TUNIS – Cooperation agreements for two projects have been signed in Tunis by Agriculture, Water Resources, and Fisheries Minister Mahmoud Elias Hamza and a representative for the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation in Tunisia, Philippe Ankers.
“These two new projects are part of the “Cooperation Framework 2021-2025 of the United Nations System,” the FAO said in a statement.
The first project is supported by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and has the FAO as partner in its implementation. It aims to improve food security and resilience to climate change through drawing up a National Action Plan for the agricultural sector.
Different adaptation options related to water, land, crops, livestock, fisheries and forestry will be developed, the statement said.
This plan will focus on planning adaptation actions and clarifying the roles and contributions of stakeholders, including private sector partners. The expected results of this project are: strengthening knowledge on climate change adaptation for informed decision making; supporting the resilience of the agricultural sector through climate-smart investments and public-private partnerships; implementing social protection plans for better adaptation in the most vulnerable rural communities; and innovation through new digital technologies, the statement added.
The second project is supported by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation and complements the activities previously carried out by FAO in partnership with the Tunisian government, to generate factual data on social protection in the fisheries and aquaculture sector.
In its “SocPro4Fish” component to be implemented in Tunisia, the project will focus on improving access to social protection and aims at strengthening Tunisian institutional capacities to extend coverage and improve the quality of social benefits targeting fishermen and workers in the fisheries and aquaculture sector.
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