Dear recipients,
Please find here below as a reminder the invitation and registration link to the webinar “Impacts of the EU Green Deal Farm to Fork strategy on climate resilience and food sovereignty in East Africa”.
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Warmly welcome to learn and discuss about the potential future impacts of the EU Green Deal Farm to Fork strategy on climate resilience and food sovereignty in East Africa!
When? Thursday 27th
May 10:00-11:30 EET/EAT
Where?
On Zoom - please register through
this link by 26th May COB, the meeting link will be sent to participants prior to the event.
Fingo – Finnish development NGOs – has commissioned a study about the potential effects of the EU Green Deal
Farm to Fork strategy on climate resilience and food sovereignty in East Africa. The report analyses future opportunities and risks that the new EU-policy direction could bring from the perspectives of sustainable
economy, just transition and climate justice. Taking an East African viewpoint, the study analyses policy coherence between the EU Farm to Fork strategy and key African land use, food and climate strategies. The study is based on key informant interviews,
policy and media analysis, and has been funded by the “Towards Open, Fair and Sustainable Europe in the World” EU Presidency Project.
The authors, Kevin Teopista Akoyi and Samuel Tumwesigye, will present the report’s findings and recommendations, after which a Q&A session and open discussion will follow. We welcome participants’
ideas about how the report findings can be used to support the future advocacy work of Fingo and its partners.
Briefly about the authors:
Kevin Teopista Akoyi (PhD Bio-economics) has over 25 years of broad experience in agricultural policy and has worked in government, academia, and NGOs in the field of agricultural policy
and research, rural development and value chain development in Uganda and various African countries. Her recent projects have included an AU study to inform the development of an African Food Policy and the Uganda National Adaptation Plan for the Agricultural
Sector.
Samuel Tumwesigye (PhD Researcher at KU Leuven, Belgium) is a rural development expert who has conducted research and policy analysis to generate evidence for agriculture and rural development
while working at FAO Mozambique, IFAD Uganda, UNDP Uganda and Bangkok Regional Hub. He has recently been involved in climate change adaptation planning and policy development in Uganda. As a member of the national technical working group developing the National
climate change policy, National Organic agriculture policy, and National Adaptation Plan for the Agriculture Sector in Uganda, he has led regulatory impact analyses and quasi-experimental research.
Welcome!
Kind regards,
Emilia Runeberg
Climate policy advisor
Finnish Development NGOs – Fingo
+358 50 317 6686