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African Union meeting FAO will be presenting the Framework for Partnership on FAW sustainable management in Africa on the margins of the Conference of the AU Specialized Technical Committee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Water and Environment on 3 October. Further, a Partners’ Round Table will be organized on 4 October during...

FAO Sub-Regional Office for Central Africa and  IITA are organizing a training workshop on management of the fall armyworm. Forty participants have been pre-selected from eight countries in Central Africa to participate in this workshop. The six-day training will cover various modules on monitoring and surveillance, biology, ecology and management...

FAO is a co-organizer of the 2nd African Regional Conference of Forest and Farm Producer Organizations (FFPOs) which will be held in Morogoro, Tanzania from 28-29 September, 2017. Hosted by MVIWATA, the National Networks of Farmers’ Groups in Tanzania, with the National Tree Growers Association of Tanzania, this event is building on the...

Adoption of efficient and climate-smart agriculture practices in African Small Island Developing States  Introduction   The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation (FAO) in partnership with the Government of Cabo Verde organizes the Launching Workshop of the project of GCP/RAF/506/MUL Adoption of efficient and climate-smart agriculture practices in African Small...

UN to launch new report on world hunger and nutrition FAO headquarters, 15 September 2017, 12:30 CEST   Includes data on malnutrition and children from Rome-based UN agencies and new partners UNICEF and WHO On 15 September 2017, five UN agencies – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International...