Side Event: Climate-smart agriculture for food security
Tackling the food security problem in an era of climate change calls for the transition to a new paradigm of climate-smart agriculture: addressing together the three challenges of climate change adaptation, mitigation and food security. This side event will look at key examples of concrete country needs and good practices in climate-smart agriculture with potential for up-scaling.
Tackling the food security problem in an era of climate change calls for the transition to a new paradigm of climate-smart agriculture: addressing together the three challenges of climate change adaptation, mitigation and food security. This side event will look at key examples of concrete country needs and good practices in climate-smart agriculture with potential for up-scaling.
Organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)
Speakers:
Peter Holmgren (FAO)
Alexandre Meybeck (FAO)
Esther Magambo (Ministry of Agriculture, Kenya)
Bruce Campbell (CCAFS)
