On the occasion of the  GFIA Africa Conference and the UNFCCC COP21, an online briefing linked to the Brussels Development Briefings has been recently published on the topic of ‘Climate Smart Agriculture’. 

The ACP-EU technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), the European Commission, the EU Presidency, the ACP Group, Concord, and other partners organize regular development Briefing sessions in Brussels on key issues and challenges for rural development in the context of EU-ACP cooperation.

The Briefing objectives are to: (i) highlight the key opportunities in agribusiness development favourable to the farmer’s organisations; (ii) promote sustainable and inclusive PPPs in support of agribusiness development; and (iii) identify new opportunities in data and ICTs in support of agribusiness and agricultural development in the continent.

The online briefing on Climate Smart Agriculture can be found here.