By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member Ban Ki-moon’s predecessor at the head of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, was due to arrive in Rome this morning to sign an agreement…
UN WORLD FOOD SUMMIT: KOFI ANNAN ARRIVES WITH AGRA MESSAGE
UN FOOD SUMMIT: BACKGROUNDER
By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation called the emergency meetingafter soaring commodity prices threatened to add as many as 100 million more people…
UN FOOD SUMMIT: US$20BN NEEDED, SAYS BAN KI-MOON
By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member Day two of the UN World Food Summit has commenced with UN chief Ban Ki-moon’s declaration that US$15 billion to US$20 billion is needed…
UN FOOD SUMMIT: WILL FARMERS’ VOICES BE HEARD?
By DAN SMITH, Future Agricultures Consortium member In his opening speech for the UN World Food Summit, Jacques Diouf, the FAO Director General, stated that “the world only needs US$30…
UN FOOD SUMMIT: WHOSE VISION FOR THE FUTURE?
By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member The UN World Food Summit opened in Rome today, aiming to address the soaring food costs which have sparked riots in Egypt, Cameroon, Cote…
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…