International Conference 'Living Territories'

Date : January 22, 2018 to January 24, 2018
Location : Le Corum, Montpellier, France

This conference is organized by CIRAD in partnership with AFD, Agropolis International, the CGIAR System Organization and CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM), the NEPAD, the GFAR, PNUD-ART, AgroParisTech, IAMM, INRA, the RIMISP, Wageningen University with the support from the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs and the French Ministry of Agriculture and Food.
Three specific objectives are identified for this conference, namely:
To highlight new methods and scientific knowledge on territorial approaches to rural development, specifically in the Global South ;
To showcase successful place based innovations and projects including organisational and institutional reforms ;
To analyse and question the conditions of success for territorial development, especially within the context of the implementation of the SDGs.
The debates will be devoted to the following themes:
-Innovations, coordinations and regulations
-Agri-chains and territorial development
-Territorial development and globalization: think locally, act globally?.

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