Nairobi work programme: Partners and Pledges Database

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Partner	Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Link	http://www.fao.org/
Description	FAO has a mandate to raise levels of nutrition, improve agricultural productivity, better the lives of rural populations and contribute to the growth of the world economy.
Action pledges
	Use of tools and plant genetic resources for food and agriculture to secure implementation and management methods to enhance capacities of poor farmers to face climate changes
	Pilot projects on uses of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture to put strategic plans into action to promote sustainable use and management of land for adaptation to climate variability
	Monitoring and production of strategic plans for plant genetic resources for food and agriculture based on poor farmer’s agricultural practices to climate variability
	Development of methods and tools related to agro-climatology
	Farm Adaptive Dynamic Optimization (FADO)
	Assistance to Nigeria in assessing adaptation requirements in the agriculture sector
	Fisheries management and marine conservation within a changing ecosystem context
Further information	FAO's ongoing activities on adaptation and freshwater
Regional focus	Africa and the Arab States Asia and the Pacific Caribbean and Central America Least Developed Countries Small Island Developing States South America
Sector	Education and training Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries Oceans and coastal areas Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning Terrestrial ecosystems Water resources
Adaptation delivery activity	Capacity building Climate-resilient development planning Communications and awareness-raising Disaster risk reduction Early warning systems Education Financial support Humanitarian assistance Knowledge management Monitoring and evaluation Pilot adaptation programmes/projects Risk/vulnerability mapping Training
NWP work area	Adaptation planning and practices Climate modelling, scenarios and downscaling Climate related risks and extreme events Data and observations Economic diversification Methods and tools Socio-economic information Technologies for adaptation
Climate hazards	Drought Flood Wildfires
Operational scale	Community-based Global National Regional Sub-national

Organizations, institutions and private sector companies at all levels and in a wide range of sectors can become engaged with the NWP by becoming a partner and making Action Pledges. Information about how organizations can become engaged with work on adaptation under the NWP can be found here.

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