Carol Gribnau,  director of the Hivos global Green Energy and Green Food programs writes on IPC about

Joint Action Needed to Reform our Food System

Read the full article HERE.

Come 2030, we will not have healthy and affordable food if we continue with business as usual. But no one institution can single handedly change the course of our food system. The key to ensuring a sustainable food system is involving a diverse group of actors – from smallholder farmers to government – to generate ideas for change, together.

Everyone recognizes the need for multi-stakeholder collaboration, but it’s good to understand exactly what we’re talking about. 

Hivos applies a “Lab” approach in several countries. It allows for a tailored approach and helps the actors move from global to national and local platforms. Given the complexity of food systems, local platforms are likely to be the most effective. 

The transformation towards sustainable food systems requires involving key actors,

Digital 4 development prize Belgium (new deadline feb 21)

French here: http://prized4d.africamuseum.be/fr

Prize D4D is a biennial initiative in line with the policy priorities of the Belgian development cooperation to use digitisation and (new) technologies as a lever for development. The combination of both responsibilities, ' Development Cooperation ' and ' Digital Agenda ', in the portfolio or Minister Alexander De Croo offers a range of unique possibilities. One of these opportunities is the Prize D4D.

For more information, the entry rules and other documents, we refer to the Prize D4D website: http://prized4d.africamuseum.be/en.

Closing of the call for applications: Wednesday February 21, 2018

The innovation fair and the award ceremony will take place at the Royal Museum for Central Africa in the autumn or 2018.

Please do not hesitate to contact us should you have questions regarding PrizeD4D.

How the European Union joins trade dynamism with sustainable development

Embedding a multilateral approach is pivotal to the EU’s ethos on trade and sustainable development

See interesting blog, link: http://www.tradeforum.org/news/How-the-European-Union-joins-trade-dynamism-with-sustainable-development/

Extract: The European Union (EU) is at the vanguard of marrying the values of sustainable development with the economic engine of trade. Through the incorporation of comprehensive commitments on environmental and labour provisions in all its bilateral trade agreements the EU aims to build free and fair trading relationships. This is a reflection of EU determination to strengthen and uphold the international community’s journey that began with the Millennium Development Goals and the 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio +20) and has culminated with the United Nations 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development, including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Mapping across

Résultats du Développement Néerlandais en 2016, Site Web!

Sur ce site Internet, le ministère des Affaires étrangères des Pays-Bas présente les résultats que les Pays-Bas, avec des partenaires nationaux et internationaux, ont obtenus dans le domaine de la coopération au développement en 2016.

Jetez un coup d'oeil à ce site très informatif, avec des informations sur les pays, les pays et les thèmes: http://www.dutchdevelopmentresults.nl/

Développement durable inclusif.

L'Investissement  dans le développement durable inclusif est payant. Cela s'est également confirmé en 2016. Le nombre de personnes vivant dans l'extrême pauvreté a encore été réduit à moins de 10% de la population mondiale. En 2010, ce chiffre était de 22% (et en 1990 de 47%).

Rendre les flux de commerciaux  et d'investissement durable n'est pas une mince affaire dans une économie mondiale imprévisible. Le changement climatique ne mène pas seulement à la sécheresse à long term

[Report] The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World

The vision of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development calls on all countries and stakeholders to work together to end hunger and prevent all forms of malnutrition by 2030. This ambition can only be fulfilled if agriculture and food systems become sustainable, so that food supplies are stable and all people have access to adequate nutrition and health. The start of the 2030 Agenda coincided with the launch of the United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016–2025), adding impetus to these commitments by providing a time-bound, cohesive framework for action.

This year’s edition of The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World marks the beginning of a new era in monitoring the progress made towards achieving a world without hunger and malnutrition, within the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Specifically, the report will monitor progress towards

The significance of soils and soil science towards realization of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

Article by Keesstra, S. D., Bouma, J., Wallinga, J., Tittonell, P., Smith, P., Cerdà, A., Montanarella, L., Quinton, J. N., Pachepsky, Y., van der Putten, W. H., Bardgett, R. D., Moolenaar, S., Mol, G., Jansen, B., and Fresco, L. O. Published 2016

This article was quoted today, at the start of the start of the Wageningen Soil Conference 2017, see blog post by chair Jacob Wallinga through this link:

http://www.wur.nl/en/blogpost/Blog-Soil-Science-and-the-Sustainable-Development-Goals.htm

Abstract. In this forum paper we discuss how soil scientists can help to reach the recently adopted UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the most effective manner. Soil science, as a land-related discipline, has important links to several of the SDGs, which are demonstrated through the functions of soils and the ecosystem services that are linked to those functions (see graphical abst

Today is the start of the High-level Political Forum at the United Nations in New York! It is a central platform for follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals. This campaign by some of our Dutch members, raises awareness on Women Economic Empowerment.

