June 9, 2022 • AU-SAFGRAD Participation to the 15TH of the UNCCD Conference of Parties (COP15) Abidjan, Republic of Cote d’Ivoire, Mai 9-20, 2022
April 1, 2022 • Validation workshop of the draft report on the scope, opportunities and challenges of Irrigation and Agricultural Water Management typologies in Africa. 17-19th March 2022, Dakar, Senegal.
November 30, 2021 • Webinar on secure, peaceful and sustainable pastoralism in Africa December 7, 2021, 10 a.m. – 11:30 p.m. GMT
November 29, 2021 • 5th African regional Conference of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID). Marrakech, Morocco. 21 – 27 November 2021
Program 7.3. Facilitating farmers’ organizations, livestock associations and forest-based organizations to use information and knowledge on CSA best practices to promote sustainable crop, livestock and forestry production to help build their resilience.
Program 7.2. Supporting knowledge management, including the documentation (by national and regional research organizations and advisory service institutions) of CSA best-practice experiences and lessons that help build resilience and facilitate their widespread dissemination and scaling-up across the semi-arid zones of Africa.
Program 7.1. Increase the number of staff of AU-SAFGRAD who will, in collaboration with partners and stakeholders, develop and manage projects that effectively address the broad areas of resilience building in SAZ.
Program 6.3. Strengthen research- and training-related capacity for Land Degradation at the Conference of Parties (CoP) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
Program 6.2. Mainstream land degradation, desertification, climate change and risk management approaches into NAIPs and RAIPs
Program 5.3. Enhance the capacity of African young researchers/relevant stakeholders on the challenges of land degradation, desertification, and climate change adaptation.
Program 5.2. Strengthen collaboration and partnership between the NARS and the CGIAR Organization and other research institutions in order to facilitate implementation of resilience-building activities
Program 5.1. Support commodity-based ‘Innovation Platforms’ to incorporate issues of resilience building, including mainstreaming of CSA.
Program 3.3. Support NSAs to promote the use of the AU Land Policy and Pastoral Policy Frameworks in the development of NAIPs and RAIPs.