The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa
(FARA) is drawing attention to climate smart agriculture at the ongoing 6th
Africa Agriculture Science Week (AASW) in Accra, Ghana.
FARA commits to enabling African agricultural
development and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs),
especially MDG1 – eradicate extreme poverty and hunger – and MDG7 – ensure
environmental stability.
Recognizing
the urgency of climate change, the Forum organized a side-event on climate
smart agriculture.
Over
1,200 delegates are meeting to discuss the role of agricultural science and
innovation in finding and strengthening local solutions to the urgent food
security challenges in Africa.
Climate
change is occurring more rapidly than anticipated and the increase in extreme
weather events threatens more disruptive effects to agriculture.
Existing
technologies and current institutional structures seem inadequate to achieve
the mitigation needed to adequately slow climate change effects, while also
meeting needed food security, livelihood and sustainability goals.
FARA
identifies the need for science-based actions which utilize knowledge systems
in new ways, and provide resilience for food systems and ecosystem services in
agricultural landscapes, despite the future uncertainty of climate change.
FARA is an apex organization bringing together
and forming coalitions of major stakeholders in agricultural research and
development in Africa.
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by Kofi Adu Domfeh
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