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31 March - 4 April 2019.  Cairo.  Land and Water Days in the NENA Region 2019  : 1 April:  Governance of Oases ecosystems: Challenges and perspectives NENA oases overview : a strategic role for a fragile ecosystem, Noureddine Nasr (see picture)   FAOSNE "We are looking for new tools and technologies for the youth to remain motivated to work and live in the oasis. And this will be different from the past." Presentation of the Maghreb advocacy strategy for the oases conservation : towards an international strategy, Patrice Burger  (see picture)   , President of the associative network for the oases sustainable development (RADDO) "Degradated land are degradated lifes" "One third of the world population are hosted in drylands. If nobody works on the oasis the oasis will collapse" "Oasis can learn us a lot about agricultural intensification" The importance of social and economic innovations through traditional water system management: Aflaj of Oman, ...

"Businesses are everywhere in the food system. We have to engage with them and figure out how we make these enormous resources flows...more nutritious" @l_haddad #hiddenhunger @UniHohenheim 27 February - 1 March 2019 . Stuttgart, Germany. The "Congress Hidden Hunger and the transformation of food systems: How to combat the double burden of malnutrition? " provided a platform for global interactions of members belonging to the scientific community, representatives from politics, government and the media as well as members of civil society organizations, advocacy groups and private and public sector bodies. Keynote Presentations Click here for download Free Presentations Click here for download Poster Presentations Click here for download Extract of the programme : Introduction Stefan Schmitz (Deputy Director-General and Commissioner for the “One World – No Hunger” Initiative, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development ( BMZ ): Welcome sp...

FAO and ECA. 2018. Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition. Addressing the threat from climate variability and extremes for food security and nutrition . Accra. 116 pp. 20 February 2019.  ISAAA  Hunger in Africa Continues to Rise , 13 February 2019 . Reliefweb . The incidence of hunger continues to increase in Africa after several years of decrease, threatening the various efforts to eradicate hunger to meet the Malabo Goals 2025 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, specifically the Sustainable Development Goal 2. This was highlighted in the report Africa Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutritionreleased by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. The report states that 237 million people in sub-Saharan Africa are suffering from chronic malnutrition, overturning the improvements accomplished in the previous years. "The worsening trend in Africa is due to difficult global econ...

Published: January 16, 2019 Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems Prof Walter Willett,   Prof Johan Rockström,  Brent Loken,  Marco Springmann,   Prof Tim Lang,   Sonja Vermeulen,  et al.  Show all authors The recent EAT-Lancet review of the global food system has been widely welcomed. By connecting, for the first time, scientific targets for both global healthy diets and sustainable food production, the report outlines what a sustainable and healthy food system for 10 billion people, all within planetary boundaries, by the middle of the century, could look like. Aligning such a complex system, driven by multiple interests from across the sectors, with both the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris climate agreement, is a big task. Meeting such goals will require unprecedented collaboration and true transformation of an ill-equipped system. The global agricultural sector occupies 40...

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...

13 - 15 November 2018. Fort Myers, Florida, US. This year marked the 25th Anniversary of the US based Christian faith organisation  ECHO International Agriculture Conference . The event brought together influential voices dedicated to eradicating hunger and improving lives. The ECHOcommunity is a membership community that provides access to nearly all of ECHO’s resources online, as well as communications tools to help development workers connect with each other. Extracts of the program : the videos of the plenary sessions are available now for everyone. 15 underutilized crops for improving the lives of smallholder farm families The presentation will explore proven options for different climatic zones and the basics of cultivating and utilizing these crops. Through embracing a model of diversity and year-round production, communities can move towards abundance and flourishing. Investing in African women and thriving food markets through post-harvest innovation Compatible Technolo...

3 December 2018.  This was the forth event in the series ‘Frontiers in Development Policy’ and it  analyzed the importance of the link between both the rural and urban dimension . In particular the focus was on recognizing the role of small towns and enhancing rural-urban linkages in making food systems more effective and inclusive. You will find below the link to watch the video of the conference https://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/news-and-events/strengthening-rural-urban-linkages-africa-achieve-food-security_en Firstly, the session explored the urban-rural dynamic in Africa and implication for food systems, presenting some cases of agro-food sector development in small-medium sized towns.  Finally, it discussed concrete approaches that build, transform or strengthen urban-rural linkages to achieve food security for all. Introduction:  Leonard Mizzi , Head of UNIT C – DG DEVCO Francesco Rampa, Head of Programme Sustainable Food Systems and Economic and Agricultural Tra...

28-30 November 2018 . Bangkok, Thailand.  The IFPRI-FAO Global Event: Accelerating the end of hunger. How can we accelerate progress in transforming our agri-food systems to meet the needs of the hungry and malnourished and achieve the SDGs? With rising levels of global hunger putting the goal of ending malnutrition in all its forms by 2030 in serious jeopardy, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) organised a global conference aimed at urgently accelerating efforts to achieve Zero Hunger worldwide. The conference highlighted how great strides have been made in many countries in reducing hunger and malnutrition, rapidly and sustainably, through improvements in public policies, focused investments and the harnessing of new technologies. Bangladesh, for example, has achieved one of the fastest reductions in child underweight and stunting in history, largely by using innovative public policies...

13 November 2018 . Brussels. DevCo InfoPoint Lunchtime conference.  Empowering stakeholders in rural development/agriculture .  The Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP) is a multilateral partnership of equals that pools financing for country-led priorities, competitively channels funds through its implementing partners, and de-risks investments to unlock the private sector, all to realize SDG2. The presentation featured almost 10 years of analytical evidence of the Program's outcomes and impact in Africa and other places regarding GAFSP’s flexible mix of public and private sector investments along the agricultural value chain helping to create jobs, respond to climate change, leverage private sector finance, and address the root causes of migration. The GAFSP Steering Committee has agreed to carry out a major replenishment - $1.5 billion over five years -in 2019. The next call for proposals will be launched in January 2019 . Introduction: Leonard Mizzi Head...