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Greening Europe, Social Europe, Agriculture and Food, Climate and Environment, Food, Publication, Report
new21/03/2012
LiveWell for LIFE: Eating our way to a healthy planet

The 'LiveWell for low impact food in Europe (LIFE)' project was launched in Brussels on 28 February

2012 with a policy debate with stakeholders. The project tackles head-on two of the big challenges

facing modern society - rising levels of chronic diseases and runaway climate change – and looks for

solutions that will tackle both simultaneously.
News article, International Development, Food
17/02/2012
Save the Children warn about the global malnutrition crisis
Almost half a billion children are at risk of permanent physical and mental growth damage over the next 15 years due to malnutrition, Save the Children warn in their latest report entitled “A Life Free from Hunger: Tackling Child Malnutrition”.
Greening Europe, Agriculture and Food, Climate and Environment, Food, Publication, Report
31/01/2012
The future of farming

The recent round of proposed reforms to the European Union's (EU) Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) was the subject of an animated roundtable discussion in Brussels last November. As part of its Greening Europe Forum, Friends of Europe welcomed more than forty experts in the field of European agriculture to debate the ecological, political and social aspects of the CAP reform.
International Development, Food, Publication, Report
02/09/2011
Europe's development policy comes of age
Friends of Europe's Development Policy Forum organised a roundtable on 17 May which was especially timely because it took place against a background of an impasse in the World Trade Organisation’s Doha discussions, the United Nations taking a new approach to the Least Developed Countries, negotiations on reform of the Common Agricultural Policy, and the EU considering new ideas on the Generalised System of Preferences. The key issue was how to reconcile development and trade policies.
International Development, Trustees Speak Out, Food
20/07/2011
Franz Fischler: Banishing Starvation
VIENNA – Of the world’s almost seven billion people, about one billion are starving, owing to a long list of unfortunate local events and circumstances, together with steadily increasing demand, unpredictable weather patterns, and poor financial management.
International Development, Economic Growth and Trade, Food, Guest Contribution
23/06/2011
Agricultural trade and development
By Valentine Rugwabiza Agriculture plays an important role in the development of many WTO Members. While the share of agriculture exports in total world merchandise exports is low, approximately 9 per cent in 2009, developing countries account for about 35 per cent of this agriculture trade.
News article, International Development, Greening Europe, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Food, Climate and Environment, Food, Future of Europe
15/06/2011
UN report calls for eco-revolution in farming
The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says the present paradigm of intensive crop production cannot meet the challenges of the new millennium. It calls for a fundamental change towards eco-farming if the world is to feed more than 9 billion people in 2050.
News article, Policy area, Greening Europe, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Food, Food
20/05/2011
New FAO report points to global food waste scandal
The average consumer in Europe and North-America throws away 95-115 kg of food per year according to a new report published by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). 
Op-ed, International Development, Global Europe, Food
06/05/2011
Time for Asia-Europe cooperation on food security
by Shada Islam Brussels - Asian and European policymakers meet in Chiang Mai, Thailand, next week for talks on food security amid fears that currently volatile food prices could trigger a new “food price shock” similar to the food crisis in 2006-2008.
News article, Greening Europe, Natural Resources, Energy Revolution, Transport and Mobility, Agriculture and Food, Food
20/04/2011
Bright future for biofuels in transport but lots of hurdles remain
The share of biofuels in global transport can grow from 2% today to 27% by 2050, according to a new Technology Roadmap on Biofuels for Transport presented by the International Energy Agency (IEA) on 20 April. The IEA has, however, quite a few of caveats and “if’s” in its report which might be hard to heed or achieve and which could make policies to promote the use of agri-fuels for transport much more tricky.
International Development, Trustees Speak Out, Economic Growth and Trade, Food
23/02/2011
Pascal Lamy: More Trade, Less Hunger
GENEVA – The recent sharp spike in food prices and growing concerns about food security have sparked anxiety worldwide. The possibility of being unable to put food on the table fills parents with a deep sense of foreboding. And, because the world’s poorest people spend a higher proportion of their income on food, they are the worst affected, raising the risk that years of progress in reducing poverty could be reversed.
International Development, Food, Publication, Report
06/12/2010
Can new technology feed a hungry world?
The increasing global population, dwindling natural resources and crunchy economic climate are among the challenges facing policymakers as they seek to secure food supplies. NGOs, aid workers and representatives from the biotechnology industry, among others, came together at the latest Friends of Europe Development Policy Forum to look at how technology could help face these issues and tackle world hunger. 
International Development, Food, Publication, Discussion Paper
21/09/2010
Helping Africa to feed itself: Promoting agriculture to address poverty and hunger
In sub-Saharan Africa 265 million people are undernourished, while 28% of all children under the age of five are underweight through lack of food. This discussion paper, by agricultural economist Steve Wiggins and rural development specialist Henri Leturque of the Overseas Development Institute draws on a wide range of evidence including targeted interviews of key informants to analyse the food security challenges and opportunities facing the continent while simultaneously explaining Africa’s record in food production.
International Development, Food, Publication, Report
28/06/2010
Is this least known but largest development project key to the MDGs?
The Development Policy Forum (DPF) met on 28 June to examine the unparalleled success of the Fondation Vicente Ferrer’s (FVF) development project in India’s Anantapur region in the context of redoubled global efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Participants discussed the relevance and applicability of the model used in Anantapur to the wider context of development methodology.
News article, International Development, Food
21/06/2010
70% increase in food production needed by 2050 report warns
The report said that the global population growth would require an increase in food production of 70% by 2050, while forecasts indicated that growth i...