Social Media Reporting from the CFS
This weekend I am attending a social media bootcamp (#CFS43SMB, for those of you on twitter) hosted by the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) and the Global Forum for...
State of Food and Agriculture 2016
Climate change, agriculture and food security What is the evidence that climate change is affecting food security and agriculture? What should governments, farmers and food producers do in order to facilitate...
FAO e-conference explores contribution of small farms to food security and nutrition
From October 10-23 you can participate in an FAO e-conference exploring contribution of small farms to food security and nutrition.
Here is what you need to know:
La Vía Campesina and the UN Committee on World Food Security
The Committee on World Food Security (CFS) will meet next week in Rome for its 43rd session. It is thus rather good timing that a new paper on the CFS has just been published in the Review of International Studies. The paper, written by Josh Brem-Wilson, Research Fellow, Coventry University, is called "La Vía Campesina and the UN Committee on World Food Security: Affected publics and institutional dynamics in the nascent transnational public sphere"Colombians have a chance to vote for peace
Please note that while the following may seem a bit off track, a bit different from the normal postings on this blog, agrarian reform is a fundamental component of the Colombian peace agreement. It is also a key moment in history that we need to be paying attention too. Congrats on publishing this, Felipe!After a lifetime of conflict, we Colombians have a chance to vote for peace
This piece was originally published on The Conversation by Felipe Roa-Clavijo, University of Oxford On October 2, the Colombian people will vote in a referendum to approve or reject the peace agreement their government has signed with the FARC, a revolutionary left-wing guerilla movement. Many Colombians have waited their whole lives for a chance like this – and me among them.SEPT 27 Colloquium: Challenges of the 2030 Agenda for science and knowledge for food systems
In 2015 the international community achieved a new milestone with the adoption of the 2030 Agenda and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). SDG 2 focuses explicitly on food and...
Global food crisis brought lasting changes to the food people eat
Last week, IDS and Oxfam released a new report: Precarious Lives: Food, Work and Care After the Global Food Crisis
The report found that the global food crisis of 2007-11 changed the relationship between the work people do and the food they eat. The report notes that the costs of these changed relationships have gone uncounted by global policymakers.
Mechanisms for land-related disputes
A new report on “Non‐judicial grievance mechanisms in land‐related disputes in Sierra Leone”, has just recently been released. The report was produced in collaboration between FAO and Namati under the project...
CANCELLED: Gender Dilemmas in Sustainable Development
UPDATE: UNFORTUNATELY THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED. The Wageningen University Gender & Diversity working group presents a lunch-time lecture on Gender Dilemmas in Sustainable Development by Dr Wendy Harcourt Date: Wednesday, October 12 Time: 12:30-13:30 Place: C68,...