PUTTING FARMING FIRST – GROWTH THROUGH AGRICULTURE
May 12, 2011
Least Developed Countries Conference IV
Istanbul, Turkey
Agriculture is the foundation for most LDC economies, and is the primary agent for eradicating poverty and hunger. The session explored the key policies needed to enable smallholder farmers to break the subsistence cycle and become small-scale entrepreneurs.
Panelists included farmers from Rwanda
A growing consensus on the importance of agriculture in achieving the Millennium Development Goals has culminated with the announcement that the World Bank will increase its funding to agriculture to between $6 and $8 billion a year over the next three years.
This is a big increase from the $4.1 billion pledged annually before 2008 and
David King of the International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP) address the UN General Assembly on Monday in New York. He advised delegates on the potential role that farm families can play in helping to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.
Here is the text of his speech:
UN HIGH-LEVEL PLENARY SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
In preparation for the UN Summit on the Millennium Development Goals next week, three recently published reports on poverty will be presented on Friday 17 September at the UN Headquarters in New York. Poverty reduction is a central figure of the international development agenda, and strategies and policies to address it are multiple.
The event this
Last month, the Farming First coalition was represented at the UN’s Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) where we took part in a Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue on Advancing the Implementation of CSD Decisions. The following statement was delivered on behalf of the Farming First coalition, farmers, scientific and technological communities, and business and industry major groups.
The speech
Ajay Shriram, the President of the International Fertilizer Industry Association (IFA) will be speaking next week at the Interactive Hearings on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), on behalf of Farming First.
On 14th and 15th June, the UN General Assembly will gather in New York with representatives of international NGOs, civil society organisations and the private
