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  1. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    January, 2011
    Global, Germany

    Le développement rural et la sécurité alimentaire mondiale sont parmi les principales préoccupations de la politique allemande du développement. L’Allemagne est un des moteurs de l’Initiative de L’Aquila sur la sécurité alimentaire
    lancée lors du sommet du G8 de 2009. La nouvelle stratégie du ministère fédéral allemand du développement en matière de développement rural, présentée cidessous en termes généraux, a pour but de vérifi er que les fonds engagés dans ce domaine sont utilisés de manière effi cace et dans le respect de l’esprit de l’initiative.

  2. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    June, 2011
    Global, Germany

    Lancé récemment, le processus de renégociation de la Convention relative à l’aide alimentaire (CAA) est passé pratiquement inaperçu du grand public. Élaborée il y a plus de 40 ans entre 23 pays donateurs, la Convention avait pour objectif d’utiliser les surplus céréaliers pour lutter contre la faim dans les pays en développement. Dans le cadre de cette Convention, l’Allemagne a accepté de fournir chaque année 56,24 millions d’euros d’aide alimentaire.

  3. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    January, 2008
    Global, Europe

    Development assistance is contingent upon the efficiency and effectiveness of delivery mechanisms. EU regional policy offers an appealing paradigm of how to achieve tangible outcomes with sound financial management

  4. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    August, 2013
    Europe

    Since 2006, a European Union-wide strategy on soil conservation has been in existence that is to address the complex roles that soil plays as a natural resource. However, a legally binding agreement has so far met with opposition by a blocking minority of EU Member States. Does the EU nevertheless offer prospects for soil conservation?

  5. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    March, 2011
    Global, Europe

    On November 18th 2010, the European Union Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Dacian Ciolo?, o? cially submitted a communiqué proposing a reorientation of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) to the EU Parliament, the EU Council and the public. What does the proposal imply for global agricultural markets and international food matters? Some re? ections.

  6. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    June, 2014
    Europe, Global

    Family farming has many different meanings to many different people. While such farms come in all shape and sizes, one thing all practitioners agree on is that family farming is more than a business – it’s a way of life. The following article shows what constitutes this way of life, the challenges that family farms in Europe and throughout the world face and why and how the European Union supports this type of enterprise.

  7. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    June, 2014
    Global, Switzerland

    Family farms are often associated with greater sustainability. But the definition of sustainability is a highly disputable topic. The School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences (HAFL) in Switzerland has developed a method enabling a more objective evaluation of sustainability in agriculture. Response-Inducing Sustainability Evaluation (RISE) covers ten sustainability indicators and supplies the foundation for agricultural advice.

  8. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    November, 2014
    Argentina, Brazil, Europe

    Nowadays it is hard to imagine European livestock production without soya-based feed. But this trend has had a massive impact on rural areas in the global South – the bulk of the soya fed to livestock in Europe is imported from Argentina and Brazil. That is not sustainable, says WWF’s Birgit Wilhelm, who advocates a change in mindset.

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