"Changing the game for the food system in the face of climate change"

Submitted by Vanessa on 3rd November 2011
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One of the objectives of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) is to bring together the research community to focus on addressing food security, and dealing with resilience, adaptation, and mitigation. To support this, CCAFS helped to set up the Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change, which is busy finalizing its recommendations for policy makers, which will be launched on 16 November.

Christine Negra, who coordinates the Commission, recently spoke to the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development about the need to transform the food system, highlighting achievements at the Global Science Conference on Climate Smart Agriculture in the Netherlands, and giving a sneak preview of the Commission's proposal.

Watch it here:

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Great initiative - local partners?

Submitted by Franklin Parker (not verified) on 3 November, 2011 - 21:05.
I feel strongly that this initiative should work as much as possible with local partners (research and CBOs). That would mean a much higher level of adoption. Thanks

Great initiative - local partners?

Submitted by Vanessa on 3 November, 2011 - 21:36.

Hi Franklin

thanks for your comment. The Commissioners are engaging with high level processes (G20, UNFCCC, Rio+20) and are also closely linked to policy and research networks in their own countries. The CGIAR Climate program also help bring share messages with a massive global network of researchers and practitioners in developed and developing countries.

Vanessa

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