Joint SDG research initiative - Tackling Global Challenges through Use-Inspired Research  (Call with deadline 23 May) 

NWO-WOTRO Science for Global Development has joined forces with seven Dutch research organisations to make funding available for use-inspired research tackling global challenges to the benefit of the most vulnerable people in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). Applications can be submitted by a senior researcher at one of the seven co-funding Dutch research organisations (Delft University of Technology, Erasmus University Rotterdam, UNESCO-IHE, University of Amsterdam, Utrecht University, VU University Amsterdam, Wageningen University & Research).

The main applicant must collaborate in a consortium executing the project and consisting of at least: one of the co-funding Dutch research organisations, and; one research organisation or practitioner organisation located in the Low and Middle Income Country (ies) that t is (are) targeted.

Members of this platform

Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals - the Role of Financial Inclusion

CGAP, Leora Klapper, Mayada El-Zoghbi, and Jake Hess

pour la version française de cet article, s'il vous plaît voir ci-dessous

Given the increasingly clear link between financial inclusion and development, governments should continue to push for greater access to and use of financial services.

On 25 September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, along with a new set of development goals that are collectively called the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Agenda is a culmination of many years of negotiation and was endorsed by all 193 member nations of the General Assembly, both developed and developing—and applies to all countries. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon noted that “the new agenda is a promise by leaders to all people everywhere. It is an agenda for people, to end poverty in all of its forms—an agenda for the planet, our common ho

AgriProFocus Corporate Annual Plan 2016

The world of 2015 has shown us that interconnectedness is the norm. More than ever, we depend on each other for our safety, economic development and food security, for example. The Global Goals For Sustainable Development are a timely and urgent backdrop to take up many of the present challenges together. In the light of its mission to promote farmer entrepreneurship, AgriProFocus has a solid basis to contribute to: Goal 2: Zero Hunger; Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production; Goal 13: Climate Action; Goal 15: Life on land. 

Policy pillars Dutch government

The AgriProFocus network underscores the key policy pillars for food security of the Dutch government: eradicating hunger and malnutrition; sustainable and inclusive growth of the agricultural sector and creating ecologically sustainable food systems. Within this broader policy framework, AgriProFocus supports the Dutch government pledge for increased coherence. More in particular the network empha

Sommet des Nations Unies pour adopter les nouveaux objectifs mondiaux de développement durable (l'objectif 'zero faim' inclu)

25-27 Septembre 2015 - Les dirigeants et les hauts responsables politiques des États membres de l'ONU se trouveront à New York au Sommet des Nations Unies pour adopter les nouveaux objectifs mondiaux de développement durable pour les 15 prochaines années. Le document final du sommet, "

Transformer notre monde : le Programme de développement durable à l’horizon 2030", qui comprend 17 objectifs de développement durable, a été accordé par les 193 Etats Membres de l'ONU en Août de 2015. José Graziano da Silva, Directeur général de la FAO, participera à plusieurs événements au Sommet, y compris le dialogue interactif 1 sur l’éradication de la pauvreté et de la faim, et l’événementMobiliser la Génération Faim Zéro.

Pour plus d'information: voir le lien suivant: http://www.fao.org/post-2015-mdg/home/fr/ )

UN summit to adopt the post-2015 SDGs next week 

Formal adoption of the 'zero hunger' target 

25 to 27 September 2015 – Leaders and senior politicians from UN Member States will be in New York for the UN Sustainable Development Summit to adopt new global goals for the next 15 years. The summit outcome document, “Transforming our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, which includes 17 Sustainable Development Goals, was agreed on by the UN’s 193 Member States in August 2015. 

José Graziano da Silva, FAO's Director-General, will participate  in several events at the Summit, including interactive dialogue 1 on Ending poverty and hunger, and Mobilizing Generation Zero Hunger

For background reading, you may use the FAO website:

http://www.fao.org/post-2015-mdg/home/en/

Several blogs and other articles: www.post2015.org

(en francais, voir le lien suivant: http://www.fao.org/post-2015-mdg/home/fr/ )

Agriculture plays a central role in the Sustainable Development Goals

I just saw a very nice interactive essay that has been launched at the United Nations by agricultural coalition Farming First (AgriProFocus is a partner of Farming First), visualising the critical role that agriculture will play in meeting the Sustainable Development Goals currently being negotiated.

The interactive essay can be viewed HERE

“Agriculture is the common thread connecting the SDGs together,” comments Sue Carlson, Chair of the World Farmers Organisation’s Women’s Committee and Farming First spokesperson. “Agriculture isn’t only about ending hunger and malnutrition; it is relevant to a broad range of the development issues currently being discussed.”

The data builds a strong case for agriculture’s role in achieving many of the United Nations’ targets. The Farming First coalition is bringing this to the attention of negotiators and policymakers at the United Nations in New York, advocating for conti