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SID-ISS Lecture Series: Agriculture, Rural Employment and Inclusive Growth

From May to October 2011, the Society for International Development Netherlands is organizing a series of four lectures on the theme of Agriculture, Rural Employment and Inclusive Growth. The aim of the lecture series is to bring together critical minds within the field of rural development studies to discuss key issues in the rural sector, as valuable input into the academic and policy debate surrounding agriculture.

Please click here for background information on this lecture series.

This Lecture Series is part of ‘Food First’, a program supported by NCDO aiming to put the food and agriculture-issue at the heart of the political debate. For more information and other activities, click here.  

Lecture 1: 3 May 2011 – Andries du Toit – The Government of Poverty and the Art of Survival: Jobless De-agrarianization, Livelihoods and Policy in South Africa. Invitation; Summary Report

Lecture 2: 23 June 2011 – Kevin Cleaver (IFAD) – Rural Poverty: The Fate of the Smallholder. Invitation; ppt Cleaver; Summary Report

Lecture 3: 4 October 2011 – Camilla Toulmin (IIED) – Whose Food, Whose Farm? Invitation; ppt Toulmin; Text Toulmin; Summary Report

Lecture 4: 12 December 2011 – Olivier de Schutter (UN) – A Tale of Four Hungers. Invitation; Summary Report