Tomorrow will start in Bilbao the Family Farming World Conference: Feeding the World, Caring for the Earth.

Companies and governments must take urgent steps to improve land rights outcomes for people living in poverty. Power relations between investors and local communities must also change if investment is to contribute to rather than undermine the food security and livelihoods of local communities.

Paper presented by Esther A. Penunia, Secretary General, Asian Farmers' Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA), to the UN expert group meeting on "Enabling rural women's economic empowerment: institutions, opportunities and participation?" organized by UN Women in cooperation with FAO, IFAD and WFP on Sep 20-23, 2011 in Accra, Ghana

After the return of José María Zeberio, Executive Secretary of the WRF, and Jose Antonio Osaba, IYFF Campaign Coordinator, from New York, WRF wishes to inform you about the activities of the four- day stay and the excellent results that were obtained.