Farming First recently celebrated reaching 10,000 followers on Twitter! As a thank you to all our followers, we wanted to share with you our top ten tweet moments since Farming First’s Twitter account was first launched in April 2009.
Our previous blog, saw us list our first five tweet moments. Here are the final five. Enjoy!
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Today is World Water Day. The order of the day is to highlight the inextricable link between water and food security. We may only drink between 2 and 4 litres of water per day, but the food we eat also demands water. One kilo of wheat for example, requires 1,500 litres of water, and a steak
On the eve of International Women’s Day and against the backdrop of deepening food crises across sub-Saharan Africa, two leading African women agricultural scientists joined U.K. experts at a lunchtime parliamentary briefing of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Agriculture and Food for Development today on “Effective Solutions for Agricultural Development through Empowered African Women
Farming First has submitted its views on enhanced action on mitigation, Cooperative sectoral approaches and sector-specific actions in order to enhance the implementation of Article 4, paragraph 1 (c) of the convention to the UNFCCC Secretariat. This is for consideration by the Subsidiary Body on Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) at its 36th session in
Farming First and The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) have jointly launched a new interactive infographic entitled “The Female Face of Farming”.
The infographic is a striking visual representation of the statistics that underlie the urgent need to invest in rural women. You can view the full infographic at: www.farmingfirst.org/women
Women are the backbone of
The 56th session of the Commission on the Status of Women opened today at United Nations headquarters, focused on the theme of empowerment of rural women and their role in poverty and hunger eradication, sustainable development and current challenges.
UN Women Executive Director, Michelle Bachelet delivered an introductory speech:
This is a matter of human rights,
