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Rural
development, the roles of food, water and biomass: |
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Dakar, 14-16 November, 2005
The objective of the workshop was to examine the role of food, water and biomass in rural development in a context of global climate change. Analyses were made of integrated rural development and climate strategies with a view to guiding decision-making. More specifically, participants at the Dakar workshop were to deepen discussions on the following questions:
The Dakar workshop was attended by some fifty international experts, consultants, researchers, university professors, decision-makers and private actors from countries in Africa, Asia, North and South America and Europe. A number of international, regional and sub-regional development bodies were also represented, as were public and private institutions, civil society organisations, financial institutions, training centres, and development support bodies. Documents for download are available in PDF format. INTRODUCTION Development and Climate : From National Studies to International Policy Making. Bert Metz, Rutu Dave, Marcel Kok, Jan Verhagen, Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency SESSION 1: THE ROLE OF FOOD PRODUCTION IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND CLIMATE 1- Food Security and Climate Change: Building Adaptation Strategies for Bangladesh. Mozaharul Alam and Atiq Rahman , Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS). 2 - Building Adaptive Capacity for Sustainable Food Production in China. Ju Hui and Lin Erda, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science SESSION 2: THE ROLE OF WATER IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND CLIMATE 3 - Local water resource management strategies for adaptation to Climate induced impacts in rural South Africa. Pierre Mukheibir, ERC, University of Cape Town 4- Contribution des initiatives locales de restauration des écosystèmes aquatiques au bien être des populations dans le Delta Intérieur du Niger (Mali). Aliou Faye, UICN SESSION 3: THE ROLE OF BIOMASS IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND CLIMATE 5 - Biofuels in Brazil: a prospective option against deforestation, income concentration and regional disparities. Coordinator : Ademar Ribeiro Romeiro Researchers : Márcio Edgar Schuler, Bruna Elisa Baroni, UNICAMP 6 - Biomass Energy Strategies for Aligning Development and Climate Goals in India. P.R. Shukla, Indian Institute of Management 7 - Economie du bois-énergie : une stratégie pour la réduction des gaz à effet de serre au Bénin. Dossou Bernadette SESSION 4: COMPETING DEMANDS 8 - Competing for land or energizing the agricultural sector? A combined top-down bottom-up approach to evaluating the bioenergy-food security nexus. Ingmar Jürgens and Gustavo Best, Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations (FAO) 9 - La préservation des ressources forestières au service du Développement rural : le cas du Sénégal. Nogoye Thiam, ENDA- TM 10 - Biomass consumption in rural areas: the vulnerability and resilience of local communities in the face of forest protection in and around Mabira forest reserve Uganda. Paul Isolo Mukwaya, Assistant Lecturer, Department of Geography, Makerere University, Kampala Uganda. NATIONAL / REGIONAL / SECTORAL POLICIES 11 - Le Plan d'Action de l'Initiative Environnement du NEPAD. Cheikh Fofana
12 - La biomasse énergie comme facteur de
développement durable- Les défis du PRBE en Afrique de l'Ouest. Mamadou
Dianka, Coordonnateur du PRBE-UEMOA 14 - Financing rural SADC's access to energy: the legal aspects. Elijah Munyuki, Research Associates Africa 15 - Programme de promotion des Energies Domestiques et Alternatives au Sahel. Smail Khennas, Senior technical adviser, CILSS THE ROLE TRADE AND FINNANCE IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT MATTERS 16 - Emerging international biomass markets and the potential implications for rural development. André Faaij, Copernicus Institute, Utrecht University 17- Climate Change: Designing an Effective Response. Thomas C. Heller, Program on Energy & Sustainable Development, Stanford University 18 CARBOSEN - Transforming environmental waste into marketable Charcoal. Cheihk Fall 19 - Adaptation aux variables climatiques: Le cas des systèmes de production de Sebikotane. Moussa Seck, Moussa Na Abou, Thierno Seck 20 –
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