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Friday, October 10, 2014
CCDA IV: Climate Information Service can Reduce Africa’s Vulnerability to Climate Change
Is scientific climate information service adequate and reliable in reducing
vulnerability to climate change? This is a question that has been posed by
communities in Arid and Semi Arid lands of Kenyan (ASALs), who acknowledged
that they still continue using indigenous knowledge to monitor weather patterns.
The communities in ASALs have conceded that due to weather changes and change
in seasons, the indigenous methods are becoming less reliable and thus the need
for alternative methods to disseminate climate information.
In a bid to ensure that “Africa can feed Africa now: translating
Climate Knowledge into action”, organizations are devising ways of working with
communities in disseminating climate information to end-users. A case scenario
in Kenya is the Kenya Meteorological Services (KMS) working together with partners
under the Adaptation Consortium in developing user-driven Climate Information
Service (CIS) to better support planning across county governments in Kenya as
well as those whose lives and livelihoods are directly impacted by weather and
climate.
CCDA IV: A la recherche des solutions locales aux défis liés au climat
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| Kebby Kabunda |
Comme les débats sur le changement climatique
progressent, on est à la recherche et à l’élaboration des voies pour trouver la
solution à ce phénomène qui touche tous les secteurs du développement.
Parmi les théories émergentes, il y a le transfert des
technologies et le modèle d’innovations qui se réfèrent largement aux nouveaux
moyens de faire la même chose mais différemment afin d’atteindre des résultats
différents.
Mais comment faut-il faire et à qui la
responsabilité ? C’est l’un des thèmes qui a été discuté à la conférence
sur le changement climatique à Marrakech au Maroc.
Le Coordinateur du Programme Humanitaire au Bureau
d’Oxfam en Zambie, Kebby Kabunda, a dit que l’approche communautaire est le
meilleur modèle puisqu’elle répond directement aux besoins des communautés
touchées.
Thursday, October 9, 2014
CCDA IV: Africa Can Feed Africa without GMOs
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| Olushola Olayide, Representative of African Union Commission |
Experts at the ongoing Climate Change conference in
Marrakech, Morocco have restated Africa’s capacity to feed itself now and in
the future without genetically modified organisms.
They however warned that it will require increased
investment in climate change research, development and innovation to make
technology accessible and affordable for farmers, to enhance opportunities for
easy access to agricultural finance and insurance, to facilitate trading and
access to markets at all levels, and to create an enabling environment for
private sector investment in the agricultural value chain.
Mrs Olushola Olayide, representative of the Africa
Union Commission at the conference stated that the absence of an AU official
position on GMOs does not manifestly translate into an endorsement of the
organisms as “the continent has recorded good success stories in local food
production and conservation methods in Benin and Malawi and with these efforts
being upscaled currently, Africa will comfortably feed Africa.”
#CCDA IV: L’AFRIQUE DECIDEE DE NOURRIR L’AFRIQUE
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| Fatima Dentonm Coordinatrice ACPC |
Les africains doivent agir en synergie pour pouvoir sauver
leur continent des changements
climatiques et développer l’agriculture intelligente.
L’appel vient d’être
lancé lors des débats de l’atelier qui
annonce la quatrième conférence sur les changements climatiques et le
développement de l’Afrique. Laquelle conférence se déroule du 8 octobre au 10
octobre au Marrakech sous le thème «
l’Afrique peut nourrir l’Afrique »
Par Diane Nininahazwem Marrakechm Morocco
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