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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation (FAO) organizes a South-South Cooperation Fall Amyworm (FAW) Expert Technical Meeting on the theme Worldwide Experiences and Best Practices for FAW Management in Africa. The meeting will be held in Accra, Ghana, from 18th to 20th July, 2017. Fall Armyworm (FAW) has...

3 July 2017, Rome – Speaking during the 40th Session of the FAO Conference in Rome, Rwandan Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources, H.E. Geraldine Mukeshimana announced that Rwanda will be hosting the Seventh Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture in...

Media advisory  4-6 July 2017 in Abuja, Nigeria In West Africa, the fisheries and aquaculture sector is still facing challenges that hamper its harmonious development and do not allow the sector to contribute sustainably to food and nutrition security and chronical poverty reduction within the populations of West Africa. These difficulties include...

600 high-level government representatives to attend; FAO program of work and budget for 2018-19 up for approval FAO's 194 Members will meet from 3 to 8 July for the 40th session of the biennial FAO Conference, the Organization’s highest governing body. Over 600 high-level government representatives are expected to attend, including Italian...

The event will take place from the 3 to 7 of July in Cotonou.   The FAO African Roots and Tubers project supports the commercialization of root and tuber crops by linking small actors to domestic and regional buyers in Côte d’ Ivoire, Ghana, Cameroon, Benin, Rwanda, Uganda and Malawi, with the...