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.
Archive for July, 2012
Can climate change ever benefit tropical agriculture?
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)
Rio+20 ‘ducked’ political realities: Time for South to show ‘political muscle and imaginative thinking’
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.
CGIAR Fund Update: June 2012 Issue
Read the June 2012 CGIAR Fund Update
IRRI supports Rio+20 action
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.