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Share Share Twitter Facebook Linkedin Select and copy the link in the box below to share elsewhere.	Emily Karol: The Secret to Growing More Food with Less Water The #SDG2countdown begins exploring productivity - which doesn't only mean boosting yields, but producing more with less. iDE share the successful story of micro-irrigation.
Share Share Twitter Facebook Linkedin Select and copy the link in the box below to share elsewhere.	Let Communities Take the Reins on Building Resilience VP of Program Development at CNFA explains how Farm Service Centers are contributing to resilient food systems - the topic of this week's #SDG2countdown.
Share Share Twitter Facebook Linkedin Select and copy the link in the box below to share elsewhere.	How Haiti is Becoming More Resilient to Extreme Weather Our #SDG2countdown moves on to explore SDG2.4, resilient food systems, with a blog from Chemonics outlining three climate-smart interventions helping Haiti overcome climate challenges.
Share Share Twitter Facebook Linkedin Select and copy the link in the box below to share elsewhere.	Ann Tutwiler: We Need to Put More Biodiversity on the Sustainable Development Menu DG of Bioversity International on why biodiversity matters for nutrition, economies & sustainable development.
Share Share Twitter Facebook Linkedin Select and copy the link in the box below to share elsewhere.	John Corbett: Information Services Grow Resilient Agriculture Co-founder of big data company aWhere, Inc. discusses the need for "information agile" agriculture that can help smallholder farmers adopt to a changing climate.

Share Share Twitter Facebook Linkedin Select and copy the link in the box below to share elsewhere.	Book Review: The First 1,000 Days Farming First reviews Roger Thurow's book, The First 1,000 Days, a movement that aims to end the devastating effects of malnutrition by focusing on the formative first years of newborns.
Share Share Twitter Facebook Linkedin Select and copy the link in the box below to share elsewhere.	Farming Beyond Borders: Farmers Share Challenges and Solutions Two farmers from different regions share some of the common challenges they face, from financing to land access, and the solutions they have found.
Share Share Twitter Facebook Linkedin Select and copy the link in the box below to share elsewhere.	Global Food Security Symposium 2017: Making Food Security the Focus in Uncertain Times Farming First reports from the Chicago Council's Global Food Security Symposium 2017, where it launched its Stability in the 21st Century report on peace and prosperity.

JUL 7	G20 Summit
JUL 10	Pulses 2017 Convention
JUL 13	Agriculture and Food Day to Implement the Sustainable Development Goals