February 2012 Blog Posts (3)

A non-governmental based in Lagos organised a training workshop for small scale farmers in the state.The organisers Human and Environmental Development Agenda(HEDA) in collaboration with OXFAM International, said the workshop was necessary to build the capacity of small scale farmers, who are responsible for 70% of food production in the State of Lagos.…

Journalists are supposed to know something about everything about something. That is when specialization comes into play. My first training on reporting climate change was in October 2010, organized by Development Communication (DEVCOM), an NGO based in Lagos Nigeria. The Program Co-ordinator of DEVCOM, Mr. Akin Jimoh made a statement that always rings a bell in my mind that “climate change would be the biggest story of the 21st century” and I wondered why. During that training I heard lots…

This survey is part of a research project that will provide a review of climate change communications and social learning practices in the global South. Your responses will be used to support the development of a communications and social learning strategy for the Climate Change Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) programme of CGIAR.

The survey will help us establish the criteria with which we will identify communication and social learning tools and strategies for a…