Desertification and drought are damaging food production throughout the 🌏.
Agriculture needs to become climate-smart so we can achieve the #SDGs.
#ClimateAction#UNCCDCOP14
We live in a 🌍 where...
Number of people to feed is ⬆️
Water is ⬇️
Farmland is ⬇️
Rural labour is⬇️
Yet, we waste 1/3 of all the food we produce!
We need to make #NotWasting a way of life!
👉https://t.co/w3wPbUE795
#SDG12#SDGs
The STAR Leadership Academy for Agriculture is still open for applications.
Dont miss this opportunity to be a part of Africa’s green revolution.
Applications close: 27/09/2019
Apply here: https://t.co/3agMcRju15
#Vision2050#STARLeader#STARagri
#DYK The global costs of #foodwaste are approx. $2.6 TRILLION per year?
Let's respect our food, reduce your food waste!
Our actions are our future.
#ZeroHunger
Rural development discourse is filled with anecdotes of rural #youth leaving agriculture because they find farming 'uncool'.
But as it turns out, this is not true.
@AslihanRome #investinyouth#RDR2019
https://t.co/PiTFEZt2BB
👩🏾🌾Farmers
🌳Foresters
🎣Fisherwomen
🧪Agri-Scientists
📚 Keepers of indigenous knowledge
No matter the role, #women in agriculture are leading the change for a #ZeroHunger world.
Many challenges around the world prevent people from accessing the water and sanitation services they need to survive. - Gary White, CEO of @Water.
#IFCexchange#Invest4Tomorrow
Today, the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature & Food Quality of the Netherlands is hosting a youth-led event themed, “Real Action on Youth - Driving the Future of Agriculture”
.@That_A_Lady will be on the panel to discuss why #YouthInAg should have a seat at the table of policy.
I am gravely concerned at the impact of the continuing violence and unrest in Sudan on children and young people, especially the reported use of excessive force against peaceful protestors. #ChildrenUnderAttack
https://t.co/0tUM1XdigV
#leavingnoonebehind bcoz disability does not mean https://t.co/iFiucDRn5R would be great if we see these guys being considered just like everyone else.
I want the UN to be an employer of choice for persons with disabilities, and our humanitarian, development & peace operations to recognize & advance the rights of persons with disabilities. -- @antonioguterres launching new UN disability strategy at #COSP https://t.co/DiXuV5XyUz
“Realizing the rights of persons with disabilities is a matter of justice as well as a common-sense investment in our common future”, @UN chief @antonioguterres said at #cosp12 on Tues.
#GlobalGoals
https://t.co/1s6DStEZuT