Third World Water Forum
| The 3rd World Water Forum runs from March 16-23, and food security is of course high on the agenda. Our featured links include the forum itself, this site's key issue with 59 food-related resources on water. See also the Gateway special on water with coverage of 8 development topics ranging from environmental law to gender as well as thousands of water projects from the AiDA project database. |
March 14, 2003
The Right to Food
The right to food is enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and yet around 36 million people die every year from starvation and related causes. The imminent Intergovernmental Working Group on the Right to Adequate Food, taking place March 24-26 at FAO headquarters in Rome, seems like a timely opportunity to share with you some of the excellent resources on this subject available through our database.
As ever, to recommend additional resources on the right to food, click on "Add more... |
February 26, 2003
Famine update: Southern Africa and the Horn
In mid-December we recommended a variety of resources describing the famine in Southern Africa and recommending ways to reduce its impact. The disaster continues to exact its toll, and the need for solutions remains urgent. Take a look at some of the resources added to the site in the meantime or dip into our Key Issues on Africa and Emergencies. Links to all of these are listed below this highlight.
As ever, click on "Add content here" to share your recommended reading on the crisis with o more... |
February 7, 2003
Afghanistan one year later
| It's over a year since the government of Hamid Karzai took office, and yet Afghanistan remains beset by deep food insecurity. Lack of seed, ruined infrastructure, insufficient veterinary assistance: the list of obstacles to recovery seems endless. But endeavours on the part of the Afghans and the international development community give cause for hope. See this highlight, produced in collaboration with the Development Gateway's topic page on Afghanistan Reconstruction for a short essay on the si more... |
Related links:
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| > | Afghanistan Reconstruction: One Year Later Achievements, Challenges and Prospects |
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| > | Original interviews with food security practitioners |
January 23, 2003
Genetically Modified Organisms
| Genetically modified organisms or "GMOs" are a subject under constant scrutiny within the field of food security. The vast majority of visitors to this site who use our search engine are looking for answers to questions on GMOs. Visit our key issue on "Biotechnology" for over 60 items on every aspect from government policy to Golden Rice and intellectual property rights. And if you want to share a resource on GMOs with our 1800+ members, click on "Add content here" below this highlight and compl more... |
January 14, 2003
Famine in Southern Africa
The famine in Southern Africa looks set to peak in early 2003. Further widespread failure of harvests appears likely, aggravated by the latest El Niño. Growing malnutrition, rising prices and weak infrastructure make the picture even more bleak.
Whether you're working to alleviate the crisis or simply want to keep up-to-date, this highlight brings together a range of particularly useful links, some of them new, some of them already included in our database.
All too often, lessons lear more... |
Related links:
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| > | IRIN |
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| > | World Food Programme Logistics Center |
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| > | Prices from FEWS |
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| > | Eldis on GM foods |
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| > | IFPRI |
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| > | Eldis on Malawi |
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| > | Previous highlight: Interview with Dr Pedro Sanchez |
December 12, 2002
Pedro Sanchez in discussion with the Gateway
| Turning the so-called fertility desert around the Brazilian capital Brasilia into one of the agricultural success stories of the late 20th century is just one of the achievements of Dr Pedro Sanchez, soil scientist and winner of this year's World Food Prize. Now director of the Millennium Development Goals Task Force on Hunger, Dr Sanchez shared with us his ideas on this and many other topics in a recent lengthy interview. Click on the link below for the full story. |
November 25, 2002
17th Symposium of the International Farming Systems Association
Small farms in an ever-changing world:
Meeting the challenges of sustainable livelihoods and food security in diverse rural communities. IFSA participants include farming systems practitioners associated with universities, government agencies, and non-governmental organizations interested in agricultural development around the world. View prgrammatic themes, the agenda and more. The conference takes place November 17-20 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA. |
November 18, 2002
International Year of Mountains
| Mountain people share a disproportionate burden of chronic malnutrition and food insecurity. The Bishnek Global Mountain Summit will be the final global event of the International Year of Mountains (IYM). The Summit is being held in Bishnek, Kyrgyzstan, October 29 to November 1. Many themes of the Summit are of interest to food security, e.g. water, natural resources, hazards, desertification and the implications of climate change; sustainable livelihoods and poverty more... |
October 28, 2002
World Food Prize 2002
| Water as a food security resource will be the featured theme at this year's World Food Prize on October 24-25 in Des Moines, Iowa. Very soon we shall publish an interview with Prize winner Dr Pedro Sanchez, in which he talks about his role as head of the Millenium Development Goals task force on hunger, the highlights of his own career, the politics of hunger and much more. Be sure to receive your link to the interview; if you're not already a member, more... |
October 18, 2002
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