The festival of Augustus has been celebrated for 2035 years ferragosto celebrates the battle of Actium with Octavian being victorious. That Octavian happened to change his name to Augustus and began celebrating the ferroagusto is no coincidence I’m sure…. The ancient nature of the holiday from a time when agricultural production was the primary source ...
the World Resource Institute WRI) is an independent research institute based out of Washington DC. Its mission is to move human society to live in ways that protects Earth’s Environment and its capacity to provide for the needs and aspirations of current and future generation. It is generally focussed on the sustainable management in ...
So I am working on trying to discover what precisely is transformational change in agriculture. Considerable examination of the documentation surrounding transformational change and agriculture, although unsurprisingly the majority is from the FAO. Drawing from sources both from UN agencies and from development agencies like the the World Bank to provide the criteria they ...
The NAP-Ag programme runs a series of webinars that will address technical topics especially for adaptation planning for the agricultural sectors. They bring specialized experts on topics to highlight the importance of their topic in an hour long for each topic. The series is organised jointly between FAO and UNDP along with other partner institutes ...
From the 3rd- 8th July FAO ran its annual conference. its focus was mainly on building on the fact that agriculture is the sector most vulnerable to climate change, the negative impacts of climate change on agricultural production pose a serious and growing threat to food security. The conference also focuses on agriculture’s place as ...
I am lucky that my Masters has managed to get place me in Rome for the Summer. While the heat is a bit too much for someone who cannot tolerate a day above 25 degrees. i manage thanks to the energy intensive airconditioning…. Luckily the warm evenings and guaranteed good weather allows for events not ...
I decided to wait until I settled into FAO to direct my studies. Once there and after a copious amount of reading, a discussion with my supervisor about the problems currently effecting agriculture adaptation. Building on my interest in policy and agricultural planning the issue surrounding the the undefined definitions of transformational change. The ...
Another handy source from the FAO, is the NAPs Knowledge Tank. A pity is that for my studies the Knowledge Tank would have been an invaluable source of knowledge resources. Specifically in the areas of climate change adaptation, resilience and disaster risk reduction in the agricultural sector. It was designed to provide information for policy makers. ...
I didnt come to Rome completely uneducated and my passion for Irish dairy farming came to the forefront ( for once). The Climate Change and Environment division of FAO does a series of webinars on topics surrounding climate change. Naturally I was volunteered by my supervisor to give a talk on how the Irish ...
A lovely view from my office Set in Rome, the term Byzantine is apt for working at FAO. Though the complication is perfectly understandable once you recognize the necessity of clarity. Its also important to ensure the quality of work coming from FAO that does not contravene with other publications. The calibre of those working ...