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Global Study on SPIS available!
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with GIZ project Powering Agriculture on behalf of BMZ is happy to announce The Benefits and Risks of Solar-Powered Irrigation – a Global Overview. The report was made possible through the global initiative Powering Agriculture: An Energy Grand...
Mycotoxin Analysis: A Focus on Rapid Methods
Mycotoxin Analysis: A Focus on Rapid Methods Kristine Wolf, Florian J. Schweigert ISBN 978-99944-72-06-2, 02.2018 Click for download Foreword by Christel Weller-Molongua (giz) and Dr. Godfrey Bahiigwa (AUC) Mycotoxin contamination of staple and cash crops is a serious developmental challenge that calls for urgent actions. African Union Commission has priority...
Upcoming MOOC on “Land Matters! Integrating soil degradation concerns and solutions into policy processes”
Upcoming MOOC on “Land Matters! Integrating soil degradation concerns and solutions into policy processes” Registrations are now open for the MOOC “Land Matters! Integrating soil degradation concerns and solutions into policy processes”. Please registerand help us spread the wordto your interested partners and possible other participants and multiplicators! AT A...
GIZ India publishes Agenda 2030: Success Stories
The Environment, Climate Change and Biodiversity, one of the priority areas of the Indo-German Cooperation, recently published a notebook on Agenda 2030. The publication illustrates the contribution of the projects towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in India. The priority area assist partners in the fields of (1)...
How can a mapping of SDG targets support and orient GIZ staff and partners in identifying potential risks and opportunities, read more here.
This paper introduces a framework and tool for mapping the interlinkages among the different Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets, and for understanding and better addressing potential trade-offs and synergies derived from them. The paper presents the approach based on identified interlinkages between nature-focused SDG targets and others in the Asian...
Toolbox on Solar Powered Irrigation System (SPIS) Launched!
The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is happy to announce the launch of the Toolbox on Solar Powered Irrigation System (SPIS). This Toolbox was made possible through the global initiative Powering Agriculture: An Energy Grand...
Check out photo gallery of the SNRD Asia and TUEWAS Conference here!
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SNRD Asia and TUEWAS gear up to digitalisation in order to leverage the potential it offers
Over 240 GIZ technical staff working in the sectors of natural resources, rural development, transport, environment, energy and water from all over Asia recently met at the biennial “Sector Network Conference of SNRD Asia and TUEWAS” in Bangkok. This year’s edition was held from 14 – 18 May 2018 on...
Training on “Biodiversity on Human Well-being” from 29 Oct – 1 Nov, book now!
This course provides an overview of the most relevant developments, concepts, and practical tools in biodiversity conservation and management in the context of international cooperation. The aim is to familiarize participants with the international framework of the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) as well as concepts and approaches for its implementation...
FAO: Strengthening integrated aquatic plant and animal farming in the rice fields of Lao PDR
An FAO project helped farmers in rural areas of LAO PDR to expand their rice-fish-aquatic animal production Lao PDR enjoys a rich aquatic biodiversity, with rice fields acting as an environment that is home to an impressive diversity of aquatic organisms. The aquatic animals and plants that thrive in these...