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World Rural Development Day, 6 July 2026

World Rural Development Day is an initiative of the United Nations (UN). Food is grown in rural communities, yet they are home to 80% of the world’s poorest people, who stand in the first line of food insecurity, climate shocks and migration pressures. Investing in rural communities makes for…

World No Tobacco Day 2023: Grow food not tobacco

31 May 2023 is World No Tobacco day. While much has been written about the harmful effects of using tobacco and public health interventions to combat this, the theme this year moves to the growing of tobacco, hence the slogan “grow food, not tobacco”, a theme which dovetails with the…