Agriculture

Three out of four people in developing countries live in rural areas, and most depend on agriculture for their livelihoods.

Climate change, water shortages and energy scarcity threaten agricultural production, and global food demand is set to rise in coming decades.

Opinion

Bringing agriculture and health back together

Agriculture and health experts must work together to tackle disease, poverty and malnutrition, says development expert Jeff Waage in SciDev.Net. more

FP7 calls

Plenty of opportunities for working with developing (and developed) countries in the new EU FP7 work programmes

51 new calls for proposals have been launched across the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) - don't miss your opportunity. more

Publications

Capacity Building in Research-DFID How To Note

This DFID paper sets out a step by step approach on how capacity building in research might be tackled. It explains some useful tools and concepts and includes good practice examples. more

News

Can Science Feed the World?

More than one billion people go hungry today, and the vast majority of them are in low-income countries. A special feature in Nature focuses on the role science has to play in securing food for the future. more

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Funding

FP7 Call: Role of aquaculture in improving food security and eradicating poverty worldwide

Closing date: 25 January 2011
The will provide tools for measuring the potential contribution of aquaculture in achieving global food security goals and MDGs, while determining the extent to which the promotion of this activity should be encouraged in the many food insecure regions of the world, where its sustainable development is possible. more

Events

MDG Summit 2010

20 September 2010
World leaders will attend a summit in New York on 20-22 September to accelerate progress towards the Millennium Development Goals. more

Land matters: Small farmer, large farmer, land grabber

21 September 2010
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