>>> News

UN interagency activities on rural development and food security
Outcomes of UN agency meetings
Joint UN agency, NGO/CSO and Private sector activities on rural development and food security
Outcomes of world meetings, conference and regional events
International Alliance Against Hunger
News from the Secretariat of the UN System Network
Other news on rural development and food security issues

>>> Thematic Groups
>>> Events
>>> Publications
>>> Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development (SARD)
>>> World Food Summit: Five Years Later
>>> Interviews

News

UN interagency activities on rural development and food security

>>> Outcomes of the International Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (April 2006)
>>> Farmers' Forum in IFAD (April 2006)
>>> International Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development to be held next March 2006 (June 2005)
>>> GIAHS project assesses progress (September 2004)
>>> UN Inter- agency forces unite to face Liberian crisis (October 2003)
>>> The International Land Coalition: the new name for the Popular Coalition to Eradicate Hunger and Poverty (April 2003)
>>> FAO and IFPRI strengthen cooperation (April 2003)
>>> FAO and UNESCO seek firm support from donors for education programmes for rural people (February 2003)
>>> United Nations Common-Supply Database (UNCSD) provides a source for a study on the effectiveness of multi-stakeholder dialogue (MSD) (December 2002)
>>> The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund list the main challenges for better national Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) (December 2002)
>>> The United Nations and NGOs explore ways of rebuilding societies emerging from conflict (October 2002)
>>> FAO and UNESCO propose a joint partnership to promote education in the rural world (October 2002)
>>> FAO and WHO call for a participative evaluation of the food standards programme (June 2002)
>>> FAO and WHO call together more than 300 experts to exchange experiences on how to establish safety in food (April 2002)
>>> BM and FMI invite a joint review of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) (April 2002)
>>> The fight against AIDS in the rural world (February 2002)

Outcomes of UN agency meetings

>>> Outcomes from FAO’s Committees on Agriculture and World Food Security (June 2005)

>>> UN General Assembly adopts important resolutions on the right to development and on Human rights and extreme poverty (June 2005)

>>> WFP: Joint Collaborations with Rome-based agencies essential to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (April 2005)

>>> World Food Programme meets with NGO partners (December 2004)

>>> Main highlights from FAO regional conferences (June 2004) )

>>> Outcomes of the third session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (June 2004)

>>> United Nations Roundtable on Communication for Development (September 2004)

>>> High-level Dialogue sets priorities for developmental strategy of the IAAH during its 2004 substantive session (September 2004)

>>> Rice conference at FAO focuses on global markets and sustainable production (March 2004)

>>> 32nd Session of the FAO Conference (December 2003)

>>> ILO Symposium on Decent work in Agriculture (October 2003)

>>> Fifth WTO Ministerial Conference in Cancun closes without consensus (October 2003)

>>> ECOSOC High-Level Segment: Promoting an integrated approach for poverty eradication (August 2003)

>>> Second Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Peoples (June 2003)

>>> FAO's Committee on World Food Security 29th session (June 2003)

>>> ECOSOC's High-level segment to focus on integrated approaches to rural development (June 2003)

>>> Outcomes of the 57th United Nations General Assembly: 2002 (April 2003)

>>> Conclusion of the 41st session of the ECOSOC Commission for Social Development (April 2003)

>>> FAO's Committee on Agriculture 17th Session (April 2003)

>>> IFAD's 25th Anniversary Session of the Governing Council (April 2003)

>>> FAO Council - 28 October - 2 November 2002 : The discussion continues on the establishment of the International Alliance Against Hunger (December 2002)

>>> WTO public symposium on the Doha Declaration (June 2002)

>>> Monterrey puts in evidence the need for a consensus from governments of rich and poor countries, the civil society and donors to give a push to development (April 2002)

Joint UN agency, NGO/CSO and Private sector activities on rural development and food security

>>> WFP launches new joint-initiative to end child hunger during Annual Executive Board (December 2005)

>>> ICARRD launches its website (December 2005)
>>> WFP: Joint Collaborations with Rome-based agencies essential to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (April 2005)

>>> A coordinated approach to emergencies: the United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot (April 2005)

>>> Update on activities of NGOs, Civil Society and social movements working with FAO (March 2004)

>>> Creating alliances with civil society within the Education for Rural People initiative (March 2004)

>>> The international community discuss how to collaborate on reconstruction process in Iraq  (August 2003)

