The International Dimension

You are encouraged to submit short, thoughtful, policy-relevant articles for publication on the website. Here, we introduce the 'International Dimension' theme, and raise a number of questions you might wish to consider when developing content to add to the website.

More about the international dimension

UN Millennium Campaign organizes the seminar ‘The impact of the Common Agriculture Policy on Development’

PATRIZIA LABELLA, 27 APR 2010

The UN Millennium Campaign Founder, Eveline Herfkens, will discuss how the CAP hurts the poor and undermines development efforts, during a seminar organized by the United Nations Millennium Campaign in Brussels on 29 April.

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Organic Farmin in Brazil - Participatory Certification and Local Markets for Sustainable Agricultural Development

ANNELI NORDLING, 12 NOV 2009

New report published on organic food production in southern Brazil.

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Ecological in Ethiopia

ANNELI NORDLING, 11 NOV 2009

New report presents a project in agriculture in Tigray, northern Ethiopia.

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CAP and Trade

HåKON BY, IEEP, 19 OCT 2009

Current WTO agreements offer the EU some ability to intervene in agricultural markets and subsidise exports without running foul of the trade rules. Should the WTO’s Doha-round of negotiations, now it its eighth year, be concluded, however, the EU’s ability to intervene may be significantly reduced.

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Climate Change: Impact on Agriculture and Costs of Adaptation

GERALD NELSON (INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE), 02 OCT 2009

This Food Policy Report presents research results that quantify the impacts of climate-change, assesses the consequences for food security, and estimates the investments that would offset the negative consequences for human well-being.

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The Global Food Equation

DR. CLAIRE SCHAFFNIT-CHATTERJEE (DEUTSCHE BANK RESEARCH), 22 SEP 2009

Recent volatility in food prices and financial markets has had short-term impacts on food security but also made the long-term food-related challenges more obvious. In the report 'The Global Food Equation', Deutsche Bank Research examines these challenges and the development of their driving forces in a broader context.

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