Towards Rio+20 - contributions about mountain issues for the compilation document - Deadline Reminder!newsJoin the Mountain Partnership community in the campaign to ensure that mountain issues receive their strongly deserved attention in the Rio+20 agenda. An important World Mountain Conference recently concluded in Lucerne, Switzerland. Its Call for Action could provide important elements to ensure mountains be included in the Rio+20 Summit. The...
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2012 World Development Report on Gender Equality and DevelopmentnewsToday during the 37th session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy the “2012 World Development Report on Gender Equality and Development†key findings were presented and followed by an open debate with a Q&A. The authors of the Report use a conceptual...
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World Food Day 2011: Global Hunger Index and the hunger situation in mountainous countriesnewsThe 2011 Global Hunger Index (GHI) report was recently released. This report, prepared by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) presents a multidimensional of global, regional and national hunger, calls for action to build resilience and mitigate the effects of volatility, particularly in countries where hunger is most severe....
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Food Prices - From Crisis to Stability - World Food Day 2011newsTaming food prices. Millions of people around the world live in chronic hunger. When food prices fluctuate wildly as they have in recent years, it's the poor who are hit the hardest. World Food Day 2011 calls on the global community to do what's needed to stabilize food prices.
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Lucerne World Mountain Conference: Closing and Call for ActionnewsThe Lucerne World Mountain Conference closes with a "Call for Action" to bring a conjunct strong message to Rio+20 in June 2012. Twenty years after the Rio 1992 meeting, over 100 participants joined to meet in Lucerne, Switzerland to make a compelling case for mountains in international development discussions. A...
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FAO-OECD Expert Meeting on Greening the Economy with AgriculturenewsThe Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is collaborating with partners to analyze existing information and develop possible scenarios for Greening the Economy with Agriculture (GEA), including an evaluation of sustainability progress and gaps in the food supply chain to project food supply and demand towards 2050....
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