Eriyo,
according to NaijaAgroNet reports made this known at a regional workshop on
African Agriculture in a changing climate: enhancing the up-take of climate
smart agriculture.
The forum,
organized by the African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC), Common Market for
Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), Climate Change, Agriculture and Food
Security (CCAFS), and East African Community (EAC) brought together climate
change and agriculture experts from about 20 African countries.
“As EAC, we’re
pleased to collaborate with other African regional economic organizations,
research programmes and centers and development partners in finding lasting
practical and policy solutions to address agricultural production and food
security within the confines of a changing climate,” Eriyo said.
Agriculture,
she noted in recent years has overwhelmed the impacts of climate change, which pose
a serious concern on food security in the region with more than 130 million
people.
Eriyo also
said that the trading bloc has the potential and capacity to produce enough
food to meet the region’s food demand and produce surplus for export to the
world market.
The regional
body, as said by her, is one of the implementing partners in the Programme on
Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in Eastern and Southern Africa, just
as its focus is on up- scaling climate smart agriculture in the region and
promoting Africa’s solution within the ongoing climate negotiations under the
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
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