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Book (stand-alone)Rural Communication Services for Family Farming: Contributions, Evidence and Perspectives
Results of the Forum on Communication for Development and Community Media for Family Farming (FCCM). Rome, Italy, 23-24 October 2014
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No results found.Supporting dialogic communication and knowledge sharing processes is a powerful means of helping farmer organizations, indigenous peoples, rural communities and civil society organizations to make their voices heard and be part of the development agenda. Rural communication services and policies can translate farmers’ right to communication into fair and transparent regulatory frameworks that will allow equitable access to information and communication services in rural areas and ensure the acti ve participation of smallholder and family farmers. During the International Year of Family Farming, FAO convened an international Forum on Communication for Development & Community Media for Family Farming (FCCM), in collaboration with the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC). The Forum participants addressed opportunities for promoting rural communication services as sustained, inclusive and efficient communication processes involving family farmers and the rural populatio n, and considered how to better integrate these services into agricultural policies. -
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DocumentTechnical Paper: Issues and perspectives regarding development assistance to agriculture and rural development 2007
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No results found.More than 10 years have passed since the World Food Summit, where world leaders adopted the goal of halving hunger no later than 2015. Since then, the international community has made many other commitments to address hunger and poverty and has reaffirmed various pledges and commitments to do so. However, progress to date in achieving the targets has been modest at best. This paper posits that one of the reasons for the poor performance in achieving the hunger reduction targets is the failure to translate these international pledges and commitments into concrete actions. It reviews pledges and commitments made at various high-profile international conferences relative to foreign assistance and examines trends in their implementation. The analysis shows that External Assistance to Agriculture (EAA) and Official Development Assistance (ODA) to agriculture and rural development have been declining and are insufficient, although recent positive trends deserve attention.
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