>>> FoodSPAN holds official launching (June 2003)

>>> FAO's Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean fortifies links with NGOs and CSOs (June 2003)

>>> NGOs and CSOs form coalition to launch campaign against hunger (June 2003)

>>> IRAQ: UN Agencies and NGOs step up humanitarian assistance while UN resolution calls for the termination of the Oil-for-Food Programme (June 2003)

>>> First meeting of African Members of the International NGO/CSO Planning Committee (April 2003)

>>> The Baltimore Declaration: Africa in Crisis (April 2003)

>>> NGOs establish a clearinghouse to share information on the Middle East and North Africa (April 2003)

>>> In Porto Alegre, Civil society representatives want to show world and business leaders meeting in Davos that "another world is possible" through participative democracy (February 2003)

>>> Global Partnership for Cassava Genetic Improvement (December 2002)

>>> Promoting Ingenious Agriculture Heritage Systems: a new inter-agency and civil society initiative (October 2002)

>>> The concept of "stakeholder" and conflict management (October 2002)

>>> The African Development Bank finances a United Nations project to confront AIDS in four African countries (October 2002)

>>> International experts attempt to extend the debate on ethics in a globalization context and agricultural intensification to public opinion (June 2002)

>>> ICT TASK FORCE: a joint effort of civil society, the private sector and the United Nations to overcome the digital divide between the rich and the poor (April 2002)

>>> African NGOs decide to form a network to improve communication with the United Nations (April 2002)

>>> Porto Alegre points to Food Sovereignty as one of its principal themes of debate (April 2002)

>>> The FAO brings together representatives of the governmental, non-governmental and private sectors to prepare a list of forest crimes(April 2002)

>>> Bateau Boboto: How NGOs and international organizations have succeeded in re-establishing a humanitarian corridor along the Congo River (April 2002) 

Outcomes of world meetings, conference and regional events

>>> World Social Forum held in Brazil (April 2005)
>>> Regional workshop in Chile on food security and education for rural people sets next steps for action in the region (September 2004) 
>>> The World Summit on the Information Society calls for a multistakeholder approach to bridge the digital gap (March 2004)
>>> A workshop on Education for Rural people in Latin America (December 2003)
>>> Second Session on the Right to Adequate Food (December 2003)
>>> Ecolink workshop on "Ecosites, EcoCentres and EU Sustainable Development policies (October 2003)
>>> Regional and national workshops between FAO and Countries from the Andean Community in Latin America (October 2003)
>>> Fifth Annual Conference for African Development Finance (October 2003)
>>> Trade and Sustainable Development, main issues discussed in Pan-African Congress (June 2003)
>>> Meetings on access to land issues (June 2003)
>>> Cuba hosts II Forum on HIV/AIDS/STD of Latin America and the Caribbean (June 2003)
>>> UN Seminar discusses humanitarian crisis in the Occupied Palestinian Territory  (August 2003)
>>> International Conference on "The Right to Food and the Cost of hunger" (August 2003)
>>> Latin-American Workshop in Colombia : Land and Sustainable Development  (August 2003)
>>> Second Triennial Conference of the Global Forum On Agricultural Research (GFAR) (August 2003)
>>> Action plan and Declaration of World Summit on the Information Society is shaped (April 2003)
>>> Johannesburg follow up: the Eleventh Session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (April 2003)
>>> 3° World Water Forum launches a "Dialogue coalition on Water, Food and Environment" (April 2003)
>>> European Forum on Rural Development Cooperation (October 2002)
>>> A Multistakeholder Dialogue session during the World Food Summit: five years later brought together 266 participants from civil society organizations, governments and international organizations (August 2002)
>>> The leaders of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) explore possible cooperation between the G8 and Africa (June 2002)

International Alliance Against Hunger

>>> World leaders sign declaration for action against hunger (September 2004)
>>> President of France receives heads of UN Rome-Based food agencies and highlights political efforts to fight hunger and rural poverty (March 2004)
>>> Update on recent events regarding the International Alliance against Hunger (March 2004)
>>> Targeting National Alliances against Hunger (December 2003)

