Pamela Eleazar

Philippines publishes new climate change guidebook
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The recently released Klima 101: A Climate Change Guidebook for Philippine Journalists aims to help journalists and editors, including journalism teachers and trainers, to navigate and understand scientific issues better. The book hopes to provide a clear idea of the nature of climate change, what types of data and information journalists need to write or produce a story particularly on the impact of climate change on agriculture and food security, how to

Call for abstracts: 2016 ADCEP National Conference
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The Association of Development Educators and Practitioners (ADCEP) Philippines with hold a National Conference with the theme, “Development communication in transitioning communities” on 1-4 December 2016 at the Benguet State University, La Trinidad, Benguet. The conference will feature plenary, workshops, paper presentations, and discussions on the strategies for harnessing communication for development initiatives. Faculty members, practitioners, and students are invited to submit papers for presentation and posters.  The deadline for

Call for participants: Mobile tech for agricultural and rural development in the global South
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The University of Manchester will hold a free workshop on ‘Mobile Technology for Agricultural and Rural Development in the Global South’ on 20th October 2016 to share research and practice on current trends and to bring together researchers from diverse disciplines and practitioners with experience of implementing mobile applications and agriculture information systems in differing country contexts. The workshop aims to shape future research and form the basis for research

Call for proposals: Voice grant facility
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The “Voice” grant facility was recently launched by the Netherlands Government in partnership with a consortium between Oxfam Novib and Hivos to amplify CSO’s and marginalized groups’ voice and participation in development processes. Voice is a new innovative grant facility that supports the most marginalized and discriminated people in ten low- and lower-middle income countries in Africa and Asia.  The following grants are available: Empowerment Influencing Innovative and Learn Sudden

FAO offers a free course on family farming
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UN FAO and the Brazilian government launched the first course self-learning on cotton production chain called, “Strategies for Strengthening the cotton Sector Development of Family Farming” through the Brazilian Cooperation Agency (ABC/MRE) in the area of Brazil Cooperation Programme FAO which started last 30 June 2016 and will run until 30 June 2017. This course forms part of the regional project, “Strengthening the Cotton Sector by Means of South-South Cooperation”

#ZeroHunger: FAO's new podcast series on global food issues
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Recently, FAO launched a new podcast dubbed as “TARGET:Zero Hunger”. This is to present the insights regarding the global conerns on food and agriculture worldwide. The series is composed of bi-weekly episodes on the stories, issues and policies that are the root of global food security.  Below are the list of episodes: TZH01: Producing food in times of crisis: a look inside FAO’s work in emergencies TZH02: Catching food fraudsters

E-Learning Centre: End child labour in agriculture
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FAO is inviting everyone to take part in this eLearning course that aims to raise awareness and build knowledge among agricultural stakeholders about the importance of addressing child labour in various fields of agricultre. Its objectives are to build specific skills depending on work-related responsibilties and tasks and/or interests, by providing concrete ideas and guidance that can be applied in real life agricultural policy and programming situations. This course is

Calling all chefs: share your pulses recipes to the world
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This year, one of the goals of the International Year of the Pulses is to encourage the people to consume these nutritious seeds. In order to address this, FAO will be featuring pulses-based recipes on their website and Facebook page.  By submitting your own pulses-based recipes, the followers of FAO’s website and social media channels will be able to access and read your creations. The authors will be given proper credit for all

Peace is essential to fight hunger
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The importance of peace for food security was highlighted during the FAO Regional Conference for the Near East on 3 May 2016 in Rome, Italy. Representatives from 25 countries in the Near East and North Africa reaffirmed their commitment to fight hunger through a declaration that highlighted “the need for stability and peace for any development effort to bear fruits in the short, medium, and long term.”  According to these

Continental Summit of Indigenous Communication in Bolivia
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From 14 to 18 November 2016, the Department of Cochabamba in Bolivia will host the III Continental Summit of Indigenous Communication of Abya Yala (the Americas), an event organized by the five indigenous organizations of the Unity Pact of Bolivia. Indigenous media professionals and amateurs from all states of Latin America will gather to debate, exchange experiences and reflect on how to strengthen the communication processes of Indigenous Peoples.  The summit aims to be