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Add to Calendar 2015-01-29 09:00 2015-01-30 16:00 Africa/Casablanca International Conference on "Tropical agriculture as last frontier? Food Import Needs of the Middle East and North Africa, Ecological Risks and New Dimensions of South-South Cooperation with Africa, Latin America and South-East Asia”   Barcelona, Spain Jointly organized by The King’s College London (KCL), OCP Policy Center, the Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB) and Wageningen University. The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is among the most water-stressed regions in the world. Affordable food imports are crucial for its future food security and countries with tropical agriculture like Brazil have played... Not specified OCP Policy Center contact@ocppc.ma false YYYY-MM-DD
January 29, 2015 to January 30, 2015 More

International Conference on "Tropical agriculture as last frontier? Food Import Needs of the Middle East and North Africa, Ecological Risks and New Dimensions of South-South Cooperation with Africa, Latin America and South-East Asia”

 

Barcelona, Spain

Jointly organized by The King’s College London (KCL), OCP Policy Center, the Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB) and Wageningen University.

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is among the most water-stressed regions in the world. Affordable food imports are crucial for its future food security and countries with tropical agriculture like Brazil have played an increasing role in MENA food supplies. Apart from policy options to sustainably intensify regional agricultural production, trade will play a crucial role for MENA economies to achieve food security.

‪Given the environmental value and sensitivity of tropical ecosystems sustainable intensification in countries like Brazil, Sub-Sahara Africa and South East Asia is crucial. For this reason, King’s College London (KCL), the OCP Policy Center, the Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB), the Getulyo Vargas Foundation and Wageningen University organize an international conference on.

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Add to Calendar 2014-12-30 00:00 2014-12-30 00:00 Africa/Casablanca Call for Papers: Constraints and Bottlenecks along the Fertilizer Supply Chain in Sub-Saharan Africa Not specified OCP Policy Center contact@ocppc.ma false YYYY-MM-DD
December 30, 2014 More

Call for Papers: Constraints and Bottlenecks along the Fertilizer Supply Chain in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Add to Calendar 2014-11-20 09:00 2014-11-21 17:00 Africa/Casablanca International Conference on "Building Sustainable Agriculture for Food Security in the Euro-Mediterranean Area: Challenges and Policy Options" Not specified OCP Policy Center contact@ocppc.ma false YYYY-MM-DD
November 20, 2014 to November 21, 2014 More

International Conference on "Building Sustainable Agriculture for Food Security in the Euro-Mediterranean Area: Challenges and Policy Options"

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Add to Calendar 2014-10-24 09:00 2014-10-26 17:00 Africa/Casablanca Atlantic Dialogues 2014 Marrakesh, Morocco The Atlantic Dialogues is a high-level gathering of international public- and private-sector leaders from around the Atlantic Basin. The Atlantic Dialogues is organized by the OCP Policy Center in partnership with the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF). For three days, more than 300 participants from North and South America, the Caribbean, Africa, Europe, and Asia... Not specified OCP Policy Center contact@ocppc.ma false YYYY-MM-DD
October 24, 2014 to October 26, 2014 More

Atlantic Dialogues 2014

Marrakesh, Morocco

The Atlantic Dialogues is a high-level gathering of international public- and private-sector leaders from around the Atlantic Basin. The Atlantic Dialogues is organized by the OCP Policy Center in partnership with the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF). For three days, more than 300 participants from North and South America, the Caribbean, Africa, Europe, and Asia are engaging in interactive panels and smaller break-out sessions to discuss cross-regional issues ranging from security to economics and migration to energy. Participants come from the governmental, business, think tank, and media sectors representing 45 countries.

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Add to Calendar 2014-10-06 09:00 2014-10-06 09:00 Africa/Casablanca Atlantic Dialogues volunteer positions 2014 The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) and the OCP Policy Center of Morocco are seeking volunteers to provide support at The Atlantic Dialogues, an event taking place October 24-26, 2014 at the Palmeraie Hotels and Resorts in Marrakesh. Not specified OCP Policy Center contact@ocppc.ma false YYYY-MM-DD
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Atlantic Dialogues volunteer positions 2014

The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) and the OCP Policy Center of Morocco are seeking volunteers to provide support at The Atlantic Dialogues, an event taking place October 24-26, 2014 at the Palmeraie Hotels and Resorts in Marrakesh.

