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NGO & Charities

To Feed the World in a Changing Climate, Agriculture Must Change Now

byAstrid Agostini - Senior Officer in the Sustainable Agriculture Programme at UN FAO

December 28, 2016

EDITOR’S NOTE: THIS PIECE IS AUTHORED BY, ASTRID AGOSTINI, A SENIOR ADVISOR TO THE FAO .THIS PIECE IS PART OF ...

Philanthropy

Stimulating Innovation and Partnerships With Africa’s Trust Fund

byMs. Nadine Valat - FAO

December 22, 2016

The Strategic Value of Unearmarked Funds In 2013, FAO launched the Africa Solidarity Trust Fund, a unique Africa-led initiative to ...

Philanthropy

The Strategic Value of Pooled Funds in Development

byMs. Nadine Valat - FAO

November 14, 2016

Since 2010, the FAO has been receiving unearmarked funds. The impact has been significant and the FAO is advocating for ...

Philanthropy

Transforming Agriculture for Sustainable Development

byEwald Rametsteiner - Programme Coordinator at UNFAO

November 8, 2016

What governance changes are needed? With the Sustainable Development Goals we now have an ambitious and comprehensive new framework for ...

NGO & Charities

Drawing a Roadmap: The SDGs in Kenya

byClaude Forthomme - Senior Editor

November 7, 2016

The Way Forward for Impact Investors Review of “Investing in the Sustainable Development Goals in Kenya - A Primer for ...

NGO & Charities

OPIM: Forming Sustainable Partnerships for Development

byRodrigue Vinet - Head of the Knowledge Management and Capacity Building for Action and Support

September 26, 2016

While the challenges of eradicating hunger, malnutrition and achieving food security are now high on the humanitarian and development agenda, ...

Philanthropy

Cash Transfers, a New Way to Provide Aid

byRodrigue Vinet - Head of the Knowledge Management and Capacity Building for Action and Support

September 12, 2016

Cash Based Programmes Strengthening the resilience of agricultural livelihoods to adverse climate events and economic shocks is a corporate priority ...

SDG Series

Adapting to Climate Change in Peru

byChristine Chaperon

July 12, 2016

EDITOR’S NOTE: THIS PIECE IS PART OF A SERIES EXPLORING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS. SEE THE INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES HERE. From ...

Philanthropy

Strengthening of China’s Capacity in Agricultural Market Monitoring and Agricultural Outlook

byChristine Chaperon

July 5, 2016

EDITOR'S NOTE: THIS PIECE IS PART OF A SERIES EXPLORING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS. SEE THE INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES HERE. Improving ...

Philanthropy

Zero Fome: Our Future

byJosé Graziano da Silva - Former Director-General at FAO, Founder and Director of the Instituto Fome Zero, and Professor Emeritus at the University of Campinas

June 29, 2016

Consider the achievement for humankind. Wiping the scourge of hunger from the planet, defeating the menace of malnutrition, doubling the ...

Philanthropy

SDG 1: The Goal to Spare Future Generations From the Scourge of Poverty

byLaurent Thomas - Deputy Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

May 23, 2016

On 25 September 2015, the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit adopted the 2030 agenda, establishing a new global framework for eradicating ...