• 3° World Water Forum launches a "Dialogue coalition on Water, Food and Environment".
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• Outcomes of the 57^th United Nations General Assembly: 2002.
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• FAO and IFPRI strengthen cooperation.
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• Report of the European Forum on Rural Development.
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• Conclusion of the 41^st session of the ECOSOC Commission for Social Development.
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• IFAD's 25^th Anniversary Session of the Governing Council.
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• Johannesburg follow up: the Eleventh Session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development.
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• NGOs establish a clearinghouse to share information on the Middle East and North Africa.
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• The International Land Coalition: the new name for the Popular Coalition to Eradicate Hunger and Poverty.
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• Action plan and Declaration of World Summit on the Information Society is shaped.
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• First meeting of African Members of the International NGO/CSO Planning Committee.
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• Stakeholder Design Consultation for the Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development Initiative.
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• FAO's Committee on Agriculture 17^th Session.
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• Sustainable Tourism as a mechanism for poverty alleviation.
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• The Baltimore Declaration:

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• Democratic Republic of Congo: The Thematic Group organises a symposium on food security in the D. R. of Congo.
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• El Salvador reactivates its national Thematic Group.
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• Ecuador: Coordinating Board of Food Security and Rural Development celebrate fourth meeting.
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• Liberia: Thematic Group reviews its activities from 2002.
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• 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".
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• May 15: International Day of the Family.
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• First Session on the Right to Adequate Food.
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“The UN system Network needs to highlight the important role that farmer organizations play in rural development. The more the Network can generate discussion and debate, the better.”
– John Rouse.
“The Network can support and promote cooperatives and farmer organizations by involving them in the activities of their Thematic Groups at country level.”
– Janos Juhasz.
In this interview John Rouse, Senior Rural Institutions and Participation Officer, SDAR, FAO and Janos Juhasz, Cooperatives and Rural Organizations Officer, SDAR, FAO give the Network an insight on the reality of Farmer organizations and their role in promoting sustainable development and food security.
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Interview with M. Musa Mbenga, Executive Secretary of the Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS) and M. Yamar Mbodj, Advisor on Food Security.
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• The future of agriculture in the world.
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• New web site about The Agricultural Nutrition Advantage project.
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• New Network on Agriculture Inputs Market Information in West Africa.
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