Posts on the Topic "climate change"
10/ 09
2020
CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture: Building a global agricultural data and open innovation ecosystem for impact
10/09/2020
Invitation to attend this webinar and register here
Thursday, Sept 10, 2020, 09:00 AM- 10:30 AM EST WebEx (information enclosed below)
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23/ 07
2020
Webinar: Youth & Innovation in Land, Soil and Water - 23 July 2020 - 14.30 h CEST
23/07/2020
The FAO Land and Water Division presents this webinar titled: Youth Innovation in Land, Soil and Water.
- The webinar will take place on Thursday 23rd July - 14:30 - 15:30 CEST. Register here
Webinar: Youth Innovation in Land, Soil and Water
20/07/2020
The FAO Land and Water Division presents this webinar titled: Youth Innovation in Land, Soil and Water. The webinar will take place on Thursday 23rd July - 14:30 - 15:30 CEST. Register here The engagement of youth and young professionals plays a key role achieving the Sustainable Development Goals...
Scaling Ecosystem-based Adaptation to Climate Change in Maharashtra, India: An Analysis of Policies and Programmes
17/06/2020
Adapting to Climate Change and reducing the risk of disasters have never been more pertinent than today. Under these challenging times, the WOTR Centre for Resilience Studies (W-CReS) brings to you a critical analysis of policies and programmes in its new publication titled “ Scaling Ecosystem-based...
Climate change and variability underscore need for innovation in farming
24/10/2018
The original post was published by FAO Rwanda, reproduced for e-Agriculture Community for news purposes The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) have taken steps to boost the capacity of extension workers and farmers to respond to...
Agro-Weather Tool for Climate Smart Agriculture
15/06/2018
A promising practice on the use of ICTs in weather-data for farmers Many small holder farmers in developing countries have faced huge challenges as a result of climate change induced weather effects. Most of these farmers rely on traditional methods to understand weather predictions. Localised...
10 Key elements to enhance technological innovation for the Paris Agreement
15/01/2018
In 2015, many countries adopted the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, there by committing to a vision of a low- carbon, climate-resilient and sustainable future for all. The world events leading to and after the signing of the agreement have shown that climate issues...
Satellite Monitoring: An Innovative Solution for Water Management
26/09/2017
In Kenya, in the region of Turkana County, a severe drought is threatening people's livelihoods and livestock. Agricultural production is close to none as the rainy season going from March to June remained a vain hope. The nearest borehole is sometimes walking days away and not all of the population...