Agriculture and Rural Development Day 2010
Agriculture is where climate change, food security, and development intersect!
Agriculture and Rural Development Day 2010, held in parallel to COP16, will bring agriculture sector adaptation and mitigation strategies to the forefront of the global climate treaty negotiations. It will demonstrate clearly that agriculture is where climate change, food security, and development intersect. It informs the climate change negotiations and advocates for a COP decision on a “work program for agriculture” — and at the same time looking beyond the negotiations.
Agriculture and Rural Development Day 2010 will show how agricultural development can contribute to low emission futures, while adapting to climate change and enhancing supporting sustainable food security. The ensuing messages together with those of Forest Day 4 will be presented jointly at an official COP side event.
Last year’s Agriculture and Rural Development Day had increased the focus on the link between agriculture, food security and climate change, as well as forestry. This year we will build on that success by identifying policies and practical solutions to reduce agriculture-related greenhouse gas emissions and strengthen global food security and rural development.
Planned 2010 themes
•Agricultural intensification as an REDD strategy
•Agricultural mitigation and carbon sequestration
•Adaptation for food security and development outcomes
•Capturing carbon finance, including through forestry, for agricultural development
•What scientific, technological, and methodological aspects need to be considered to advance agriculture’s contribution to mitigation and adaptation?
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