Agriculture & Rural Development

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What are the key challenges agriculture and food systems are facing and how have they been exacerbated during the COVID-19 crisis? UNEP Deputy Executive Director speaks at FAO Brussels Dialogue on agriculture and biodiversity, June 2020

Alexa Froger updated the Question | 18 August 2020

The world is facing unprecedented challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. While the immediate global priority is to tackle this public health emergency, our long-term response must address the disruption of nature’s balance, loss of biodiversity and degradation of natural resources and ecosystems...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
The food systems approach in practice: Our guide for sustainable transformation

Valeria Pintus uploaded a new Document | 18 August 2020

food-systems-approach-in-practice-guide-for-sustainable-transformation-ecdpm-discussion-paper-278-2020.pdf 2.21 MB

Tackling the myriad sustainability challenges related to food – from the environmental impacts of food production to the health consequences of inadequate diets – requires systemic interventions that improve sustainability at local, national, and international level. Recently, several approaches...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Une transhumance apaisée au service d'une coexistence pacifique

Estelle MAITRE updated the Information | 17 August 2020

Nous sommes heureux de partager avec vous cette "story" du Consortium composé de Danish Refugee Council (DRC), Action Contre la Faim (ACF), Triangle Génération Humanitaire (TGH), Première Urgence Internationale (PUI) et Concordis International. Le Fonds Bêkou soutient le projet « Résilience Rurale...

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Group: Fonds fiduciaire européen pour la République centrafricaine "Bêkou" / EU Trust Fund for the Central African Republic "Bêkou"
Partners Harvest the first results of the DeSIRA Project in Liberia

Guy FAURE posted news | 11 August 2020

Integrated Rice-fish Farming: A Research and Extension Development Based Initiative to Improve Food Security and Nutrition in Liberia. The project aim to adapt improved rice-fish systems technologies and better management practices in Liberia, together with the National Agriculture Research...

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Programme: DeSIRA
e-book COVID-19 & Global Food Security

Francois Stepman posted Information | 11 August 2020

4 August 2020. COVID-19 & Global Food Security . Organised by IFPRI. The coronavirus pandemic has sparked not only a health crisis but also an economic crisis, which together pose a serious threat to food security, particularly in poorer countries. The e-book COVID-19 & Global Food Security...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Strengthening Food Systems in Fragile Contexts

Francois Stepman posted Information | 11 August 2020

3 August 2020 . The Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition launched its latest policy brief, Strengthening food systems in fragile contexts.   (15 pages) This policy brief seeks to stimulate international development organisations, governments, and other stakeholders, to realign...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
We are strengthening our action towards the development of agro-ecology in Southeast Asia

Guy FAURE posted news | 7 August 2020

AFD, the European Union and GRET are strengthening their action towards the development of agro-ecology in Southeast Asia : signing between AFD and GRET at a ceremony hosted by the French Embassy for ASSET (DESIRA regional programme (until 2025, 12M EUR)

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Programme: DeSIRA
Green Development News #14

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun posted Information | 4 August 2020

We invite you to read the 14th edition of Green Development News . In this issue, you will find the EU’s strategy to ensure a green recovery from the COVID-19 crisis, including the Biodiversity and Farm to Fork strategies, the forest partnerships, the Circular Economy Action Plan, among other...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Online panel discussion: Land & Environmental Defenders - Defending Tomorrow

David Young created a new event | 29 July 2020

30 Jul

From 30 July 2020
Organised by Global Witness

Spanish language panel on 30 th July, on the occasion of Global Witness' new report on Land & Environmental Defenders: Defending Tomorrow , which looks not only at the number of defenders killed in 2019 and the industries driving those attacks, but the strong and crucial link to climate...

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Group: Public Group on Security, Justice & Human Rights
NEW: Global Witness Annual Report on Land and Environmental Defenders: attacks are on the rise

David Young posted Information | 29 July 2020

Dear colleagues, I hope you’re keeping safe and well as can be at this time. I wanted to get in touch with details on our new report on Land & Environmental Defenders: Defending Tomorrow , which looks not only at the number of defenders killed in 2019 and the industries driving those attacks,...

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Group: Public Group on Security, Justice & Human Rights

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