Rome, 20 April 2020 - With the COVID-19 pandemic and economic slowdown threatening the lives and livelihoods of the world’s most vulnerable people, the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) today committed US$40 million, and launched an urgent appeal for additional funds, to support farmers and rural communities to continue growing and selling food.
Weeks 14 – 17: Monday 31 March – Sunday, 26 April 2020
The Institute of Development Studies is gathering short stories that capture the diverse experiences of those who have interacted with the Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition Programme (GODAN) and GODAN Action.
The Mkushi Famers Association has called for wide consultation on the draft land policy.
Association Acting President Bruce Skinner says the issue of the draft land policy has created a lot of uncertainty among commercial farmers in Mkushi.
Deadline: 30th June 2017
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Given the extraordinary growth of the coalition in previous years, this opening will give priority to civil society and inter-governmental organisations:
By: Press Trust of India | New Delhi
Date: November 20, 2015
Representatives of various peasant unions, farmers' organisations and people's movements, under the banner of Bhumi Adhikar Andolan, today decided on a comprehensive agenda to achieve land rights and fight forced land acquisition, agrarian crisis and fascist politics.