Agriculture will be high on the agenda at the forthcoming 22nd
Conference of the Parties (COP) slated for Morocco starting November 7, 2016,
reports NaijaAgroNet.
Revealing this position, the Director-General, FAO, José
Graziano da Silva, said in Rome that the year 2016 seems to be a year of
commitment, therefore deserves to have more action than ever before.
"2016 should be about putting commitments into
action," he said, noting the international community last year agreed to
the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris climate agreement, about to
come into force.
“Agriculture will be high on the agenda at the 22nd
Conference of the Parties in Morocco starting
November 7,” he declared.
The FAO report underscores that success in transforming food
and agriculture systems will largely depend on urgently supporting smallholders
in adapting to climate change.
Developing countries are home to around half a billion
smallholder farm families who produce food and other agricultural products in
greatly varying agro-ecological and socio-economic conditions. Solutions have
to be tailored to those conditions; there is no one-size-fits-all fix.
The FAO report describes alternative, economically viable
ways of helping smallholders to adapt and making the livelihoods of rural
populations — often the most exposed to the downside risks of climate change -
more resilient.
Isaac Oyimah/GEE
... Linking agrobiz, sustainable environs, people & technology
No comments:
Post a Comment
Share ur views here