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Building a better understanding of how climate change will impact Uruguay’s agriculture sectors
31 March 2017
31 March 2017
Montevideo, 28 – 31 March, 2017 - The Uruguay NAP-Ag Team organized and hosted the first in series of three training workshops on how to use the Modelling System for Agricultural Impacts of Climate Change (MOSAICC). During the initial stages...
Connecting Uganda’s Policymakers and Implementers to Gender-Responsive Climate Change Adaptation Activities in the Agriculture Sectors
24 February 2017
24 February 2017
Uganda, 9-24 February 2017 - Over three weeks, Parliamentarians, district local government officials and central government leaders in Uganda participated in trainings on mainstreaming gender in climate change adaptation activities in the agriculture sectors.
The series of three workshops was organized...
Food Security at the heart of National Adaptation Plans
06 December 2016
06 December 2016
Rome, 6 December, 2016, - How countries will ensure their food security now and in the future will depend on how they respond to increasing weather variability, extreme events and temperature variations. This was the main topic discussed during the...
Nakuru, 31 October to 3 November, 2016 - As part of the ongoing work on strengthening institutional and technical capacities for climate risk management in Kenya, FAO Kenya, in collaboration with UNDP Kenya, organized a three day training in Nakuru...
Supporting evidence-based decision making for agricultural programs and policies in Uruguay
04 November 2016
04 November 2016
Montevideo, 24 – 28 October, 2016 – As part of Uruguay’s work on formulating a National Adaptation Plan (NAP) for the agriculture sectors, the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Production and Fisheries (MGAP) organized a four day outreach activity in Montevideo...