Webinar: Promoting Climate-Smart Agriculture Through Extension: An Overview of Existing Tools and Services
The Knowledge Action Group (KAG) of the Global Alliance for Climate Smart Agriculture (GACSA) are organizing a live webinar on 5 May 2016.
The purpose of the webinar is to share the knowledge gained over the last year, developing and testing climate-smart techniques in various contexts. The ideas and comments of participants will be shared at our Annual Forum at FAO in June, and will be used by the Knowledge Action Group to make a new work plan.
Agenda:
- Promising Innovative Extension Approaches for Climate-Smart Agriculture: The Plantwise Example by Luca HEEB, Plantwise Programme Support Officer, CABI Switzerland.
- Agents of Change in Climate-Smart Villages by Elisabeth SIMELTON, Climate change scientist at World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) based in Vietnam.
- Adaptation to Climate Change is Climate Smart Agriculture: Training Farmers and Trainers on Java and Lombokby Kees STIGTER and Yunita WINARTO, Universitas Indonesia with Agromet Vision, Depok, Indonesia.
- Climate Smart Agriculture: What Role for Rural Advisory Services? by Soniia DAVID, Agricultural Extension Officer, FAO.
Time:
The webinar starts at 10 AM Rome.
Join the webinar
You can access the webinar by clicking on the following link: https://top.adobeconnect.com/_a1008533687/e/
For more information, please visit the GACSA website.
FAO welcomes all interested to join the Community of practice for Climate-Smart Agriculture! http://bit.ly/fao-csa-community