Media

Contact

Media interested in attending or learning about Agriculture and Rural Development Day 2011 should write to media@agricultureday.org.

Coverage

2011

Reuters Alertnet: Climate Conversations – Livestock insurance: A chance to outsmart drought?

2010

Reuters: Farming must wait in line at stalled climate talks

Reuters Alertnet: Climate threats to agriculture risk becoming ‘insurmountable’ – experts

Agence France Presse:Climate change to worsen food security, UN talks told

BBC News: UK gives £37m to aid overseas farmers on climate change

Voice of America: Climate Change: Alleviating Poverty Helps Developing Countries Adapt

IRIN: CLIMATE CHANGE: Staple food crops do not want global warming

IPS: CLIMATE CHANGE: Turning Agriculture From Problem to Solution

Science News: Food security wanes as world warms

Standard (Kenya): Kenyan farmers using agriculture to fight climate change

El Siglo (Mexico):Se preocupan por el abasto de alimentos

Hosted and sponsored by

The Rockefeller Foundation

The European Union (EU)

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

World Food Programme

CGIAR Challenge Program on Climate Change Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)

Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN)

Durban University of Technology (DUT)

ACP-EU Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural Cooperation (CTA)

Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries – South Africa (DAFF)

Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR)

The World Bank

Organised by

Consultative Group on International agricultural Research (CGIAR)

Danish Agriculture & Food Council (Landbrug & Fødevarer)

Farming First

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Global Donor Platform for Rural Development

Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions (SACAU)

World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO)

Media partner

Thomson Reuters AlertNet (AN)