Equality

A new report has been published by the UK-based International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and the Humanist Institute for Development Cooperation (Hivos), the Netherlands.

The annual conference on Agricultural Research for Development will be held at SLU - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Uppsala between the 25-26th of September 2013.  This years topic will be "Agricultural Research for Sustainable Development Goals"

Between 17 and 19 January 2013 Global Forum for Food and Agriculture was held in Berlin. A key topic discussed during this forum was how to make sustainable investments in agriculture.

Why Sustainable Agricultural Practices?

The Urban Agriculture Summit 2013

Why Sustainable Agricultural Practices?

Doktor Linley Chirwona-Karltun och hedersdoktor Inge Gerremo på Sveriges jordbruksuniversitet (SLU) ställer frågan hur en nyvald kvinnlig ordförande för Afrikanska unionen (AU) och den kvinnliga presidenten för Malawi skulle kunna göra en skillnad i kampen mot hunger och i främjandet av jämställdhet.

Pengar i handen – barnbidrag, pensioner och andra kontanta stöd – minskar fattigdom och hunger effektivt. Vi i Sverige känner väl igen den här typen av sociala transfereringar.

Through a partnership between the US Government’s Feed the Future initiative, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) of Oxford University a new index for measuring women's empowerment in the agricultural sector in developing countries.Wome