by GERRY BLOOM & HILARY STANDING, STEPS Centre members It is thirty years since the Alma Ata Declaration outlined an international consensus on the need to provide universal access to…
CHALLENGES FOR THE FUTURE OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
ONGOING DISCUSSIONS AT COP-MOP 4
by ADRIAN ELY, STEPS Centre member I am in Bonn this week for meetings around the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, the United Nations’ agreement to regulate the trans-boundary movement of…
COMPLEXITY, SIMPLIFICATION AND RESILIENCE
By ADRIAN SMITH, STEPS Centre member Complexity pervaded debate at the Resilience Alliance conference last month. In one way or another, participants tried to get to grips with the sheer…
SALZBURG: WHAT NEXT?
By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member The conference defined some critical points of leverage, where delegates and their organisations can achieve a sustainable impact on priorities.The essential ingredients of a…
SALZBURG DAY 3: FARMERS IN THE DRIVING SEAT FOR AFRICA’S GREEN REVOLUTION
By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member Farmers and their needs must be placed at epicentre of a uniquely African Green Revolution, conference delegates from across the board agreed on the…
SALZBURG DAY 3: A REPRESENTATIVE REVOLUTION
By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member To ensure an African Green Revolution is equitable there is a pressing need to ensure that wide representation is assured, delegates said.It is paramount…
SALZBURG DAY 3: DATA, TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATION
By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member The lack of data and information on crop productivity and prices, and the poor quality of the data that does exist, has been a…
SALZBURG DAY 3: BEYOND STAPLE CROPS
By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member The emphasis of the Green Revolution in Africa must go beyond a focus on a narrow range of staple crops, even though these crops…
SALZBURG DAY 3: ESSENTIAL INGREDIENTS FOR A GREEN REVOLUTION IN AFRICA
By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member You join us on the final day of the ‘Toward a Green Revolution in Africa?’ conference here in Salzburg, Austria, where the emphasis will…
SALZBURG DAY 2: INNOVATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS FOR WHOM?
By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member There was much talk across the group and plenary sessions about the importance of coordination and alignment of initiatives and institutions. This is happening…