Investments in Climate Smart Agriculture - Sub regional workshop Kigali - Rwanda
Nov 08 2016   The Eastern Africa sub- region is among the regions in the world most affected by and vulnerable to climate change and climate related hazards. Rural livelihoods in the region are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change due to the...

Climate Change Mitigation and Sustainable Food Security with Conservation Agriculture in Africa and the Mediterranean Region RCM/ACT/ECAF/Global CA CoP: COP 22 Side event
Oct 27 2016   Introduction The twenty-second session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 22) and the twelfth session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 12) will be held in Bab Ighli, Marrakech,...

Conservation Agriculture Regional Working Group Southern Africa region- an open platform for Conservation agriculture knowledge sharing
Oct 26 2016   The Conservation Agriculture Regional Working Group established in 2007 is an open knowledge and experience sharing platform that brings together Conservation Agriculture interest groups, practitioners and stakeholders in Southern Africa. It...

Sub-regional Workshop on Investments in Climate-Smart Agriculture FAO Eastern Africa
Sub-regional Workshop on Investments in Climate-Smart Agriculture FAO Eastern Africa 02 November 2016 – 03 November 2016 Hotel TBA Kigali, Rwanda Background The Eastern Africa sub-region is among the regions in the world most affected by and...

Conservation Agriculture Regional Working Group (CARWG) Annual Meeting,
Conservation Agriculture Regional Working Group (CARWG) Annual Meeting, Lusaka, Zambia, November 2- 3, 2016 (Venue to be advised). Participants arrive Nov 1 and depart Nov 4, 2016. Objective: The objective of the meeting is to facilitate...

Consultative Meeting on a Mechanization Strategy New models for sustainable agricultural mechanization in sub-Saharan Africa
Background The large potential for agricultural production has not been realized in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). One of the key development paradigms for long-term increased agricultural production in SSA is sustainable agricultural mechanization. The...

Uganda: Promote Climate-Smart Agriculture
Oct 18 2016   One of the challenges facing government's Operation Wealth Creation Programme of Uganda is the rejection of input supplies by the intended beneficiaries (farmers). During the last week of September 2016, the Operation Wealth Creation commandant for...

Livestock Helps Farmers Become Resilient to Climate Change
Oct 18 2016   Sunday, October 16 is World Food Day, and this year the theme is - Climate is changing. Food and agriculture must too. The relationship between agriculture and the environment is the crux of much of Heifer International’s work in the field...