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	Dennis Odera: Providing Information, The Cornerstone of Agribusiness WeFarm's Africa Business Co-ordinator outlines the latest SMS information service for remote farmers with no internet access.
	Katrin Glatzel: Why Partnership is Key to Boosting Smallholders’ Resilience to Climate Change Lead author of the latest Montpellier Panel paper "Climate-Proofing the Malabo Declaration" shares key highlights.
	Sheryl Cowan: Private Sector Drivers for Sustainable Growth in Agriculture Vice President of Programs at CNFA highlights the ways the private sector can catalyse sustainable agriculture and tackle global food security issues.
	Alesha Black: How to Transform Food Systems for an Urbanizing World Director of the Global Food and Agriculture Program at Chicago Council shares the findings of new report "Growing Food for Growing Cities".
	Matt Shakhovskoy: Three Big Opportunities for Unlocking Smallholders’ Access to Finance Executive Director of the Initiative for Smallholder Finance outlines key opportunities revealed in new report.
	James Mwololo: Livestock is a Key to Human Development - Where Have We Missed the Mark? Farm Africa's Head of Agriculture asks if the livestock sector is under-resourced in the developing world.

AUG 28	World Water Week
OCT 12	Borlaug Dialogue
OCT 17	Committee on World Food Security (CFS43)

	Winning Innovators Pitch Pulse Products at IFT2016 The "LovePulses Produce Showcase" competition set out to discover a new wave of pulse products for the market, in celebration of the International Year of Pulses.
	Biofortification Pioneers Win World Food Prize 2016 Drs. Maria Andrade, Robert Mwanga, Jan Low and Howarth Bouis have been recognised for their outstanding work fighting malnutrition through breeding critical vitamins and micronutrients into staple crops.
	GACSA Forum: Making Agriculture “Climate-Smarter” Farming First launches is latest campaign in collaboration with the Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture.