• 32nd Session of the FAO Conference
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• Targeting National Alliances against Hunger
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• CSOs/NGOs creating alliances to fight hunger
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• Second Session on the Right to Adequate Food
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• A workshop on Education for Rural people in Latin America
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• The UN system Network on Rural Development and Food Security undertakes an evaluation of its activities
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• Uruguay: Thematic Group seeks to duplicate success of Caraguatá Pilot Project in other departments in Uruguay
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• Madagascar: Creation of an International Alliance against Hunger in Madagascar
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• Niger: Thematic Group revises activities
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• 10 December 2003: Human Rights Day
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• 11 December 2003: International Mountain Day
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• The World Summit on the Information Society, First Phase: Geneva, 10-12 December 2003
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• International Year of Rice 2004: Rice is life
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• Information event on SARD-M to be held during next FAO Conference
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• Development of a Good Agricultural Practice approach
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Publications          

[Photo Cortesy IPEC]

"In the fight against child labour the UN system Network on Rural Development and Food Security can support a coordinated approach towards tackling child labour in order to complement each UN agencies' work." - Frans Röselaers

In this interview Mr. Frans Röselaers, Director of ILO's International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC), speaks about the situation of child labour in rural areas as well as the milestones reached by IPEC.
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Dominique Legros, Antonio Quizon, Alpha Kergna, Jaime Salinas and Marcelino Avila
[Photo RDFS Network/D.Martínez]

"Since its inception, the Philippine case study has been conducted as a collaborative partnership among government, the academic sector and civil society." - Antonio Quizon
"Highly participative process has been developed among the partners identified to work in the implementation of the SARD-FSE project in Honduras" Jaime Salinas
"A valuable lesson learned from the case study in Mali was the identification of the many approaches on sustainable development given by partners" Alpha Kergna

In this interview, Alpha Kergna, Antonio Quizon and Jaime Salinas, team leaders of the case studies implemented within the framework of the SARD Farming System Evolution Project, give an overview of the initiatives being developed in Mali (cereal/root crop based farming system), Philippines (lowland rice-based farming system) and Honduras (maize/been -based farming system), respectively. They also comment on the main lessons learned as well as the partnerships being built.
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Calendar of international events (international days and UN/NGO/civil society meetings)
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Calendar