“We need to fall in love again with the Earth” Thict Nhat Hanh
We need some new ideas to break the political deadlock and ensure that everyone on Earth is onside for the biggest challenge our civilization has ever faced.
At COP 20 the voices of all the people need to be heard. We can all embrace the love of Nature and the need to save it... Read more...
Lima - The world's nations gathered in the Peruvian capital Lima on Monday in a renewed push for a deal to roll back carbon emissions threatening future generations.
The 12-day talks under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) take place amid grim scientific warnings and a surge in interest in sealing a pact in Paris in December 2015... Read more...
Women farmers need equal access to assets, technology for “climate-smart agriculture”
December 1, 2014, Lima, Peru—IFPRI researchers will present findings of a new series of policy notes on women farmers’ ability to adapt to climate change and contribute to a workshop on the economic viability of climate change mitigation policies at the annual climate conference known as COP 20... Read more...
A planned, collaborative and holistic management of natural resources promotes sustainable development for the enhancement of better livelihoods of people in various communities, it has been established.
According to the Copyrights | 2022 | africaclimatesolution.org chief executive officer, Dr Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, there is need for knowledge and responsive action that allows stakeholders to create the appropriate policy frameworks for building and adapting agriculture in order to improve food security... Read more...
National Dialogue Tanzania: CSA study validation
04 July 2014, source: FANRPAN URL: http://fanrpan.org/documents/d01705/
FANRPAN, with the support of the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF), commissioned 16 Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) scoping studies in 16 African countries. These scoping studies sought to provide a better understanding of the CSA policy environment vis a vis existing CSA policy frameworks and practices, as well as gender and innovation... Read more...
DRC Climate Smart Agriculture Policy Scoping Study Validation Workshop
13 June 2014, source: FANRPAN URL: http://fanrpan.org/documents/d01702/
Overview of the Validation Workshop
On June 13, 2014, the Center of Dialogue for Legal and Institutional Reforms (CERJI) that is the FANRPAN NODE host institution organized a workshop to validate a study conducted in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on the implementation of the "Climate Smart Agriculture" (CSA)... Read more...
CSA national dialogue - CSA policy scoping study validation, 29 January 2014, The rainbow towers, Harare, ZimbaThe rainbow towers, Harare, Zimbabwe
29 January 2014, source: FANRPAN URL: http://fanrpan.org/documents/d01709/
FANRPAN (Food, Agriculture, Natural Resources Policy Analysis Workshop) has engaged the services of 16 national consultants to conduct CSA scoping studies in 16 countries to gain a better of what is known on CSA and how the different countries are responding in terms of policies, frameworks, gender, innovation and practices... Read more...
Fields of tears in Lesotho as new tool is introduced to help mitigate climate change
After last season’s disastrous harvest, which delivered a fraction of previous yields, deep in Lesotho’s Ts’akholo village in Mafeteng district, Matsolo Sebusi’s husband has had to leave the family home to seek mining work in South Africa’s platinum belt of Rustenburg.
Climate change has left farmers in this village fearful for their future, and as result some have opted to sell their animals and abandon their plots for urban areas in search of employment... Read more...
New deal to empower women farmers in East Africa
02 April 2013, source: Coastweek Kenya URL: http://www.coastweek.com/3612_agriculture.htm
In Kenya, farmers lack proper information on best farming practices which has been contributing to the dwindling farm harvests
Special report by Xinhua Correspondent Ejidiah Wangui
Nakuru (Xinhua): Veronicah Kihanya knows no other tools of trade apart from her two-acre piece of land and her jembe.
Her small farm at the heart of little known Gilgil in Nakuru County has been the source of her income in her entire life... Read more...
African women benefit from jobs in agricultural supply chains
31 March 2013, source: Supply Management
By Anna Reynolds
Agricultural supply chains are supporting women across Africa by giving them greater independence and offering more choice in life, according to research by food processor Olam.
Olam, an international firm whose products include coffee, rice and sugar, carried out a survey in February of 5,971 women working in its cashew processing plants in Nigeria, Tanzania, Mozambique, Ivory Coast and India... Read more...
Time for recognition: Building on the progress at CSW57 to empower women in agriculture
By Annette Engelund Friis, Manager, Climate Change Policy, Danish Agriculture & Food Council
From March 4-15, the UN Commission on the Status of Women was held in New York, this is the 57th annual meeting where influential spokespeople from around the world discuss the issue of female empowerment... Read more...
Africa: Women key in global growth
18 March 2013, source: allAfrica.com URL: http://allafrica.com/stories/201303182356.html?viewall=1
By Warren Nyamugasira
Opinion
The day of reckoning has come round yet again. On behalf of the world, the United Nations has set up a process for thinking about the next big thing to succeed the current Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) due to end two years.
When at the turn of the new Millennium, MDGs were adopted by over 189 countries... Read more...
Airtel Africa partners with UN women
05 March 2013, source: AfricanBrains
By Marc Mcilhone
Women farmers in the East and Horn of Africa region are poised to benefit from practical information-sharing tools via Airtel’s mobile networks.
Airtel Africa signs MOU with UN WOMEN on initiatives to promote the empowerment of women and girls
Airtel will establish a Farmer's Information System which will provide real time information to women farmers through its network in Africa
Women farmers in the East and Horn of Africa region are poised to benefit from practical information-sharing tools via Airtel's mobile networks (http://www... Read more...
Summary of Outcomes: Agriculture, Landscapes and Livelihoods Day
11 December 2012, source: Agriculture, Landscapes and Livelihoods Day 5 URL: http://www.agricultureday.org/blogs/2012/12/11/summary-of-outcomes-agriculture-landscapes-and-livelihoods-day/?utm_source=Agriculture+Day&utm;_campaign=4fa3389fd7-Report_back_from_ALL_5_Day12_12_2012&utm;_medium=email
Experts, practitioners, civil society, researchers and others gathered to discuss issues related to food security, climate change and rural development on 3 December at ALL-5 Day. The fifth edition of the event offered a mix of policy discussions, ‘Big Ideas’, and networking opportunities... Read more...
Press release: Doha climate conference opens gateway to greater ambition and action on climate change
10 December 2012, source: United Nations Environment Programme environment for development URL: http://www.unep.org/newscentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=2700&ArticleID;=9353
(Doha, 8 December 2012) At the UN Climate Change Conference in Doha, Qatar (COP18/CMP8), governments have taken the next essential step in the global response to climate change.Countries have successfully launched a new commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol, agreed a firm timetable to adopt a universal climate agreement by 2015 and agreed a path to raise necessary ambition to respond to climate change... Read more...
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