NEW: Agriculture and Rural Development Day 2010

Meeting organised by Alliance of the CGIAR (Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research) Centers, Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR), International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

Date: December 4, 2010
Venue: Cancún, Mexico

NEW: African Green Revolution Forum 2010

The African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) focuses on promoting investments and policy support for driving agricultural productivity and income growth for African farmers in an environmentally sustainable way. The Forum, which stems from the African Green Revolution Conference in Oslo, is a private-sector led initiative which will bring together African heads of state, ministers, farmers, private agribusiness firms, financial institutions, NGOs, civil society and scientists, to discuss and develop concrete investment plans for achieving the green revolution in Africa.

Date: September 2-4, 2010
Venue: Accra, Ghana

NEW: The International Rice Congress 2010

With the theme "Rice for Future Generations", the conference will provide a forum for representatives from the public and private sectors including researchers, scientists, professionals, traders, and policy makers. Delegates will discuss the latest rice research, future technologies, trade issues, and policies that will define the future role of rice in supporting the poor rice-dependent communities.

Date: November 8-12, 2010
Venue: Vietnam National Convention Centre, Hanoi, Vietnam

International Conference on Environmental and Agriculture Engineering

The aim of the ICEAE conference series is to provide a forum for laying the foundations of a new principled approach to Environmental and Agriculture Engineering. To this end, the meeting aims to attract participants with different backgrounds, to foster cross-pollination between different research fields, and to expose and discuss innovative theories, frameworks, methodologies, tools, and applications.

Date: August 1-3, 2010
Venue: Kyoto, Japan

Call for papers: ICCAFFE 2011 - Climate change, agri-food, fisheries and ecosystems

The ICCAFFE 2011 conference hosted by the North-South Research Center for Social Sciences (NRCS) will focus on issues related to climate change, agriculture, food security and ecosystems from an interdisciplinary approach and a developing country perspective. It intends to bring together scientists, policy-makers, practitioners, and non-state actors from different regions to share updated research outcomes and relevant experiences and set future research and policy agendas. A call has been issued for presentations, posters and papers relating to conference themes.

Date: May 20-22, 2011
Venue: Agadir, Morocco
Deadline for submission of abstracts: October 15, 2010

Global Land Project Open Science Meeting 2010 - Land Systems, Global Change and Sustainability

The aim of the GLP 2010 meeting is to bring together large parts of the international research community working on land change issues, showcase the width and scope of ongoing research, help build a community in this highly interdisciplinary field, inspire new research and facilitate review, theory building and extrapolation.

Date: October 17-19, 2010
Venue: Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA

International EAAE-SYAL Seminar - Spatial dynamics in agri-food systems

The European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE) and Local Agri-Food Systems (SYAL) are hosting an international seminar on agri-food systems, which will explore dynamics of localisation and globalisation of food production and their consequences in terms of sustainability and consumer welfare.

Date: October 27-30, 2010
Venue: University of Parma, Parma, Italy

Commercialisation of Livestock Agriculture in Africa: Challenges and opportunities

The overall objective of the conference is to provide an opportunity for African scientists and the broader stakeholder groups in the livestock sector to discuss the potential role of animal agriculture to improve the livelihoods of African people.

Date: October 25-28, 2010
Venue: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Sustainable Animal Production in the Tropics - Farming in a Changing World

This conference, organised by the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), the British Society of Animal Science (BSAS) and CIRAD, will discuss various aspects related to sustainable livestock farming under changing environmental and market conditions, centering on tropical and subtropical humid environments.

Date: November 15-18, 2010
Venue: Gosier, Guadeloupe