AS policy-makers, experts and the civil societies converged on
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for the opening of the second yearly Conference
on Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA-II), mass media
practitioners on the continent have been urged to use effective and
simple means to communicate available knowledge on the critical impact
of the environmental phenomenon to the people.
The call was made
by experts and facilitators at a capacity-building for radio and print
media journalists organised by African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) and
Developing Radio Partners (DRP) yesterday at the United Nations Economic
Commission for Africa (UNECA) Conference Centre in the Ethiopian
capital, Addis Ababa.
The CCDA-II, which begins today in Addis Ababa, is a joint initiative of the African Union Commission (AUC), UNECA and the African Development Bank (AfDB) as part of Climate for Development in Africa (ClimDev-Africa) designed to provide a forum for dialogue and engagement with various stakeholders involved in climate and development in Africa.
The ClimDev-Africa Programme is an integrated programme with strong inter-linkages between programmatic activities delivered through the African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) and the Climate Change and Desertification Unit (CCDU), and investment activities delivered through the ClimDev Special Fund (CDSF), implemented by UNECA, AUC and AfDB respectively.
The meeting is also enriching and reviewing the draft Africa Bioenergy Frame-work and Guidelines for validation. Agricultural experts also urged the need for the adoption of basket options, while discouraging over-reliance on terminator seeds.
Senior Agriculture and Climate Specialist at the African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC), Mr. Tom Owiyo, said that the terminator seed may offer immediate succour to farmers through its various advantages.
Terminator seeds are a variety of crops that yield highly, but cannot reproduce. They can only be used and their products cannot regenerate.
The CCDA-II, which begins today in Addis Ababa, is a joint initiative of the African Union Commission (AUC), UNECA and the African Development Bank (AfDB) as part of Climate for Development in Africa (ClimDev-Africa) designed to provide a forum for dialogue and engagement with various stakeholders involved in climate and development in Africa.
The ClimDev-Africa Programme is an integrated programme with strong inter-linkages between programmatic activities delivered through the African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) and the Climate Change and Desertification Unit (CCDU), and investment activities delivered through the ClimDev Special Fund (CDSF), implemented by UNECA, AUC and AfDB respectively.
The meeting is also enriching and reviewing the draft Africa Bioenergy Frame-work and Guidelines for validation. Agricultural experts also urged the need for the adoption of basket options, while discouraging over-reliance on terminator seeds.
Senior Agriculture and Climate Specialist at the African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC), Mr. Tom Owiyo, said that the terminator seed may offer immediate succour to farmers through its various advantages.
Terminator seeds are a variety of crops that yield highly, but cannot reproduce. They can only be used and their products cannot regenerate.
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