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Poverty Eradication
07 November 2014 | Poverty Eradication
The UN General Assembly’s Second Committee has to address a wide range of important topics related to economic growth and development this fall. Ambassador Sebastiano Cardi, the Chair of the Committee, sat down with DESA News for an exclusive…
30 October 2014 | Poverty Eradication
World Cities Day 2014 will be celebrated on 31 October in Shanghai, China, in an event hosted by Shanghai’s Municipal People’s Government. The theme for this year’s celebration is Leading Urban Transformations.
Urbanization has become an inevitable…
22 October 2014 | Poverty Eradication
The growing menace of desertification poses a distinct threat to the world’s agriculture and eco-systems, the United Nations agriculture agency warned today, as it announced a new initiative aimed at curbing the spread of land degradation and…
21 October 2014 | Cooperatives, Poverty Eradication
Under the theme "Family Farming: Feeding the world, caring for the earth" this year’s World Food Day was observed at the UN Headquarters on 20 October. The commemoration, co-hosted by FAO, IFAD and WFP, featured a thematic debate and interactive…
21 October 2014 | Cooperatives, Poverty Eradication
Under the theme "Family Farming: Feeding the world, caring for the earth" this year’s World Food Day was observed at the UN Headquarters on 20 October. The commemoration, co-hosted by FAO, IFAD and WFP, featured a thematic debate and interactive…
21 October 2014 | Poverty Eradication
The Second United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) will be held from 3 to 5 November 2014 in Vienna, Austria. At the LLDC Conference, participants from governments of LLDCs, transit developing countries and donor…
20 October 2014 | Poverty Eradication
Africa’s continued progress on growth and development targets will hinge on concerted efforts – from partnerships inside and outside the continent – to enhance infrastructure, a vital area that will facilitate diversification of African economies…
16 October 2014 | Cooperatives, Families, Poverty Eradication
Nine out of ten of the world's 570 million farms are managed by families, making the family farm the predominant of agriculture, and consequently a potentially crucial agent of change in achieving sustainable food security and in eradicating hunger…
16 October 2014 | Cooperatives, Poverty Eradication
With over 800 million people worldwide still lacking access to healthy, nutritious food, family farmers must play an increasingly vital role in the global war on hunger, United Nations officials affirmed today, adding that the strong participation…
16 October 2014 | Cooperatives, Poverty Eradication
With over 800 million people worldwide still lacking access to healthy, nutritious food, family farmers must play an increasingly vital role in the global war on hunger, United Nations officials affirmed today, adding that the strong participation…
16 October 2014 | Cooperatives, Families, Poverty Eradication
Nine out of ten of the world's 570 million farms are managed by families, making the family farm the predominant of agriculture, and consequently a potentially crucial agent of change in achieving sustainable food security and in eradicating hunger…
16 October 2014 | Cooperatives, Families, Poverty Eradication
Nine out of ten of the world's 570 million farms are managed by families, making the family farm the predominant of agriculture, and consequently a potentially crucial agent of change in achieving sustainable food security and in eradicating hunger…