FoodFirst

Proposing a new food utopia
FoodFIRST · Aug 6, 2012 · 0 Comment(s)
by Christopher Rosin and Paul Stock
The business of nutrition and security. Conference 28 August,...
FoodFIRST · Aug 3, 2012 · 0 Comment(s)
As a special surprise the participants of the foodFirst conference will be offered a small treat developed by Too Good To Waste. This enthusiastic group won NCDO’s Battle of the Cheetahs, a competition aimed at challenging young professionals  to come up with smart ideas for global food issues...
Africa and the Global Food Challenge
FoodFIRST · Aug 3, 2012 · 0 Comment(s)
by Judi W. Wakhungu*
The silent ethnicide. The demise of the rural Italian economy
FoodFIRST · Jul 4, 2012 · 0 Comment(s)
by Michela Zucca
SID Netherlands New Publication: 'Agriculture, Food...
SID Netherlands · Jun 13, 2012 · 0 Comment(s)
In 2011, SID Netherlands, together with the International Institute of Social Studies and supported by NCDO, organised the lecture series Agriculture, Food Security and Inclusive Growth.
Breaking the hunger cycle. Conference 29 May 2012, The...
FoodFIRST · May 28, 2012 · 0 Comment(s)
After less than one year from the food crisis in the Horn of Africa, a new african food crisis is emerging, in the Sahel region. How can we act to avoid further damages and further crises? The first part of the conference will analyze the current situation in the Sahel region; the second part...
Coping with climate change to secure food and livelihoods. by...
FoodFIRST · May 28, 2012 · 0 Comment(s)
by Suman Sahai As the world struggles with successive food crises and turbulence marks the countries that suffer from endemic hunger, there is the new factor of global warming and climate change to contend with. Climate change and its impact on agriculture and food production is being properly...
Can the world be fed in a sustainable way? Conference 8 May 2012...
FoodFIRST · May 3, 2012 · 0 Comment(s)
To feed the world's growing population, global agriculture will have to double its food production by 2050. Can the world be fed in a sustainable way?  Are there ecological solutions available in alternative to intensive agriculture and fertilizers? How can applicable standards for...
Cooperatives and development: How to enhance cooperatives...
FoodFIRST · May 3, 2012 · 0 Comment(s)
by Situma Mwichabe. The cooperative movement brings together over 1 billion people around the world. The UN estimated in 1994 that the livelihood of nearly 3 billion people was made secure by co-operative enterprise. These enterprises continue to play significant economic and social roles in their...
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