Announcement: 2nd International Seminar on Drought and Agriculture

12th June 2019
by secretary

Paepard

17 June, 2019. Rome, Italy. FAO, in collaboration with the Government of the Netherlands, is organizing the 2nd International Seminar on Drought and Agriculture “Counting crops and drops: let’s grow the future together”.

The seminar will present and discuss tools, policies and best practices to support countries and farmers to be better prepared and resilient to drought. It will showcase how water resources assessment and monitoring, through the use of novel technologies, can reduce the vulnerability of rural communities.

The event is aimed at representatives from governments, international organizations, NGOs, academic and research institutes, and the private sector.

Objectives of the seminar:

Showcase and share knowledge on novel technologies and best practices to increase farmers resilience to drought.
Promote multi-stakeholder partnership and capacity building for integrated management practices for both drought preparedness and addressing land degradation in agriculture.
Promote enabling environments to support accessibility of farmers to actionable information for improved resilience and sustainability.
Demonstrate WaPOR, FAO’s portal to monitor Water Productivity through Open-access of Remotely sensed derived data.

Extracts of the programme:

Opening address, Bekhit Mohamed Bekhit, Minister’s Assistant of Transboundary Water, Studies and Research Improvement, Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation, the Arab Republic of Egypt
Opening address by Moderator, H.E. Hans Hoogeveen, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to FAO

“Water resources assessment: counting the drops, making them count”

Introductory remarks by Moderator, Jippe Hoogeveen, Senior Land and Water Officer, Land and Water Division, FAO
The present and future of earth observation for agriculture – Benjamin Koetz, Exploitation Engineer, European Space Agency
Launch of the Water Productivity Open-access Portal version 2.0 – Livia Peiser, Land and Water Officer, Land and Water Division, FAO
Plant Village application and WaPOR – David Hughes, Associate Professor, Penn State University

Outcomes of the Near East and North Africa Land and Water Days 2019

Jean-Marc Faurès, Regional Programme Leader, Regional Office for Near East and North Africa, FAO

Improved policies and practices for drought resilience

National drought plans and integrated drought management – Daniel Tsegai, UNCCD
Saline agriculture: country experience – Arjen de Vos, Director Operations Saline Agriculture, Saline Farming
Kenya’s way forward in addressing drought – Paul Kimeu, Manager, Drought Resilience, National Drought Management Authority (NDMA), Kenya
Drought policies and practices in Egypt – Ismail Abdelgalil Ismail Hussein, Former Chair of Desert Research Center, Cairo, Egypt

“Strengthening farmers’ resilience to drought: from the sky to the ground”

Satellite data for seasonal monitoring at World Food Programme (WFP) – Rogerio Bonifacio, Geospatial Analysis Unit, WFP
Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS) – Mario Zappacosta, Senior Economist, Trade and Markets Division, FAO
Waterwatch Cooperative – Ad Bastiaansen, Chairman, Waterwatch Cooperative
Fostering communities’ knowledge for better drought – forest management in dryland – Fidaa Haddad, Forestry Policy and Resources Division, FAO

Source: PAEPARD FEED

Announcement: 2nd International Seminar on Drought and Agriculture

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