Is it possible to diminish world hunger and save the global environment? A new intergovernmental report aims to set the agenda for the future of global food production. The report, which has been undertaken over four years, looks at the potential of agricultural knowledge, science and technology to reduce hunger and poverty and improve rural livelihoods, whilst working towards environmentally, socially and economically sustainable development. Over 400 experts have contributed to the International essment of Agricultural Science and Technology for Development.
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In this short and catchy clip, DuPont CEO Holliday — a past WBCSD Chairman — argues that companies must “take actionable first steps” toward creating sustainable livelihoods, or risk extinction.
Over the last 10 years the Kup district has been transformed from one of PNGs most violent areas to one of it’s most peaceful. The work of Kup Women for Peace has resulted in community policing, clean water, livelihoods projects, better health care and an HIV/AIDS hospice.
Lloyd Timberlake, Director of Special Projects for GrupoNueva S.A. and Peter Woicke, Executive Vice President of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) give their views on whether sustainable livelihoods business can be profitable.
Julio Moura, CEO of GrupoNueva shares the challenges faced by his and other Latin American companies in implementing sustainable livelihoods businesses including, shifting mindset to think of the poor as part of the solution instead of victims; negotiating unfavorable framework conditions and the battle against big scale corruption.
This video illustrates how companies operating in developing countries can act as positive agents of change and contribute to creating better livelihoods.
This video was taken in the small village of Mahandekini in southern Kenya, not far from the foot of Killimanjaro. As part of our satellite camp project with Global Vision International (GVI) we spent a week with a few communities who had joined forces and turned, as they put it, “from poachers to protectors”. We were camped by one of the schools and these nursery students joined us one morning during breakfast. This is the 2nd video of them - where we try to teach them the Hokey Pokey (listen for their giggles at the end!). The 1st video is of them performing Head-Shoulders-Knees etc They were shy but eager to share - so cute! These villages had given up poaching wildlife and were looking for sustainable alternative livelihoods. Partnered with the World Society for Protection of Animals (WSPA) they were taking impressive steps towards these goals. We joined the work to help them create and develop an educational and cultural center for locals and tourists, to continue their monitoring of Human Wildlife Conflict, to support their development of alternative livelihood projects (recycled paper, bee keeping, soap making etc) and to help plant new neem trees in their village - amongst other things! Again, to know more about what GVI Kenya is currently up to, go visit: www.gvikenya.blogspot.com or www.gvikenya.wildlifedirect.org
In the first of a series of mini-films, Excellent Development explains how its approach to creating development through conservation is benefiting communities in Kenya. 
A traditional fishers organization in Aceh, Indonesia is uming a new role in managing coastal fisheries resources with support from ADB. A community-based seabed survey is helping fishers regain the knowledge lost following the December 2004 Tsumami.
Most people in the world live in rural areas. Many of these people make less than $1 each day. This short video tells the story of one program that is helping rural people find a sustainable income and better care for their families.