14 May 2022
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Jonky Tenou (IFAD)
y.tenou@ifad.org
Rodrigo Ciannella (ICRAF)
r.ciannella@cgiar.org
The International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) and its partners including World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies (WOCAT), French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD), World Food Programme (WFP) and CIFOR-ICRAF are hosting a side event at the fifteenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
Case studies from three Resilient Food Systems (RFS) programme countries (Nigeria, Senegal and Burundi) and from IFAD projects in Cambodia will demonstrate emerging lessons on integrated sustainable land and water management, and payments for ecosystem services in subsistence farming.
The side event will be an interactive session moderated to create an opportunity for the exchange of insights, lessons learnt and successful implementation practices. The session will provide an opportunity to galvanise potential collaboration across the programmatic implementation under the thematic areas of UNCCD COP15 such as ‘Land. Life. Legacy: From scarcity to prosperity.’
The panel will reflect upon the main challenges in addressing Land Degradation Neutrality in the smallholder farming for rural transformation in Africa and Asia, as well as critical changes that need to be made to build smallholder farmers' resilience on the continent, including a discussion on concrete examples of how this is being done in different contexts and the most relevant lessons emerged so far.
Moderator
Keynote Speaker
Speakers
Introduction of event themes and objectives - Ms. Janie Rioux
Keynote speech: overview on RFS in large-scale transformation agenda in Africa (10 min) - Mr. Jonky Tenou
Session 1: Country case studies
Nigeria (10 mins) - Ms. Rhoda Dia
Burundi (10 mins) - Mr. Salvator Ndabirorere
Senegal (10 mins) - Ms. Suwadu Sakho Jimbira
Q&A (15 mins)
Session 2: Panel Discussion
Panellists
Dr. Vang Seng, UNCCD STC for Cambodia (WOCAT)
Ms. Delphine Dechaux, Chief of the Livelihoods, Assets and Resilience Unit WFP
Mr. Tamsir Mbaye, Coordinator of Pastoralism and Dry Zones Unit, CIRAD
Mr. Patrick Teixeira, Director a.i.- Regional Centre of Excellence against Hunger & Malnutrition
Ms. Asha Bobb-Semple, Environmental Specialist, Land Degradation Focal Area, GEF Secretariat
Moderator - Ms. Janie Rioux
Synthesis and Closing Remarks - Dr. Fergus Sinclair
The International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) and its partners including World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies (WOCAT), French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD), World Food Programme (WFP) and CIFOR-ICRAF host a side event at the fifteenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
Case studies from three Resilient Food Systems (RFS) programme countries (Nigeria, Senegal and Burundi) and from IFAD projects in Cambodia demonstrate emerging lessons on integrated sustainable land and water management, and payments for ecosystem services in subsistence farming.
The RFS Burundi project, Support for Sustainable Food Production and Enhancement of Food Security and Climate Resilience in Burundi's Highlands, presents at the COP15 in Abidjan. The presentation touches on the themes of 'Land, Life, Legacy' adopted by the 2022 convention, presenting best practices and lessons learnt through project implementation.
The RFS Nigeria project, Fostering Sustainability and Resilience for Food Security in the Savannah Zones of Northern Nigeria, presents at the COP15 in Abidjan. The presentation touches on the themes of 'Land, Life, Legacy' adopted by the 2022 convention, presenting best practices and lessons learnt through project implementation.
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