37th CFS Plenary Session, 17-22 October 2011, Rome
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17 March 2011 – At least 800 ethnic Afro-Colombians have had to flee their homes in western Colombia since the start of the month because of a struggle between armed groups in the mineral-rich area to control illegal mining activities, the United Nations refugee agency reported today.
July 27, 2010—The cheep-cheep of newborn chicks is the sound of a growing livelihood to Adriana and Nalcy Banderas, smallholder farmers hard at work in a verdant Colombian village.
On backyard plots down a red clay road, the mother-daughter team has found unexpected success raising poultry. Without the chickens, the pair says they would have to travel more than two hours each way to the nearest city of Cali to earn money working in other peoples’ homes.
To grow their business, the Banderases joined a rural producers alliance, a new model supported by the World Bank that links struggling smallholders to larger markets. Climbing from below the poverty line, Nalcy and Adriana now earn about $450 a month each, well above the national average income.
Press Release No:2010/266/LAC
WASHINGTON, DC, February 23, 2010 – The World Bank’s Board of Directors approved a US$500 million development policy loan (DPL) today to promote an efficient, equitable and inclusive Social Protection System in Colombia, as well as to mitigate the impact of the global economic crisis on that South American country.
The project seeks to consolidate a Social Protection System that responds adequately to the needs of all Colombians in terms of:
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