Tashkent, Uzbekistan, March 20, 2024 – The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), under the leadership of GGGI Uzbekistan Country Representative, Dr. Aaron Russell, and the Project Manager of the Regional Project Ecologically-Oriented Development of the Aral Sea Region – GIZ, Dr. Paul Schumacher, signed an Implementation Note […]

Tashkent, Uzbekistan, January 30, 2024 – Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) Uzbekistan and the Ministry of Agriculture, under the leadership of GGGI Uzbekistan Country Representative, Dr. Aaron Russell, and the Minister of Agriculture, H. E. Dr. Ibrokhim Abdurakhmonov, signed a Memorandum of Understanding “On cooperation in the field of climate-smart agriculture and green growth” to […]

UNCCD CoP 15 was held in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire from May 9 to 20, 2022. This was GGGI’s first participation at the desertification CoP, marked by a video message from P&C of GGGI Mr. Ban Ki Moon, and a statement from DDG Mrs. Helena Mcleod at the Heads of State summit, in which GGGI pledged […]

A delegation from the Senegal Country Office, led by the Resident Representative, made a contact visit to follow up on the implementation of projects underway in the Senegal River Valley. The project in collaboration with the Qatar Fund for Development on climate smart agriculture was reviewed. The project aims to introduce climate smart agriculture practices […]

The Solar Irrigation Project for Climate Smart Agriculture in the Senegal River Valley is a partnership between the State of Qatar, through the Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD), and the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI). It aims to contribute to the reduction of poverty and greenhouse gas emissions and to improve the livelihoods of rice […]

Thursday, November 18, 2021 – GGGI, as part of the implementation of the “Promoting solar powered irrigation project” in Uganda held a demonstration session to showcase different solar powered irrigation pumps to 200 smallholder farmers in Zirobwe, on the outskirts of Kampala. The project is a two-year intervention funded by the Government of Denmark and […]

Thursday, October 28, 2021- The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) Ethiopia, with the collaboration of the Somali Region Bureau of Agriculture and Natural Resources, successfully conducted a training workshop on Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA), Solar Powered Irrigation Systems (SPIS), and Ecosystem Services. The training workshop, which was held in Jigjiga town of the Somali Regional National […]

November 02, 2021 – The Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Equipment, holding the chair of the Climate Smart Agriculture in Senegal River Valley Project funded by Qatar Fund for Development, gathered its members for the Annual Steering Committee Meeting. In Senegal, the development of rice production is one of the main pillars of public policy, […]

Tuesday, June 29, 2021 – The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and the Government of Burkina Faso officially launched the Promotion of the solar pump irrigation system and solar mini grids in Burkina Faso project in Ouagadougou. This project is part of GGGI’s Solar Irrigation Global Program. Burkina Faso is beneficiary of this project with […]