The World Agroforestry Centre representatives were given a chance to show the Centre’s Pro-poor Rewards for Environmental Service in Africa (PRESA) initiative as part of RIO+20 negotiations focused on how to shift to a sustainable, green economy.


The World Agroforestry Centre representatives were given a chance to show the Centre’s Pro-poor Rewards for Environmental Service in Africa (PRESA) initiative as part of RIO+20 negotiations focused on how to shift to a sustainable, green economy.

Recent climate projections suggest there may be spots of optimism for food production and farmers’ livelihoods in Asia, but this is not cause for complacency about climatic impacts on agriculture in South-East Asia. Photo: N. Palmer (CIAT)

SciDevNet’s David Dickson argues in an opinion piece last week that the outcomes of the June Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development illustrate that leadership from developing countries will be key to global sustainable development.
Read the June 2012 CGIAR Fund Update

In the wake of the U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has launched the Zero Hunger Challenge. IRRI is doing its part to help.