Workshop on the Impact of Climate Change on Crop Pests and Diseases, and Adaptation Strategies for the GMS
Climate change has added new dimensions and challenges in the agricultural system. Elevated temperatures, droughts, rising sea levels, floods, changes in wind patterns and abnormal weather have been causing changes in the ecosystem balance, particularly in pests and diseases behaviors and occurrence.
However, the link between climate change and pest/disease scenarios are not well known, and much less known are adaptation options that may be adopted by agricultural policy makers and farmers to reduce vulnerability. Against this backdrop, this workshop brings together experts on pests and diseases management, including national partners to discuss how agriculture, farmers in particular, can cope with the challenges brought about by climate change. Another area of acute interest would be to know what actions, measures and strategies can be jointly pursued to secure the livelihoods of farmers and maintain food security under climate change.
Workshop Objectives
- To assess climate change scenarios and their potentials in inducing pest and disease developments in the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) region;
- To develop a process to assess the impact of climate change induced pests and diseases on major food crops in the GMS region; and
- To esablish a process for developing adaptation strategies that will reduce the vulnerability of major food crop systems to losses due to pests and diseases in the GMS region.
Expected Outputs
Climate change scenarios and their impact on pest and disease development in food crops in the GMS assessed;
Process to assess the impact of climate change induced pests and diseases on major food crops in the GMS region developed;
Process for developing adaptation strategies that will reduce the vulnerability of major food crop systems to losses due to pests and disease in the GMS region developed; and
A plan for implementation of recommendations outlined.
*By invitation
