30 October 2017 - 06 November 2017
Climate change is no new phenomenon. For decades changes in temperatures, precipitation, new and emergent pests, and loss of vegetative cover have been noted and documented. It is only after a direct effect on smallholder agricultural and pastoral production...
04 August 2017 - 27 July 2017
La FAO et ses partenaires ont développé une nouvelle approche de formation sur les techniques d’adaptation au changement climatique (ACC)
Dans le cadre du Projet « Intégration de la résilience climatique dans la production agro-pastorale pour la sécurité alimentaire dans les zones...
21 July 2017 - 25 July 2017
The coming 21-25th July 2017, a workshop will be held in Accra, Ghana in order to develop a Farmer Field School curriculum on the ecological management of the Fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera Frugiperda, J.E. Smith. Indeed, after a first appearance in...
The project “Natural landscapes rehabilitation and Climate Change Adaptation in the region of Mumirwa in Bujumbura and Mayor of Bujumbura through a Farmer Field School approach” will be elaborated by the FAO over the coming 12 months. Project activities will...
28 February 2017
According to FAO, roughly 2,000 farmers in Tanzania were able to save as many tons of carbon as getting nearly 175,000 cars of the road for a year. How? By using conservation agriculture—and planting more diverse crops, like...