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  5. FAO Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition: Rural women: striving for gender transformative impacts - Sign in and contribute to the debate!

    Open online discussion “Rural women: striving for gender transformative impacts” FAO has launched the online discussion “Rural women: striving for gender transformative impacts” on the Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum, www.fao.org/fsnforum ). In view of the 62 nd Commission on...
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  7. Early warning system to help farmers in the Beqaa valley, Lebanon

    Sarah Cummings shared information from the group Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy 7 June 2017
    A project proposal has been presented to enhance the agricultural Early Warning System (EWS) in the Beqaa valley, Lebanon. The proposal is based on a comprehensive needs assessment, previously conducted by the Lebanese Agriculture Research Institute (LARI), in collaboration with the Lebanese...
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  8. FIRST-FAO and EU Policy Guidance Notes

    We are pleased to inform you that the joint FAO-EU Policy Guidance Notes: “Strengthening sector policies for better food security and nutrition results” developed in the framework of the FIRST partnership programme was launched. The “Food and Nutrition Security Impact, Resilience, Sustainability...
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  9. Vanuatu Develops Drought-Resistant Crops In Response To Climate Change

    Sarah Cummings shared information from the group Building resilience of small island economies 3 May 2017
    Sweet potato is a stable food for over 70 percent of the Vanuatu population, most from rural areas - where they depend on traditional agriculture to provide for their dietary needs and income. According to the Secretariat of the Pacific Community, root crops such as yam, taro, manioc, sweet potato...
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  10. Cash transfers in urban crises: do they work for women?

    Published on the IIED website on 20 March 2017, this blog presents new research which will examine whether cash transfers are helping women to participate in, and contribute to, the Kathmandu Valley's local economy, following the Nepal earthquake almost two years ago. To support earthquake victims...
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  11. Reframing food security for an urbanising world

    This blog , published by IIED on 10 April 2017, reports on the discussions of a technical workshop, co-organised by IIED and IFAD in March 2017. The workshop reflected on the nature and diversity of urbanisation processes and rural-urban linkages, their impacts on food systems and what this means...
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  13. Fairtrade producer networks join forces with Access Agriculture

    Published on 10 April 2017 by AccessAgriculture, a press release announces cooperation between Access Agriculture and Fairtrade. Through a strategic partnership, Access Agriculture and Fairtrade will jointly explore opportunities to strengthen the knowledge and livelihood options of Fairtrade...
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  15. Studies show benefits of child support grants funded by EU

    Published on 17 March 2017, the Capacity4Dev article Studies show benefits of child support grants demonstrates that in-cash social transfers made to families with young children in South Africa have had significant long-term positive impacts on the lives of those children and the future economic...
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  19. Prochain Briefing de Bruxelles 48: « Renforcer les moyens de subsistance en milieu rural face à l’urbanisation rapide en Afrique » 20 mars 2017

    Le prochain Briefing de Bruxelles sur le Développement numéro 48 sur le thème de « Renforcer les moyens de subsistance en milieu rural face à l’urbanisation rapide en Afrique » se tiendra le lundi 20 mars 2017 (14:00 à 18:00) au Secrétariat ACP (Avenue Georges Henri 451, 1200 Bruxelles, salle C)...
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  22. The future of food and agriculture: trends and challenges

    The present study , published on 21 February 2017, which was undertaken for the quadrennial review of FAO’s Strategic Framework and preparation of the Organization’s Medium-Term Plan, 2018–21, lays out key global trends and challenges that will influence food and agriculture in the coming decades...
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  23. Implications of Agenda 2030 for rural development

    Published on 17 January 2017 by the Global Donor Platfrom on Rural Development (GDPRD), the study by John Barrett examines the changing context for donors engaged in agriculture and rural development towards policies and spending priorities. The inclusion of ending hunger as a specific global goal...
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  24. Agriculture and food security — where are we headed in 2017?

    Published on the DEVEX website on 11 Janaury 2017, this article considers that the adoption of the sustainable development goals has provided the agriculture and food security sector with a greater understanding of the development sector’s focus over the coming decades. According to Andrew Campbell...
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  25. EU supports WFP Nutrition And Food Security Project In Central Tanzania

    Announced on 15 February 2017 in a press release , the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has received a contribution of €9.5 million from the European Union (EU) in support of a €24.5 million Food Security and Nutrition Project in central Tanzania. The project is designed to improve food...
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  28. Editorial: Focus on Gender

    This issue No. 54 of ROSA News which arrived directly in your email inboxes includes the zoom article No women, no development, no dignity which reports on the Step It Up event which took place on 16 December 2016, featuring an interview with Willem Olthof and Lourdes Magana de Larriva of the EU...
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  30. Farmer field schools help women to lead on climate change

    Published on 27 January 2017 by the Interpress Service: News and Views from the Global South, this article considers that discussions around climate change have largely ignored how men and women are affected by climate change differently, instead choosing to highlight the extreme and unpredictable...
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  31. Annual Action Programme 2016 part 2 and 2017 part 1 in favour of Pakistan

    Published on 13 December 2016 on the website of the DG International Cooperation and Development, the Annual Action Programme for Pakistan aims i) to support the Government of Pakistan in its promotion of human rights; ii) to contibute to the second round of the Multi-Donor Trust Fund to the Khyber...
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  34. Back women's movements for a real chance at equality

    Published on 28 January on scidev.net, this article by Henrietta Miers discusses how rural women's movements can bring about transformative change. Featuring the Step Up event with took place in December 2016 at the FAO, the article argues that a new language of ‘transformation’ is emerging...
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  37. Conservation agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa (Lessons learned)

    Published in December 2016 by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), this three-part toolkit explores the challenges of promoting and adopting conservation agriculture in Africa, highlights where there have been successes, and analyses the factors underpinning adoption and “dis...
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  42. For Africa's farmers it's government, not big business, that is key

    The discussion panel, organised by the The Guardian newspaper and reported in an article on 18 January 2017, featured participants from the private sector and non-governmental organisations. It considered whether multinational business should have a greater role in the continent’s agriculture...
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  48. Home-grown ICT solutions in agriculture come from young entrepreneurs

    Published in October 2016 by the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) , this issue of the ICT Update magazine considers that young innovators in Africa, the Caribbean, and Pacific region, have recognised the need for creative solutions to raise agricultural productivity and...
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