Agriculture & Rural Development

Agriculture & Rural Development

This topic covers a wide range of issues relevant to agriculture and rural development, extending to climate change, water, land, territorial development, innovation, risk management, commodities, livestock, SPS, access to markets, farmers' organisations, etc. and cross-cutting issues. It provides access to essential reading materials on these themes, EC practical tools and seminar contents, and links to partners and experts in the the field.

50 groups and 29 articles on Agriculture & Rural Development. 2079 capacity4dev.eu members interested in Agriculture & Rural Development.

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Articles on Agriculture & Rural Development

The Humble Potato Combats Hunger in Sub-Saharan Africa

April 9 2013 by Coordination Team

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The Irish Presidency of the European Union is well underway, with an ambitious development programme and a notable focus on hunger, nutrition and resilience. Gay Mitchell MEP, and Ireland’s Minister for Trade and Development, Joe Costello, gathered development stakeholders together last month to celebrate a remarkable agricultural coalition combating hunger in Sub-Saharan Africa – an Ethiopia-based food security project, centered on the potato.

Article relevant to the topics: Agriculture & Rural Development, Environment & Climate Change, Food & Nutrition Security

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1.Sub-Saharan Africa

Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN)

March 28 2013 by Coordination Team

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By bringing top decision-makers from leading institutions, international development agencies and over 33 national governments affected by food insecurity to the table, and by setting up targets for the Post Millennium Development Goals, the SUN initiative is becoming a cornerstone in the fight to reduce hunger.

Article relevant to the topics: Agriculture & Rural Development, Children, Food & Nutrition Security, Fragility & Crisis Situations

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ROSA Food Security Network Migrates to the capacity4dev.eu Platform

March 25 2013 by Coordination Team

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Last week capacity4dev launched the updated Food & Nutrition Security – ROSA group. Laura Gualdi, Programme Manager for Food Security at EuropeAid, shares her thoughts on the importance of knowledge management tools and the advantages of integrating the ROSA (Réseau Opérationnel de Sécurité Alimentaire) network into a wider platform.

Article relevant to the topics: Agriculture & Rural Development, Food & Nutrition Security

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7.EU Member States: Belgium

Harnessing the Potential of Conservation Agriculture to Reduce Poverty

March 21 2013 by Coordination Team

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James McNulty is a Seconded National Expert working with the European Union Delegation to Zambia. In this Voices & Views, he shares what he learned about the practical application of conservation agriculture from local farmers.

Article relevant to the topics: Agriculture & Rural Development, Food & Nutrition Security

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1.Sub-Saharan Africa: Zambia

Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture: High on the EU Agenda

March 18 2013 by Coordination Team

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In this first ‘Voices& Views’ for capacity4dev.eu’s Food and Nutrition Security week, EuropeAid’s Jean Pierre Halkin draws attention to the fact that food security and, increasingly, nutrition, are at the top of EU, G8 and G20 Agendas, and outlines some of the measures that the European Union is taking to support these complex issues.

Article relevant to the topics: Agriculture & Rural Development, Food & Nutrition Security

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There Are A Wealth of Stories To Be Told, Says Deputy Director General

February 28 2013 by Coordination Team

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While visiting Resilience and Food Security related projects in Ethiopia last month, Marcus Cornaro, Deputy Director General of EuropeAid, was so struck by the people he met, and their stories of challenge and success, that he used his smartphone to film and document what was happening around him.

Article relevant to the topics: Agriculture & Rural Development, Capacity Development & Technical Cooperation Reform, Communication, Food & Nutrition Security

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1.Sub-Saharan Africa: Ethiopia

Training Farmers in Agroecology: A Sound Investment to Fight Hunger

January 17 2013 by Coordination Team

1,768 views

During a high level panel on sustainable agriculture held at the European Development Days 2012, experts said that world hunger has diminished worldwide, but it will only continue to do so if farmers are trained to implement agro-ecology principles using such techniques as agroforestry, conservation agriculture and the proper application of fertiliser.

Article relevant to the topics: Agriculture & Rural Development, Capacity Development & Technical Cooperation Reform, Food & Nutrition Security

Article relevant for the region/countries:

1.Sub-Saharan Africa

Eco-village Project Empowers Villagers to Deal with Climate Change

November 6 2012 by Coordination Team

2,001 views

Climate change is a devastating reality in Tanzania where higher temperatures are resulting in regular droughts and the rapid melting of the snowy peak of Mount Kilimanjaro. Difficult lives are getting even tougher, so the European Union Delegation to Tanzania has come up with an innovative eco-village.

Article relevant to the topics: Agriculture & Rural Development, Environment & Climate Change

Article relevant for the region/countries:

1.Sub-Saharan Africa: Tanzania

Renewable Energy Sources Hold Key to Unlocking Rural Africa’s Power Potential

August 8 2012 by Coordination Team

3,028 views

Per capita electricity consumption in Africa is well below the average for residents of the European Union but that doesn’t mean that the continent is short of sustainable power-generating potential, according to a report published by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre.

Article relevant to the topics: Agriculture & Rural Development, Energy, Environment & Climate Change

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1.Sub-Saharan Africa

European Satellite Navigation Systems Could Foster Development in Africa

June 19 2012 by Coordination Team

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While the European Union is developing Galileo and operating EGNOS, the two first European satellite navigation systems, the potential benefits of using these technologies for the socio-economic development of the African continent were presented recently in Brussels.

Article relevant to the topics: Agriculture & Rural Development, Aid Effectiveness & Results, Information & Communication Technology, Transport

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