FAO-EC Project to Promote Climate-Smart Farming
January 20, 2012| |
Agriculture in Malawi, Vietnam, and Zambia will be given a boost with the new FAO and European Commission project amounting to €5.3 million. The project will support initiatives for a "climate-smart" approach to agriculture.
"We need to start putting climate-smart agriculture into practice, working closely with farmers and their communities," said FAO Assistant Director-General for the Economic and Social Development Department, Hafez Ghanem.
The three-year project is hoped to accomplish the following with the help of government ministries in the partner countries:
- Identify country-specific opportunities for expansion of existing climate-smart practices or implementation of new ones
- Study the constraints that need to be overcome to promote wider adoption of climate-smart agriculture, including investment costs
- Promote integration of national climate change and agricultural strategies to support the implementation of climate-smart agriculture
- Identify innovative mechanisms for linking climate finance with climate-smart agriculture investments ยท
- Build capacity for planning and implementing climate-smart projects capable of attracting international investments
The original news can be viewed at http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/119835/icode/.
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