Climate Smart Agriculture Alliance introduced
(VOV) - The official debut of the Climate Smart Agriculture Alliance (CSA) is considered an initial breakthrough in expanding and coordinating global climate smart agriculture.
The statement was made by Harry Palmier, Senior Partnerships Adviser at the Global Forum for Agricultural Research (GFAR), at a CSA conference held in Hanoi on June 19 between Vietnam, South Africa and the Netherlands.
Van Seeters from CSA Secretariat said the alliance aims to support governments in shifting agricultural farming methods, food systems and social policy in line with climate change and the effective use of natural resources.
The alliance also links traditional sectors and organisations and supports the establishment of partnerships and international processes related to agriculture, food safety and climate change, for its members.
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Hiroyuki Konuma, Assistant Director General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), said the conference provides a good opportunity for participating countries to discuss challenges and complicated connectivity and breakthroughs in agriculture and rural development.
The Netherlands Deputy Minister for Agriculture Hans Hoogeveen said investment in agriculture is the most effective way to reduce poverty, and promoting environmental issues in agriculture will be key to this investment. Accordingly, he said it is necessary to consolidate the role of the private sector and investors in climate smart agriculture.
Vietnam’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat expressed hope that the conference will come up with valuable recommendations on the establishment of the CSA due to make its debut at the UN Summit in September.