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Regional technical platform to tackle purchasing public family farming on 4 June
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization extends its invitation for the third session of the second cycle of technical exchanges for Family Farming, focusing on purchasing public family farming. Set on 4 June 2024, it seeks to generate a space where public purchasing experiences for family farming are shared and enriched. The third session will present different configurations of public procurement from family farming for school feeding, demonstrating various mechanisms that make
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Onda Rural tackles initiatives with community radio stations in Argentina
In an interview with Radio Central Ferroviaria in Argentina on August 24, Gissela Dávila, the general director of the International Center for Advanced Studies in Communication for Latin America (CIESPAL), discussed the work of Onda Rural and its advocacies addressing development issues such as food sovereignty and family farming. Dávila emphasized the significance of establishing communication networks among community media in Latin America and the Caribbean. She also highlighted the
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(Re)Situating the Power of Civil Society Organizations in Agriculture
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the gaps in the delivery of quality services confronting the agricultural sector in the Philippines. This phenomenon made development work difficult due to issues of social mobility that restricted the delivery of essential services and the implementation of projects among rural and Indigenous communities. While development workers have long engaged frameworks in project cycle management, the pandemic clearly challenged the established methodologies and communication acts