Report of the 16th FAO Regional Conference for Africa (ARC/90/REP)













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ARC/90/REP

Marrakech, Morocco, 11 - 15 June 1990

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 1990

FAO Member Nations in the Africa region (as at May 1990)

Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo
Côte d'Ivoire
Equatorial Guinea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Zaire
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Date and place of FAO Regional Conferences for Africa

First

Lagos, Nigeria, 3-12 November 1960

Second

Tunis, Tunisia, 1-10 November 1962

Third

Addis Ababa. Ethiopia, 3-15 September 1964

Fourth

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, 9-19 November 1966

Fifth

Kampala, Uganda. 18-29 November 1968

Sixth

Algiers, Algeria, 17 September - 3 October 1970

Seventh

Libreville. Gabon. 14-30 September 1972

Eighth

Rose Hill, Mauritius, 1-17 August 1974

Ninth

Freetown. Sierra Leone, 2-12 November 1976

Tenth

Arusha, Tanzania, 18-28 September 1978

Eleventh

Lomé, Togo, 16-27 June 1980

Twelfth

Algiers, Algeria, 22 September - 2 October 1982

Thirteenth

Harare. Zimbabwe, 16-25 July 1984

Fourteenth

Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire, 2-11 September 1986

Fifteenth

Moka, Mauritius. 26 April - 4 May 1988

Sixteenth

Marrakech, Morocco, 11-15 June 1990

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Summary of the main recommendations

Introductory items

Organization of the conference
Inaugural ceremony
Election of the chairman, vice-chairmen and rapporteur
Adoption of the agenda and timetable
Statement by the director-general of FAO

Summary of proceedings

Country statements and general debate on the food and agriculture situation in Africa
Report of FAO activities in the region 1988-89
Strategies for combatting malnutrition in Africa
The conservation and rehabilitation of African lands: An international scheme

Other matters

Representation of the region in the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
Follow-up on aid-in-kind
Report on desert locust control
Implementation of the programme of action of the world conference on agrarian reform and rural development
Date and place of the seventeenth FAO regional conference for Africa
Adoption of the report
Closure of the conference

Appendices

Appendix A: Agenda
Appendix B: List of participants
Appendix C: List of documents
Appendix D: Statement by the director-general
Appendix E: Vote of thanks