Today, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is convening a two day International Symposium on Agroecology for Food and Nutrition Security. Nearly 70 scientists and scholars of sustainable agriculture and...
What one of my students is up to. ...
Biofuels industry strong arms governments at UN food security conference Press release11 October 2013ROME, Italy – Today Civil Society movements blamed Governments negotiating on biofuels at the Committee on World Food security...
The Civil Society Mechanism has live updates and a summary of their positions on the issues being debated at the CFS this week. Check it out: http://www.csm4cfs.org/cfs_40-11/...
For those of you interested in post-2015:
GENEVA (21 May 2013) – A group of United Nations human rights experts today called* for the post-2015 development agenda to be urgently refocused on equality, social protection and accountability. The statement came as UN Member States will discuss this week in New York how to shape a new set of global development goals.
“As we enter this crucial phase we must not forget the failures that have left nearly one billion hungry and poverty still rife. The rise of inequality has severely undermined the achievements of the Millennium Development Goals,” the independent experts said.
The UK Food Group has an opportunity for a volunteer to assist the network's coordinator, particularly around fundraising from charitable trusts.The UK Food Group is the main network of NGOs...
