Farmers who once relied on food aid, and were too poor to buy seeds, are once again farming remote parts of Tajikistan.
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Progress Report
The spike in food prices of last year (2008) underscored what experts have been telling us for many years: the world's food systems are in crisis
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17-18 May 2010, Dublin Ireland
Dialogue on the UN's Comprehensive Framework for Action
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- Read the draft of the updated CFA
- Read the unabridged comments received in view of the updating of the CFA
18-20 January, 2010 | Dakar, Senegal
With current food policies failing at both national and international levels, there is reason to believe that that things need to be done to improve the coordination and involvement of local governments in the debates on food security.
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IFAD Executive Board
09/15/2010 00:0009/15/2010 00:00Indian/AntananarivoLocation: Rome, Italy
IFAD Executive Board
100th Session of the Executive Board IFAD
www.ifad.orgDate:Wednesday, September 15, 2010 - Thursday, September 16, 2010UN Private Sector Forum
09/20/2010 00:0009/22/2010 00:00Indian/AntananarivoLocation: New York, USA
UN Private Sector Forum
As preparation for the HL Plenary on the MDGs, the Forum will bring private sector actors together with Heads of State, NGOs & UN Agencies to explore & commit to new ways of working together & engage the private sector in innovative actions contributing to the MDGs, with a view to motivating others to become involved. United Nations
http://www.un.org/ga/Date:Monday, September 20, 2010 - Wednesday, September 22, 2010High-Level Plenary on the Millennium Development Goals
09/20/2010 00:0009/22/2010 00:00Indian/AntananarivoLocation: New York, USA
High-Level Plenary of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals
United Nations
http://www.un.org/ga/Date:Monday, September 20, 2010 - Wednesday, September 22, 2010Beginning of UN General Assembly General Debate
09/23/2010 00:0009/23/2010 00:00Indian/AntananarivoLocation: New York, USA
Beginning of UN General Assembly General Debate
Agenda for the 65th Session of the GA United Nations
http://www.un.org/ga/Date:Thursday, September 23, 2010