Agriculture & Rural Development

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Bridging the gap between research and development: how to bring innovation to farmers

Sarah Cummings created a new event | 28 April 2017

03 May

From 3 May 2017
in Brussels (Belgium)

Organised by Unit C1, Rural Development, Food Security, Nutrition

The InfoPoint Lunchtime Conference will present knowledge and technologies, generated from research, that are drivers of sustainable agricultural growth. Effective and targeted research can help lift farmer incomes, reduce poverty and has a knock on effect on other sectors. Research partnerships...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Forests: Source of life. A short video on the EU intervention in the forest sector of Honduras

Roser Cabre posted Information | 26 April 2017

Forests: Source of life. A short video on the EU intervention in the forest sector of Honduras Bosques: Fuente de vida. Un video sobre la intervención de la UE en el sector forestal de Honduras.

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Group: Sustainable Forests for the Future
FAO in Zambia: Conservation agriculture mechanization

Capacity4dev Team uploaded a new Document | 20 April 2017

zambia_conservation_agriculture_mechanization_fact_sheet.pdf 560.52 KB

Conventional methods of land preparation and cropping practices can contribute to the degradation of soils and have limited efforts to raise agricultural production beyond subsistence levels in Zambia. Zambia is at high risk of being affected by soaring agricultural commodity and inputs prices...

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Project: FISRI Zambia
Samoa leads Asia Pacific region in statistical data transparency

Isolina Boto posted Information | 19 April 2017

Samoa is leading the Asia Pacific region in statistical data transparency becoming the first country in the area to launch a new National Summary Data Page (NSDP) , a one-stop statistics shop for publishing essential macroeconomic data, critical for monitoring economic conditions and policies. http...

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Group: Building resilience of small island economies
Social Protection for Food Security, Nutrition and Rural Development in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Sarah Cummings created a new event | 19 April 2017

25 Apr

From 25 April 2017 to 26 April 2017
in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan)

Organised by FAO

This two-day meeting on Social Protection for Food Security, Nutrition and Rural Development in Eastern Europe and Central Asia aims to bring together the representatives of the ministries of agriculture and the ministries dealing with the social protection issues, as well as FAO and development...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
International Day of Rural Women

Sarah Cummings created a new event | 19 April 2017

15 Oct

From 15 October 2017

15 October is the International Day of Rural Women . Rural women, the majority of whom depend on natural resources and agriculture for their livelihoods, make up over a quarter of the total world population. In developing countries, rural women represent approximately 43 per cent of the...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative (GSSI) Brussels Stakeholder Update

Sarah Cummings created a new event | 19 April 2017

25 Apr

From 25 April 2017
in Belgium (Belgium)

Organised by Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative

The Brussels Stakeholder Update will cover recent developments and what is next for GSSI. GSSI is a global platform and partnership of seafood companies, NGOs, experts, governmental and intergovernmental organizations. The mission of GSSI is to ensure confidence in the supply and promotion of...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
FAO

Francesca Antifora posted news | 19 April 2017

Statement delivered by the representative from FAO at the Special meeting of the Sub-committee on Sustainable Development on COP22 Outcomes and Roadmap to COP23, which took place on the 14th and the 15th of March 2017 at the ACP House.

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Project: Intra-ACP Global Climate Change Alliance Plus (Intra-ACP GCCA+)
Promoting sustainable value chain by linking SMEs to Fair Trade producers in the Global South

Sarah Cummings created a new event | 18 April 2017

10 May

From 10 May 2017
in Brussels (Belgium)

Organised by Bernd Lange (S&D, Germany) & Dita Charanzova (ALDE, Czech Republic)

The Chair of the European Parliament Committee on International Trade, Bernd Lange (S&D, Germany), and the Vice-Chair of the European Parliament Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, Dita Charanzova (ALDE, Czech Republic), are hosting the conference Promoting sustainable...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Cash transfers in urban crises: do they work for women?

Sarah Cummings posted Information | 12 April 2017

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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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA

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