PARM News | September 2015

September 2015 | Issue 3

Dear Colleagues,

agricultural risk management and its impact has been an issue of key significance in the latest rural development discussions.

As you know, the Platform for Agricultural Risk Management (PARM) is engaged to facilitate the identification of agricultural risk management tools that should be prioritized in developing countries, by developing risk assessment and feasibility studies, through a consultation process with the government and stakeholders.

We thought there might be a few things about PARM you would like to know and stay updated on our latest achievements…

Best,

Jesús Antón,

PARM Senior Programme Manager, IFAD

PARM LATEST UPDATES

Agricultural Risk Management at the centre of the discussions in Uganda

From the left: Hon. Vincent B. Ssempijja, Minister of State for Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), Mariam Sow Soumare, NEPAD; Jesus Anton, PARM/IFAD. Kampala, 6 July 2015 - African countries including Uganda are highly susceptible to risks originating from various sources ranging from climate and natural hazards, market and volatile prices, including unpredictable policies and regulation. Recurrent agriculture and …

Bridging the gap in risk management: FAO,EU,NEPAD, IFAD and PARM joint e-learning event

For this reason, FAO, in collaboration with the European Union, the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), PARM/ IFAD and other partners, is proposing to join efforts and combine their extensive expertise to develop a set of e-learning materials on Agricultural Risk Assessment and Management in Developing Countries, to bridge the gap in management of production, price, food insecurity and …

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Capacity Development Training in Uganda

A Capacity Development Training is planned in October 2015 at district level in Uganda as a follow-up of the Capacity Development Seminar that took place in July 2015. The main objectives of the training is to provide trainees with critical capacity to understand the meaning of holistic approach to analyze and manage the main agriculture risks affecting smallholders.

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Where We Work

PARM's main selection criteria are based on: Commitment of the government to Agricultural Risk Management (ARM) and the status of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) implementation Diversity in agro-climatic zones, language blocks, and socio-economic standing. The current selected countries are: Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Liberia, Mozambique, Niger, Senegal, The Gambia and Uganda.

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