#theme:education

The recent rise in the number of food insecure people in the world, coupled with incidences of crop failure due to adverse weather, have made world leaders increasingly aware that future climate change may severely limit our ability to feed the growing population towards 2050. So far, in addition to industrial emission control, Norwegian efforts to restrict climate change have focused on mitigation through forest protection (REDD+) and clean energy (Energy+). A third area of attention is climate-smart agriculture. Producing food in a more ‘climate smart’ way is seen as having three advantages: 1) Providing food for an increasing population, 2) maintaining food production under a changing climate, and 3) reducing greenhouse gas emission from agriculture while absorbing carbon in vegetation and soil. This report explores how Norway can support Africa’s efforts to make agriculture more climate-smart through support to African universities.

This MDG good practice publication presents a list of various constraints and challenges to the achievement of the MDGs, which each good practice has addressed in a national and/or local context. The publication does not claim to be an exhaustive list of ‘best practices’ with self-claimed objectivity. Instead, it presents a diverse range of nationally-led programmes, policy interventions, and/or locally-tailored support to address those specific challenges. It is hoped that this publication will serve as a practical reference to context–specific approaches addressing these constraints.