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G7 - key challenges to agriculture and accountability report on land commitments

Land Governance | Ise Shima | Japan | May 2016 | G7 agricultural ministers met ahead of the 2016 G7 meeting in Ise-Shima Japan. The ministers recognised the successful placing of food security issues on the international agenda in the previous year.

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DFID’s LEGEND report reviews progress on VGGT implementation in the last 4 years

Land Governance | London | United Kingdom | May 2016 | DFID’s LEGEND flagship programme launched a comprehensive “State of the debate” report on land governance.

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Agriculture in the WTO ministerial negotiations in Nairobi

Agenda 2030 | Nairobi | Kenya | Apr 2016 | Developing countries submitted proposals on a new agricultural safeguard and on public food stockholding, whereas a number of members from developed countries rather focused on negotiating agricultural export subsidies to secure an agreement on export competition.

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Advancing Regional Agro-Food Value Chains in Africa

Agenda 2030 | Accra | Ghana | Apr 2016 | Back to back with the 12th CAADP partnership platform, the African Union, Global Affairs Canada and UNDP convened an experience sharing workshop with Development Partners, Private sector, REC’s and UNDP regional agro-food value chain projects.

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Financing to catalyse private sector investments in climate-smart agriculture

Agenda 2030 | Online | Apr 2016 |The IADB launched an initiative Climate-Smart Agriculture Fund for Latin America and the Caribbean to facilitate finance while promoting climate resilience.

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Inclusive Development in Africa - the role of rural transformation

Agenda 2030 | Paris| France| Apr 2016 | The effective implementation of Agenda2030 will strongly depend on the development of Africa’s rural space and the rural-urban dynamics.

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Land policy at the center of territorial development and governance

Land Governance | Paris | France | Mar 2016 | The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the French Development Agency set up the Land Tenure and Development Technical Committee back in 1996.

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Setting donors priorities to improve global land governance

Land Governance | Washington D.C. | USA | Mar 2016 | The Global Donor Working Group on Land hosted a session at the 17th World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty to identify leverage points for donors to help improve land governance worldwide.

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Institutional changes in response to the new development agenda

Latest - About Us | Bonn | Germany | Mar 2016 |Two new establishments aim to strengthen policy coherence and coordination of all related development cooperation activities.

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