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July 2008 Food for the Hungry - Aprodev Discussion Paper on Rising Food Prices by the Aprodev Working Group on Trade, Food Security and Gender
2 July 2008

Expert Panel on Food for the Hungry - Findings from the UN Assessment on Agriculture (IAASTD Report)

http://blip.tv/file/1063425 Hans Herren, co-chair of the IAASTD, presents the key findings of the International Assessment on Agricultural Science and Technology for Development. In his words, the report underlines the need for a more sustainable agriculture that takes in consideration production, water, soil and biodiversity. In particular, the report identifies gender as an important cross-cutting issue.

http://euforic.blip.tv/file/1063472 Hans Herren reacts to the positions expressed by Akin Adesina, vice-president of AGRA, during the Brussels Development Briefing.

IPS Article on African Agriculture needs Green Growth

IAASTD report on Youtube at http://www.youtube.com

 

 

24 June 2008

BRIEFING on Preventing Dumping of Agricultural Surplus

Aprodev - ACDIC - EED - ICCO - SOS Faim Policy Paper on Preventing dumping of surplus meat parts on vulnerable developing country markets (French version)

Fact Sheet on surplus exports to West and Central Africa

Proposals for new anti-dumping rules and effective protective mechanism & Technical Discussion Paper : Solutions for dealing with import surges and dumping

Background: Question and Answers on Poultry Meat Exports - Comments by the EU Answers to Aprodev Questions

Links www.acdic.net and www.eed.de

 

28 May 2008


Statement on targets and sustainability standards for agrofuels

 

May 2008


Fact sheet on pigmeat exports to Africa
Aprodev Article in European Voice - Making a pig's ear of African agriculture (click here for pdf version)

   

 

November 2007


No more chicken please
How a strong grassroots movement in Cameroon is successfully resisting damaging chicken imports from Europe....


June 2007


NGO Position Paper : The Role of Agriculture and Rural Development in Poverty Reduction


February 2007


Deadly combination : The role of Southern Governments and the World
Bank in the rise of hunger

26 January 2006 Aprodev Article in European Voice Democracy takes wing in Africa
   

 

January 2005


Aprodev Memo on the debate on GMO Food Aid - January 2005
June 23 to 25, 2004

Workshop on Dumping of Frozen Chicken

Press Release: EU chicken meat exports 'Ruining African Farmers'

SAILD study on imports of frozen chicken into Cameroun (French)

For further information, see also the website of ACDIC - Citizens Association for the Defense of Collective Interests: www.acdic.org


April 28 and 29, 2004

Anti Dumping Seminar, Brussels: « Promote Food Security by ending agricultural dumping – the unfinished agenda »

Results of the NGO Conference on April 28th 2004
by Bart Bode - Broederlijk Delen (member of CIDSE)

Summary report of the conference by Paul van den Berg, BBO

Agenda of the meeting


March 18, 2004

NGO EU-Conference on Human Rights, Maastricht, the Netherlands
Workshop on the Implementation of the Right to Food in Trade policies in the EU


November 13, 2003

Seminar on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO): Gene technology in food and agriculture for developing countries

Letter to Commissioner Wallström on the Pivotal European Directive on GMO-Thresholds for Seed


March, 2003

PES Seminar on the Agreement on Agriculture
Motion for a resolution on WTO trade negotiations by the PES Group.


February, 2003

Geneva Conference on the Harbinson Draft Modalities: a hearing on the draft WTO agreement on agriculture


September, 2002

Aprodev Conference on “No security without food security – No food security without gender equality”

Content: Gender dynamics of food security –Impact of trade liberalisation on food security and gender relations – Tools and frameworks for mainstreaming gender in programmes and budgets - Case studies from India, Mexico, Zimbabwe and Ethiopia.


   
   
   


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