In April of this year, at ESCAP’s 65th Session, the Commission adopted Resolution 65/4. This resolution, based on the results of CAPSA’s Governing Council meeting a month earlier, called for CAPSA to be strengthened. The Council also suggested the Centre continue its focus in the Asia-Pacific region but on the broader, more encompassing issues of food security and sustainable agriculture in a climate-change environment. To most effectively assist CAPSA’s strengthening and to make the process more inclusive, a two-day Workshop entitled “Developing an Inclusive Strategic Plan for CAPSA” was held in Bogor, Indonesia, on 7 – 8 December 2009.

The first session of the Committee on Macroeconomic Policy, Poverty Reduction and Inclusive Development was held at the United Nations Conference Centre (UNCC), Bangkok, from 24 to 26 November 2009. The meeting is organized by the Macroeconomic Policy and Development Division of UNESCAP.

Implementation of Commission resolution 65/4 on the strengthening of the Centre for Alleviation of Poverty through Secondary Crops Development in Asia and the Pacific (CAPSA) was presented by Head of CAPSA, Mr. LeRoy Hollenbeck, on the second day of the session.

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Book review:  Agricultural Impact of Climate Change: A General Equilibrium Analysis with Special Reference to Southeast Asia

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