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11 December 2018 . For 25 years, the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte has been an unsung hero in the fight against food insecurity. As Dr. M. Jahi Chappell put it, “The course to universal food security will never run smooth[ly], but steps forward have and can be made. Belo Horizonte has walked a bit farther down the path than most.” This webinar explored a number of issues: What special role can municipal governments play in food security, compared to regional, national, and international governments? What enables government institutions to maintain their commitments to food security over the long-term? How can U.S. development policymakers best support local governance? Panelists: Olivier de Schutter Former United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food Secretary  Maíra Colares Secretary for Social Assistance, Food Security and Citizenship, Belo Horizonte  Chris Shepherd-Pratt Policy Team Lead, Bureau for Food Security, U.S. Agency for International Development (USA...

22-23 November 2018 . Salvador, Bahia/Brazil.  6th Brazil Africa Forum . Youth Empowerment: Transformation to Achieve Sustainable Transformation Extract of the programme  22 November. BRAZIL-AFRICA AGRIBUSINESS AND INNOVATION NETWORK (BRAIN) & 8TH AFRICA AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE WEEK (AASW8) BRAZIL COUNTDOWN Side Event organized by FARA 23 November. YOUTH EMPLOYMENT IN AGRICULTURE: SUSTAINABILITY AND FOOD SECURITY IMPROVEMENT Special Address by Gilbert Houngbo | President of The International Fund for Agricultural Development – IFAD (Video message) Moderator:  Bronwyn Nielsen | Editor at Large of CNBC Africa Yemi Akinbamijo | Executive Director of the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) Livio Vanghetti | Vice President Global Partnership and Cooperation of Philip Morris International Daniel Balaban | Director of WFP Centre of Excellence against Hunger Claus Reiner | Country Director of IFAD Higino Francisco de Marrule |Minister of Agriculture and Food S...