Editors, dancers, actors, musicians, designers and cultural producers from ten South American countries spent three days exchanging information and closing deals in Bogota, Colombia, during the second edition of the Cultural Industry Market of the South (MICSUR). Many of them have discussed future partnerships, like Chilean audiovisual producer Catalina Donoso,
VIDEO. Food tourism is something that is becoming very popular in Ghana, where cuisine is an important part of contemporary tourism. This country has a vibrant food culture, from the ever popular street food, waakye; to the controversy inducing but colourful jollof rice, there’s a lot to sample and enjoy
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), together with the Ministry of Environment and Tourism of Mongolia and the World Cities Scientific Development Alliance (WCSDA), organized the International Silk Road Conference on Nomadic Tourism and Sustainable Cities in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on 13-15 October 2016. The conference gathered Ministers and high-level officials from
Up to 122 million more people worldwide could be living in extreme poverty by 2030 as a result of climate change and its impacts on small-scale farmers’ incomes, a major UN report warned on Monday. Climate change is “a major and growing threat to global food security”, said the report,
October 16 is set to be observed as World Food Day, commemorating the founding day of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation in 1945. World Food Day is observed to reaffirm efforts towards ‘zero hunger’ as a global goal. A press note from the Director of Agriculture, Nagaland
On the weekend starting October 15, thousands of registered dietitians and nutrition experts will gather in Boston for one of the largest annual food and nutrition conferences in the U.S. The event, called the Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo (FNCE) is hosted by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics—the
Two of the busiest streets in two of the island’s key cities could become major tourism hubs, based on the vision outlined by Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett. The two streets – Montego Bay’s St James Street and Kingston’s Knutsford Boulevard – have already taken on certain characteristics of their
Appalachian State University (US) , in partnership with Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture, will present Sustainable Food Week Oct. 24-29. The campus community and the public are invited to participate in both on- and off-campus events throughout the week, beginning with Dr. Gary Paul Nabhan’s public keynote, “Conservation You Can Taste,”
Novi Sad has been named one of the three European Capitals of Culture for 2021. Novi Sad and Timisoara, Romania, will in November be joined by a city in Greece – Eleusis, Kalamata or Rhodes. After the final presentation of the project “Novi Sad 2021”, which on Thursday held in
The global movement of consumers, investor and workers around the world, SumOfUs, has launched a new sign petition campaign that has the main objective to ask the EU to protect the food safety of the continent. According to SumOfUS, leaked EU documents show that big corporations have seized control of
Treating farm workers better and protecting the environment efficiently are the bases for providing the world with sustainable agriculture in the future, and a new set of standards with international certification has been designed to make sure that happens. The executive director of the Sustainable Agriculture Network, or SAN, the
FOOD and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Director-General José Graziano da Silva has said that declining prices could thwart international efforts to eradicate hunger and extreme poverty unless steps are taken to guarantee decent incomes and livelihoods for small-scale producers. Globally, food prices are believed to be back to their long-term downward
The 38th Plenary Session of the UNWTO Affiliate Members took place in Yerevan, Armenia between 1 and 4 October. The meeting discussed the latest tourism trends, public-private collaboration and promoting good practices in the sector. The event was held in parallel with the 43rd UNWTO Affiliate Members Board meeting, which
The Frankfurt Book Fair 2020 Committee (CanadaFBM2020), formed by associations representing Canadian-owned book publishers, the Association of Canadian Publishers (ACP) and Association nationale des éditeurs de livres (ANEL), and supported by export associations Livres Canada Books and Québec Edition, applauds Canada’s acceptance of the invitation to be Guest of Honour
Walk through the produce aisle in a grocery store nearly anywhere in North America, and you are likely to find imported fruits and vegetables alongside numerous domestic favorites. While the variety of foods available is striking, diets of people living in temperate areas are still considerably less diverse than those
Many travellers have recently added another site to visit to their bucket list: Australia’s renowned Great Barrier Reef. Their motivation behind wanting to see this landmark stems from the wish to “see it before it is gone,” a notion now recognized as “last-chance tourism.” Last-chance tourism is a phenomenon that
