Deputy Minister Narend Singh is today delivering the keynote address at the Regional Dialogue for the Member States of the SADC Secretariat and the East African Community on National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans and Regional Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. #NBSAP2025

SADC Secretariat FAO Subregional Office for Southern Africa African Union SA Biodiversity UN Environment Programme The dialogue is aimed at enhancing biodiversity management across the Eastern and Southern Africa sub regions and strengthening pesticide regulation while bringing together policymakers, technical experts, and practitioners from across the two sub regions and beyond. #NBSAP2025

📢 Regional workshop on Regional & National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans #NBSAP2025 kicks off today in Cape Town 🇿🇦 SADC Secretariat & East African Community countries, partners, experts 🌍are together to accelerate action for biodiversity under the #KMGBF Conservation 🤝 Productivity

SADC Secretariat FAO Subregional Office for Southern Africa African Union SA Biodiversity UN Environment Programme “This dialogue is a key milestone in advancing the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). The revision and updating of NBSAPs is a critical step in national planning for the implementation of the GBF,”- Deputy Minister Singh. #NBSAP2025

SADC Secretariat FAO Subregional Office for Southern Africa African Union SA Biodiversity UN Environment Programme

SADC Secretariat FAO Subregional Office for Southern Africa African Union SA Biodiversity UN Environment Programme “RSA welcomes the support from GEF 7 & 8 in supporting the revision of NBSAPs and national reports. When we invest in biodiversity, we invest in water security, food security, climate resilience, and sustainable livelihoods. We invest in the foundation of human welfare”- DM Singh

Implementation of the UN Biodiversity and the enhancement of cropping system productivity are mutually reinforcing 🌍 #KMGBF Check the key messages from the official opening Environmentza Food and Agriculture Organization UN Environment Programme The Commonwealth Regional dialogue #NBSAP2025 📲bit.ly/44Mfy2A

PRESS RELEASE Biodiversity, Agriculture, Unity SADC Secretariat and East African Community Join Forces to Accelerate Biodiversity Action under the Global Framework 📰bit.ly/3H0RJKi Cross-country learning, south-south cooperation, scalable, science-based, and inclusive solutions #NBSAP2025

🌿With EU Humanitarian Aid | Central East Southern Africa Food and Agriculture Organization helps SADC Secretariat phase out Highly Hazardous Pesticides and adopt safer alternatives Through the #FAO_PesticideRegistrationToolkit and regional collaboration, countries can ensure safer, effective products reach farmers and the environment is protected

SADC & EAC together to Accelerate Biodiversity Action under the Global Framework: 1️⃣The Regional Dialogue on the revision of #NBSAPs 2️⃣ FAO-led training on the Pesticide Registration Toolkit & Biopesticides. Key steps toward integrating biodiversity into agri-food systems #KMGBF

Are you interested in knowing more about the 📲 fao.org/pesticide-regi… #DYK There are certified and available free of charge courses through Food and Agriculture Organization elearning Academy, on: 🧪Highly Hazardous Pesticides 👩‍💻Pesticide Registration Toolkit 👩‍🔬Using the Pesticide Registration Toolkit

Tea is more than a drink. It's culture. A way of life. This #TeaDay we focus on the countless women and men involved in tea value chain. We must reduce inequality, advocate for their rights and improve farmers' incomes to ensure tea is #FarmedWithCare. #4Betters

Potatoes are tradition, prosperity and nutrition. Today we celebrate the power of this resilient staple crop in building a better future, and the farmers who have protected potato diversity over millennia. #InternationalDayOfPotato #4Betters

🚀 Calling young agripreneurs in Lesotho, Rwanda & Sierra Leone! Applications are now open for the HASTEN Business Incubation Programme — empowering youth and women-led, eco-inclusive and green startups transforming agrifood systems. Find out more ➡️bit.ly/3ZUPi2v

🚨Are you a Mosotho agrifood entrepreneur aged 18-35 running a 1–3-year-old enterprise focused on sustainable agrifood systems? The HASTEN Business Incubation Programme could be just the right opportunity for you. Find out more and apply➡️bit.ly/3ZUPi2v

📢FAO in Africa has officially launched the #Resilience #CommunityofPractice 👉 a major step toward stronger collaboration, learning & evidence-based action across Africa 👩‍🌾🏞️🍲 🌍Connecting teams across the continent #Knowledge_sharing 📚 Driving IMPACT in #Resilience programming

𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐔𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄 | According to the latest Hunger Hotspots: FAO-WFP Early Warnings on Acute Food Insecurity report released last week, Lesotho has been officially removed from the list of countries experiencing acute food insecurity. seahlolo.co.ls/2025/06/16/les…

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🧠FAO in Africa new #Resilience #Community_of_Practice is connecting African country teams🌍to share solutions, scale local good practices into evidence-based resilience programming Dr. Patrice TALLA👉Field knowledge is now driving regional impact Read more📲bit.ly/3Ibnh0z

🇱🇸Lesotho has been removed from the list of countries with acute food insecurity 👏 Read FAO in Lesotho rep Dr. Patrice TALLA’s op-ed. Full report 👉 fightfoodcrises.net/sites/default/… fightfoodcrises.net/sites/default/…