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 Expert Group on Agriculture and Food Security

  

​The Nairobi Work Programme (NWP) expert group on agriculture and food security aims to strengthen climate action toward adaptation and resilience for agriculture and food security under the UNFCCC process. The expert group can help address key gaps and challenges through collaboration among expert group members, with the UNFCCC constituted bodies, other thematic expert groups of the NWP, NWP partners as well as relevant communities of practice.

In undertaking its work, the expert group will follow the established practice of other NWP expert groups including: 
  • taking a demand-driven approach to ensure that the collaborative actions are responsive to the needs of Parties;
  • working to ensure that knowledge products are tailored to the needs of knowledge users and accessible in order to maximize the uptake of adaptation knowledge and increase the usefulness of the products to knowledge users implementing adaptation action;
  • taking a long-term perspective that facilitates and supports the implementation of adaptation and resilience actions in an inclusive and participatory manner; 
  • enhancing the exchange of information, experiences, and best practices to address challenges and needs amongst a broad range of stakeholders.
Composition of the expert group 
The secretariat applied rigorous criteria to ensure an inclusive and multi-disciplinary composition of the expert group. The criteria included: 
  • type of organization (NGO, R4D, CSO, INGO, UN, IPO, e.t.c.);
  • technical experience and area of specialization (such as stakeholder engagement and knowledge management including diffusion of knowledge and measurement of impact);
  • thematic knowledge on climate risks to agriculture and food security (such as drought, flooding, sea lecel rise, salt water intrusion, etc.);
  • thematic expertise on delivering means of implementation for adaptation and resilience (such as capacity building, technology and finance); 
  • regional and gender balance. 
Scope of the work 
The role of the expert group includes:
  • providing inputs to the scoping of relevant adaptation and resilience knowledge needs as well as good practices in climate change adaptation for agriculture, and food security;
  • engaging with other expert groups to strengthen the partnership and explore synergistic collaborations with NWP partner organizations, Parties, and other relevant organizations; 
  • refining knowledge, co-designing actions tailored to the needs of the target knowledge users, and facilitating partnerships to inform future activities to be undertaken under the NWP;
  • reporting and disseminating findings on the uptake of the products from these actions, among others.​
Composition of the expert group by organization and name of the expert (s)

Organization

Name of expert (s)


African Development Bank​ (AfDB) Ms. Edith Ofwona Adera

 

Asian Development Bank​ (ADB)

Ms. Niloofar Sadegi

Ms. Michiko Katagami

Ms. Nanki Kaur


Biodiversity International and the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)

Ms. Caroline Mwongera

Mr. Todd Rosenstock


CARE International

Ms. Monica Anguparu


COMESA Agriculture

Mr. Raymond Kasei


Crop Trust

Ms. Sarada Krishnan


Egerton University 

Ms. Agnes Oywaya-Nkurumwa


FAO Indigenous Peoples Unit

Mr. Fernandez Larrinoa Yon

Ms. Tania Martinez Cruz


Farmers and agricultural NGOs 

Ms. Sidi Osho

Mr. Deo Datt


Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

 

Ms. Julia Wolf

Ms. Amy Duchelle

Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture (GACSA)

Ms. Rosa Mosquera

Ms. Allison Chatrchyan


Global Environment Facility (GEF)

Mr. Pascal Martinez

Mr. Yuki Shiga


Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services (GFRAS)

Mr. Norma Samuel

Ms. Siti Amanah


Green Climate Fund (GCF)

Ms. Kunduz Masylkanova

Mr. Marc Dumas Johanson


Inter American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)

Mr. Chaney St. Martin

Ms. Kelly Witkowski


International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)

Mr. Ajit Govind

Ms. Mina Devkota Wasti


International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)

Mr. Faisal Mueen Qamar

Ms. Anu Joshi Shrestha


International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Ms. Putso Nyathi

Ms. Fanny Minjauw


International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

Mr. Leonard Rusinamhodzi,

Mr. Ghislain Tepa-Yottoi


RARE

Ms. Monica Varela

Mr. Sam Gray


UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

Ms. Miriam Medel


United National Development Programme (UNDP)

Ms. Keti Chachibaia


United Nations Univeristy Vice-Rectorate in Europe (​UNU-ViE) Mr. Ambe Emmanuel Cheo
Mr. Erick Tambo

Michigan State University, East Lansing 

Mr. Murari Suvedi



World Bank (Global Engagement Unit of the World Bank’s Agriculture and Food Global Practice)

Mr. William Sutton

Ms. Hanane Ahmed


World Food Programme (WFP)

Ms. Kristen Arnold


World Resources Institute (WRI)

Mr. Arivudai Nambi Appadurai