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Considerations for Creating the UNFCCC Online Portal for Climate Action in Agriculture & Food Security

Diciembre, 2022
Kenya

A survey was conducted among 52 representatives of the African Group of Negotiators Experts Support. From this survey, the members voted that the UNFCCC online portal on climate action in food security and agriculture should have the following objectives (in the order of the highest number of respondents saying it is an objective) - information sharing, raising awareness of climate action in agriculture, and aiding fundraising.

Strategic Communications and Media for Climate-smart Agriculture Toolkit. Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa

Diciembre, 2022
Global

This toolkit covers topics such as: the impact of climate change on African agriculture and food systems; how we can transform African agriculture and food systems for a more sustainable and climate resilient future; the important national, regional, continental, and global initiatives to promote climate-smart agriculture, in Africa and worldwide; how to investigate and report key developments to target specific stakeholders, decision makers, networks towards desired behavior change; how to engage and report upcoming policy events (e.g., COP28); and how to engage with AICCRA partners on h

Pathways to wheat self-sufficiency in Africa

Diciembre, 2022
Global

A growing urban population and dietary changes increased wheat import bills in Africa to 9% per year. Though wheat production in the continent has been increasing over the past decades, to varying degrees depending on regions, this has not been commensurate with the rapidly increasing demand for wheat. Analyses of wheat yield
gaps show that there is ample opportunity to increase wheat production in Africa through improved genetics and
agronomic practices. Doing so would reduce import dependency and increase wheat self-sufficiency at national