Agriculture

17.06.2013

OECD-FAO experts expect lower global agricultural production growth. Production shortfalls, price volatility and trade disruption remain a threat to global food security. [more]

Nutrition

11.06.2013

Malnutrition imposes unacceptably high economic and social costs on countries at all income levels, says the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). [more]

Food prices

10.06.2013

A new era of high and volatile food prices goes beyond affecting what people can afford to eat and is causing life-changing shifts in society, says a new report published by Oxfam and IDS. [more]

African trailblazers deliver big advances in the fight against extreme poverty, a new report shows. But African governments are set to fall short on their development promises.[more]

Africa

03.06.2013

Natural resources can fuel Africa's economic transformation, according to the African Economic Outlook 2013.[more]

Conflict

23.05.2013

A new book explores the history of land and conflict, and draws upon these experiences to expand current understanding of land-based conflict and develop better practices for future peacebuilding.[more]

Soils

08.05.2013

With full colour maps and illustrations, the first Soil Atlas of Africa explains in a simple and clear manner the diversity of soil across the African continent.[more]

Development policy

06.05.2013

The Asian Development Outlook, published by the Asian Development Bank in April 2013, forecasts a gross domestic product (GDP) growth in developing Asia of more than 6 per cent in 2013 and in 2014.[more]

Environment

30.04.2013

Nearly 870 million people suffer globally from chronic hunger with environmental degradation factoring in as one of the many causes, says the latest UNCCD report.[more]

Food security

26.04.2013

Some of the poorest developing countries are showing the greatest political commitment to tackling hunger and undernutrition. [more]

Poverty reduction

24.04.2013

Study on the relationship between enhanced use of land for export products and migration movements.[more]

Climate change

15.04.2013

Countries in West Africa must add climate change adaptation to food security investments, says a new publication by IFPRI [more]

Bioenergy

04.04.2013

Extensive research of Jatropha projects reveals unsolved problems[more]

Food security

02.04.2013

The talk about food security in global and regional bodies was abundant in 2012. But what has really been achieved? This issue is explored in the Global Food Policy Report 2012. [more]

Poverty reduction

25.03.2013

The rise of the South is radically reshaping the world of the 21st century, with developing nations driving economic growth, says the United Nations Development Programme’s 2013 Human Development Report. [more]

Livestock

20.03.2013

Child labour in the livestock sector is widespread, but largely ignored. More efforts are needed to address the problem, FAO says.[more]

Agriculture

13.03.2013

The World Bank calls on governments to work side-by-side with agribusinesses in order to link farmers with consumers in an increasingly urbanised Africa.[more]

ICT

04.03.2013

Mobile phone usage is exploding in developing countries. That's why IICD increasingly focuses on mobile learning with its partners in education, health and economic development programmes in Africa and Latin America. [more]

Income generation

27.02.2013

Making forest land accessible to the rural poor can contribute to reducing rural poverty and increasing overall forest productivity. [more]

Agroforestry

21.02.2013

According to FAO, agroforestry could positively impact the lives of millions of people – if countries put more effort into promoting it. [more]

Water

01.02.2013

New study provides a quantitative global assessment of water grabbed in the context of land grabbing.[more]

COMING EVENTS

18-19 June 2013 - Eschborn, Germany

Eschborn Dialogue 2013

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19-21 June 2013 - Halle (Saale), Germany

IAMO Forum 2013: Rural areas in transition  

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25-26 June, 2013 - Dresden, Germany

Cracking the Nut 2013: Sustainable Sourcing for Agricultural Supply Chains

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26-28 June - Nairobi, Kenya

African Livestock Conference and Exhibition (ALiCE)

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30 June - 4 July 2013, Naivasha, Kenya

9th Triennial Conference of the African Potato Association

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6-7 July 2013 - Hong Kong, China

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8-9 July 2013 - Colombo, Sri Lanka

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11-13 July 2013 -Berlin, Germany

2013 Berlin Mini-conference “Dynamics in Food and Agri based Supply Chains”

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Africa Agriculture Science Week

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18-19 July 2013 - Port Louis, Mauritius

Fifth International Conference on Climate: Impacts and Responses

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27-28 July 2013 - Moscow, Russia.

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1-6 September 2013 - Stockholm, Sweden

World Water Week

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8-11 September 2013 - Cairo, Egypt

2nd International Conference on Optimum Utilization of Salt Affected Ecosystems in Arid Regions

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8-16 September 2013 - Rottenburg, Germany

Summer School - Rural Development Beyond Agriculture: Perspectives and Potentials

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10-14 September 2013 - Bari, Italy

1st CGIR Inter-Regional Conference on Land and Water Challenges: "Water, Environment and Agriculture: Challenges for Sustainable Development"

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11-12 September 2013 - Emmeloord, The Netherlands

PotatoEurope

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15-19 September 2013 - Sidney, Australia

22nd International Grasslands Congress

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17–19 September 2013 - Stuttgart (Hohenheim), Germany

Tropentag 2013

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23-25 September 2013 - Bonn, Germany

CGIAR Science Forum 2013

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24-26 September 2013 - Berlin, Germany

4th Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services (GFRAS) Annual Meeting

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25-27 September 2013 - Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Sustainable Intensification: The pathway to low carbon farming?

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29 September - 2 October 2013 - Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands

First International Conference on Global Food Security

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6-9 October 2013 - Kigali, Rwanda

AgriBusiness Forum

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7-8 October 2013 - Melaka, Malaysia

International Conference on Food and Agricultural Sciences (ICFAS)

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21-24 October 2013 - Yaounde, Cameroon

3rd Africa Rice Congress

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22-25 October 2013 - Paris, France

Efficient 2013 - The 7th IWA Specialist Conference on efficience use and management of water

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27-31 October 2013 - Berlin, Germany

Global Soil Week

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12-16 November 2013 - Hanover, Germany

Agritechnica

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17-20 November 2013 - Davos, Switzerland

2nd GRF One Health Summit 2013: One Health - One Planet - One Future

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18-29 November 2013 - Los Baños, Philippines

Transition to sustainable production systems: Crop-livestock-environment interactions in a changing climate

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26-27 November 2013 - Brussels, Belgium

European Development Days

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