post-type: News
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RUAF Youth Working Group connects global policy to local action: reflections on the CFS recommendations
Members of the RUAF YWG have shared valuable insights on how the CFS Youth Policy Recommendations apply in their local contexts.
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Urban Agriculture Magazine #42: urban agriculture as heritage
Urban agriculture (UA) is a phenomenon as old as cities themselves. Seen by some as a curiosity and by others as a survival strategy, it is also recognized as an element of sustainable urban development.
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Call for article proposals: Urban Agriculture Magazine 42
RUAF and INSUAH (Integrated Study on Urban Agriculture as Heritage) call for article proposals for the upcoming issue of Urban Agriculture Magazine: History and Heritage – learning from the past for a sustainable future (UAM #42).
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Urban Agriculture Magazine #38: 20+ years of RUAF
In an era of great unpredictability and global social, environmental, climate and economic crises, the need for food systems transformation has never been more urgent. The new issue of the Urban Agriculture Magazine, released today analyses five key work areas for the coming decade: Resilience, Social inclusion, Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture, Urban Planning, and Governance.…
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Call for abstracts: Urban/Peri-Urban Agriculture and Forced Displacement
Edited by Andrew Adam-Bradford, René van Veenhuizen, Isabela Vera, Mary Njenga, Joe Nasr | Proposed for the Springer Urban Agriculture Book Series The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) estimates that globally there are now over 80 million forcibly displaced persons (FDPs), a term which includes refugees, internally displaced persons, and returnees. Concentrated in cities or…
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New partner: The RUAF Global Partnership welcomes Rikolto
RUAF is pleased to announce that Rikolto, an international NGO working towards a sustainable income for farmers and healthy, affordable food for everyone, will be joining the Global Partnership as a new member. With many challenges threatening our food and nutrition security, we recognize the urgency to accelerate actions in the development of sustainable, resilient…
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RUAF presents the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact Monitoring Framework Handbook and Resource Pack at “The Food Green Deal in African cities” event
Different actors, including cities, national governments, government agencies, foundations, universities, research centers, NGOs and networks gathered today at “Food Green Deal in African cities” event the to discuss how to strengthen the role of cities in the global governance of food systems. RUAF presented the new Milan Urban Food Policy Pact Monitoring Framework Handbook and…
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New publication: The Milan Urban Food Policy Pact Monitoring Framework Handbook and Resource Pack
RUAF, FAO and the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact (MUFPP) Secretariat have launched the MUFPP Monitoring Framework Handbook and Resource Pack. Based on the experience of three pilot cities, namely Antananarivo (Madagascar), Nairobi (Kenya) and Quito (Ecuador), the new Handbook and Resource Pack provides practical steps, simple tools, top tips and a methodology for any…
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RUAF, GAIN and Milan Urban Food Policy Pact launch ‘Food Action Cities’
Geneva/Milan/The Hague, 1 July 2021 — The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact (MUFPP), and RUAF are launching Food Action Cities. Food Action Cities is a knowledge platform where cities can share experiences, resources, and inspiration, and connect with each other’s journeys towards sustainable, resilient food systems that advance…
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Upcoming IWMI CAPVAL Project trainings
Supporting public and private sectors driven commercialization of reuse and recycling of liquid and solid wastes in selected cities in Ghana. RUAF Partner, the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) – under the Creating and capturing value: Supporting enterprises for urban liquid and solid wastes recycling for food, energy and clean environment (CapVal) project – and…