PRICE WATCH: June Food Prices. The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) monitors and reports staple food prices in cities and towns in food-insecure countries. The Price Watch presents a summary of key trends in selected markets. This links is to the update of June 2010. More summaries are available on the website of FEWS NET.
Thanks to DDRN member Maren Egedorf for sharing the news!

EU and ACP non-state actors insist on food security as a human right. Weblog about the 11th Regional Seminar of ACP-EU Economic and Social Interest Groups in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), July 2010.

From summit resolutions to farmers' fields: Climate change, food security and smallholder agriculture. Proceedings of the Governing Council High-Level Panel and Side Events in Conjunction with the Thirty-third Session of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)'s Governing Council, February 2010.

IFPRI Forum - Putting Poverty and Hunger Solutions to the Test. Volume 1 - 2010. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) newsletter, March 2010.

CGIAR News April 2010. Newsletter from the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR).

Urban Food Security in Southern Africa: Strategic Policy Dimensions. Programme, article and presentations from the conference held in South Africa on June 10-12, 2009.

Journal of Agriculture and Food Systems Community Development: Inaugural Call for papers

The Journal of Agriculture and Food Systems Community Development (JAFSCD) is a NEW online, international, peer-reviewed journal focused on applied research and best practices in the development of thriving farming communities and sustainable food systems. Authors are invited to submit papers under: Open calls (at any time on any subject related to the development aspects of agriculture and food systems) and/or special topic calls (between November 15, 2009, and February 15, 2010). 

From Global Food Crisis to Local Food Insecurity. Report from 15th Brussels Development Briefing convened by the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) and other partners on December 9, 2009.

The Way Forward on Food and Nutrition Security. Statement Prepared for the World Summit on Food Security November 16, 2009, by Joachim von Braun, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

CGIAR News September 2009. Newsletter from the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, September 2009. 

Meeting food safety standards: implications for ACP agricultural exports. Report from 11th Brussels Development Briefing convened by the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) and other partners on May 11, 2009.

Rising Food prices: an opportunity for change? Report from 7th Brussels Development Briefing convened by the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) and other partners on October 16, 2008.

Documentation from first Knowledge Share Fair for Agricultural Development and Food Security. Bioversity International, the CGIAR ICT-KM program, FAO, IFAD and WFP jointly organised a 3-day event entitled at FAO Headquarters on January 20–22, 2009. The aim was to support collective action by providing better ways to share and learn, as well as better ways of working, both within organizations and when dealing with partners and stakeholders.

Free e-courses on food security by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)

The Distance Learning Component offers self-paced
e-learning, developed by international experts to support capacity building and on-the-job Training and Workshops at national and local food security information systems and networks.

To access more information about the courses, please follow this link.

Key debates on food security: challenges ahead. Reports from the ‘Food Crisis and the Global South’ conference (January 2009) on some of the major issues that will be discussed by the international community, governments and farmers over the year ahead. By Mateo Mier y Teran (IDS) and Fatema Rajabali (Eldis, IDS).