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Cabo Verde, a Small Island Developing State, boosts its resilience to climate change with the support of South-South Cooperation

Climate change and prolonged droughts pose an ever-increasing threat to agriculture in Cabo Verde.
Through the FAO-China South-South Cooperation programme, a group of Chinese experts pass on their knowledge and expertise to Cabo Verdean farmers and livestock producers to fight pests, manage soil and animal production, and offer other useful techniques in adapting to the effects of climate change.
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Language English

Duration 6m41s

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Video Type Field Story

Date 05/24/2024 12:00 AM

File size 734.43 MB

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Script Willy Gonçalves, farmer, Cabo Verde:

“Cabo Verde is having difficulties because of climate change.”

“Agriculture isn’t good because of the drought.”

When I was nine, I studied, but I also worked here half day.

Now I'm the person in charge here.

Elisabeth Da Conceiçao, farmer, Cabo Verde:

“Recently, rainfall has been one of the major challenges because, as we know,
the climate has changed.

It rains less.

We spend a lot of money to produce,

and when there is a lack of rain, everything is lost.

But the biggest challenge in recent times,
has been pests,
such as the Fall Armyworm,
the green stink bug, and other bugs.”

Celestina Tavares, livestock producer, Cabo Verde:

“I really like my job. I feel happy and well.
The moment I enjoy the most is when I take care of the animals.
When I feed them and see them eating.
Here we work together. There's no separation between men and women.
All the work, whether it's cleaning,
feeding the animals, we do it together.
The challenge we face here is the lack of rain,
the scarcity of water.
When there is lack of water and rain,
we struggle with pasture.”

Willy Gonçalves, farmer, Cabo Verde:

“Here in Santiago, many vegetable gardens are abandoned.
They are abandoned due to lack of water,
either because the water source has dried up or because the water is salty.

Gilberto Silva, Minister for Agriculture and Environment, Cabo Verde:

“In the framework of our cooperation with FAO,
we have a South-South partnership with China.
This cooperation allows us to reinforce our producers’ and technicians’ capabilities, bring in technology,
share knowledge and technology between China and Cabo Verde with FAO’s help.”

Katya Neves, Assistant FAO Representative (Programme), Cabo Verde:

“The project has a pool of seven [Chinese] experts in different areas covering agriculture,
pest management, soil management, fertilization.
They have started the trainings with the livestock producers,
and they have been conducting trainings in how to produce animal feed
with the materials that we have here.
So they have taken the experience they have had in China,
and they have adapted it to Cabo Verde.”

Willy Gonçalves, farmer, Cabo Verde:

“I attended the China and Cabo Verde South-South Cooperation project.
In particular, I learnt how to fertilize the soil, combat pests,
especially the Fall Armyworm.

We also learned about producing organic fertilisers with animal manure.

We learnt how to produce this type of fertiliser to have better soil.”

Gilbert Silva, Plant Health Protection Technician, National Institute for Research
and Agricultural Development, Ministry of Agriculture, Cabo Verde:

“Regarding pests, we spoke to the [Chinese] expert Hua
about the protection of vegetables,
with the use of pheromones traps, and also with food attraction traps.
So in summary, we are now using pheromones
and Willy already has traps placed on his farm so that he can witness, on his farm,
the effect of the use of pheromones traps to capture adult Fall Armyworms.”

Zhiqi Li, Chinese expert on animal production and breeding:

“Cabo Verde is very rich in pasture resources and has a lot of stalks like corn stalks,
but the people here don't utilize them enough.
Ammonification improves the nutritional value and digestibility of stalk and straw.
After being digested by cows and goats,
the ammonia-treated straw becomes organic manure
which can then be used for the production of crops.
This contributes to circular agriculture.”

Celestina Tavares, livestock producer, Cabo Verde:

“I found the training useful because it is very resourceful,
as you can preserve the pasture,
and you can feed the animals.
Sometimes there was a lot of waste and residues left,
now we can make use of everything [for the cattle feed].”

Jie Xu, Ambassador of China to Cabo Verde:

“The China-FAO-Cabo Verde South-South Cooperation Project
aims to help Cabo Verde improve the food and nutrition system
and promote the sustainable development of agriculture,
livestock industry and blue economy
through agricultural technical assistance and cooperation.”

Ana Laura Touza, FAO Representative, Cabo Verde:

“They are looking with Cabo Verdean eyes, bringing Chinese expertise.
To me, this is unique, this is very valuable,
because countries that have faced similar situations
and have found possible solutions come to share,
working day by day along for three years.”
Celestina Tavares, livestock producer, Cabo Verde:

“In the future, I would like to further my education.
If the opportunity arises, I'll go study for a veterinary degree.”

Willy Gonçalves, farmer, Cabo Verde:
“I dream of having my own nursery
where I can produce my own plants and be my own boss.”

Elisabeth Da Conceiçao, farmer, Cabo Verde:

“In agriculture, I want the opportunity to show the world its importance,
its advantages
because there's nothing better than producing for yourself,
growing for yourself, and harvesting for yourself.”