This week, Cape Verde will host for the second time the International Forum on Water Scarcity in Agriculture (WASAG), which will bring together about three hundred international experts in the city of Praia.
Under the motto “Ensuring agriculture resilience to climate change, water scarcity, opportunities for action and cooperation”, the II International WASAG Forum will be held in the city of Praia from 7 to 10 February, after the country received the same event in 2019. .
It is expected that for four days about three hundred international experts, professionals and national activists will discuss the problems of sustainable agriculture in the context of global climate change.
“The second forum aims, among other things, to mobilize political commitment to accelerate strategic action, including the public policies and investments needed to address the problem of water scarcity in agriculture, formulate strong messages about the shortage of water in agriculture at major international events,” it says in a note. from the organization.
He also intends to provide opportunities for reflection and input to the mid-term evaluation of the implementation phase of the Goals of the International Decade for Action (2018-2028) at the United Nations World Water Conference in March 2023, and to discuss ways to make partnerships more effective and productive for the implementation of the new WASAG Action Strategy for the period 2021-2024.
The official opening ceremony will be hosted by the Prime Minister of Cape Verde, Ulisses Correia e Silva, while the closing ceremony will be hosted by the President of the National Assembly, Austelino Correia, and the Deputy Director General of the United Nations. United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Cape Verde Maria Helena Semedo.
After being re-appointed as the host of the forum, the organization said that negotiations are underway to declare the city of Praia the “World Capital of WASAG”.
The Global Framework for Water Scarcity in Agriculture (WASAG) was established by FAO in 2017 and brings together over 60 partners, including governments and intergovernmental organizations, UN agencies, academic and research institutions, as well as civil society and the private sector around the world.
All of them are “committed to identifying and implementing concrete measures to jointly address the problem of water scarcity in agriculture in a world where climate change is a concern,” the organization said in a statement.
The first forum, which took place in March 2019 also in Praia, brought together more than three and a half hundred specialists in the field of agriculture, economics, finance, water resources, climatology, desertification, academicians, scientists and environmental activists from 48 countries and representatives of prestigious research centers and universities in Europe, Asia, Africa and America.
In the final declaration of the first event, the participants pledged to promote innovative technologies adapted to local conditions, including those that reduce losses and allow the reuse of treated wastewater.
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Source: CM Jornal
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