GEF/World Bank Regional Climate, water and agriculture: Impacts on and adaptation of agro-ecological systems in Africa. "Training workshop on crop response simulation and river basin hydrology modelling." June 23 -26 in Accra, Ghana.

This workshop will be organized in collaboration with the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) with co-funding from the Finnish Trust Fund and the McArthur Foundation. The workshop will train members of the country teams conducting the economic assessment of the impacts of CC studies in eleven countries in Africa on how to integrate crop growth simulation and hydrology models to assess the linkages between CC, stream flow and water availability and agriculture

The workshop forms part of the project's activities aimed at ensuring consistency in approach and quality control necessary to provide a regional assessment of the vulnerability of African agriculture to climate change, and adaptation options, and to strengthen the local capacity to address these issues. (http://www.ceepa.co.za/climate_change/index.html).