This sector note -which has just been finalized- provides detailed advice and practical examples on how to integrate - or "mainstream"- environment and climate change in agriculture, food security and rural development programmes...
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The implications of agricultural trade and market developments for food security
Using the OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook to 2024, this paper provides projections on the availability of calories at the national level, for the number of persons undernourished, and for the proportion of undernourishment (PoU)...
Private Sector Mechanism position paper on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Published on 12 January 2017 by the Private Sector Mechanism at the United Nations Committee on World Food Security (CFS), this position paper considers the role of agriculture and food and nutrition security in achieving the SDGs...
Stefano Manservisi: 'Agriculture in ACP countries, a top priority for the EU'
Published on 19 January 2017, a feature article in 'Spore', published by the Technical Cente for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), comprises an interview with Stefano Manservisi, the Director-General for International...
Innovation systems: towards effective strategies in support of smallholder farmers
Published in January 2017 and divided into 18 chapters, the book is a collection of theoretical underpinnings, expert opinions, case studies, reflections and lessons on the state-of-the-art innovation systems thinking and...
Back women's movements for a real chance at equality
Published on 28 January on scidev.net, this article by Henrietta Miers discusses how rural women's movements can bring about transformative change. Featuring the Step Up event with took place in December 2016 at the FAO, the...
Improving nutrition and reducing stunting in Eastern Sudan: EU Action Document
Published on 20 December 2016, this action document/action fiche Improving Nutrition and Reducing Stunting in Eastern Sudan through an Integrated Nutrition and Food Security Approach describes the action which will contribute to...
Annual Action Programme 2016 part 2 and 2017 part 1 in favour of Bangladesh
Published on 13 December 2016, the Annual Action Programme for Bangladesh aims to contribute to the creation of sustained pathways out of poverty in most vulnerable areas, through simultaneous investments in livelihoods and social...
Farmer field schools help women to lead on climate change
Published on 27 January 2017 by the Interpress Service: News and Views from the Global South, this article considers that discussions around climate change have largely ignored how men and women are affected by climate change...
Editorial: Focus on Gender
This issue No. 54 of ROSA News which arrived directly in your email inboxes includes the zoom article No women, no development, no dignity which reports on the Step It Up event which took place on 16 December 2016, featuring an...