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Facts, figures and the lastest updates from WFP's high profile emergencies.

Dr. David Molden, Deputy Director General of IWMI talks about water scarcity, water productivity and irrigation practices.

We consider that the recent dramatic escalation in food prices worldwide has evolved into a unprecedented challenge of global proportions that has become a crisis for the world's most vulnerable, including the urban poor.

Following the 2002 and 2006 symposiums in Montreal, Canada, a third Fair Trade International Symposium (FTIS) will be held in Montpellier from May 14 to 16, 2008.  The theme for the symposium will be ?New Dimensions in Fair Trade: Implications and Challenges?.

Following the 2002 and 2006 symposiums in Montreal, Canada, a third Fair Trade International Symposium (FTIS) will be held in Montpellier from May 14 to 16, 2008.  The theme for the symposium will be ?New Dimensions in Fair Trade: Implications and Challenges?.

Dr. Monty Jones shaking hands with the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry & Food Security of Sierra Leone: Dr. Joseph Sam SesayBetween 21st -24th April, a FARA delegation visited Sierra Leone with objective to honour the invitation of the Ministry/SLARI to participate in the launching of SLARI (Sierra Leone Agricultural Research Institute) and to discuss potential areas of collaboration between

Global price rises mean that food is literally being taken out of the mouths of hungry children whose parents can no longer afford to feed them. Nutritionist, Andrew Thorne-Lyman, tells WFP web writer Michelle Hough what this could mean for generations to come.

Current The scheme is one of the new initiatives being implemented under DFID?s £100 million Strategy for Research on Sustainable Agriculture, announced in March 2006.

Summary of projects

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IFPRI/ICTSD/IPC Seminar, Thursday, May 1, 2008, 3:00 - 6:00 pm. Featuring: Representative Ron Kind (invited); Former Representative Cal Dooley; Joachim von Braun, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); Carl Hausmann, Bunge North America; J.B. Penn, John Deere and Co. Rayburn House Office Building B-318, Washington DC.

2008/04 - Devcompage

WFP has announced the killing of a truck driver transporting vital food relief to Darfur, the second such killing in two months.

The International Development Research Centre (IDRC), The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA), the Humanist Institute for Cooperation with Developing Countries (Hivos) and the International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD) are inviting applications for the third round of the GenARDIS small grants programme.

The third phase of GenARDIS grants

The latest briefing paper of ODI (Arpil 2008) examines the causes of rising food prices, expected trends, the likely impact, and possible policy responses.

Uncertainty and controversy surround technical agricultural advances. Most agricultural research is by companies that may not prioritise boosting outputs of food grains. Biotechnology promises much, but has delivered relatively little for

2008/04 - ICT-KM Program

A new project to enhance communication and networking on adaptation in Africa was approved in December 2007 by the CCAA program. The three-year project will explore how the livelihoods of vulnerable people in Africa can be improved by sharing climate adaptation knowledge between CCAA research partners, policy makers, civil society organizations, and vulnerable groups themselves.

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Arcadia Biosciences, Inc., an agricultural technology company focused on products that benefit the environment and human health, and the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF), a not-for-profit organization focused on the access and delivery of new agricultural technologies for African smallholder farmers, have entered into a licensing agreement for the use of Arcadia’s technologies to

A visiting Chinese delegation headed by the Chief Executive Officer of China-Africa Development Fund says about 5 billion United States dollars have been earmarked for the production of food and cash crops in Liberia and other African countries over a 50-year period.

Mr. Chi Jianxin, at a head of a Chinese delegation, is in the country to explore investment opportunities in the agricultural

CIRAD will be hosting an international conference on cotton in Montpellier, from 13 to 17 May 2008. It is specifically devoted to an analysis of the rationales behind and changes in cotton policies in the main producing countries worldwide.

2008/04 - AgInfo News from IAALD

2008/04 - AgInfo News from IAALD