Agriculture & Rural Development

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Reframing food security for an urbanising world

Sarah Cummings posted Information | 12 April 2017

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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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Fairtrade producer networks join forces with Access Agriculture

Sarah Cummings posted Information | 12 April 2017

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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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Inclusive agricultural growth

Sarah Cummings created a new WIKI page | 12 April 2017

Inclusive agricultural growth and private sector development focuses on small-scale farmers. This thematic area includes interventions for increasing agricultural production, agricultural processing and market development in order to make agriculture an engine for growth and development of rural...

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

Sarah Cummings created a new WIKI page | 12 April 2017

Sustainable agriculture is concerned with agriculture that uses natural resources efficiently and sustainably. In sustainable agriculture, farmers become the managers of their landscapes and ecosystems to cope with climate change . The main topics addressed include: sustainable intensification of...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Systemic resilience to food crisis

Sarah Cummings created a new WIKI page | 12 April 2017

Systemic resilience to food crisis refers to the interventions, such as social transfers , which help to build the capacity of local communities to withstand, adapt, and quickly recover from stresses and shocks such as food crises , drought , conflict or natural disasters . The main issues include...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Arnaud DE VANSSAY commented on a question | 11 April 2017

Any good example of programme to support innovation through Agrodealer networks?

Merci à tous Après quelques recherches, voici également d'autres pistes que je partage avec vous: http://agmark.org/en/ http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTARD/Resources/335807-1330620492317/9780821386842.pdf http://www.fao.org/3/a-aq214f.pdf

Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Vanuatu heat-and-eat meal packs’ appeal widens

Isolina Boto posted Information | 11 April 2017

Natur’Kai offers pre-cooked diced taro and kumara packs and heat and eat meal packs in pouches. The meal packs contain two individual parcels of either grated or mashed taro, banana or kumara mixed with coconut cream encasing minced beef, pork or left plain and wrapped in a banana leaf similar to...

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Group: Building resilience of small island economies
Vanuatu’s ACTIV chocolate makers go for gold

Isolina Boto posted Information | 11 April 2017

Vanuatu’s ACTIV Association chocolate makers are keeping fingers crossed for their first entry into the 2017 International Chocolate Awards in USA. https://pacificperiscope.wordpress.com/2017/04/11/vanuatus-activ-chocola...

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Group: Building resilience of small island economies
ASISTENCIA TÉCNICA AL CONVENIO DE FINANCIACIÓN «APOYO A LA RESTITUCIÓN DE TIERRAS Y A LAS REFORMAS INSTITUCIONALES DE DESARROLLO RURAL», EN COLOMBIA. EUROPEAID/131669/C/SER/CO

Ferdinando DIDONNA created a new WIKI page | 11 April 2017

Objetivo General: Apoyar la fase inicial de la implementación de la Política pública de Restitución de Tierras y Desarrollo Rural , enfatizando en el fortalecimiento de las capacidades institucionales y comunitarias, en los ámbitos territorial y nacional, con la participación de los actores locales...

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Project: Technical Assistance Services aimed at supporting the restitution of land and fostering institutional reform of Rural Development in Colombia
EU strengthens ties with the Pacific: International cooperation and development policy

Isolina Boto posted Information | 6 April 2017

The European Commission's Director-General for International Cooperation and Development, Stefano Manservisi, visited the Pacific region to strengthen coordination and cooperation on development policy. From 28 March to 3 April 2017, Director-General Manservisi visited Australia, New Zealand, Fiji...

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Group: Building resilience of small island economies

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