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Outreach to communities, on fisheries postharvest for value-adding, and training on financial literacy, has taken place on Abemama Island in the central Gilbert Group of Kiribati, February to March 2018, with government officials from Fisheries (MFMRD) and Commerce (MCIC) visiting the island. The activities are components of the Food Security in light of Climate Change project, better known as the LDCF project, managed by the Ministry of Environment, Lands and Agricultural Development (MELAD), with fund support from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and administered by UNDP. 

Two Education (MoE) officials visited Abemama from 20th February to 02 March, to consult and raise awareness of school communities on gardening under the Food Security Project, better known as the LDCF project, managed by MELAD, with funding support from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and administered by UNDP. The team visited four primary schools, JSS, and three private senior secondary schools to speak with head-teachers/principals, teachers and students, school committees and school improvement plan communities, about the significance of the project and how MoE contributes to the project at the school level.

A team from the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resource Development from the Fisheries Coastal Division based in Tanaea, visited Maiana from 20 – 29 April, 2018, to roll out activities under the Food Security Project, managed by MELAD, with fund support from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and administered by UNDP. One official from the Fisheries Division conducted a training on Post-Harvest and value addition from Tebikerai to Bubutei. During the training participants were taught on how to preserve fish, other bivalve and clam in the bottle that could last 3 months, they also learned different recipes on how to cook different kinds of fish, such as bonefish ball, yellowfin tuna and smoked fish. The main idea for the training was to demonstrate climate resilient practices to enhance food security as climate change worsens and at the same time show sources of income from marine resources, in selling such value-added products besides cutting coconut copra.

De nouveaux projets soutenus par le PNUD et financés par le FEM renforcent la résilience et la durabilité du secteur de l'énergie au Bénin

Le Bénin fait face à de nombreux défis énergétiques. Seul un tiers de la population a accès à l'électricité, des interruptions fréquentes perturbent le service, plus de 80 % de l'électricité est importée, le bois demeure la source d’énergie principale pour la cuisson et un climat changeant entraîne une hausse des températures et des pressions accrues l’approvisionnement en énergie du pays.