News from the Secretariat of the UN System Network

>>> Recommendations of the final report of the auto-evaluation of the UN System Network approved by FAO Senior Management (April 2005)
>>> Towards the finalisation of the auto-evaluation of the UN System Network on Rural Development and Food Security (December 2004)
>>> The UN System Network on Rural Development and Food Security undertakes an evaluation of its activities (December 2003)
>>> The Network distributes its case studies throughout the world (October 2002)
>>> The UN System Network on Rural Development and Food Security reviews some of its experiences in a publication (June 2002)

Other news on rural development and food security issues

>>> Guidelines to support the Right to Food adopted by FAO Council (December 2004)
>>> Guidelines of right to adequate food now adopted by the FAO Committee on Food Security (September 2004)
>>> Communicating development through Spore (June 2003)
>>> Sustainable Tourism as a mechanism for poverty alleviation (April 2003)
>>> The Crop and Food Security Situation in the Sahel (February 2003)
>>> Peru: Several institutions constitute a Multi-sector Food-Security Commission (February 2003)
>>> A decade of campaign of action for Youth Employment (February 2003)
>>> Aid Agencies Meet in Nigeria to Discuss the Development of African Agriculture (February 2003)
>>> Communication for development: a new field for the Network thematic groups to explore (June 2002)
>>> The FAO calls for groups of the Network to support the Strategies for National Agricultural Development Horizon 2010 at all levels (April 2002)
>>> Bernard Conyers prizes information on rural development (April 2002)

Thematic Groups

2006

Africa 
>>> Burkina Faso: A concerted framework of partners for rural development in the country (April 2006)

Latin America
>>> Dominican Republic: Thematic Group tackles avian flu issue (April 2006)
>>> Uruguay: Activities of the National Thematic Group continue to bear fruits in other departments in the country (April 2006)
>>> Venezuela: Thematic Group on Rural Development and Food Security reactivates activities (April 2006)

2005

Africa
>>> Angola: UN agencies launch new Working Group on Food Security and Nutrition (June  2005)
>>> Democratic Republic of Congo: Roundtable on Agriculture in Katanga, Lubumbashi (December 2005)
>>> Ethiopia: Donor Group on Rural Economic Development and Food Security to represent the Thematic Group (April 2005)
>>> Zambia: Donor Group meets to discuss IFAD project and the situation of food reserves (June  2005)

Europe
>>> Turkey: Thematic Group restructured to meet MDGs (June  2005)

Latin America
>>> Dominican Republic: Members of Thematic Group share information on recent activities (December 2005)
>>> Dominican Republic: Thematic Group sets activities for 2005 (April 2005)
>>> El Salvador: Rural Development Committee defines strategic plan (April 2005)
>>> Guatemala: Thematic Group provides information to coordinate relief efforts for victims of tropical storm (December 2005)
>>> Guatemala: Thematic Group issues second Newsletter (June 2005)
>>> Mexico: Thematic Group holds its third meeting (December 2005)
>>> Uruguay: Thematic Group expands its work to other departments in the country (December 2005)
>>> Uruguay: Thematic Group grows and prepares to work with other partners (June  2005)

2004

Africa
>>> Democratic Republic of Congo: Thematic Group issues final report of round table on agriculture  (September 2004)
>>> Democratic Republic of Congo: Thematic Group organizes a round table on agriculture and the rural sector (March 2004)
>>> Gambia: Thematic group boosts activities of farmer organizations (September 2004)
>>> Zambia: Multistakeholder partnerships work on food security and rural development issues (March 2004)

Latin America
>>> Dominican Republic: Thematic Group reactivated (December 2004)
>>> Guatemala: Outline and next steps of the Thematic Group in Guatemala  (September 2004)
>>> Guatemala: Inter-institutional Group for Information on Food Security and Nutrition becomes a member of the UN System Network on Rural Development and Food Security (June 2004)
>>> Mexico: First meeting of the national Thematic Group to be held in April (March 2004)
>>> Uruguay: Thematic group produces CD-ROM with information on the Caraguatá Pilot Project-phases I and II (June 2004)
>>> Update on the Evaluation of the UN System Network on Rural Development and Food Security (September 2004)
>>> Thematic Groups participate in evaluation (June 2004)

