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What makes an agricultural development policy contemporary? What are the key components for agriculture that feeds current and future generations without overstretching planetary boundaries? Questions like these were at the were at the heart of a lecture by renowned
Are we on track to secure tenure rights and establish effective and transparent land governance systems by 2030? This broad yet fundamental question was the point of departure used by the Global Donor Working Group on Land (GDWGL) in
Urgent need for rural revitalization, strong policies and accountability Marked by deepening cycles of hunger and malnutrition, persistent poverty, limited economic opportunities, and environmental degradation, rural areas continue to be in a state of crisis in many parts of
The African Leaders for Nutrition Initiative (ALN), a joint African Union Commission and African Development Bank (AfDB) initiative, issued a recent report indicating that despite recent gains in addressing and lowering malnutrition on the African continent, many African nations
Article 1 of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen states that “Men are born and remain free and equal in rights.” In paying tribute to this declaration, the increased inequality in today’s world will
The eighth Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) took place in Berlin, Germany from 17 – 19 January 2019. A record number of national delegations and international organisations accepted the German federal minister’s invitation for the International Conference
Ceres2030 has the ambitious goal of achieving a global consensus on the most effective ways to sustainably end hunger. In order to do this, the joint initiative by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), Cornell University, and the
On 1-2 December 2018, more than 1,000 representatives of government, international, non-governmental and indigenous organizations, activists, finance, private sector, youth, scientists and media came together in Bonn, Germany at the occasion of the Global Landscape Forum (GLF), to connect,
“The next generation of farmers: successes and new opportunities”: Rural youth was the focus of Brussels Policy Briefing n. 53, which was held on 20 November 2018 on invitation by CTA, ACP Secretariat, the EU and Concord, the European
The focus of attention at the Committee of Food Security is naturally on food security and nutrition, which under the Agenda 2030 is addressed in the Sustainable Development Goal, SDG2 – Zero Hunger. However, world leaders at CFS increasingly
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