Course Topic: Agriculture

Course:
Introduction to climate-smart agriculture

Brief Description:
This course analyses climate change impacts on agriculture, food security and food systems and provides an overview of the main climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies in agriculture. It also introduces the Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) approach and describes the 5-step process to implement it.

Organizing Institution:
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Course:
Water management for climate-smart agriculture

Brief Description:
This course focuses on water management and its critical role in climate-smart agriculture. It analyses the impacts of climate change on the availability of freshwater resources for agriculture and considers possible water management options for adaptation to climate change and for climate change mitigation.

Organizing Institution:
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Course:
Climate-smart soil & land management

Brief Description:
This course focuses on sustainable soil and land management for climate-smart agriculture. It provides technical knowledge and examines how wide-scale implementation of climate-smart soil and land management practices can enhance mitigation of climate change and adaptation to its impacts.

Organizing Institution:
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Course:
Climate-smart crop production

Brief Description:
This course looks at the relationship between crop production and climate change. It explores the principles and practices for sustainable and profitable production of annual and perennial crops to meet food, feed, energy, fibre needs and foster economic growth in a variety of contexts and crop systems.

Organizing Institution:
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Course:
Climate-smart livestock production

Brief Description:
This course analyses the role of livestock production in climate-smart agriculture. It describes the importance of livestock production to food security and identifies adaptation and mitigation strategies and practices along the entire livestock supply chain. It also illustrates how livestock keeping is itself an adaptation strategy and how the sector can contribute to the global mitigation effort.

Organizing Institution:
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Course:
The national greenhouse gas inventory for agriculture

Brief Description:
This course provides the necessary knowledge to build a sustainable National Greenhouse Gas Inventory (NGHGI) and assess greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the agriculture sector. It focuses on the biological and physical process that lead to the production of emissions from agriculture-related activities.

Organizing Institution:
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

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