Our Future starts Today

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Our Future starts Today
The deadline for the Millennium Development Goals is approaching fast. We know that while there have been many real achievements as a result of these collective goals, successes have been mixed and we have not met all as fully as we would all hope. The road is still long…
 
But it is now time to think about the next steps, beyond the MDG, and to think differently. Many initiatives are taking places calling for extensive consultations through the Internet to define new goals. Let’s take this opportunity to bring our voices as those who care about agriculture, food and rural development into the process. The Post-2015 development goals will be different, they can be yours, join the consultations, let your voice be heard!
 
To help you participate in these processes, below is a (non-exhaustive) list of links to relevant on-going consultations, including some that are just starting. All are identifying future agriculture-related challenges from a wide range of perspectives and will bring together social and technical considerations. This list will be regularly updated on egfar.org. If you are aware about other events/processes please contact .
 
  • GFAR: Global Foresight Hub – The Forward Thinking Platform has an open and permanent forum on the three following topics: farming patterns of the future, the future of land use changes and the future links between consumption and production of agricultural products at http://egfar.org/forums/global-foresight-hub/forward-thinking-platform
  • OXFAM: The Future of Agriculture e-debate, December 10-21 at http://blogs.oxfam.org/future-of-agriculture
  • UNSDSN: e-consultation on Sustainable Agriculture and Food production: http://unsdsn.org/about/thematicgroups/tg7/, also on ODI: J. Sachs on the post-2015 development framework - reflections and challenges: http://www.odi.org.uk/events/3103-jeffrey-sachs-post-2015-development-framework-reflections-challenges?utm_source=event-update&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20121203
  • FAO:  e-Consultation on Hunger, Food and Nutrition Security until December 21 at http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/post2015/e-consultation-hunger-food-and-nutrition-security
  • UNICEF & UNESCO: Post-2015 Global Consultation on EDUCATION at http://ypard.net/event/post2015-global-consultation-education
  • Beyond 2015 Civil Society thematic consultations list: http://www.beyond2015.org/un-thematic-consultations
  • IDS: Bringing perspectives of the poorest into the debate: http://www.ids.ac.uk/project/participate-knowledge-from-the-margins-for-post-2015
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Posted on 10/12/2012