In celebration of the 30th anniversary of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification, the INTERFACES team at IDOS in collaboration with the NGO “Let's Plant!” organised an evening event including an engaging panel discussion and an interactive market place, accompanied by music, food and drinks, aiming to foster exchange and science-policy-practitioner networking among organisations and people engaged in combating desertification, soil degradation and drought.
The global theme of the Desertification and Drought Day 2024 is “United for land. Our Legacy. Our Future” and aims to emphasise the transformative power of sustainable land management and drought resilience as key solutions to today’s challenges and to amplify a renewed global commitment in the run-up to the UNCCD COP16 between 2 and 13 December 2024 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
- Introduction by Dr. Tina Beuchelt, project leader INTERFACES and senior researcher at the Center of Development Studies (ZEF), University of Bonn Panel
- Mr. Benjamin Abugri, Knowledge Management Expert at the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA)
- Prof. Dr. Anna-Katharina Hornidge, Director of the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)
- Ms. Bettina Iseli, Chief Programme Officer at Welthungerhilfe (WHH)
- Ms. Andrea Meza Murillo, Deputy Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
Dr. Anneke Trux, Head of Global Programme Protection and Rehabilitation of Soils for Food Security (ProSoil) at the German Development Corporation (GIZ)
- Dr. Andreas Quiring, CEO and Managing Director of Andreas Hermes Akademie (AHA)
- Moderation by Dr. Michael Büntrup, senior researcher at the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)
Let’s Plant!
“Let’s Plant!” is a non-profit organisation dedicated to supporting the restoration of degraded land and the development of new functional agro-ecological systems through a holistic landscape management approach. Practically, “Let’s Plant!” raises awareness on the progressive degradation of ecological systems, develops new concepts, networks with equal-minded organisations, and implements projects in target regions
INTERFACES
AFRICA
Sustainable land management is one of the most important drivers of sustainable development in Africa. Sustainable land management should contribute to food security and social justice, mitigation and adaptation of agriculture and forestry to climate change, and nature and environmental protection. Starting in October 2022 to 2026, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) funds four regional research and development projects and this accompanying project that contribute to this goal.
- Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), Ghana
- West-African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL), Burkino Faso
- University of Business and Integrated Development Studies (UBIDS), Ghana
- Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung (ZEF)
- Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg (HBRS)
- Universität Bonn, Institute for Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES)
Related:
- Benjamin Abugri is Lead Specialist for Knowledge Management, Digitalization and Learning Cluster at FARA.
He has vast experience in knowledge management, outreach, coordination, project management, community engagement, development Communication and public policy. Before joining FARA in February 2017, he worked as Knowledge Management Specialist for the University Research Company (URC) USAID-funded Systems for Health Project; as Knowledge Management Program Manager for the John Snow (JSI) Health Research & Training Institute USAID-funded SPRING Project; and as Knowledge Management, New Initiatives and Child Sponsorship Coordinator for World Vision International. - Dorcas Alame is a PhD Candidate at the Institute for Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), University Bonn within the INTERFACES project (Supporting Pathways to Sustainable Land Management in Africa).
She has a high interest in the development and understanding of sustainable, resilient and profitable cropping systems and how decision-analysis approaches can support decision-making in such systems. Her PhD research is on decision analysis and impact forecasting of several agricultural research and development interventions undertaken in some African countries within the framework of the INTERFACES project. She participates in the 2024 edition of the KM4AgD Challenge and will share some of her experiences with the process.
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