Scaling resilient water & agriculture management practices for Sustainable Rice Intensification in East Africa
The Global Framework on Water Scarcity in Agriculture (WASAG) hosted by the FAO Land and Water Division organized its tenth webinar under the title: Scaling resilient water & agriculture management practices for Sustainable Rice Intensification in East Africa.
Achieving food security remains a major challenge in the East Africa region. With increasing demand for food due to population growth and improvements in disposable income, the situation is expected to remain critical as the impact of climate change and unsustainable land and water management practices become more profound. The discourse on sustainable intensification practices to meet growing food demand has become increasingly relevant to balance increasing food production and sustainable agriculture, land, and water management practices.
The webinar was organized in the framework of the research project, ScaleWAYS (Scaling out Resilient Water and Agricultural Systems), which is jointly being implemented by the International Institute for Applied System Analysis (IIASA), the Lake Victoria Basin Commission (LVBC) and the International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) with financial support from the Austrian Development Agency (ADA). Additional inputs were provided by the FAO Regional Office for East Africa.
Presentations
- Characterization and sharing of quinoa's biodiversity - Presentation by Didier Bazile, CIRAD
- Germplasm Improvement for the Saline and Dry Marginal Environments - Presentation by Dr R. K. Singh, ICBA
- Emerging opportunities in quinoa production - Presentation by Ndeye Ndack Diop, FAO
Speakers
Remi Nono Womdim - Deputy Director, FAO AGPM
Dr Ismahane Elouafi - Director General, ICBA
Dr Didier BAZILE - Senior Biodiversity Advisor at the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD)
Dr Rakesh Kumar Singh - Program Leader Crop Diversification and Genetics section and Principal Scientist (Plant Breeding)
Ms Ndeye Ndack Diop - Agricultural officer, AGP, FAO
Ms Tania Santivanez - Agricultural Officer for Europa and Central Asia and Delivery manager of Regional initiative “Natural resources management under a changing climate” FAO
Programme
| 15:00-15:05 | Moderator: Remi Nono Womdim, Deputy Director, FAO AGPM |
| 15:05-15:10 | Opening Remarks – Dr Ismahane Elouafi, Director General, ICBA |
| 15:10-15:20 | Characterization and sharing of quinoa's biodiversity : its global spreading beyond its origins – Didier BAZILE, CIRAD |
| 15:20-15:30 | Germplasm improvement for the saline and dry marginal environments – Rakesh Kumar Singh, ICBA |
| 15:30-15:40 | Emerging opportunities in quinoa production - Ndeye Ndack Diop, FAO AGPM |
| 15:40-15:55 | Questions and answers |
| 15:55-16:00 | Closing remarks – Tania Santivanez, FAO REU |
15/09/2020