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The UCFA is offered as a tool to inspire and inform Member States as they engage in discussions around matters related to food and nutrition security in different intergovernmental bodies.
56th Commission on the Status of Women (New York, 27 February-9 March 2012)
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2012 Spring Meetings, World Bank and International Monetary Fund (Washington, 20-22 April 2012)
The CFS is the United Nations' forum for reviewing policies concerning world food. It is the most inclusive international and intergovernmental platform for all relevant stakeholders to work together to ensure food security and nutrition.
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The CFS endorsed the ‘Voluntary Guidelines on Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security’ at the 38th Special Session on 11 May 2012.
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Project to benefit 20 provinces and 24,000 families
Rome 28 May 2010 – With the goal of improving the lives of poor rural people in the Dominican Republic, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) signed a new loan agreement for approximately US$14 million.
The loan was signed by Mario Arvelo Caamaño, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Dominican Republic for IFAD, FAO and WFP, and Yukiko Omura, IFAD Vice President.
“Building on close to 30 years of cooperation in the country, this project represents an important step in consolidating the Fund’s role as a strategic partner of the Dominican government,” Omura said.
The loan will be used for a new program – the Rural Economic Development Project in the Central and Eastern Provinces – which looks to better the capitalization levels of smallholder farmers and rural entrepreneurs, while at the same time improving their risk profile and ensuring sustainable access to financial markets.
“This is an excellent example of the work that IFAD does,” said Arvelo Caamaño. “President Leonel Fernández is happy to deepen and expand this relationship with the organization.”
The purpose of the new project, which is expected to be launched by the end of the year, is to increase the incomes and resources of poor people in the region, especially women and young people.
“This project especially supports banana, coffee and cacao producers, and will also stimulate the agro-tourism industry,” said Josefina Stubbs, Director of IFAD’s Latin America and the Caribbean Division. “The most important thing is to support these people with the necessary tools to rise up from poverty on their own.”
IFAD is a specialized agency of the United Nations dedicated to reducing poverty and hunger in rural areas in the developing world. The organization authorized a $13.8 million loan in April 2009 for a development project along the country’s border with Haiti. To date, IFAD has provided six loans to the Dominican Republic for a total of approximately $69 million.
Press release No.: IFAD/37/2010
Many different groups are moving forward on an effort to scale up nutrition (SUN). We are witnessing the emergence of a movement.
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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
