Agriculture & Rural Development

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Next Brussels Briefing – Realising the Promise of Agriculture for Africa’s Transformation

Felix Nkwetta Ajong created a new event | 1 April 2014

04 Apr

From 4 April 2014
in Brussels (Belgium)

Organised by The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA)

The next Brussels Development Briefing on ‘Realising the Promise of Agriculture for Africa’s Transformation’ will be held during the morning of Friday 4 April 2014, at the Egmont Palace in Brussels. This 36th Briefing is timed to coincide with the 4th Africa-EU Summit, and the panel is being...

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Group: Agriculture & Rural Development
Next Brussels Briefing – Realising the Promise of Agriculture for Africa’s Transformation

Felix Nkwetta Ajong created a new event | 1 April 2014

04 Apr

From 4 April 2014
in Brussels (Belgium)

Organised by The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA)

The next Brussels Development Briefing on ‘Realising the Promise of Agriculture for Africa’s Transformation’ will be held during the morning of Friday 4 April 2014, at the Egmont Palace in Brussels. This 36th Briefing is timed to coincide with the 4th Africa-EU Summit, and the panel is being...

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Group: GCCA+ Community
Next Brussels Briefing – Realising the Promise of Agriculture for Africa’s Transformation

Felix Nkwetta Ajong created a new event | 1 April 2014

04 Apr

From 4 April 2014
in Brussels (Belgium)

Organised by The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA)

The next Brussels Development Briefing on ‘Realising the Promise of Agriculture for Africa’s Transformation’ will be held during the morning of Friday 4 April 2014, at the Egmont Palace in Brussels. This 36th Briefing is timed to coincide with the 4th Africa-EU Summit, and the panel is being...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Disappearing Honey Bees

Diane KELECOM posted Information | 1 April 2014

Simple graphics speak louder than words In the midst of the European Week for Bees and Pollination , take a minute to look at this forthtelling graph to better appreciate the real issues we are facing today, with an ever declining population. The above graphic was embeded from the following source...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Integrating Land Governance in the post-2015 Agenda: harnessing synergies for implementation and monitoring impact

Sarah Cummings created a new event | 31 March 2014

24 Mar

From 24 March 2014 to 27 March 2014
in Washington DC (United States)

Organised by World Bank and partners

The 15th World Bank Land and Poverty Conference considers that while the challenges of land administration are immense, developments in technology and increasing access to information, all of which will be discussed at this Conference, allows the World Bank to better meet these challenges in...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Rencontres Internationales: Agricultures familiales et recherche

Sarah Cummings created a new event | 31 March 2014

01 Jun

From 1 June 2014 to 3 June 2014
in Montpellier (France)

Organised by Cet événement est co-organisé avec le Consortium du CGIAR, le Forum Mondial de la Recherche Agricole (GFAR) et le Forum Rural Mondial (FRM) avec le soutien du ministère des Affaires étrangères, du ministère de l’Agriculture, de l’Agroalimentaire et de la

Rencontres Internationales: Agricultures familiales et recherche visent d’abord : à faire échanger et travailler ensemble des représentants des agricultures familiales, des décideurs politiques et du secteur privé, des représentants de la société civile et des enseignants et chercheurs du monde...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Growing together: Family farming and agricultural sciences transforming global food systems

Sarah Cummings created a new event | 31 March 2014

05 May

From 5 May 2014 to 7 May 2014
in Vienna (Austria)

Organised by AGRINATURA, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Caritas Austria, ADA (Austrian Development Agency), KEF (Commission for Development Research) and VIDC (Vienna Institute for International Dialogue and Cooperation)

The AGRINATURA Science Days are organized by AGRINATURA and partners, taking place from 5 to 7 May 2014. They assemble researchers and practitioners working on family farming and food security in one single forum. They offer a unique opportunity for dialoguing, learning, networking and launching...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Global Forum and Expo on Family Farming

Sarah Cummings created a new event | 31 March 2014

04 Mar

From 4 March 2014 to 6 March 2014
in H-1123, Budapest (Hungary)

Organised by FAO and the Hungarian Ministry of Rural Development

Initiated by the Philippines and World Rural Forum, the UN GA declared 2014 as the International Year of Family Farming. Against this background, the FAO and the Hungarian Ministry of Rural Development organised a Global Forum and Expo on Family Farming [1] to identify the various political, policy...

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

Capacity4dev Team created a new WIKI page | 21 March 2014

What is conservation agriculture? Conservation agriculture is a farming practice of managing agro-ecosystems for improved and sustained productivity, increased profits and food security, while preserving and enhancing the resource base and the environment. Conservation agriculture has three pillars...

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Project: FISRI Zambia
PREP Announces Discovery of New Species in Tonga

Nadia Tjahja posted Information | 11 March 2014

6 March 2014: A two-week Rapid Biodiversity Survey (BIORAP) of Vava'u in Tonga has led to the confirmation of the existence of rare species, among other discoveries. An Ecosystem Service Valuation (ESV) will follow the BIORAP. The Survey, coordinated by Tonga, through the Ministry of Lands,...

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Group: Building resilience of small island economies

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