Thinking through Food Security Policy
Initially, when food security came into use at the international level, it was conceptualised as an outcome: the object of food security policies was to make people food secure. However...
Walk with Shepherds
Looks like there is a new initiative to help collect data on pastoralists. Follow the Sheep is letting people sign up to walk with shepherds for a few days. People interested...
Social analysis for agriculture and rural investment projects
Some of you may know that the FAO offers free, online e-learning courses on a wide range of interesting topics. If you didn't know, check them out. They are really...
Understanding the CFS
The Committee on World Food Security has a complex organizational structure. Kudos go out to Earth in Brackets and a talented young designer with a keen interest in food politics...
Participation for improved policy making
Hello from the General Conference of the European Consortium for Political Research, taking place in Bordeaux. I have been pretty stretched over the last few weeks and haven't had the time...
Annual Civil Society Forum for Food Security
REGISTER NOW to the Annual Civil Society Forum, 5 - 6 October 2013! Join hundreds of civil society actors in preparation for the 40th Session of the Committee on World Food Security and...
Human Rights and the Environment: Synergies and Challenges : Training seminar
Wish I could attend this seminar. It looks great. Title: Human Rights and the Environment: Synergies and Challenges Period: 21-23 November 2013 Summary: The European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation (EIUC) is organising a...
“How We Count Hunger Matters” (Free access available for a limited time)
“How We Count Hunger Matters” BY FRANCES MOORE LAPPÉ, JENNIFER CLAPP, MOLLY ANDERSON, ROBIN BROAD, ELLEN MESSER, THOMAS POGGE, AND TIMOTHY A. WISE ETHICS & INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS JULY 9, 2013 Research and Policy Director Timothy A....
UN holds the first Intergovernmental Working Group on the Rights of Peasants
Press release - La Via Campesina (Jakarta, 13 July 2013) The international peasant's movement La Via Campesina will be attending the upcoming United Nations Intergovernmental Working Group on the human rights of...
UPDATED: Whose Alliance? The G8 and the Emergence of a Global Corporate Regime for Agriculture
*Updated with new media links* A new report by CIDSE and EAA has been released. CIDSE and EAA are deeply concerned about the vision and approach of the G8 New Alliance for...