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She has held the position of chief executive officer of 7
FANRPAN since 2004. She is currently coordinating policy http://www.nda.agric.za/index2011ClimateChange.htm
research and advocacy programs in 16 African countries, all 8
The African Ministerial Conference on Environment
aimed at making Africa a food-secure region. In 2009, Dr. (AMCEN) is a permanent forum where African ministers of
Sibanda led the "No-Agriculture, No-Deal" global campaign the environment discuss mainly matters of relevance to the
and mobilised African civil society organisations to push for environment of the continent. The last meeting was held in
the inclusion of agriculture in the UNFCCC negotiations. She Bamako, Mali, on 12-16 September 2011.
has also been involved with the Farming First Global
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Campaign, advocating for a holistic approach to sustainable 24-26 October 2011. For more information on the
agricultural development since 2008. Conference and related issues: http://www.gscsa2011.org/.
Agenda
World Food Day 2011 (16 October):
Past events "Food prices - from crisis to stability," was
37th session of the Committee on chosen as the World Food Day theme for
2011. Food volatility was put at the centre
World Food Security (Rome, 17-22 stage because it threatens the food security of
October): The CFS37 was a success on the millions of people. >>>
issue of gender as it led to ambitious
commitments. Discussions on the Voluntary Conference on "Climate-smart
Guidelines for the responsible governance of agriculture: Africa. A call to action"
land tenure and other natural resources could (Johannesburg, 13-14 September):
not be finalised and will resume at a later Discussions focused on learning from country
date. Conclusions on price volatility were strategies, financing climate-smart
limited. >>> agriculture, and agriculture within the UN
UK launch of the report "Escaping climate negotiations. The conference was
organised by the South African government
the hunger cycle. Pathways to
(host of the UN Climate talks at the end of
resilience in the Sahel" (London, 21 November) with the support of the African
October): Just after World Food Day, this Union, the FAO and the World Bank. The
event launched this new report commissioned Conference concluded with the adoption of
by the Sahel Working Group. During the the Johannesburg Communiqué, which
event, the author of the report, Peter Gubbels, underscores the need to put climate-smart
gave a brief overview of the study’s main agriculture high on the political agenda. >>>
findings. Then the discussants on the panel
picked up on different points within the
report. A video of this event (questions and
discussion) is available on ODI’s website >>>
ROSA News
Malnutrition: Just stop it, ACF – March 2011
New online
Action Against Hunger’s annual publication
Nutrition provides an overview of global child and
maternal malnutrition in 2010 and 2011. It is
Escaping the hunger cycle: Pathways to aimed at the general public. The report narrates
resilience in the Sahel, Sahel Working Group – and illustrates the complexities of the problems,
September 2011 issues and policies linked to malnutrition, which
This report tries to determine how aid could be is the world’s most serious public health problem.
more effective in reducing vulnerability in the In highlighting the role that individuals and
Sahel. It guides decision-makers to strengthen organisations can continue to play, the
preparedness, early response and rural publication outlines successful solutions to end
livelihoods; and emphasise policies on social child malnutrition. >>>
protection, disaster risk reduction, undernutrition
and food price volatility. It analyses changes that
have occurred since the 2005 food crisis in
policies and programmes in Sahel. It examines
whether and how lessons learnt from the 2005
food crisis were taken into account during the
2010 food crisis. >>>
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