22 March 2013
No. 1563
Dr Cynthia Bantilan delivering a speech, on behalf of DG William Dar, during the policy segment of the closing program of HMNDP held in Geneva, Switzerland.
At the UN High-level Meeting on National Drought Policy
ICRISAT calls for climate-smart agriculture through resilient crops and systems and robust policies “ICRISAT’s priority is to find ways to help extricate vulnerable dryland communities out of hunger and poverty using science-based solutions and pro-poor approaches and policies to climatechange adaptation. Through our research-for-development (R4D) initiatives, we believe that we can reduce the vulnerability of smallholder farmers to extreme weather by creating a sustainable, inclusive, resilient and profitable, climate-smart agriculture.”
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hese were the highlights of the speech read by Dr Cynthia Bantilan, Program Director – Markets, Institutions and Policies, on behalf of Director General William Dar at the conclusion of the five-day (11-15 March) UN High-level Meeting on National Drought Policy (HMNDP) held in Geneva, Switzerland.
In the speech titled “Towards building climateresilient crops and systems: Accelerating the pace through robust policies,” Dr Bantilan spoke of the need to integrate the adoption of climate-resilient crops and various soil, water and nutrient management systems, along with supporting agriculture and climate change policies and institutions, amid the threat of climate change. to page 2 ...4