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CTA Annual Report 2012: Raising the bar by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Organised with the UN Economic Commission for Africa and 18 other organisations, the conference attracted 70 countries and provided an excellent opportunity to share lessons, create awareness and collaborate with the private sector. …”
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Institutional Linkages, South-South Partnerships and Capacity Building Hands-on Workshop on Objective Climate Forecasts for the Agriculture and Food Security Sector in Eastern and... by United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre, CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…The main objectives of the training workshop were to build the capacities of national and regional experts in objective seasonal forecasting, enhance the co-production of reliable and improved climate information and services in the agriculture and food security sector, and establish multi-institutional and multi-stakeholder dialogue and knowledge sharing platform to strengthen institutional linkages and south-south partnerships. The UN Economic Commission for Africa's Climate Research for Development (CR4D) initiative convened the workshop, which is funded by the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland through the Foreign Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO) within the Weather and Climate Information SERvice (WISER) Programme, the IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC), and the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security East Africa (CCAFS-EA). …”
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