From the FAO:  http://www.fao.org/righttofood Accra, 24 February 2014 – The ECOWAS Zero Hunger Initiative has started its activities during its inception workshop in Accra, Ghana. The Initiative is a commitment of ECOWAS and its government and non-government partners in working towards a Hunger-free West Africa, by building on existing policies and programmes, increasing stakeholder engagement and amplifying the current political commitment in the region. The vision of the Initiative is to eradicate hunger from the ECOWAS region by the year 2025. It is a holistic platform for government and non-government actors to achieve consensus and take concrete actions in the fight against hunger and malnutrition.

As I mentioned in my last post, I am in Kenya to elaborate a research proposal. The basic idea is to look at challenges and opportunities related to inclusive development. Last...

Hello from Kenya where I am working on a proposal on Institutional Change for Inclusive Development. Over the next few weeks I will be posting short stories and insights from our...

The High Level Panel of Experts (HLPE) of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) has launched a consultation on the draft of the study: Food losses and waste in the context of...

Last year I spoke at a workshop on gender and food security The summary has been posted: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/research/priorities/foodsecurity/newsandevents/pastevents/genderfs This workshop addressed the international gender dimensions of food security, focusing on women as producers...

The new issue of FIAN International's Right to Food journal is available at: http://www.fian.org/news/article/detail/right-to-food-journal-vol-8-no-1/ It contains the following articles:  'Strengthening the Human Rights Movement Globally: The Vienna+20 CSO Conference' by Brid Brennan and...