A new toolkit will support those wishing to help small enterprises in the forestry sector fulfill their potential to reduce poverty and manage natural resources in a sustainable way.[more]

The report Transnational Land Deals for Agriculture in the Global South and the associated website (http://landportal.info/landmatrix) on land acquisition were launched by the Land Matrix partnership (CDE, CIRAD, GIGA, GIZ, and...[more]

Decision-makers and those interested in development policy can access a new website containing a sound, comparative, yet compact overview of the development policy strategies of key European donors.[more]

A new study by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the International Labour Office (ILO), published in April 2012, shows that decent and productive employment for millions of young women and men who...[more]

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) launched the inaugural Global Food Policy Report, the first in a new annual series, in April 2012. The Report provides a comprehensive overview of major policy changes at...[more]

Action needs to be taken now to prevent irreversible damage to the environment, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) warned in a report published in March 2012. Based on joint modelling by the OECD...[more]

According to a recent field study conducted in communities in western and eastern Niger, between 70 and 90 per cent of people estimate their food stocks will run out before the next harvest, creating an imminent 'hunger gap.’ [more]

Land grabbing is being encouraged by the biofuel admixture ratios is the conclusion drawn in a study by FIAN and EuropAfrica, which explores the correlation between the admixture ratio for biofuel and land grabbing.[more]

The sector project „Development-oriented drug policy” (SV EOD) of the GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) presents the Livelihood Analysis instrument in two new publications (in German). A flyer...[more]

GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) publication „Rural Territorial Development“ is presented in the context of the BMZ strategy „Rural development and its contribution to food security”.[more]

The Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target of halving the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water has been met, according to a report published by UNICEF and WHO in March 2012. Between 1990 and...[more]

The publication “Harmonisation and Mutual Recognition of Regulations and Standards for Food Safety and Quality in Regional Economic Communities: The case of the East African Community (EAC) and the Common Market for Eastern and...[more]

In this publication, different experts explore „Innovation in agriculture“. The book compiles the contributions to the OECD Conference on Agricultural Knowledge Systems (AKS).[more]

The report published by OECD proposes a three-pronged approach to strengthening rural incomes and reducing poverty: improve productivity and competitiveness in the agricultural sector; help households diversify their sources of...[more]

Strong rural organisations like producer groups and cooperatives are crucial to hunger and poverty reduction. FAO und IFAD have now published cases studies reflecting this, particularly including women's cooperations.[more]

Appropriately dealing with seasonality, its different circumstances and weather phenomena is vital to survival. The book addresses this topic, basing its assessments on a systematic study of seasonality over 20 years.[more]

Several distinguished authors look into the interactions between agriculture, nutrition and health.[more]

The IFPRI report assumes that poverty and income inequality in the Arab world are higher than previously believed. The authors reassess the situation, classify the Arab countries into five risk groups and provide recommendations...[more]

The „BalticClimate Toolkit“, a guideline for dealing with climate change is now available online free of charge, reported the Academy for Spatial Research and Planning (ARL) mid February 2012. Over the past three years, ARL as...[more]

Highly dangerous pesticides are being used in flower production. Workers come into direct contact with pesticides at their workplace and are also exposed to contaminated food and water. The consequences range from creeping health...[more]

This study is based on a research mission to the Tana Delta of a joint effort by COMCAD (Bielefeld University), FIAN Germany, Kenya Youth Foundation, and CEMIRIDE in August 2011. It shows how the negative impacts of climate...[more]

A new study released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in December 2011 shows how plants and fruits from Amazonian forests can be used to improve people’s diets and livelihoods. The book, which...[more]

The book “The state of the world's land and water resources for food and agriculture (SOLAW) – Managing systems at risk” was published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in November 2011.[more]

In September 2011, terre des hommes and Welthungerhilfe published the 19th Report on the Reality of Development Assistance. The two development aid organisations put forward sharp criticism of German Development policy. Never,...[more]

The study traces progress toward greater coherence between agricultural and rural development policies and explores whether mounting interest in food prices, food security, water scarcity, energy and climate change has giving...[more]

This study investigates current aid measurement and tracking procedures and discusses the need for improving transparency and accountability in agriculture and rural development (ARD) and food security. [more]

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) published the Guide to implementation of phytosanitary standards in forestry in November 2011.[more]

This book by Andrew MacMillan and Ignacio Trueba provides a concise yet graphic explanation of what hunger and malnutrition are about, and how to eradicate them. [more]

According to projections by the United Nations, seven billion people will be living on our earth by the end of October 2011. [more]

The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2011 highlights the differential impacts that the world food crisis of 2006-08 had on different countries, with the poorest being most affected.[more]