Sharing the latest news, resources, and events that grabbed our attention this week.

VIDEO | Rio+20: 4th Agriculture and Rural Development Day
Via CGIAR: Watch sessions from Agriculture and Rural Development Day at Rio+20 held on June 18. Visit agricultureday.org for more resources.

NEWS | A New Vision for Sustainable Agriculture for Rio+20 Summit
Via Huffington Post (Bruce Campbell, CGIAR): The new vision for sustainable development that will emerge this week from the Rio+20 Earth Summit must recognize the significance of agriculture in economic growth, food security, poverty reduction and long-term environmental sustainability. On June 18 in Rio de Janeiro, at the fourth Agriculture and Rural Development Day (ARDD), nearly one thousand people, half in person and half participating virtually, committed to work together toward a sustainable global food system.

NEWS | Figuring export bans into food security
Via Washington Post: Natural disasters, erratic climate fluctuation and poor crop seasons may all be contributing to a recent increase in export bans — a decision where governments forbid exporting certain crops as a measure to protect domestic food supplies. But those drastic measures have an impact on world food security, says CSIS’s Johanna Nesseth Tuttle, who directs the think tank’s Global Food Security Project.

BLOG | No sustainable development without eradication of hunger and extreme poverty
Via IFAD Blog (Statement on Rio+20 from Bioversity International, FAO, IFAD and WFP): We stand at a crossroads: it lies within our reach to eliminate hunger and poverty, using methods that do not compromise the future of life on this planet. That is the essence of sustainability…Rio+20 gives us a golden opportunity to bring together the agendas of food security and sustainable development to build the future we want.

BLOG | Public-Private Partnerships Transform Business of Feeding the World
Via Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa (Guest blog from Nancy Roman, WFP): By tapping into the power of groundbreaking public-private partnerships, we transform the business of feeding the world and enable a whole host of other development issues to be addressed. Working together to solve this most basic of human needs, we not only build the brains and bodies of the next generation but also boost productivity and create new economic opportunities.

RESOURCE | Factsheet: Food Wastage Footprints
Via FAO:  Today, there are 900 million hungry people worldwide and one billion people overfed. Under the current production and consumption trends, global food production will need to increase by 60 percent by 2050. Post-harvest grain losses in Sub-Saharan Africa alone are estimated at around USD 4 billion a year. This lost grain production could meet the minimum annual food requirement of 48 million people. Lost and wasted food represents a missed opportunity to feed the growing world population.

RESOURCE | Strengthening Linkages and Skills to Transform Africa’s Food System
Via Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa: Access resources from the June 11-12 2012 US-Africa Forum, “Farming Is A Business: Strengthening Linkages and Skills to Transform Africa’s Food Systems.” You can also read “Papers to Inform the 2012 US-Africa Forum” from MSU AFRE Food Security Group.