FAO in Viet Nam

CCAFS Workshop on Scenario-guided Planning for Climate Smart Agriculture

08/05/2014

The FAO Economics and Policy Innovations for Climate Smart Agriculture (EPIC) Programme and the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) together with the Northern mountainous Agriculture and Forestry Science Institute (NOMAFSI) are organizing two days workshop for Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) investment proposal and policy recommendations for Viet Nam, based on future climate and socio-economic scenarios, from 8-9 May 2014 in Ha Noi, Viet nam.

The objective of the Workshop is to review and revise CSA investment proposals for Northern Vietnam together decision-makers and funders and discuss enabling policy conditions – using scenarios to test the proposals for feasibility.

The outputs of this workshop are the following:
- Improved CSA investment proposals supported by decision-makers and funders, proven to be feasible under diverse scenarios.
- Recommendations coming out of an analysis of what policy conditions must be established for CSA to be successful.
- Revised and improved climate/socio-economic scenarios, tailored to the Viet Nam context.
- A new network of participants able to take the development and implementation of CSA investment proposals and policy recommendations forward.