All Day
Course: ‘Market access for sustainable development’
Today, markets are increasingly seen as a good instrument for poverty reduction and sustainable development. However, market failures and shortcomings often diminish the desired impact on poverty.
Find out more »Course: ‘Agriculture nutrition linkages’
Despite the world-wide increase of food availability, there are still around one billion people undernourished. This is far above of the target of MDG 1. There is now substantial evidence that malnutrition has life-long negative impacts on productivity and income-generating potential of the population.
Find out more »Food Security: Mapping Risks, Building Resilience
Food security is at risk from new sources of instability. As the food system becomes increasingly globalized, disruptions reverberate faster and more widely than ever before.
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Agro Food & Technology Week
Agro Food & Technology has the future... The Dutch Agro Food Sector is an international front runner: the world watches the Netherlands to see which developments are taking place and which solutions we
Find out more »FAO e-mail conference: Tailoring rural advisory services to family farms
To continue and expand the dialogue to a global audience, FAO is now hosting an e-mail conference on "Tailoring rural advisory services to family farms" which will allow participants to share their knowledge, ideas and experiences on this topic.
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Cirad event on Family Farming
An opportunity to share views and reflect on agricultural research and global challenges: the international year of Family Farming - lessons learnt and post-2014 priorities.
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