Agricultural and rural development news and other relevant information: week of September 26th
- World Bank publishes its 2012 World Development Report: Gender Equality and Development,
- The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, publishes its World Disasters Report 2011- Focus on hunger and malnutrition
- On the Journal Nature, Jason Clay, senior vice-president of market transformation at WWF, identifies eight steps that, taken together, could enable farming to feed 10 billion people and keep Earth habitable: Freeze the Footprint of Food
- From the Chicago Council on Global Affairs: Bringing Agriculture to the Table :How Agriculture and Food Can Play a Role in Preventing Chronic Disease
- UK's Government: The Future of Food and Farming: Challenges and choices for global sustainability
- Yuan Longping, the "Father of Hybrid Rice," reports yields of 13.9 tons of rice a hectare on his latest variety, the DH2525
- Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State of the United States & Nick Kristof, moderator and columnist for The New York Times, talk about the central role of women in improving global food security. Similarly, Clinton also announced the allocation of $5 million this year by the US government to promote gender equality in agriculture and land use as part of the Feed the Future Initiative. Video available HERE
- Mark your calendars for the annual Norman E. Borlaug International Symposium and the World Food Prize Laureate Award Ceremony, Sept 12-14
- How to ensure increasing yields also translate into better nutrition? USAID’s Infant and Young Child Nutrition Project (IYCN) tackles the issues with the development of “nutritional impact assessment tool”
- "To feed more than 9 billion people in 2050, agricultural production will have to double in developing countries. It is time to reinvest in the agricultural sector", says the lastest Communique from the G20's Ministerial Meeting on Development
- An Oxfam briefing paper reports that vulnerable farmers are being pushed to marginal lands as African farm investments expand. Coverage on the issues by NY Times.
- From the Journal Solutions, A New Approach To Feeding The World, from World Resources Report (WRR). Check out below their chart contrasting today's approach to tomorrows'
