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Mali CAADP Pillar 1 framework validated |
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Mali, 9-10 Feb. Concluding a year-long process, 60 subregional institutions and international organisations, farmers’ and community-based organisations met to validate the framework document for CAADP’s first pillar land and water management. Read more... |
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Tool drafted to map food security interventions at country level |
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Rome 16 Feb. A recently released draft concept note outlines a new tool for mapping food security interventions at country level. Read more... |
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IPCC authors and review editors sought |
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Geneva, 15 Jan. Governments and participating organisations are invited to nominate experts as authors and review editors for the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Read more... |
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Platform welcomes new chair |
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Rome, 28 Jan. After six years of service the members at the Annual General Assembly and subsequent Board thanked Platform founding chairman Christoph Kohlmeyer for his outstanding and visionary leadership since the inception of the Platform. The Board in line with the Platform’s Charter then elected Maria Pia Rizzo as his successor.
The new Platform chair, Maria Pia Rizzo is Senior Officer in the Multilateral Office of the Directorate General for Development Cooperation at Italy’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, both closely involved with Italy’s overall international development assistance, and particularly with the Rome agencies, as well as being closely involved in the L’Aquila declaration and the subsequent process. Read more… |
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Platform Annual General Assembly |
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Rome, 26-27 Jan 2010. Co-hosted by IFAD and the Global Mechanism of the UNCCD, the Platform Annual General Assembly drew over 100 participants from the donor community, international financial institutions, foundations, farmers’ organisations and CSOs for discussions on some of the major agricultural and rural development agendas of the day. Read more... |
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Land, Investment and Development |
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Rome, 24 Jan 2010. Land tenure and access to land are key to a number of rural development issues, not to mention basic economic and social human rights, such as the right to food.
Land Day will zero in on land and associated agro-industry related global challenges with a long-term rural development perspective. Read more... |
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Agriculture and Rural Development Day |
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Copenhagen, 12 Dec 2009. A group of more than 300 policymakers, farmers and scientists meeting in Copenhagen urged on negotiators at the United Nations Climate Change Conference to recognise agriculture’s vital role in climate change adaptation and mitigation. The event came on the heels of the FAO/GoDenmark event and preceded Forest Day on 13 December. Read more… |
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Joint Side Event at COP15 |
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Beyond Copenhagen: Agriculture and Forestry are Part of the Solution
Copenhagen, 14 Dec 2009. The event brought outputs from Agriculture Day and Forest Day to the negotiating floor at the UNFCCC climate change talks. Read more... |
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CAADP Africa Forum 2009 Concluded |
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Nairobi, 29 Nov - 4 Dec 2009. The CAADP Africa Forum 2009 was organised by the NEPAD Secretariat (CAADP/Agriculture Unit) with support from GTZ, and hosted by the Kenyan Ministry of Agriculture. In keeping with the ownership of the Forum by NEPAD Secretariat, the theme of this year’s meeting (‘The Bottom of the Pyramid – Agricultural Development for the Vulnerable’) was selected from among the four sub-themes that formed the July 2009 AU Heads of State and Government Summit. Read more... |
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Platform-EIARD joint workshop |
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Eschborn, 26 Nov 2009. "Enhancing Dialogue, Coordinating Agendas: How can agricultural research better support rural development outcomes?" - A joint meeting of the Platform and the European Initiative for Agricultural Research for Development (EIARD). Read more... |
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5th CAADP Partnership Platform concluded |
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 Abuja, 9-10 Nov 2009. The meeting reviewed progress made and shared experiences with CAADP implementation since the last CAADP PP in Pretoria, South Africa in March 2009. Over 150 people representing the key CAADP African constituency and several Platform members participated.Read more... |
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