The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is supporting the realization  of the African Farm/Family  Forestry Producer Organizations Conference that will take place in Kenya from 9 to 11 June. The conference will discuss and share experiences of locally controlled forestry with a special focus on family farm tree growing groups and their national organizations/federations.  To ensure that important aspects of family farm forestry are covered, a focused background paper will be prepared and presented at the conference.

The conference aims to bring together 100 participants from organizations, which represent farm/family forestry in Africa, as well as government forest managers, forest technical agencies, NGOs, donor agencies, academic institutions, and general forestry groups who are committed to encourage the development of family farm forestry producer organizations and federations in their countries. 

Further, the conference is expected to produce resolutions which will feed into the XIV World Forestry Congress, 7-11 September, 2015; Durban, South Africa.

Related Link:

Concept Note and Provisional Programme

 http://www.fao.org/forestry/wfc