2003

Africa
>>> Democratic Republic of Congo: Documents on the Symposium on Food Security in the D. R. Congo are now available (August 2003)
>>> Democratic Republic of Congo: The " Forest " Thematic Group works on rehabilitating the forest sector (February 2003)
>>> Guinea: The Thematic Group on Rural Development and Food Security actively involved in World Food Day Celebrations (October 2003)
>>> Liberia: Thematic Group reviews its activities from 2002 (April 2003)
>>> Madagascar: Creation of an International Alliance against Hunger in Madagascar (December 2003)
>>> Madagascar: Common Country Assessment Process resumes activities (CCA/UNDAF) (June 2003)
>>> Niger: Thematic Group revises activities (December 2003)
>>> Niger: FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS: Impact of HIV/AIDS on food security in Niger (June 2003)
>>> Senegal: Review of thematic group performances and its main donors (June 2003)

Asia
>>> Thailand: UN Thematic Group on Poverty Reduction and Food Security develops pilot programme to fight poverty (August 2003)

Latin America
>>> Ecuador: Coordinating Board on Food Security and Rural Development continues supporting dissemination activities of Rural Development and Food Security topics (August 2003)
>>> Ecuador: Coordinating Board on Food Security and Rural Development supports Human Rural Development workshop (June 2003)
>>> Ecuador: Coordinating Board of Food Security and Rural Development celebrate fourth meeting (April 2003)
>>> El Salvador reactivates its national Thematic Group (April 2003)
>>> Mexico: A new Thematic Group on Rural Development and Food Security (October 2003)
>>> Uruguay: Thematic Group seeks to duplicate success of Caraguatá Pilot Project in other departments in Uruguay (December 2003)
>>> Uruguay: Thematic Group presents results of the Caraguatá Pilot Project (June 2003)

2002

Africa
>>> Guinea-Bissau: The Thematic Group to identify on-site the needs of the farmers (February 2002)
>>> Guinea-Bissau: periodical bulletins reporting the activities of the Thematic Group (February 2002)
>>> Liberia: The Thematic Group distributes a newsletter with information on development initiatives (August 2002)
>>> Niger: The Thematic Group to revise the National Programme on Food Security (April 2002)
>>> Republic of Congo: Thematic Group focuses its activities for 2002 on agricultural rehabilitation and the impact of HIV/AIDS on agriculture and the rural world (June 2002)

Asia
>>> Indonesia: FAO to coordinate donors' assistance to the country's agricultural policies  (April 2002)
>>> Laos: The Thematic Group asks the government for a series of seminars to explain the national policies and priorities within the sphere of rural development (December 2002)
>>> Laos: the members of the TG agree on a new mandate and establish different technical sub-committees to achieve sustainable rural development and food security at the national level (June 2002)

Latin America
>>> Brasil: an inter-agency meeting on human rights emphasizes the right to food for all people (April 2002)
>>> Brazil: New stage for the Thematic Group on Food Security and Rural Development (February 2002)
>>> Ecuador: the FAO will take charge of the organization of the Coordinating Board of Food Security and Rural Development (December 2002)
>>> Haiti: reactivates its Forum for Sustainable Rural Development and Food Security (February 2002)
>>> Nicaragua: The Thematic Group studies the information and monitoring systems of food security in the country (December 2002)
>>> Peru: The Thematic Group studies the implications of the law that will facilitate exportation of Andean products to the USA (December 2002)
>>> Peru: The Thematic Group debates the use of information and communication technology in rural development (August 2002)
>>> Peru: the Thematic Group studies the potential of agroproduction chains to increase profitability of some agricultural products (June 2002)
>>> Peru: The Thematic Group debates agro-productive chains (April 2002)
>>> Peru: Thematic Group as platform for the formulation of national policies for rural development (February 2002)
>>> Uruguay: The Thematic Group structures its activities in a Program for Rural Development and Food Security (October 2002)
>>> Uruguay: The Thematic Group promotes a concerted action in one of the poorest areas of the country (June 2002)

Events

2006
>>> September 2006: Mid-term assessment of the World Food Summit Plan of action (April 2006)
>>> 5 June: World Environment Day (April 2006)
>>> 21 May: Fight Hunger - Walk the World! (April 2006)

2005
>>> Polycentric World Social Forum 2006 (December 2005)
>>> 11 December: International Mountain Day (December 2005)
>>> 12 August: International Youth Day, World Programme of Action for Youth + 10 and Making Commitments Matter (June 2005)
>>> 2 July: 11th UN International Day of Cooperatives, "Microfinance is OUR business! Cooperating out of poverty" (June 2005)
>>> 5 June: World Environment Day (June 2005)
>>> 2005-2015: International Decade for Action "Water for Life" (April 2005)
>>> 8 March: International Women’s Day (April 2005)
>>> 1 March: Launch of the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (April 2005)

