ACC Network on Rural Development and Food Security
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Information on Themes

ACC Network Thematic Groups are selecting priority themes to focus their coordinated support for policy formulation and field activities. This section explores key themes in-depth with articles contributed by UN partners.

Civil Society Participation in the ACC Network (June 2001)

The Horn of Africa Initiative (June 2001)

The Horn of Africa Initiative (April 2001)

International Year of the Mountains (April 2001)

Health: Success Stories in Developing Countries (April 2001)

Community Empowerment in Food Security (April 2001)

World leaders re-pledge to halve the world's hungry by 2015 (October 2000)

Reactions to "Forming sustainable small farmer group associations (SFGAs): more difficult than first thought" (July 2000)

Food security, social mobilization and community empowerment (October 2000)

Decent employment through labour-based technology in infrastructure (October 2000)

Forming sustainable small farmer group associations (SFGAs) (July 2000)

Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information and Mapping Systems (FIVIMS) (March 2000)

Biosphere reserves (UNESCO) (November 1999)

Agro-industrial processing: a key link in rural development (August 1999)

Gender and local knowledge (June 1999)

New information and communication technologies for rural development and food security (April 1999)

Overcoming human poverty (February 1999)

United Nations System-Wide Special Initiative on Africa (UNSIA) (February 1999)

Sharing of knowledge towards effective development - the ACC evaluation knowledge web (IFADEVAL and EVAK) (February 1999)

Alternative development - drug control through rural development (January 1999)

World Bank Focus Programmes (December 1998)

Preventing micronutrient malnutrition: the food-based strategy (November 1998)

Impact of HIV/AIDS on agricultural and rural development institutions (October 1998)

Sustainable livelihoods: an operational vehicle for sustainable human development (July 1998)

Natural Resource and Environmental Management (NREM) for food security (June 1998)

Building a pluralistic network: encouraging civil society participation in country-level Thematic Groups (May 1998)



Resources

Resources provides information and Internet access to selected materials that complement thematic articles. Resources is intended to assist ACC Network Thematic Groups as they develop and implement activities in support of rural development and food security.

IMF paper on policy analysis and assessment in Africa (February 1999)

AIDS; children; Africa (February 1999)

Agro-industrial processing - a key link in rural development (August 1999)

Gender and local knowledge (June 1999)

Information technology, Cultural policies (April 1999)

Publications from FAO, IMF, World Bank (January 1999)

World Bank, Africa Nutrition Database (December 1998)

Nutrition and networking (November 1998)

HIV/AIDS (October 1998)

GIEWS; Constraints analysis (August 1998)

Sustainable Livelihoods (July 1998)

Natural Resource and Environmental Management (NREM) for food security (May 1998)

Building a pluralistic network (May 1998)

World Food Summit/IFADEVAL (December 1997)