Jana Dietershagen
Technical Officer, Pacific Islands Food Systems project, CTA
Technical Officer, Pacific Islands Food Systems project, CTA
Biography
Jana Dietershagen is currently working as Technical Officer at CTA, within the CTA/IFAD/PIPSO Pacific Islands Food Systems Project, her main tasks are focused on communications and knowledge management as well as conceptualising project activities. Before joining CTA, Jana worked in Germany and Italy in (research) projects on topics like sustainable land use policies and food waste valorisation. She holds a master in Organic Agriculture from Wageningen University.
Articles
Turning value chain challenges into business opportunities
Jana Dietershagen, CTA Technical officer for the project ‘Promoting Nutritious Food Systems in the Pacific Islands’, explains the importance of stakeholder and value chain mapping and how targeted capacity building approaches create ownership.
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Succeeding as a young agripreneur - Pacific youth speak out
In the Pacific islands, where the population is expected to double by 2050, there is an urgent need for youth to become entrepreneurial and creative risk-takers to help develop innovative, and environmentally sustainable, agricultural economies. But, although more than half of the South Pacific population (10 million) is under 25 years-old, these young people are experiencing problems in entering both formal and informal labour markets. Each year, 16,000 highly skilled Pacific islanders leave their countries for better paid jobs.
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A call for integrated action to bring about healthy food systems in Fiji
by Jimaima Lako , Judith Francis and Jana Dietershagen
At the International Symposium on Understanding the Double Burden of Malnutrition for Effective Interventions, held in Vienna in December 2018, a multi-sectorial approach was called for to improve nutritional outcomes for Fiji, and the wider Pacific.
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Publications
events
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Oct 19
Pacific Week of Agriculture
Samoa hosts the 2nd Biennial Pacific Week of Agriculture (PWA) from the 30th September to 4th October 2019 in partnership with the Pacific Community (SPC) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).Two key regional agriculture forums take place within the PWA at the Samoa Conference Center, Apia:… -
Oct 19
Regional Forum - Developing Pacific Local Food Crops & Fisheries Value Chains - Key Innovations & Critical Success Factors
A regional forum is organised from 7 - 10 May 2018 in Fiji to share the results and recommendations from commissioned multi-country studies and national and regional consultations on the agriculture/nutrition nexus; weather risk management and tools; agricultural and value chain finance; business development; novel ICTs and priority nutrition sensitive value chains. This cross-learning ev…
