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Food Security and Climate Resilience

Objective:

Explore strategies to enhance food security by integrating climate-resilient agricultural practices, addressing the challenges posed by climate change and ensuring sustainable and reliable access to nutritious food.

Theme :

"Nourishing the Future: Enhancing Food Security through Climate-Resilient Agricultural Practices"

This session aims to delve into the critical intersection of food security and climate resilience in the context of agriculture. It will examine innovative and adaptive agricultural practices that mitigate the impact of climate change on food production, ensuring the availability and accessibility of nutritious food. By addressing the complex dynamics between climate variability and food security, the session seeks to provide insights into building resilient food systems capable of sustaining global populations under changing climatic conditions.

Tracks

1 Climate-Resilient Crop Breeding

2 Precision Agriculture for Climate Adaptation

3 Water-Efficient Agricultural Practices

4 Climate-Resilient Livestock Farming Systems

5 Agroecological Approaches for Climate Resilience

6 Community-Based Adaptation and Local Knowledge

7 Climate-Smart Agricultural Policies and Governance

8 Technological Innovations for Climate-Resilient Supply Chains

9 Capacity Building for Climate-Resilient Agriculture

10 Assessment of Climate-Resilient Food Systems

Outcomes:

    Climate-Resilient Crop Varieties and Farming Practices:
  • Explore advancements in crop varieties and farming techniques that enhance resilience to climate extremes, ensuring stable food production.
  • Adaptive Water Management for Agriculture:
  • Discuss strategies for water management in agriculture that adapt to changing climate patterns, ensuring efficient use and conservation of water resources.
  • Diversification of Food Sources for Resilient Diets:
  • Examine the importance of diversifying food sources to enhance dietary resilience, considering climate impacts on traditional food supplies.
  • Community-Based Adaptation Strategies:
  • Explore community-based approaches to climate adaptation in agriculture, emphasizing collaborative initiatives that enhance local resilience and food security.
  • Climate-Smart Agricultural Policies:
  • Discuss policies and frameworks that integrate climate-smart practices into agriculture, addressing the systemic challenges posed by climate change.
  • Technological Innovations for Climate-Resilient Agriculture:
  • Highlight technological innovations, such as precision farming and digital tools, that contribute to climate resilience in agriculture and enhance food security.
  • Climate-Resilient Livestock Farming:
  • Explore practices in livestock farming that are resilient to climate variations, ensuring sustainable production of meat, dairy, and other animal products.
  • Capacity Building for Climate-Resilient Agriculture:
  • Discuss strategies for building the capacity of farmers and communities to implement and adapt to climate-resilient agricultural practices.
  • Market Access and Climate-Resilient Supply Chains:
  • Examine the role of market access and supply chain resilience in ensuring food security under changing climatic conditions.
  • Monitoring and Evaluation of Climate-Resilient Food Systems:
  • Discuss methodologies for monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of climate-resilient food systems, providing insights for continuous improvement.

Food Security and Climate Resilience is contribution to
The Sustainable Development Goals:

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