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| 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…
| 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…
| 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…
| 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…
| Cooperatives
A new report by the cooperatives unit of the International Labour Organization (ILO Coop), highlights the growing problem of electronic waste. Electrical and electronic waste (e-waste) is currently the fastest growing waste stream, and it is…
| 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…
| Youth
UNESCO has entered into its first-ever partnership with a private company based in sub-Saharan Africa. The Funds-In-Trust agreement between Airtel Gabon and UNESCO will support Train My Generation: Gabon 5000, a three-year project to provide…
| Disabilities
The 1st ever World Summit Destinations for All will take place in Montreal from 19 to 22 October 2014. The issue of accessible tourism has never been more relevant: 15% of the world’s population live with a disability, and with a greater aging…
| 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…
| 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…
| 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…
| 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…