Change agent with a 30 year trackrecord of promoting sustainability and diversity. As a pioneer in SDG benchmarking I set up the Access to Seeds Index, which evolved into the World Benchmarking Alliance
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Stakeholder and industry consultations 2019
The Food & Agriculture team of the World Benchmarking Alliance participated in various food-related events and industry summits in 2019 to consult stakeholders and companies and collect input for the outline, scope and methodology of the Food & Agriculture Benchmark.
Food Events
- Science-Based Targets Network Workshop. Potsdam, 14-16 January 2019
- EAT Stockholm Food Forum, 12-13 June 2019
- Food Systems Dialogue, Stockholm, 11 June 2019
- Bayer Future of Agriculture Dialogue, Houten, 29 August 2019
- World Food Summit 2019, Copenhagen, 29-30 August 2019
- Plating Up Progress Conference, London, 5 September 2019
- UN Climate Week, 23-29 September 2019
- CFS (Committee on World Food Security) 46th Session, Rome 15-17 October 2019
- Borlaug Dialogue International Symposium, Des Moines, 16-18 October 2019
- SUN Global Gathering 2019, Kathmandu, 5-7 November 2019
Industry summits
- World Seed Congress, Nice, 3-5 June 2019
- Seed World 2019, Bangalore, 18-21 September 2019
- World Dairy Summit, Istanbul, 23-26 September 2019
- World Summit on Agriculture Machinery, Valencia, 1 October 2019
- Asian Seed Congress, Kuala Lumpur, 25-29 November 2019
Stakeholder Consultations
- WBA Regional Roundtable on Food System Transformation, Mumbai, March 2019
- WBA Regional Stakeholder Roundtable, Berlin, 3 September 2019
- WBA Regional Stakeholder Roundtable, New York, 23 September 2019
- WBA Farmer Roundtable, Kathmandu, 7-8 November 2019
- WBA Farmer Roundtable, Nairobi, 26-27 November 2019
Panels, keynotes and presentations
- GAIN – The Hague Nutrition Summit, 25-26 June 2019
- EAT – Stockholm Food Forum, 12-13 June 2019
- ITC – Technical Working Group Webinar, 9 September 2019
- UN – Climate Week, 23-29 September 2019 (WBA side event)
- Barilla – Fixing the Business of Food, New York, 24 September 2019
- Economist – Feeding the Future, 26 September 2019
- WFP – Borlaug Dialogue International Symposium, Des Moines, 16-18 October 2019
- CFS – Making a difference in Food Security, Rome, 15 October 2019
- Canada National Forum on Agri-Food, Ottawa, 6-7 November 2019
- International Forum on Food and Nutrition, Milan, Milan, 3 December 2019
Supporting Material
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Launch of the draft scope of the Food & Agriculture Benchmark
At the occasion of the EAT Forum 2019 in Stockholm, WBA presented its draft scope for the Food & Agriculture…
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What is the role of the seed industry in transforming the global food system?
On 3-5 June 2019, around 1500 seed industry professionals gathered for the World Seed Congress of the ISF (International Seed…