Morogoro – Key decision-makers and stakeholders from selected regions and districts in Tanzania are convening in Morogoro, 25–29 March, for a U.S. Government-funded training on how to plan for and support smallholder farmers to cope with climate change and implement climate-smart agriculture. A similar training will be conducted in Ungunja, Zanzibar, 1–5 April.
The training program, “L andscape Climate-Smart Agriculture Pilot Course,” is being conducted by a team of experts from the University of California, Davis; the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA); Cornell University; EcoAgriculture Partners; and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) with funds from the United States Government through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
The training is part of the Building Capacity for Resilient Food Security project, an initiative of the Government of Tanzania in partnership with the USDA and USAID. The activity addresses capacity gaps to respond effectively to the challenges climate change poses to agriculture. The project is being implemented by IITA, the UN Food and Agriculture Organzation, and the World Agroforestry Center.
Climate-smart agriculture is defined by FAO as agriculture that increases food productivity and farmer income, reduces greenhouse gas emissions, and is resilient to shocks and stresses from climate change. The approach helps the agriculture sector cope with climate change and associated extreme weather conditions such as drought, prolonged dry seasons, and floods, while also meeting the increasing dem and for food.
To request more information, please call the U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam Press Office at tel: +255 22 229-4000 or email: DPO@state.gov.
IITA
Katherine Lopez, Head of Communication, k.lopez@cgiar.org, +234 803 978 4454
Catherine Njuguna, Regional Communication Manager, IITA Eastern Africa, c.njuguna@cgiar.org, +255 767 361 255
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