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
CIARD, the global initiative on Coherence in Information for Agricultural Research for Development, has recently launched their new website. The site provides an information hub for institutions and people involved in agricultural research to share information and make their research findings available to a wider public.
The new site follows the CIARD manifesto to establish a
During the World Food Summit in Rome in November, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon spoke of the importance of agriculture to global food security.
As reported by the UN in a press release following the summit:
Mr. Ban laid out a full, comprehensive spectrum of measures to combat a scourge gravely exacerbated by climate change and population
According to a newly launched UN report, low-carbon farming can both curb climate change and boost food output in developing nations. The agency’s report, “Food Security and Agricultural Mitigation in Developing Countries,” suggests that because of this fact, low-carbon farms must be rewarded under a global climate deal due in December.
In a Reuters article, Leslie
On 16-18 November the UN World Food Summit will take place in Rome. At the forefront of the agenda is how to address the world food crisis and increasing hunger levels.
Coinciding with the summit, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has launched 1BillionHungry.org, a petition to promote an end to hunger. The
