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Title A-Z Z-A	Author A-Z Z-A	Date 1-9 9-1
Food, Water and Climate Challenges	Shiney Varghese/IATP	May 8, 2008
100k Document summary It is time for us to get serious about understanding the way climate change affects water resources for food production and conversely the way agricultural water use is leading to climate change.
Emergency or Expediency? A Study of Emergency Rice Reserves Schemes in Asia	Elenito Dano and Elpidio Peria/ASSIADHRRA and AFA	May 8, 2008
361k Document summary An analysis of how emergency rice reserves would work in Asian countries.
Call of West African Farmers in ROPPA to Address the Food Crisis	Reseau Des Organisations Paysannes et de Producteurs Agricoles de L'Afrique de L'Ouest	May 8, 2008
161k Document summary Statement by West African farmers who are part of ROPPA to government leaders on how to address the food crisis.
Challenges for Food Sovereignty	Steve Suppan/IATP	May 6, 2008
153k Document summary Article in the Fletcher Forum of World Affairs reviews the challenges countries face in achieving food sovereignty.
Will the Food Crisis Finally Get the Attention of Presidential Candidates	Alexandra Spieldoch and R. Dennis Olson/IATP	May 6, 2008
769k Document summary As we head into another round of presidential primaries, the specter of a growing world food crisis looms on the horizon.
Conference Report: Agrofuels Opportunity or Danger	IATP	May 6, 2008
155k Document summary Summary of a December 2008 meeting in Berlin Spandau between U.S. and EU groups on agrofuels and their impact on the Global North and South
S.A: High Court Judgment on Mazibuko v City of Johannesburg -	Witwatersrand local division, High Court of South Africa	April 30, 2008
3151k Document summary In a ground-breaking judgment - the first in which the constitutional right to water has explicitly been raised - Judge MP Toska criticised the municipality for its discriminatory approach to the provision of water. The Judge found that: "the underlying basis for the introduction of prepayment meters seems to me to be credit control. If this is true, I am unable to understand why this credit control measure is only suitable in the historically poor black areas and not the historically rich white areas. Bad payers cannot be described in terms of colour or geographical area."
Making a killing from hunger	GRAIN	April 29, 2008
119k Document summary The world food crisis is hurting a lot of people, but global agribusiness firms, traders and speculators are raking in huge profits.
IGTN/NETRIGHT Statement on UNCTAD	IGTN and NETRIGHT	April 24, 2008
80k Document summary A statement shared at the UNCTAD XII Civil Society Forum.
Civil Society Statement on International Agriculture Assessment	Civil Society	April 23, 2008
147k Document summary Civil society statement on the outcome of the �International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD).�
Analyse critique des causes de la flambée des prix agricoles mondiaux	Jacques Berthelot	April 23, 2008
882k Document summary La présente note vise à clarifier et hiérarchiser les causes essentielles de la flambée récente des prix agricoles et alimentaires telles que diffusées par les médias, voire les économistes.
Annex E-F Sensitive Products, April 2008	U.S. et al	April 23, 2008
57k Document summary Annex E-F of sensitive products paper submitted by the U.S., Australia, Canada, EU, Brazil and Japan in the Doha agriculture negotiations
Annex A-D Sensitive Products, April 2008	U.S. et al	April 23, 2008
130k Document summary Annex A-D of sensitive products paper submitted by the U.S., Australia, Canada, EU, Brazil and Japan in the Doha agriculture negotiations.
Explanation of Sensitive Products Paper, April 2008	U.S. et al	April 22, 2008
3164k Document summary Explanantion of sensitive products paper from the "Friends of the Chair" Group led by the U.S.
Civil Society Forum Declaration to 12th Session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development	Civil Society Groups at UNCTAD XII	April 21, 2008
134k Document summary The Civil Society Forum, meeting on the occasion of UNCTAD XII (20-25 April 2008), took place in Accra, Ghana from 17 to 19 April 2008. It convened social movements, pro-development groups, women’s groups, trade unions, peasants and agricultural organizations, environmental organizations, faith-based organizations, and fair trade organizations. Participants of the forum are united in the defence of a number of principles, positions and actions that they wish to present to the member States of the United Nations Trade and Development Conference at its 12th session.
A Time of High Prices: An Opportunity for the Rural Poor?	Anne Laure Constantin/IATP	April 18, 2008
384k Document summary Trade liberalization has limited the ability of developing countries to take advantage higher prices for farmers. UNCTAD could play an important role in managing agricultural markets.
Understanding Food Sovereignty from a Gender Perspective and Mobilizing for Action	IATP	April 15, 2008
244k Document summary Join IATP, ACORD, Action Aid International, FoodSPAN, IGTN and GERA in a two-part workshop on gender in food on April 17, 2008 at UNCTAD XII
The Multilateral Trade and Investment Context for Biofuels: Issues and Challenges	Sophia Murphy/IATP and IIED	April 14, 2008
327k Document summary This paper explains how international trade and investment rules will influence the development of the global biofuel sector.
Draft UNCTAD XII outcome	UNCTAD	April 14, 2008
234k Document summary Draft text to be finalised in Accra during the 12th session of UNCTAD
BIOFUELS DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA: SUPPORTING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OR STRENGTHENING CORPORATE CONTROL?	IATP	April 13, 2008
148k Document summary UNCTAD XII Civil society forum at the British Council Auditorium, GHANA will look at the impacts of biofuels on small and medium producers, consumers, and on the perspectives for sustainable development.
Women and Food Sovereignty: Understanding the Issue and Moving to Action	Acord, IATP, Action Aid, IGTN, TWN Africa, Foodspan	April 11, 2008
239k Document summary A workshop to be held at the UNCTAD Ministerial in Accra, Ghana.
Proposal to Deal with Sensitive Products, April 2008	U.S., Canada, Australia, Japan, Brazil and EU	April 10, 2008
34k Document summary Proposal by U.S., Canada, Australia, Japan, Brazil and EU to the "Friends of the Chair" on how to deal with Sensitive Products. The proposal outlines options for "partial designation" modalities for Sensitive Products in the agriculture negotiations.
U.S. et al Proposal on Special Products, April 2008	Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, Malaysia, New Zealand, Paraguay, Thailand, United States and Uruguay	April 10, 2008
14k Document summary Proposal by Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, Malaysia, New Zealand, Paraguay, Thailand, United States and Uruguay on the Special Products mechanism based on food and livelihood security and rural development.
Failure Not An Option On Road To 2015; Annual 'Stock-Taking' Debates On Millennium Development Goals	United Nations	April 6, 2008
177k Document summary General Assembly President Srgjan Kerim proposed the convening of annual debates until 2015 to take stock of global progress and hold all development partners to account.
UNCTAD XII draft march 2008	UNCTAD	April 2, 2008
10121k Document summary New version of UNCTAD XII negotiations text