Global S&T Development Trend Analysis Platform of Resources and Environment
Call for cooperation in West Africa to enhance information for farmers impacted by climate change | |
admin | |
2019-03-21 | |
发布年 | 2019 |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | 国际 |
领域 | 资源环境 |
正文(英文) |
Published: Thu, Mar 21, 2019
Type: News
Related ContentAccra, Ghana, 21 March 2019: Today, on the International Day of Forests, at the UN Africa Climate Week in Accra, Ghana, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and Opus Insights B.V. (Opus) call for urgent action by the agricultural sector to implement technology solutions for farmers and supply chains affected by climate change in West Africa. To achieve this, WBCSD and Opus announced their plans to scale ‘CocoaCloud’, a pre-competitive data platform and impact initiative to strengthen agricultural productivity and climate resilience in the West African cocoa landscape. The West African cocoa belt suffers from an acute lack of easily accessible, accurate weather data in key growing areas, preventing essential agricultural-management decisions by farmers. This issue is exacerbated by unpredictable weather due to climate change: coastal West Africa is forecast to see unpredictable rainfall and increasingly difficult growing conditions in the coming years. With the target of reaching one million farmers in Ghana and Côte D’Ivoire by 2024, the CocoaCloud data platform generates, translates and disseminates critical information – such as weather forecasts and location-specific agricultural advice – that support ‘climate smart’ decisions for agriculture. The impact initiative is already supporting 7,500 cocoa farmers, extension advisors and wider community members in the Western Region of Ghana by providing training and localized weather forecasting services (including mobile phone alerts), enhanced by four weather stations installed locally in 2018. To achieve scale, the partners behind CocoaCloud are now calling upon the private sector and donors to support this pre-competitive agri-tech initiative, where a contribution per investor organization of just USD $1.40 per cocoa farmer (or USD $10 per month per ground sensor unit) will yield significant benefits to real-time ground data for improving agricultural productivity and supply chain resilience to climate change. “CocoaCloud demonstrates our commitment to transforming food systems in key regions using innovative, climate smart solutions. In addition to boosting productivity, CocoaCloud has the potential to enhance ongoing public, private and civil society initiatives in West Africa. We now call for many other organizations to join and benefit from CocoaCloud”, said Peter Bakker, WBCSD’s President and CEO. A total of 15 partner organizations are required to reach the investment target of USD $1.4m over five years. Kellogg Company, Olam International and Mondelez International have already committed to the scale up of CocoaCloud, which includes a new network of 150 on-ground weather and soil sensors across Ghana and Cote D’Ivoire planned for roll out in late 2019. “CocoaCloud is a critical tool to support more productive farmers, while safeguarding agricultural landscapes and reducing deforestation and emissions through sustainable intensification”, said Sunny Verghese, CEO of Olam International and WBCSD Chair. “CocoaCloud will improve the understanding of climate change for cocoa and other crops threatened by a more unpredictable weather pattern in West Africa.” Passionate about the project, Peter Gibbs, Fellow of The Royal Meteorological Society and Opus Insights’ Meteorological Adviser said: “Without the basic information from weather stations, it’s really difficult to do a useful forecast. Now, back in the UK a forecast is great! It tells you if you’re going to get wet or not. For people farming, it could actually be the difference between life and death. Give them a reliable weather forecast. They’re farmers, they’re the experts. They know what they’re doing. They can use the information to make their lives better.” “At Kellogg, we share people's passion about where their food comes from, the people who grow and make it, and that there is enough food for everyone”, said Kris Bahner, Senior Vice President, Global Corporate Affairs, Kellogg Company. “CocoaCloud is an outstanding example of innovation and leadership in addressing our common goals to build resilient food systems and support farmers around the world.” Additional information about CocoaCloud:
Additional information about climate change in West Africa:
|
URL | 查看原文 |
来源平台 | World Business Council for Sustainable Development |
文献类型 | 新闻 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/105391 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | admin. Call for cooperation in West Africa to enhance information for farmers impacted by climate change. 2019. |
条目包含的文件 | 条目无相关文件。 |
个性服务 |
推荐该条目 |
保存到收藏夹 |
查看访问统计 |
导出为Endnote文件 |
谷歌学术 |
谷歌学术中相似的文章 |
[admin]的文章 |
百度学术 |
百度学术中相似的文章 |
[admin]的文章 |
必应学术 |
必应学术中相似的文章 |
[admin]的文章 |
相关权益政策 |
暂无数据 |
收藏/分享 |
除非特别说明,本系统中所有内容都受版权保护,并保留所有权利。
修改评论