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Category Archives: G8
Open Call to Innovators: Apply to present at G-8 International Conference on Open Data for Agriculture
Originally posted by Catherine Woteki and Nick Sinai on February 15, 2013 at 03:38 PM EST on the White House blog In an exciting opportunity, the G-8 is inviting innovators to apply to present ideas that demonstrate how open data can be … Continue reading
Great strides and great plans? – Justine Greening sets out DFID’s priorities
Katy Wilson writes for the Huffington Post In just two decades the value of UK exports to China has risen from £600,000 to £12.5 billion. Similar increases have occurred for UK exports to other emerging economies too. Secretary of State … Continue reading
Posted in G8, governance, Parliament
Tagged children, DFID, economic development, G8, hunger, international development, ONE, poverty, women
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Enough food for everyone IF….
One in eight women, men and children go to bed hungry every night and by 2025 nearly a billion young people will face poverty because of the damage done to them now through hunger and malnutrition. These are just some … Continue reading
Posted in africa, agriculture, famine, farmer, food security, G8, Gates Foundation, governance, scaling up, smallholder
Tagged accounatbility, campaign, David Cameron, food insecurity, G8, governance, hunger, if, land, malnutrition, policy, tax, transparency
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Campaigning for UK Action
Ag4Impact joined Save the Children, ONE and Concern to deliver a petition to David Cameron the day before he flies to the G8 summit in Camp David. The petition has captured over 300,000 signatures urging David Cameron to take urgent action … Continue reading
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Expert Commentary – Hunger at Camp David
Gordon Conway writes for the Chicago Council on Global Affairs Global Food for Thought blog and for the Huffington Post. The one billion poor and hungry in the world will not be at the Camp David G8 summit later this month. … Continue reading
Posted in africa, agriculture, food security, G8
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It’s time for a new G8 hunger commitment
When world leaders meet at the G8 summit on May 19th, they will be discussing the L’Aquila Food Security Initiative (AFSI) and the possibility of new hunger commitment to replace it. The AFSI pledge, made by G8 donors in reaction … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, food security, G8, nutrition
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