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News
- Farmers at the centre of World
Food Day 2004 celebrations
- Guidelines to support the Right to Food adopted
by FAO Council
- World Food Programme meets with
NGO partners
Thematic
Groups
- Towards the finalisation of the auto-evaluation
of the UN System Network on Rural Development and Food
Security
- Dominican Republic: Thematic Group
reactivated
- Zambia: Informal Agriculture Donor
Group becomes a member of the UN System Network on Rural
Development and Food Security
Events
- 1 December: World AIDS Day
- 10 December: Human Rights Day
- 11 December: International Mountain
Day
- 2005 International Year of
Microcredit
Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development
(SARD)
- SARD-M: The project is on the move
- SARD-FSE: Results from Regional
Workshops
Publications
- Refugee Livelihoods Network
- SARD-M launches new website
- SOFI report: increased efforts are
needed to halve hunger by 2015
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Interviews
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Courtesy Ministry of Rural Development of
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"Rural
development is not simply viewed as a sole complement to
agricultural activity (basic infrastructure, transformation
of agricultural products, commercialisation) but as an open
dynamic to agricultural and non agricultural activities
which constitute the assets of rural areas."
In this interview the Dr.
Rachid Benaissa, Minister Delegate in charge of Rural
Development of Algeria talks about the Strategy
for Sustainable Rural Development launched in this country
while recommending themes and areas in which collaboration
with the UN System Network could be established.
"Adding value to complementary
resources at different levels is the key in building global
partnerships from grass roots to the institutional level.
Both NGOs and UN agencies are committed in this
challenge."
In this interview Ms. Ada Civitani, Head of the Education
Unit of the Association of Rural Cooperation in Africa and
Latin America (Associazione di Cooperazione Rurale in Africa
e America Latina - ACRA) and focal point for a consortium of
Italian NGOs for the collaboration with FAO within the
partnership initiative of Education for Rural People, talks
about the contribution of NGOs to ERP while giving insights
on how to strengthen collaboration between NGOs and UN
agencies.
Calendar
Calendar of international events
(international days and UN/NGO/civil society meetings)
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