CABI has signed a MoU with the Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Sciences. The agreement, which includes creating a project office in Hanoi, aims to bolster Vietnam’s capacity to carry out long-term international cooperation in agricultural science and technology, including, for example, the sustainable management of crop pests and diseases.

Report from the Syngenta Foundation focusing on the importance of women and youth in transforming food systems, as part of the NICE (Nutrition in City Ecosystems) project presented at the recent Eastern Africa Agroecology Conference in Kenya.

Read about the CDE research project COMMONPATHS, which focuses on urban resources managed as commons – in Ghana and Switzerland – and how the collectives that manage them address overconsumption and inequality.

SWISSAID has initiated an emergency relief initiative to distribute seeds and food packages in Chad, which has been devastated by the heaviest downpours in three decades, stripping the people of their homes, farmlands, and crops. New seeds are needed to secure the upcoming harvest.

Registration is now open. Register by 28 April for the 5 May conference and five days in advance of the various workshops focusing on decolonizing North-South research.