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Public Food and the Challenge of Sustainable Development
PUBLIC FOOD AND THE CHALLENGE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOOD has a crucial role in advancing the sustainable development agenda. Food production and consumption affect our individual and communal health, the integrity of our eco-systems, our quality of life. Hence, political intervention on the various stages of the food chain means addressing multiple forms of deprivation. Throughout the [...]
Continue reading...CSD-17 Policy Session set to take on global food crisis and more
Monday, April 27, 2009
The UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) policy session kicks off its seventeenth session on Monday May 4 for two weeks, ending on May 15. It will address Agriculture, Rural Development, Land, Drought, Desertification and Africa. Ministerial Roundtables in the second week will address critical areas including: - Responding to the Food Crisis through Sustainable Development - Realizing [...]
Continue reading...2009: New York and CSD 17
Monday, November 17, 2008
Learning first hand about New York’s food and farming system was a unique educational experience for visiting government officials and civil society groups from around the world last year at the United Nations. International Partners for Sustainable Agriculture and a wide range of New York partners are preparing to greet them again in February and May [...]
Continue reading...CSD Major Group Guidelines
Sunday, November 16, 2008
CSD 17 Major Group Guidelines Now Available.
Continue reading...How the Commission on Sustainable Development Works
Thursday, November 13, 2008
This article provides a quick sketch of how the United Nations’ Commission on Sustainable Development works. CSD Origins: A Legacy of the Earth Summit The Commission on Sustainable Development - also known as CSD - was created in December 1992 to ensure effective follow-up of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED - also [...]
Continue reading...- Youth Leaders of the Global Food Revolution Attend Dag Hammerskjold Farmers Market
- Young People Demonstrate Power and Concern at Several Events
- Urban/Rural Linkages Showcase Tours - Saturday, May 9th
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- Public Food and the Challenge of Sustainable Development
- CSD-17 Policy Session set to take on global food crisis and more
- UN Dialogue on the Right to Food This Monday April 6th
- New Report: A Recipe for Hunger
- Women farmers at the center of agriculture and rural development
- Major Groups to “Highlight the Way Forward” at UN CSD session
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Pastoralism and Climate Change: Rethinking the links between livelihoods and land.
Urban Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa: A often neglected challenge and a potential opportunity for urban-rural collaboration.
Farm to School Programs: New Markets in Healthier Food for Students.
International Livestock Research Institute: Better Lives through Livestock.
The Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production (PCIFAP) was formed to conduct a comprehensive, fact-based and balanced examination of key aspects of the farm animal industry.
Local Governments Stand Up and Take Action for the Millennium Development Goals.
Monday, April 27, 2009
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