Reversing and Mitigating Agricultural Land Degradation Worldwide
Feb 25 2018   Reversing and Mitigating Agricultural Land Degradation Worldwide: Can Conservation Agriculture Contribute to Implementation of Land Degradation Neutrality? By Amir Kassam, Chair, ICAAP-Africa, ACT The world has lost some 400 M ha of agricultural...

How to Produce More Food with Less Damage to Soil, Water, Forests
Jun 05 2017   Massive agriculture intensification is contributing to increased deforestation, water scarcity, soil depletion and the level of greenhouse gas emission, the United Nations warns. To achieve sustainable development we must transform current...

Insights on Conservation Agriculture Research in North Africa: Current Situation and Opportunities
Apr 21 2017   Some Insights on Conservation Agriculture Research in North Africa: Current Situation and Opportunities Harun Cicek 1,2 , Mourad Rekik3, Boubaker Dheibi 3 and Aymen Frija 3 1 International Conservation Agriculture Advisory Panel for Africa...

9th Africa Carbon Forum, Cotonou, Benin, 28-30 June 2017
Collaborative climate action for sustainable development in Africa - Come to Cotonou for the 9th Africa Carbon Forum to engage in promoting climate action in Africa. The 9th Africa Carbon Forum (ACF) will focus on how engagement between State and...

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,...

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...

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...

Conservation Agriculture activities at COP21
Jul 20 2016   The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has annual meetings of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the convention with the ongoing objective of stabilising greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere to reduce the...