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The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) 2019

Agenda 2030 | 15 July 2019 | New York City, USA

FAO’s 2019 report on Food Security and Nutrition in the World is out, stating that the world is not on track to meet the global nutrition targets by 2030.

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What pathways for farmers in adapting to climate change?

Agenda 2030 | Zurich | Switzerland | 19 June 2019

Representatives from international organisations, donors, private foundations and knowledge institutes met in Zurich to discuss different adaptation pathways that will be needed for different types of farmers amid the pressure to feed a growing world population under rising world temperatures.

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Insights into FAO’s and OECD’s youth programmes

RuralYouth | 19 June 2019 | Zurich, Switzerland

Representatives of of FAO and OECD shared findings, experiences and lessons regarding rural youth employment with different donor representatives in a working group meeting back-to-back to Platform's Annual General Assembly 2019.

 

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Innovation and change on the road to 2030: Making the Global Donor Platform fit for new challenges and perspectives

Latest - About Us | On the occasion of the 2019 Annual General Assembly, the Global Donor Platform has launched a process of structural adjustment.

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#DanceforChange - IFAD's virtual petition for rural youth

RuralYouth | 07 June 2019

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is taking an unique approach to drawing the attention of world leaders to invest in young people as a means to end global hunger and poverty.

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The rural digital revolution

RuralYouth | 29 May 2019

ICTs could make agriculture a more promising career path for millions of young people given their potential to increase market access, provide weather forecasts and link rural farmers to information networks and other farmer. This is the message of a webinar organised by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) in cooperation with partners.  

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60 million small farmers to become climate-proof by 2030

Agenda 2030 | 21 May 2019 | Bonn, Germany

German Development Minister Gerd Müller announced that Germany is to help 60 million small farmers to become climate-proof by 2030. He made this statement on the occasion of a meeting of the Global Adaptation Commission, to which he invited international leaders on 21 May in Bonn.

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LAND-at-scale: Scaling up Successful Land Governance Interventions

Land Governance | 3 April 2019 | The Hague, Netherlands

LAND-at-scale aims to strengthen land governance components for women, men, and youth so that they may contribute to structural, just, sustainable, and inclusive change on a large scale in developing countries

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A Code of Conduct for Donors to Coordinate at the Country Level

Land Governance | 23 May 2019 | Bonn, Germany

The Global Donor Working Group on Land approved its 'Code of Conduct' for members to coordinate at the country-level, which will help to improve the design and implementation of programmes, as well as strengthen cooperation with stakeholders.

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