Germany through its Federal Ministry
for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety has doled
out $12 million, about N2.39billion to assist eight developing countries, NaijaAgroNet reports.
Under a new United Nations (UN) programme
called “Integrating Agriculture in
National Adaptation Plans programme”, Germany will through funding
collaborate with Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and United Nation
Development Programme (UNDP) to work with ministries of agriculture in Nepal,
Kenya, the Philippines, Thailand, Uganda, Uruguay, Viet Nam and Zambia to
incorporate agricultural sectors into National Adaptation Plans.
An FAO press release made available
to NaijaAgroNet, said under the
four-year initiative, countries will receive various types of support. FAO will
offer policy advice and technical support to ensure that climate change
adaptation priorities in the agriculture, forestry, and fisheries sectors are
incorporated in this planning process. UNDP will engage with countries in
managing climate risk, in planning and budgeting, and help them strengthen
information systems, project formulation, and coordination between government
institutions.
The initiative, NaijaAgroNet gathered, has immediate
potential to link with and amplify existing programmes in the target countries
and improve their prospects for accessing global funds for climate finance,
such as the Global Environment Fund and the Green Climate Fund.
The Executive Coordinator UNDP Global
Environment Finance Unit, Adriana Dinu, said, "Our food security in the
decades to come depends on our collective ability to innovate and adapt to
climate change. The agriculture sector is critical to every nation and is a
lifeline for livelihoods. Therefore, FAO and UNDP have joined forces to support
partner countries to integrate agriculture into National Adaptation Planning
(NAP) processes."
While the Director of FAO's Climate,
Energy and Tenure Division, Martin Frick, added ,"Ministries of
agriculture, fisheries and forestry need to be at the table when countries
develop and implement domestic policies to address climate change,"
Cyriacus Nnaji/GEE
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