Agriculture & Rural Development

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Article: Biodiversity loss, natural disasters and Small Island Developing States

Felix Nkwetta Ajong posted Information | 7 June 2013

An article by Sarah Wilson considers the importance of biodiversity to Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in providing resilience and adaptability in the face of natural disasters. The article highlights cyclone "Evan", which struck the Pacific island nation of Samoa, and considers the work...

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Group: Building resilience of small island economies
Ecosystems Approach to Make Agriculture More Efficient, More Sustainable, and to Create More Intelligent Markets

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 5 June 2013

“The future of food security on the current trajectory is a road to nowhere, and to repeat the statistics that we need to grow 50-70% more food without answering the questions, on what land, with which water and with what kind of seed diversity, is a discussion that merits much greater attention,”...

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Announcing Availability of Expanded No-Fee Expert Advice to All LEDS GP Country Teams

Bethany Speer posted Information | 30 May 2013

The Low Emissions Development Strategies (LEDS) Global Partnership is pleased to announce our newly expanded, no-fee remote Expert Assistance service. With this new service, government agencies and technical institutes working with governments can receive remote consultation and advice on LEDS...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Adressing ACP Nutrition security - The Key Role of Agriculture (Reader)

Moderating team ROSA updated the Document | 24 May 2013

br-23-en_reader_1.pdf 660.22 KB

Briefing n. 23 Prepared by Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Head of the 2020 Vision Initiative, IFPRI Isolina Boto, Head of CTA Brussels Office Rural development for a Better World Brussels, 15th June 2011

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Green Hills, Blue Cities: An Ecosystems Approach to Water Resources Management for African Cities

Gervase Poulden uploaded a new Document | 24 May 2013

green_hills_blue_cities.pdf 6.4 MB

Publication Date: 2011 Africa is currently the least urbanised region in the world, but this is changing fast. Of the billion people living on the African continent, about 40 per cent lives in urban areas. The urban population in Africa doubled from 205 million in 1990 to 400 million in 2010, and...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Highlight of the event

Moderating team ROSA updated the Document | 22 May 2013

highlight-21-geopolitics-of-food.pdf 2.96 MB

This document is related to the Brussels briefing on the geopolitics of food organized in February 2011 by CTA in cooperation with the European Commission (DG DEVCO) , Concord , the ACP Secretariat and various media.

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Reader: Geopolitics of Food

Moderating team ROSA updated the Document | 22 May 2013

br-21-reader-geopolitics-eng.pdf 4.64 MB

This document is related to the Brussels briefing on the geopolitics of food organized in February 2011 by CTA in cooperation with the European Commission (DG DEVCO) , Concord , the ACP Secretariat and various media.

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Climate Change Challenges for Africa: Evidence from selected EU-Funded Research Projects

James Morris uploaded a new Document | 16 May 2013

climate_change_policy_2012.pdf 6.73 MB

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
EC Cooperation: Responding to Climate Change Sector Script for Agriculture and Rural Development

Anonymous updated the Document | 7 May 2013

2009_-_europeaid_-_cc_sector_script_agriculture_and_rural_development.pdf 8.21 MB

This document was developed by EuropeAid in cooperation with DG RELEX, DG DEV, DG ENTR, DG TRAD and DG ENV with the support of the "environmental integration advisory services" project. It was designed to provide practical guidance on the links between climate change and a specific sector, together...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Regional Farmers’ Organisations Have Potential for Greater Input in Rural Development

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 6 May 2013

Farmers’ organisations could play a larger role in rural development, according to one Asian farmers’ representative, who would like to see donors working more closely with farmers’ groups and even make direct funding allocations to support Capacity Development of such bodies.

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