FAO and partners are organizing a webinar on "Enabling advisory services for climate-smart agriculture" on Wednesday 29 March 2017, at 15.00 (Time zone: UTC +1)

In this interactive event, participants and presenters will exchange knowledge on how to build an enabling environment for Rural Advisory Services (RAS) in order to support producers in implementing climate-smart agriculture. 

The webinar is free of charge and open to all. It can be especially relevant for:

- Colleagues involved in planning and budgeting for RAS

- People working on formulation of NAPs, NAMAs and climate finance who want to better understand the role of RAS

- Extension officers, and

- Development practitioners working on climate change.

Enroll here: http://bit.ly/enrol-enabling-ras-for-csa 

Agenda:

• Introduction to the topic. “Key elements for RAS’ support to address climate change” by Delgermaa Chuluunbaatar, FAO and Rasheed Sulaiman, GFRAS
• Country perspective by Roberto Azofeifa, Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería,  Costa Rica
• Questions and answers
• Sharing of experience
• Summary and conclusions

Based on the knowledge sharing and discussions of the webinar, FAO will develop a brief that provides guidance to key stakeholders for planning and budgeting for RAS, and facilitate their inclusion into national climate plans.