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March 2017 Newsletter: Issue 6
¿Quiénes serán los nuevos ‘Jaguares de América’? La agricultura de Centroamérica y República Dominicana se prepara para el futuro, apostándole a una visión conjunta de construcción de resiliencia frente al clima. En el 2050 Centroamérica y República Dominicana podrían conocerse como los nuevos ‘Jaguares de América…’ (while the working language of GACSA is
English, we welcome news from our members in their own languages. It would be most helpful, when possible, if our members would also provide an English translation of their news.)
Member Spotlight: Climate Smart Agriculture Youth Network The Climate Smart Agriculture Youth Network (CSAYN) consists of volunteers (based in 12 sub-Saharan African countries, Canada, Myanmar) who promote and strengthen climate smart agriculture among youth. CSAYN is working with the Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture to highlight youth issues across the alliance. The main objective of CSAYN is to create awareness…
Release of Nutrient Management Handbook The world’s farmers are on the frontline of the challenges facing the agricultural sector. With the unfortunate decline in extension services seen in many parts of the world, greater efforts to transfer knowledge on best management practices in the area of plant nutrition are required. Towards this end, WFO, IFA and GACSA are delighted to release this handbook…
Webinar: Enabling advisory services for climate-smart agriculture FAO and partners held the webinar “Enabling advisory services for climate-smart agriculture” for policy makers on 29 March 2017. The webinar was part of series related to extension services developed by FAO in collaboration with GACSA. The recording of the webinar is now available…
New FAO e-learning course: National GHG inventory for agriculture sectors The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN is proud to launch a new free e-learning course on national greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory for agriculture sectors. This course provides the necessary knowledge to build a sustainable national greenhouse gas inventory and to assess emissions from the agriculture sector…
Save the Week - GACSA Meetings - 12 to 16 June 2017 - Rome, Italy • In-person Strategic Committee Meeting - exact date TBD • Annual Forum Planning Meeting - exact date TBD • Action Groups’ Investment Metrics Workshop - exact date TBD
Upcoming Events • 1 - 2 April: Food Tank Summit - Investing in Discovery • 12 April: Webinar - Tools & approaches to prioritizing CSA interventions in S. Asia • 3 May: Webinar - Reducing Climate Risks in Latin American Agricultural Sector: A
Tool to Prioritize Climate Smart Agriculture Interventions • 8 - 12 May: 7th Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock MSP Meeting • 8 - 18 May: Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice • 9 - 10 May: Global Forum for Innovations in Agriculture - Europe • 24 May: Webinar - CSA-Plan: Strategies to put CSA into practice • 26 - 27 May: G7 Summit • 21 June: Webinar - Farm household characterization to inform CSA interventions
New Resources & Research • Voluntary Guidelines for Sustainable Soil Management • Soil Organic Carbon: the hidden potential • Nutrient Management Handbook • Farmers' prioritization of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) technologies
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