This Declaration, adopted by farmers and experts attending the Workshop on Improving Climate Services for Farmers in Africa and South Asia in Kampala in April 2015, establishes the Regional Network of Farmers of Africa and South Asia (RENOFASA) to develop an implementation plan for promoting cooperation, disseminating weather and climate information and services to farmers in a timely manner through information and communications technologies, organizing training seminars, and establishing advisory teams to interact with farmers and improve the uptake of weather and climate services. The Declaration was inspired by the growing recognition that significant progress has been made in weather and climate forecasting.
The Declaration also requests the government of Uganda to offer its full support for the establishment of the office of RENOFASA in Kampala and in approaching different countries in Africa and South Asia to provide provisional financial support for its functioning; and various intergovernmental organizations and other stakeholders to provide financial support.
