Agriculture & Rural Development

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WEBINAR + REPORT: Making the most of intra-African trade: the 2021 Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor

Francois Stepman posted Information | 23 September 2021

23 September 2021 . Making the most of intra-African trade: the 2021 Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor African countries have diversified their exports and trade partners over the last decade, but agricultural trade still lags behind its potential. The pandemic and recent implementation of the...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
UN Food Systems Summit

Francois Stepman posted Information | 23 September 2021

23 September 2021. The UN Food Systems Summit was a completely virtual event during the UN General Assembly High-level Week. Download the programme here See the recordings on vimeo The UN Food Systems Summit serves as a historic opportunity to empower all people to leverage the power of food...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Virtual launch of the 2021 Food and Agriculture Benchmark

Francois Stepman posted Information | 21 September 2021

21 September 2021. Virtual launch of the 2021 Food and Agriculture Benchmark . We know that the private sector has a critical role to play – but are they doing enough to implement a sustainable agenda? This event, co-hosted with the Swiss government, featured speakers from the private sector, GAIN...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Next HLPE Steering Committee Members

Francois Stepman posted Information | 21 September 2021

21 September 2021 . The following 15 world-renowned experts have been appointed by the Bureau of the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS) to serve as members of the Steering Committee of the HLPE, from the closure of CFS 49 Plenary session (14 October 2021) until the closure of the CFS 51...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Scientific partnerships to promote fruit and vegetable production

Francois Stepman posted news | 21 September 2021

20 September 2021. The new publication Fruit and Vegetables: Opportunities and challenges for small-scale sustainable farming (196 p.), developed by FAO and CIRAD, provides comprehensive technical guidance and policy insights, with a particular focus on small-scale farmers, towards developing the...

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Programme: DeSIRA
IFAD report: Agroecology to address food systems failures

Francois Stepman posted Information | 21 September 2021

9 September 2021. Reviewing an extensive sample of projects, the Stocktake Report on Agroecology in IFAD Operations: An Integrated Approach to Sustainable Food Systems (120 p.) assessed how the projects support efficient resource use; recycling of water, nutrients, biomass, and energy; levels of...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
WEBINAR: Measuring Food Insecurity in the Sustainable Development Goals

Francois Stepman posted Information | 16 September 2021

15 September 2021 . In 2013, FAO launched the “Voices of the Hungry” project, establishing a new globally valid tool called the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES). The latter provides an approach for measuring the severity of people’s food insecurity condition by looking at their own...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Water-Food-Energy-Ecosystems Nexus: Operationalising solutions, strengthening transboundary cooperation

Kevin CHRETIEN created a new event | 16 September 2021

27 Sep

From 27 September 2021
in (Switzerland)

Organised by GWP

In connection to the 9th session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes is organised by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), the Global Water Partnership is organizing an event on the...

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Group: Public Group on Water and Sanitation
Third All Africa Post Harvest Congress and Exhibition

Francois Stepman updated the Information | 16 September 2021

13 - 17 September 2021 . The Third All Africa Post Harvest Congress and Exhibition The theme for the 3rd AAPHCE is Postharvest Loss Reduction for Sustainable Food Systems . This theme is aligned with the 2021 call to action towards sustainable food systems. It is evident that food loss and waste...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Policy recommendations on agroecological and other innovative approaches for sustainable agriculture and food systems that enhance food security and nutrition

Francois Stepman posted news | 16 September 2021

The aim of the following policy recommendations developed by the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) is to provide guidance to Members and stakeholders in strengthening agroecological and other innovative approaches for sustainable agriculture and food systems that enhance food security and...

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Programme: DeSIRA

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