Meeting
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ORGANIZER(S): Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Headquarters (FAO)
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HOST(S): Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Viet Nam) (MARD)
Type: Meeting or Conference Date: 15 - 16 Mar 2018 Location: Viet Nam (Ha Noi)
The overall objective of this regional conference is to discuss and recommend workable pathways for the agriculture sector in implementing the Sendai Framework for DRR to strengthen the sector’s resilience to disaster and climate change in Asia and the Pacific. Resilient food and agriculture systems contribute significantly to food security and resilient urbanization.
Specifically the conference aims to:
The recommendations of this conference will feed into deliberations at the 34th FAO Asia-Pacific Regional Conference in April 2018 and at the 2018 Asian Ministerial Conference on DRR, hosted by the Government of Mongolia in July 2018.
Governments, UN agencies, international and national NGOs, organizations working in agriculture sector, DRR and CCA, primary producers (farmers, fisher-folk, pastoralists and foresters) and producer groups, academia and research institutes, private sector organizations working in agri-food businesses, and other relevant stakeholders.
Registration can be made online here.
Event website: http://www.fao.org/asiapacific/events/detail-events/en/c/1472/
Short URL: https://www.preventionweb.net/go/56903