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Add to Calendar 2014-09-30 09:00 2014-09-30 09:00 Africa/Casablanca Call for Papers: New Dimensions of South-South Cooperation: The MENA Region and Tropical Agriculture in Africa, Latin America and South-East Asia Not specified OCP Policy Center contact@ocppc.ma false YYYY-MM-DD
September 30, 2014 More

Call for Papers: New Dimensions of South-South Cooperation: The MENA Region and Tropical Agriculture in Africa, Latin America and South-East Asia

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Add to Calendar 2014-09-09 09:00 2014-09-09 09:00 Africa/Casablanca Call for Papers : Building Sustainable Agriculture for Food Security in the Euro-Mediterranean Area: Challenges and Policy Options Not specified OCP Policy Center contact@ocppc.ma false YYYY-MM-DD
September 09, 2014 More

Call for Papers : Building Sustainable Agriculture for Food Security in the Euro-Mediterranean Area: Challenges and Policy Options

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Add to Calendar 2014-06-12 09:00 2014-06-12 09:00 Africa/Casablanca Call for Papers : Water-Food-Energy Nexus in Drylands: Bridging Science and Policy   Call For Papers On 12-13 June 2014 King’s College London (KCL), the OCP Policy Center, the Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB) and Texas A&M University will organize an international conference on The Water-FoodEnergy-Climate Nexus in Global Drylands, which will take place in Rabat, Morocco. The program will be organized by Tony Allan (KCL), Martin Keulertz (KCL), Karim El... Not specified OCP Policy Center contact@ocppc.ma false YYYY-MM-DD
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Call for Papers : Water-Food-Energy Nexus in Drylands: Bridging Science and Policy

 
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On 12-13 June 2014 King’s College London (KCL), the OCP Policy Center, the Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB) and Texas A&M University will organize an international conference on The Water-FoodEnergy-Climate Nexus in Global Drylands, which will take place in Rabat, Morocco. The program will be organized by Tony Allan (KCL), Martin Keulertz (KCL), Karim El Aynaoui (OCP Policy Center), Eckart Woertz (CIDOB), Francis Ghilès (CIDOB) and Rabi Mohtar (Texas A&M University). It will consist of about twelve papers with formal discussants for each paper. 

Papers from the conference will be considered for a special issue of the International Journal of Water Resources Development, subject to the Journal’s normal refereeing process.

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Add to Calendar 2014-06-12 09:00 2014-06-13 17:00 Africa/Casablanca International Conference on Water-Food-Energy Nexus in Drylands: Bridging Science and Policy The OCP Policy Center in partnership with the Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB), King’s College London and Texas A&M University is holding a conference about The Water-Food-Energy Nexus in Drylands on June 11-13. The conference in Rabat gathers high-level international experts to discuss the impacts of climate change and water scarcity and potential solutions in the fields of... Not specified OCP Policy Center contact@ocppc.ma false YYYY-MM-DD
June 12, 2014 to June 13, 2014 More

International Conference on Water-Food-Energy Nexus in Drylands: Bridging Science and Policy

The OCP Policy Center in partnership with the Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB), King’s College London and Texas A&M University is holding a conference about The Water-Food-Energy Nexus in Drylands on June 11-13. The conference in Rabat gathers high-level international experts to discuss the impacts of climate change and water scarcity and potential solutions in the fields of agriculture, water management, agro-business and energy.

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Add to Calendar 2014-06-10 17:30 2014-06-10 19:30 Africa/Casablanca Book presentation "Oil for Food. The Global Food Crisis and the Middle East" by Eckart Woertz 17:30 - 19:30, OCP Policy Center, Rabat, Morocco In the wake of the global food crisis of 2008 Middle Eastern oil producers announced multi-billion investments to secure food supplies from abroad. Often called land grabs, such investments are at the heart of the global food security challenge and put the Middle East in the spotlight of simultaneous global crises in the fields of... Not specified OCP Policy Center contact@ocppc.ma false YYYY-MM-DD
June 10, 2014 More

Book presentation "Oil for Food. The Global Food Crisis and the Middle East"

by Eckart Woertz

17:30 - 19:30, OCP Policy Center, Rabat, Morocco

In the wake of the global food crisis of 2008 Middle Eastern oil producers announced multi-billion investments to secure food supplies from abroad. Often called land grabs, such investments are at the heart of the global food security challenge and put the Middle East in the spotlight of simultaneous global crises in the fields of food, finance, and energy.

 

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