Simone van Vugt

senior policy advisor food and nutrition security at the ministry of foreign affairs in The Hague

[Simone van Vugt @SimonevanVugt1]

Dear All: as of 1st of March I have started a new job as Senior Policy Advisor Food and Nutrition Security at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. https://t.co/00cDGjg0Og

[Simone van Vugt @SimonevanVugt1]

Dear All: as of 1st of June I have started a new job as Senior Policy Advisor Food and Nutrition Security at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The Triangle is closed: I worked from 1992 till 2004 in Niger & Mali in the field with SNV, DED and GIZ, continu…https://t.co/4NsgqWx4mb

[Louise O. Fresco @LouiseOFresco]

This is the book, led by @joachimvonbraun. Remember: at this conference the UN first acknowledged that agriculture & food are not separate issues but pillars of the world food system, & remember too, that there is not one food system but there are 10,000 unique food systems 🫕!

[PIE Platform @PIEplatform]

Partager votre opinion sur l’impact. https://t.co/svY4bWXxkX #enseignementsuperieur #EFTP #cooperationinternationale

[Simone van Vugt @SimonevanVugt1]

This week the final conference for our OKP Nuffic Earned (East Africa Regional Network of Excellence in Dairy training) project was held in Eldoret Kenia.
In total 70 persons from 14 Tvet’s and Universities from Kenia, Ethiopia and Uganda and the Netherla…https://t.co/VLgJVwxm1M

[SNV - find us on Bluesky as snv.org @SNVworld]

'We must leave here with bold actions agreed upon for food systems driven by collaboration, investment and scaling'. @sioconnell1 speaking at the official opening of the Food System Pavilion at #COP27

#TogetherForImplementation

[Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation @WUR_WCDI]

#FoodSystems 🌱 | How can integrated seed sector development alleviate the problem of farmers’ limited access to quality seed in #Africa?
Last day of the #ISSD Africa conference in Kigali, Rwanda, organised by @WUR, @100KIT and @IFPRIRwanda.

[Simone van Vugt @SimonevanVugt1]

Indeed, it was an honour to organise and facilitate this event with Rik van Keulen @SNVworld , resulting in the kigali horti declaration, 12 principles for horticulture as a building block for a sustainable foodsystem! @nfp_sdg2 @WUR

[Simone van Vugt @SimonevanVugt1]

@Worldfoodday, @nfp_sdg2

[Simone van Vugt @SimonevanVugt1]

For world food day, we developped a video with messages from the field around vegetables and fruits. WUR being part of the Hortinvest Project. ⁦@WUR_WCDI,⁩ ⁦@WUR⁩ ⁦@SNVworld⁩ , ⁦@Agriterra⁩ ,⁦@IDHTrade⁩ , ⁦@HollandGreente1⁩

[Simone van Vugt @SimonevanVugt1]

For world food day, we developped a video with messages from the field around vegetables and fruits. WUR being part of the Hortinvest Project. ⁦@WUR_WCDI,⁩ ⁦@WUR⁩ ⁦@SNVworld⁩ , ⁦@Agriterra⁩ ,⁦@IDHTrade⁩ , ⁦@HollandGreente1⁩

[Simone van Vugt @SimonevanVugt1]

We started well with 43 partipants of 12 proects, 9 countries and organisations like: idh, east west, wur, snv, agriterra, holland Greentech, ifdc.

[Pro-ARIDES @ProARIDES]

Pro-ARIDES négocie des droits d’usage foncier et des modes d'accès aux ressources naturelles aux Personnes Déplacées Internes PDI avec les possesseurs fonciers et gestionnaires des ressources naturelles au Burkina pour améliorer la cohabitation entre la population hôte et les PDI

[Louise O. Fresco @LouiseOFresco]

Farewell to all my fine colleagues @wur, our partners on campus & internationally after 8 great years as President. Together we saw our institution bloom, in a time when a mandate like ours could not have been more relevant. Thank you for your trust & support. I wish you well!

[Simone van Vugt @SimonevanVugt1]

Proud of the results of our Pro Arides workshop in Niamey. Action Research teams from Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso came together to discuss Inclusive and Decentralised Finance, Agro food systems and Nutrion and Natural Resource Management and Landrights. @WUR_WCDI

[Simone van Vugt @SimonevanVugt1]

@WUR_WCDI our ssg societal impact day was a great success with Kees Klomp, De band power to the Pipo, A superb visualiser, a very professional moderator, an interesting panel and lots of enthusiastic colleagues😀 It was a pleasure co organising this day with Fedes and Marcel!

[Simone van Vugt @SimonevanVugt1]

#ssgimpact we have a great day on societal impact

[Louise O. Fresco @LouiseOFresco]

Very proud that today, as the UN discusses progress towards the sustainable development goals, @wur spectacularly tops the ranking of all NL universities in terms of its contribution to the #SDGs. It is great that “science for impact” really drives our work! Well done, colleagues

[Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation @WUR_WCDI]

#FoodSystems 🍎 | How does the Food System Decision Support Tool help put policy solutions for food systems into practice?

Read the testimonial by agricultural counsellor @MelleLeenstra and adviser @geertwest & download the toolbox here: 👉
https://t.co/oJRkpryseY #UNFSS2021

[SNV - find us on Bluesky as snv.org @SNVworld]

Today we are excited to launch Pro-ARIDES: a 10-year €100M programme to support governance, increase climate resilience, food security, farmer and pastoralist incomes in the Sahel, with partners @100KIT @care_nederland @WUR and @minbuza.

Read more here: https://t.co/iUm5x8cTkM

[Harm Duiker @hduiker]

In Bamako #Mali komt de plaatselijke GGD bij ons op het kantoor om alle collega's, die willen, te vaccineren tegen COVID19. Alles wordt netjes geregistreerd en je krijgt een vaccinatie bewijs.