Mohamed Béavogui, Director of Western and Central Africa Division of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), will hold a virtual press briefing on the food crisis in Niger on Friday 16 July at 11 a.m. Rome time (10 a.m. GMT) online. To Access Event Please Visit: http://www.apo-opa.org/contactvideoconf/contact_video_conf.html?vc=IFAD   

Drawing on a set of studies of past successes rather than failures in

African agriculture, this seminar will discuss the kinds of investments

strategies that are more likely to be successful, and the implications for donors and governments.

 

The event will take place June 24 from 12:15pm-1:45pm (a light lunch will be served at 11:45am). RSVP to Simone Hill-Lee (Tel: 202.862.8107; s.hill-lee@cgiar.org).

The Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP) Trust Fund is a multilateral financing mechanism to assist in the implementation of pledges made by the G8+ leaders at the L'Aquila Summit in July 2009. To view their new website, please click here.

Today, the White House released it's National Security Strategy paper, which includes sections on sustainable agricultural development and building food security for increased national security. To read the full document, please visit: http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/rss_viewer/national_security_strategy.pdf