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Date: 18 Sep 2015 - 19 Sep 2015 The world faces a series of challenges that engage the food studies community. On the one hand, some regions of the world are increasingly plagued by food insecurity, hunger, and famine. On the other, questions about the environmental and economic sustainability of traditional input-heavy agriculture continue to encourage scholars and practitioners to think in terms of a return to local or community-based agriculture. Lieu: Blacksburg, Virginia, USA United States See map: Google Maps Appel à contribution: Call for proposal: FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FOOD STUDIES

""Youth employment and hunger are two key issues that have been impacted by the economic crisis. This is particularly true for youth living in developing countries, representing 85% of the world youth. In an attempt to address these issues, the Global Youth Innovation Network, GYIN, has initiated its second Global Youth Summit called the 2016 Youth Agribusiness, Leadership, and Entrepreneurship Summit on Innovation (YALESI 2016). The summit will prioritise young people's needs, considering their developmental needs, and including underserved populations, such as girls, to an effective and inclusive employment strategy."

Le CIHEAM organise le 1er Forum Méditerranéen à l'intention des doctorants et jeunes chercheurs de la région méditerranéenne du 18 au 19 juillet 2016 au CIHEAM-IAM de Montpellier (France). Le CIHEAM organise à Montpellier le 1er Forum à l'intention des doctorants et jeunes chercheurs de la région méditerranéenne, pour favoriser la communication, le dialogue et la publication entre les différents partenaires de la recherche scientifique dans le domaine du développement rural dans les pays méditerranéens.

"L'innovation technologique évolue à un rythme effréné. Des applications internet simples, basées sur les logiciels libres, ainsi que des services conçus pour améliorer la collaboration en ligne sont maintenant disponibles pour le grand public à peu de frais ou gratuitement. Ces nouveaux services et applications en ligne sont connus sous le vocable « Web 2.0 » ou « Médias Sociaux » ; ils facilitent l'accès à l'information, la collaboration à distance pour la création, le partage et la publication de l'information."

"To continue to feed a growing world population, we need to increase global food production. This appears though at odds with a number of seemingly insurmountable environmental and socio-economic challenges. This is particularly true for Africa, a region hit most strongly by climate change and yield gaps against a backdrop of poverty, migration and conflicts. How thus can we innovate agriculture and drive sustainable intensification?"