Briefing “Biodiversity and Rural Development in ACP countries”: interviews of participants

Prof. Boot explains  the three missions of Tropenbos International: Research, Capacity Building and Dialogue to improve the managment of forests. He also points at the challenges faced by ACP contries in safeguarding the biodiversity of forests. Prof. Boot stresses on the necessity for ACP countries to consider forests as assests and not just timber. The … Continue reading Briefing “Biodiversity and Rural Development in ACP countries”: interviews of participants

10th March 2010: “Biodiversity and Rural Development in ACP countries”

The 17th Brussels Development Briefing on "Biodiversity and Rural Development in ACP countries" took place, at the Borschette Center room 2A, on Wednesday 10th March  2010 (8h30-13h00). The Briefing discussed the key role Biodiversity plays in rural development, especially for ACP countries, and issues such the relationship between poverty and biodiversity, the effects of biodiversity loss in hunger and … Continue reading 10th March 2010: “Biodiversity and Rural Development in ACP countries”

27th January 2010: “Population growth and its implications for ACP rural development”

  The 16th Brussels Development Briefing on "Population growth and its implications for ACP  rural development" took place, at the Borschette Center, on Wednesday 27th January 2010 (8h30-13h00). The Briefing examined the current state and future projections of Population growth at global and regional levels and the main issues and challenges involved from a development perspective.  Future Policy … Continue reading 27th January 2010: “Population growth and its implications for ACP rural development”

9th December 2009 – “From Global Food Crisis to Local Food Insecurity”

The 15th Brussels Development Briefing took place at Berlaymont on 9th December 2009 (8h30-12h30) on the question "From Global Food Crisis to Local Food Insecurity",  in the context of the new EC policy on Food security to be released. The Briefing examined the domino effects of increased speculation in food markets (How has the global food and … Continue reading 9th December 2009 – “From Global Food Crisis to Local Food Insecurity”

Briefing on challenges for SMEs in agriculture in ACP countries: Report and Reader available

The Report and the Reader prepared for the Briefing on “Upgrading to compete in a globalised world: What opportunities and challenges for SMEs in agriculture in ACP countries?” held on 23rd September 2009 give a summary of the subject as well as resources and references available online. Consult the Reader Consult the Report Read more … Continue reading Briefing on challenges for SMEs in agriculture in ACP countries: Report and Reader available

Briefing “ACP Rural Development: why Media matters?”: interviews of participants

  Mr Kole Odutola is teacher at the University of Florida. He emphasizes the need to concentrate the attention of the media on the people working in the agricultural area as they need not only mainstreaming but also support for growth. Professor Odutola questions whether the causes of the weak relationship farmers-media are due to … Continue reading Briefing “ACP Rural Development: why Media matters?”: interviews of participants

Briefing “ACP Rural Development: why Media matters?”: video material on line!

The video recordings of the 14th Briefing session (“ACP Rural Development: why Media matters?”) are now available! (please click on the name of the speaker to watch his/her intervention): Presentation: Mrs Isolina Boto, CTA Introductory remarks: Mr Ian Barber, European Commission Dr Hansjörg Neun, CTA Synthesis of e-discussion: Mrs Susanna Thorp, Wren Media Panel 1 - … Continue reading Briefing “ACP Rural Development: why Media matters?”: video material on line!

Briefing on the opportunities and challenges for SMEs in agriculture in ACP countries: interviews of participants

  Mr Alberto Portugal-Peres is an economist at the International Trade Unit-DECRG at the World Bank. He presents recent figures on the impact of the financial crisis on the world trade, which show a serious drop in ACP exports growth. He also gives us a view on the decline in FDI inflows to ACP countries … Continue reading Briefing on the opportunities and challenges for SMEs in agriculture in ACP countries: interviews of participants

23rd September 2009: “Upgrading to compete in a globalised world: what opportunities and challenges for SMEs in agriculture in ACP countries?”

The 13th Brussels Development Briefing took place in Brussels (European Commission, Centre Borschette) on 23rd September 2009 on “Upgrading to compete in a globalised world: What opportunities and challenges for SMEs in agriculture in ACP countries?”. This Briefing examined the effects of the financial and food crisis on enterprises in developing countries and also the opportunities this can provide … Continue reading 23rd September 2009: “Upgrading to compete in a globalised world: what opportunities and challenges for SMEs in agriculture in ACP countries?”

Briefing ‘The Role of Livestock for ACP countries’: interviews of participants

  Mr. Carlos Seré is the Director General of the International Livestock Research Institute. He presents his organisation’s aim of using livestock as a development tool to address poverty and food security. He highlights the strong potential of this meeting to raise issues in terms of the difficulties and the trade-offs between developing domestic vs. … Continue reading Briefing ‘The Role of Livestock for ACP countries’: interviews of participants