Phase 2 projects involving 16 Canadian and 26 developing country organizations are being implemented in 17 developing countries. Over 40 innovations address the food security needs of the poor.
Global warming is threatening coffee production and the economies of small countries that rely on it to make a living. In Colombia, producers and scientists are keeping a close eye on the situation.
Project locations constitute very different agroecological systems and policy contexts, which are reflected in diverse cropping patterns, lifestyles and social and cultural relations.
The objective was to improve agricultural productivity and increase rural income and
Participants were concerned about how to ensure the strategies being proposed by the World Development Report (WDR) would in fact be implemented; there needed to be a very clear explanation of past failures.