Concern Worldwide has joined 10 NGOs in an
alliance to reach 60 million farmer s in a new climate change approach over the
next 7 years.
The African Union, announced that Concern
Worldwide is one of the non-governmental organizations, NGOs, joining a group of 10 global partners whose
goal is to reach six million farm families with new Climate-Smart Agriculture
approaches over the next seven years,
NaijaAgronet gathered.
This was disclosed to NaijaAgronet at the African Union’s New Partnership for
Africa’s Development (NEPAD) at the 23rd African Union Summit on Agriculture
and Food Security, in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea.
Known as the Africa Climate-Smart
Agriculture Alliance, NaijaAgronet
checks reveal that the group will contribute to the African Union’s goal of
helping 25 million farmers become more resilient and achieve food and nutrition
security by 2025. It will do so by aligning international NGO and research
activities around existing agricultural investment plans, increasing coherence
and coordination for greater impact.
Concern joins partners including Catholic
Relief Services (CRS), World Vision, CARE, and the United Nations’ Food and
Agricultural Organization (FAO) in the new alliance.
In his reaction, Concern Worldwide CEO
Dominic MacSorley ,said: “This is a hugely exciting initiative and we are
delighted that Concern has been invited to bring its expertise and knowledge to
what is a unique global partnership. Every day, our teams on the ground not
only see first-hand the impact of climate change but are assisting the world’s
poorest and most vulnerable people deal with the often catastrophic
consequences. It is vital that the international community faces climate change
with pioneering approaches like this that aim to quickly scale up on-farm
assistance and link to technological advances. This new alliance is designed to
achieve transformational impact; for women and men, for communities, and on
agricultural systems, as they face floods, drought and other climate-related
threats to their lives and livelihoods.”
Chukwudi Obi
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