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Federal Ministry of the Environment

3- DAY TRAINING WORKSHOP ON CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION FOR SMALL SCALE FARMERS HELD 10th- 13th SEPTEMBER, 2012 AT IDYLL FOUNTAIN HOTEL, ABUJA

With support from Oxfam GB and its partners UNDP and the Federal Ministry of Environment-Climate Change Department; the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding Nigeria and Nigeria Conservation Foundation organized a 3-day Training of Trainers’ workshop on Climate Change Adaptation in Agriculture. The training had in attendance small holder agro-producers, Agric extension officers and relevant non-governmental organizations in Nassarawa, Katsina and Plateau state.

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The Women in Peacebuilding Program, WIPNET, of the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding, WANEP was initiated in 2001 with the broad goal to elevate women from their state of obscurity to the fore to enable them play key roles alongside men in building peace. This was based on the realization that ‘gender and peacebuilding’ did not adequately respond to the existing gap between men and women and that men and women cannot attain equal opportunities espoused in the gender equality definition if women are absent from the scene altogether.

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WANEP Conflict Prevention Program takes a holistic approach to addressing issues of conflict at different stages and levels. This includes works on: structural prevention of conflict targeted at building a culture of prevention, early prevention of conflict at the indication of a serious dispute, late prevention when serious armed conflicts appear imminent or have begun or post-conflict peace building designed to prevent a recurrence of armed conflict.

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