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The Argonauts of the Western Region of Lazio: A Study on the FAO and CFS

FAO Delegation October 11, 2013 0 Comments

By Pablo Aguilera Del Castillo The Food Security conference in Rome is mainly about food security. In fact in other blog posts, the various topics for international discussions could be read on this same website. Indeed, outlining the topics discussed here is critical to understand the current concerns on food security internationally. However, I would like to argue that there is a more...

Finding [a][our] Voice?

FAO Delegation October 7, 2013 0 Comments

By Pablo Aguilera Del Castillo FAO, Rome Day One Morning 6:30 am. I wake up and get ready for the first day at the conference with the other people in the civil society group, also called the Civil Society Mechanism for the CSF or the Committee on World Food Security. I start revising the background documents with a cappuccino in hand as I wait for the rest of the delegation to come to the...

A New Adaptation Framework: Don’t hold your breath for this empty shell

greeder December 5, 2011 0 Comments

by Graham Reeder This past week (and year), I’ve been following the issue of adaptation. As many of you know, Climate Change is not just a long-term threat that is looming in the horizon; it is being experienced by people now in a very real way. The World Health Organisation estimates that climatic changes are causing 150,000 deaths annually; the vast majority of which are in sub-Saharan...