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		<title>Conference on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change Focuses on Mainstreaming</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 14:34:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 7th Conference on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change (CBA7) was organized around the theme 'mainstreaming CBA into national and local planning.' The event brought together over 250 international participants and 50 government representatives who shared their experiences, good project practices, ideas and research interests in plenary and parallel sessions.]]></description>
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		<title>World Food Organizations Discuss Visions for Achieving Global Food Security</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), the World Food Programme (WFP) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) held a series of high-profile discussions looking at hunger in the context of a growing population and climate change. ]]></description>
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		<title>General Assembly Launches International Year of Quinoa</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:12:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UN General Assembly launched the International Year of Quinoa with a High-Level Panel discussion during its plenary at UN Headquarters in New York. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Bolivian President Evo Morales and First Lady of Peru Nadine Heredia participated in the launch, which will be celebrated under the theme "A future sown thousands of years ago." ]]></description>
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		<title>IFAD Governing Council Meeting Forges Alliances for Smallholder Agriculture</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 36th Session of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Governing Council convened from 13-14 February 2013, in Rome, Italy, and focused on building partnerships to reduce poverty and ensure food security in rural communities worldwide.]]></description>
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		<title>Event: 36th Session of IFAD&#039;s Governing Council</title>
		<link>http://climate-l.iisd.org/events/36th-session-of-ifads-governing-council/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 21:52:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 36th Session of the Governing Council of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will focus on the theme "The power of partnerships in advancing smallholder agriculture in developing countries". Partnerships serve smallholder farmers in many ways from expanding their operations cost-effectively to providing access to knowledge, research and technology.]]></description>
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		<title>IFAD Announces e-Learning Course on Smallholder Agriculture, Environment and Climate Change</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:25:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has announced a series of learning modules, which target IFAD staff, consultants, project partners, governmental and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), are meant to help users understand environmental and climate change challenges, especially their impacts on IFAD projects.]]></description>
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		<title>FAO Stresses Importance of Neglected Crops to Tackle Climate and Food Security Challenges</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:19:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Addressing the "Seminar on Crops for the 21st Century," FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva underscored the role of neglected crops in responding to food security and adapting to climate change. He called for attention to production challenges through sustainable intensification of agriculture, as well as attention to sustainable food consumption, underscoring that almost 870 million people are hungry, and even more are overweight or obese.]]></description>
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		<title>Agriculture, Landscapes and Rural Development Day Shares Advancements on Climate-Smart Agriculture</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:47:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The fifth edition of Agriculture, Landscapes and Rural Development Day focused on: existing scalable solutions to mitigation and adaptation challenges that can benefit farmers; gaps where knowledge is not available or solutions are limited; and potential trade-offs in implementing known solutions.]]></description>
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		<title>IFAD Workshop on Aviation Biofuels Calls for Engaging Small Farmers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2012 16:55:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The workshop examined approaches to ensure that smallholders are not marginalized by increasing biofuel production for aviation. IFAD highlighted a $12 million initiative on research and development of alternative crops for smallholder biofuel production. They also underscored recent research grants that will help to produce biofuels sustainably.]]></description>
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		<title>Dry Lands Conference Focuses on Links Among Climate Change, Food Security and Water Management</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The International Conference on Food Security in Drylands took place from 14-15 November 2012, in Doha, Qatar, and brought together diverse participants to address the water, food security and land degradation challenges facing dryland countries.]]></description>
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