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NYC Climate Week: Innovative Approaches For Scaling Up Climate-Smart Agriculture

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Register now for the New York City Climate Week side event that will discuss climate-smart agriculture and food security.

On 21 September, the Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture (GACSA),   the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), CCAFS and the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) are hosting a side event at the Climate Week NYC to share information for sound implementation and scaling up of climate-smart agriculture (CSA).

Climate change poses critical challenges to efforts to attain global food security. Its impacts on agriculture and food security across the globe have been documented. CSA has been identified as an approach to provide solutions to the climate challenge. There have been some successful cases of implementation of CSA in some region and efforts to achieve widespread scale up. Successful implementation of CSA should be knowledge-driven and, require innovative efforts to build partnership across a broad range of actors.

The following specific topics will be discussed: 

a) Implementation of CSA - successful cases and lessons learnt

b) What are the innovative approaches to scale up the implementation of CSA across the globe?

  • Innovative financing mechanisms to support CSA
  • Business case for the private sector engagement in the scaling up of CSA

c) New/emerging opportunities to support field implementation of CSA

d) Partnerships required for scaling up CSA            

Speakers

  • Lindiwe Sibanda, CEO, Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network, FANRPAN
  • Diane Holdorf, Vice-President, Kellogg Company
  • Paula Pagniez, Senior Microinsurance Specialist, Vice President, Global Partnerships, Swiss Re Corporation
  • James W. Hansen, CCAFS Flagship Leader: Climate Information Services and Climate-Informed Safety Nets
  • Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Costa Rica (tbc)

Moderator: Mi Nguyen, co-Chair of the Strategic Committee, Global Alliance for CSA

Register​

All are welcome to join this exciting event. Please fill in this form to attend the side-event.

Contact

If you have any questions, contacts the organizers at GACSA-Facilitation-Unit@fao.org.

For more information, visit the official event website.

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