2004
>>> International Year of Microcredit 2005 (December 2004)
>>> World Food Programme meets with NGO partners (December 2004)
>>> Farmers at the centre of World Food Day 2004 celebrations (December 2004)
>>> 11 December: International Mountain Day (December 2004)
>>> 10 December: Human Rights Day (December 2004)
>>> 1 December: World AIDS Day (December 2004)
>>> 17 October: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (September 2004)
>>> 16 October: World Food Day (September 2004)
>>> 4 October: World Habitat Day (September 2004)
>>> Civil society and member countries to discuss on ways to boost the International Alliance against Hunger (June 2004)
>>> 12 August: International Youth Day (June 2004)
>>> 9 August: International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples (June 2004)
>>> 3 July: International Day of Cooperatives (June 2004)
>>> 5 June: World Environment Day (June 2004)
>>> Rural Communication at the centre of a Regional Workshop in Latin America (March 2004)
>>> 8 March 2004: International Women's Day (March 2004)
>>> Information on FAO Regional Conferences to be held in 2004 (March 2004)

2003
>>> International Year of Rice 2004: Rice is life (December 2003)
>>> The World Summit on the Information Society, First Phase: Geneva, 10-12 December 2003 (December 2003)
>>> 11 December: Year of the Mountains
>>> 10 December 2003: Human Rights Day (December 2003)
>>> 01 December: World Aids Day, Live and let live (October 2003)
>>> 24 October: United Nations Day (October 2003)
>>> 17 October: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (October 2003)
>>> 16 October: World Food Day (October 2003)
>>> 6 October: World Habitat Day (October 2003)
>>> World Food Day creating an "International Alliance Against Hunger" (October 2003)
>>> World Food Day Celebrations in Africa (October 2003)
>>> World Food Day Celebrations in Asia and the Near East (October 2003)
>>> World Food Day Celebrations in Latin America (October 2003)
>>> High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development on 29-30 October 2003 (August 2003)
>>> International Youth Day: 12 August (August 2003)
>>> International Day of the World's Indigenous People: 9 August" (August 2003)
>>> World Environment Day 2003: Water - Two Billion People are Dying for It! (June 2003)
>>> First Session on the Right to Adequate Food (April 2003)
>>> May 15: International Day of the Family (April 2003)
>>> FAO, IFAD and The World Bank are organizing a roundtable for ECOSOC's high-level segment activities on "The role of agriculture and rural development in eradication of hunger and poverty" (April 2003)
>>> March 8: International Women's Day (February 2003)
>>> Stakeholder Design Consultation for the Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development Initiative (February 2003)

2002
>>> 2003: International Year of Freshwater (December 2002)
>>> The FAO and UNESCO make a joint call for Education for rural people (December 2002)
>>> December 10: Human Rights Day (December 2002)
>>> December 3: International day of Persons with Disabilities (December 2002)
>>> December 1st: 2002 World AIDS Day will focus on taking stigma and discrimination out of AIDS (December 2002)
>>> Ghana: civil society will discuss its participation in the formulation of national food security policies with representatives from the Ministry of Agriculture (December 2002)
>>> International Decade and Day for the Eradication of Poverty (October 2002)
>>> World Food Day 2002 - Water: source of Food Security (October 2002)
>>> Electronic forum to improve the participation of ACP countries in negotiations on agriculture in the WTO (October 2002)
>>> The International Conference on Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development in Mountain Regions (SARD-M 2002), 16 - 20 June 2002, Adelboden , Switzerland (August 2002)
>>> World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg 26 August - 4 September 2002 (June 2002)
>>> World Food Day 2002, "Water: Source of Food Security", 16 October 2002 (June 2002)
>>> World Environment Day: "Give Earth a Chance", 5 June 2002
>>> Towards the World Summit for Sustainable Development (WSSD) Johannesburg, 26 August - 4 September (April 2002)
>>> 2002, International year of the mountains: an important event for the Network (April 2002)
>>> 20th Session of the International Rice Commission (IRC) Bangkok, 23-25 July 2002 (April 2002)
>>> International Symposium on the Measurement and Analysis of Food Deprivation and Undernutrition Rome, 26 - 28 June 2002 (April 2002)
>>> Towards the World Summit for Sustainable Development (WSSD). Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 August - 4 September 2002 (February 2002)
>>> International Scientific Symposium on Measurement and Assessment of Food Deprivation and Under nutrition. FAO,Rome, Italy, 26-28 June 2002 (February 2002)
>>> African Youth Summit. Lagos, Nigeria, 2-5 April 2002 (February 2002)
>>> High-level International and Inter-governmental Meeting on the Financing of Development. Monterrey, Mexico, 18-22 March 2002 (February 2002)
>>> 2002, International year of the Mountains: an important event for the Network (February 2002)

