Lunchmeeting FOOD SECURITY FOR ALL

Who are the main players in food security and are they respecting human rights?UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food PROF.OLIVIER DE SCHUTTER gives his view on the new Dutch policy on food security.Organised by: LANDac (IS Academy on Land Governance for Equitable and Sustainable Development) & Sustainable Economic Development department (DDE) & Human Rights section (DMH/MR)from 12am lunch/sandwichessubscribe before 30th of April: Subscribe dmh-mr@minbuza.nl

Land reform, Food security and Stability in Africa

IS Seminar by Prosper Matondi (Ruzivo Trust, Harare, Zimbabwe)  and Lionel Cliffe (Centre for African Studies at the University of Leeds, UK)The Fast Track Land Reform Programme (FTLRP) has created a new agrarian structure in Zimbabwe. In this seminar, Prosper Matondi (Ruzivo Trust) will discuss what this land reform has brought Zimbabwe, both from a national perspective as well as the perspective of the land reform beneficiaries. What opportunities and constrain...

Tenth RRI Dialogue on Forests, Governance and Climate Change:

The convergence of global climate change, food insecurity, and political exclusion in the world’s poorest countries threatens to reverse global gains in poverty alleviation and raises the risks of conflict.  Close to 1 billion people went undernourished in 2010, and climate change is putting millions of the world’s poorest people at an even greater risk. Meanwhile industrial agriculture and the demand for natural resources present a major threat to the rights and livelihoods of the rural...