat, FAO

15:15  - 15:50 |  Facilitated discussion - Regional experiences on strengthening capacity of agricultural innovations systems:

Ibrahim Abdulrazak, Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA)

Fernando Manzo Ramos, Latin American Network for Rural Extension Services (RELASER)

Ravi Khetarpal, Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (APAARI)

15:50 – 16:25 | Evidence-based policy and investments on agricultural innovation:

Viviana Palmieri, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)

Helena Posthumus, AGRINATURA – DeSIRA LIFT Project

Louis-Marie Kakdeu, African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS)

16:25 – 16:30|  Concluding remarks:

Guido Bonati, TAP Vice-Chair, Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA)

PDF invite:http://www.fao.org/3/cc2394en/cc2394en.pdf