GFAR Update
Newsletter date: 12/08/2014
Welcome to the GFAR Update!
GFAR Update is a briefing service from the GFAR Secretariat. Our aim is to keep you regularly informed and aware of new initiatives and actions around the world, so that these can have greater reach and impact for those we serve - the world’s poor.
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The EAT Stockholm Food Forum: Working together to change patterns of production and consumptionThe EAT Forum brought together a wide range of experts from the worlds of food, climate and health, and discussed challenges and opportunities linking food, health and sustainability ...read more |
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Changing the Future of Global Agriculture: An Interview with Mark HoldernessDr. Mark Holderness is a food scientist who uses science to address agricultural and rural development challenges. He began his career as a cocoa pathologist in Papua New Guinea and ...read more |
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Invitation to an open discussion on the ICN2 Framework for Action zero draft to implement the Rome Declaration on NutritionThe Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO), in cooperation with IFAD, IFPRI, UNESCO, UNICEF, World Bank, WFP, WTO and the High ...read more |
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Partners’ Meeting for the Global Alliance on Climate-Smart AgricultureGFAR Chair, Juan Lucas Restrepo, and Harry Palmier, Senior Partnerships Adviser represented GFAR in its role of active member of the Friends of the Alliance on Climate-Smart Agriculture ...read more |
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E-Discussion on “Forward Thinking for ICT use in Asian Agri-Food Chains”Date: 13th August – 5th September 2014 Asian agriculture and food chains (agri-food chains) are rapidly evolving to meet local, national, regional and international ...read more |
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Five Ways to Make Agriculture Innovation Better Serve the Needs of Women FarmersGender inequalities in rural areas are now more and more acknowledged by governments, scientists, and farmers. Lost opportunities or potential gains from gender equality on food security, ...read more |
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A4I eNews - Entrepreneurship in African AgricultureIn 2012, sub-Saharan African countries spent $37.7 billion on food imports. Rising levels of unemployment, coupled with sustained poverty, continued food and nutrition insecurity, and an ...read more |
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