Publications

>>> Computerizing agricultural cooperatives: a practical guide (April 2006)
>>> Training course on rural producer organizations available on CD-ROM (April 2006)
>>> Food Security information for action website (April 2006)
>>> UN issues report on role of Cooperatives in Social Development (December 2005)
>>> Multilingual Land Tenure Thesaurus (June 2005)
>>> Evaluation and Monitoring of Poverty Reduction Strategies: a SIDA experience (June 2005)
>>> Discussion session on the Commission for Africa Report by UN Habitat’s Executive Director at FAO (June 2005)
>>> Overview of World Food Day celebrations in 2004 (June 2005)
>>> A knowledge network on trade and sustainable development (April 2005)
>>> UNEP/IISD publication presents framework on poverty and ecosystems (April 2005)
>>> UN agencies unite efforts in humanitarian early warning website (April 2005)
>>> A new communication tool for the International Alliance Against Hunger (April 2005)
>>> Guidelines to support the Right to Food adopted by FAO Council (December 2004)
>>> SOFI report: increased efforts are needed to halve hunger by 2015 (December 2004)
>>> SARD-M launches new website (December 2004)
>>> Refugee Livelihoods Network (December 2004)
>>> Kosovo outlines strategy for Education for Rural People (September 2004)
>>> Guidelines and manuals to empower small producers on a CD-ROM (September 2004)
>>> A handbook for trainers on participatory local development (June 2004)
>>> 5th Report of the World Nutrition Situation (June 2004)
>>> Sustainable Rural Development Information System (June 2004)
>>> A communication network on agriculture information for Central and Eastern Europe (June 2004)
>>> InfoREDBIO: an information resource website on biotechnology development (March 2004)
>>> ECOLEX: an on-line database on environmental law (March 2004)
>>> New Resource CD on Participatory Approaches, Methods and Tools (March 2004)
>>> Education for rural development: Towards new policy responses (December 2003)
>>> Bridging the digital gap in agricultural information with AGORA (December 2003)
>>> The UNDG launches a new resource website (December 2003)
>>> Consolidation of the United Nations coordination in Mauritania (October 2003)
>>> The Communication and Natural Resource Management, Theory and Experience. A FAO resource book (October 2003)
>>> WHO-UNICEF report focuses on malaria (October 2003)
>>> HIV/AIDS and Food Security at the centre of a BBC World documentary (August 2003)
>>> HIV/AIDS and nutrition (August 2003)
>>> Agriculture Market Access Database, AMAD: a cooperative effort to disseminate information (August 2003)
>>> The UN System Extranet (August 2003)
>>> The Human Development Report 2003 calls for partnership between rich and poor countries to reduce poverty (August 2003)
>>> "LEADER, from Initiative to Method": Guide to teaching the LEADER approach (June 2003)
>>> IFPRI publishes collection of studies on food, agriculture, and pro-poor growth in the Middle East and North Africa (June 2003)
>>> FAO-WHO Launch Report on Diet and Health (June 2003)
>>> Masters of their own development: PRSPs and the prospects for the poor (June 2003)
>>> Three volumes on good practices in development projects (June 2003)
>>> New Network on Agriculture Inputs Market Information in West Africa (April 2003)
>>> New web site about The Agricultural Nutrition Advantage project (April 2003)
>>> Report of the European Forum on Rural Development (April 2003)
>>> The future of agriculture in the world (April 2003)
>>> A multistakeholder survey on decentralization processes (February 2003)
>>> "Nutrition: A Foundation for Development" United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition (SCN) (December 2002)
>>> The Report on the Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic 2002 (December 2002)
>>> Twenty-four donors exchange analytical information on different countries through a Website (December 2002)
>>> The state of food and agriculture: SOFA-2002 (December 2002)
>>> The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and FAO launch a publication on Success Case Replication (December 2002)
>>> ProPoor Info Tech Centre launches a web Site on Non-Governmental Organizations across South Asia (December 2002)
>>> WSSD: 10 Statements on Sustainable Development (October 2002)
>>> SARD initiative special report (October 2002)
>>> FIVIMS launches a new web site highlighting timely country focused data (October 2002)
>>> Arab World: The World Economic Forum releases report on Arab World competitiveness (October 2002)
>>> An agenda for people. The UNFPA through three decades (October 2002)
>>> "The building of sustainable development": seven sheets on the concept of sustainable development. (October 2002)
>>> Ethiopia launches a website on food security with the support of the European Commission (October 2002)
>>> Agriculture and HIV/AIDS (August 2002)
>>> "Protecting Small Farmers and the Rural Poor in the Context of Globalization" (June 2002)
>>> "FAO in Europe - Assisting the Rural Sector" (June 2002)
>>> "Distance education and distance learning - A framework for the FAO" (April 2002)
>>> "Inter-agency Experiences and Lessons from the Operationalizing Participatory Ways of Applying Sustainable Livelihoods Approaches" (April 2002)
>>> "Land reform-colonization and co-operatives 2001/1" (April 2002)
>>> "Does Quanxi Matter to Nonfarm Employment?" (February 2002)
>>> Systems of agricultural production and poverty: To improve life in a changing world" (February 2002)

Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development (SARD)

>>> Second meeting of the Regional Focal Points of the SARD in Mountain Regions Project (April 2006)
>>> SARD Initiative: Good Practices: From Identification to Scaling Up Workshop (April 2006)
>>> SARD Initiative: Indigenous Peoples’ Initiative to establish cultural indicators for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development (April 2006)
>>> Adelboden Group meets next 12 December 2005 in Rome , Italy
>>> 18th International Farming Systems Association (IFSA) Symposium and Global Learning Opportunity
>>> First Meeting of the SARD-M Regional Focal Points: Launching of activities in the regions (June 2005)
>>> Civil Society and SARD at the center of a side event during FAO’s COAG (June 2005)
>>> SARD in Mountain Regions: A multi-stakeholder partnership starts activities in the field (April 2005)
>>> Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development on the Agenda of the FAO Committee on Agriculture (April 2005)
>>> SARD-FSE: Results from Regional Workshops (December 2004)  
>>> SARD-M: The project is on the move (December 2004)
>>> SARD-M: Second meeting of the "Adelboden Group" to be held on 4-5 October (September 2004)
>>> SARD-FSE Project to hold regional workshops (June 2004)
>>> SARD-M: FAO four-year multistakeholder project officially presented to potential donors and partners on 30 April (June 2004)
>>> SARD-M: a four year project document to be submitted to donors and other partners in late April 2004 (March 2004)
>>> Evolution of farming systems for sustainable agriculture and rural development- Building on policies, strategies and tools (August 2003)
>>> Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development in Mountain Regions: First Meeting of the Adelboden Group in September 2003 (August 2003)
>>> Stakeholder Design Consultation for the Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development Initiative (April 2003)
>>> International Conference on Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development in Mountain Regions (SARD-Mountains 2002), 16 - 20 June 2002 - Adelboden , Switzerland (June 2002)

World Food Summit: Five Years Later

>>> Official documents from the Summit (August 2002)
>>> World Food Summit: five years later: the 183 member countries of FAO will convene in Rome to evaluate the efforts made since 1996 to reduce world hunger by half (June 2002)
>>> Multistakeholder Dialogue: an open forum for governments and development partners to debate problems of food security (June 2002)
>>> Regional conferences of the FAO unanimously ask for greater commitment on the part of governments in the fight against hunger (June 2002)
>>> Turkey: The thematic group of the network debates the position of Turkish NGOs in the World Food Summit (April 2002)
>>> Director-General of the FAO, Jacques Diouf, warns the Near East against increasing dependency on food imports while more than 35 NGOs recommend priorities for the region (April 2002)
>>> Africa prepares the World Food Summit: five years later (April 2002)
>>> The NGOs worldwide prepare for the Forum on Food Sovereignty, an event parallel to the World Food Summit: fyl (April 2002)
>>> African NGOs and CSOs adopt the Cairo declaration on food security. The Bamako Declaration was also approved by more than 200 African social movements (April 2002)
>>> Sri Lanka: The preparation continues for the World Food Summit: five years later (February 2002)
>>> World Food Summit and the Network (February 2002)

