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05Mar
2019

SNRD Asia and the Pacific and TUEWAS Annual Face-to-Face Steering Group Meeting promoted the cross WG and cross Sectoral collaboration and kicked-start the preparation for 2020 Joint Conference

Bangkok 5-7 March 2019 With the new members joining the Secretariat, various topics were discussed in an effort to set ways forward for both SNs and to review the existing management system. The steering group members of both, SNRD Asia and the Pacific and TUEWAS met in Bangkok during 5-7 March...

28Aug
2018

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...

15Jul
2018

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 attention to aflatoxin control because...

12Jul
2018

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 GLANCE Are you...

21Jun
2018

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)...

18Jun
2018

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...

07Jun
2018

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...