Agriculture must produce more while adapting to climate change and protecting natural resources, making climate-smart and sustainable agriculture essential. This Program equips professionals to apply climate-smart and sustainable agriculture.
Designed for manager-level agriculture staff, the Program reflects international climate-smart agriculture practice worldwide. It is directly applicable to sustainable farming in any context.
Course Objectives
Upon the successful completion of this program, attendees will be able to:
- Understand climate-smart and sustainable agriculture
- Assess climate risks to agriculture
- Apply climate-smart principles
- Improve productivity sustainably
- Build agricultural resilience and adaptation
- Reduce agricultural emissions
- Apply soil and land management
- Manage water for agriculture
- Apply conservation agriculture
- Promote agroecology and biodiversity
- Manage integrated farming systems
- Support climate-resilient crops and livestock
- Access climate finance for agriculture
- Monitor climate-smart outcomes
- Scale sustainable agriculture
- Apply emerging trends in sustainable agriculture
Course Outline
- Module 1: Climate-Smart & Sustainable Agriculture
- Module 2: Climate Risks to Agriculture
- Module 3: Climate-Smart Principles
- Module 4: Sustainable Productivity
- Module 5: Agricultural Resilience & Adaptation
- Module 6: Reducing Agricultural Emissions
- Module 7: Soil & Land Management
- Module 8: Water for Agriculture
- Module 9: Conservation Agriculture
- Module 10: Agroecology & Biodiversity
- Module 11: Integrated Farming Systems
- Module 12: Climate-Resilient Crops & Livestock
- Module 13: Climate Finance for Agriculture
- Module 14: Monitoring Outcomes
- Module 15: Emerging Trends: Sustainable Agriculture
Who Should Attend
This Program is designed for agriculture and natural resource managers, Program and technical staff at manager level in agriculture ministries, agencies, and development organisations internationally.
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