Interviews

>>> Parviz Koohafkan, Director of the Rural Development Division of FAO and Executive Secretary of the International Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ICARRD) (April 2006)
>>> Eva Clayton, former FAO Assistant Director General and Special Adviser on the World Food Summit Follow-up and Secretary of the International Alliance against Hunger (April 2006)
>>> Andrés Botrán, Secretary of Food Security and Nutrition of the Presidency of Guatemala (December 2005)
>>> Andrew MacMillan, Director of FAO's Field Operations Division (December 2005)
>>> Mercy Karanja, Development Policy Coordinator for the International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP) (June 2005)
>>> Bruce Moore, Coordinator of the International Land Coalition (ILC) (June 2005)
>>> Pedro Sánchez, Director of Tropical Agriculture at the Earth Institute of the Columbia University and Co-chair of the Task force on Hunger of the UN Millennium Project, (April 2005)
>>> 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) (December 2004)
>>> Rachid Benaissa, Minister Delegate in charge of Rural Development of Algeria (December 2004)
>>> Eva Clayton, Special Advisor to the Director General of FAO on the World Food Summit Follow-up, Cyril Enweze, Vice-President of IFAD, Emile Frison, Director-General of IPGRI (September 2004)
>>> Catherine Bertini, Chair of the UN System Standing Committee on Nutrition (September 2004)
>>> Thomas Price, FAO TCES officer and Antonio Onorati, International Focal Point of the International NGO/CSO Planning Committee (June 2004)
>>> Maximiliano Cox, ex- Director of the FAO Rural Development Division (June 2004)
>>> IFAD special report (March 2004)
>>> Mamadou Cissokho, Honorary President of the Network of Farmers' Organizations and Agricultural Producers in West Africa (ROPPA) (March 2004)
>>> Antonio Quizon, Jaime Salinas, Alpha Kergna (team leaders of SARD-FSE case studies) (December 2003)
>>> Frans Roselaars Director of ILO's International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) (December 2003)
>>> Laura Amore, Volontari nel Mondo - FOCSIV and Saliou Sarr Réseau des Organizations Paysannes et des Producteurs Agricoles de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (ROPPA) (October 2003)
>>> Eva Clayton, Special Advisor to the Director General of FAO on the World Food Summit Follow-up, Cyril Enweze, Vice-President of IFAD, Emile Frison, Director-General of IPGRI and Sheila Sisulu, Deputy Executive Director Policy and External Affairs Department of WFP (October 2003)
>>> Jacques Bertrand, Caritas Internationalis, Head of Global Issues (August 2003)
>>> Lavinia Gasperini, FAO SDRE officer (August 2003)
>>> Wim Polman, Rural Development Officer of FAO's Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (June 2003)
>>> Eva Clayton, FAO Assistant Director-General and Special Advisor on the World Food Summit Follow-up, on the International Alliance Against Hunger (June 2003)
>>> Musa Mbenga Executive Secretary of the Permanent inter-States Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS) and Yamar Mbodj Food Security Counsellor (April 2003)
>>> John Rouse and Janos Juhasz, FAO SDAR officer (April 2003)
>>> Ndiogou Fall, President of the Senegalese Federation of NGOs (February 2003)
>>> Paolo Groppo, FAO, SDAA officer (February 2003)
>>> Bruce H. Moore, Coordinator of the International Land Coalition (December 2002)
>>> Antonio Onorati, International Focal Point of the International NGO/CSO Planning Committee (December 2002)
>>> Hans-Jörg Lehmann from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich (October 2002)
>>> Eve Crowley, FAO Task Manager for Chapter 14 of the Agenda 21 (August 2002)
>>> Thomas Forster and Peter Hurst, representatives of civil society organizations (August 2002)
>>> Andrea Ferrante, IPC (June 2002)
>>> Tomás Lindemann, FAO, SDAR officer (June 2002)
>>> Dora Zeledón, Nicaraguan deputy (April 2002)
>>> Norman Bellino, former FAO representative in Peru (April 2002)
>>> José Esquinas, Secretary of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture(February 2002)