7/12
2010
AfricaAdapt Climate Change Symposium, 9 - 11 March 2011, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
07/12/2010
The three-day bilingual (French/English) symposium will explore evolving approaches, tools, methods and philosophies exploring links between the changing climate and sustainable development across Africa. Come and participate in an exciting...
30/4
2011
Economic Transformation in Africa, 10-11 May 201, Accra, Ghana
30/04/2011
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the University of Ghana are organizing an international conference on Economic Transformation in Africa to be held on May 10-11, 2011, in...
26/6
2011
FAO Conference - Thirty-seventh Session, 25 June - 2 July 2011, Rome, Italy
26/06/2011
FAO's members will meet from 25 June - 2 July for the 37th biennial FAO Conference, the highest governing body of the Organization. The Conference will elect a new Director-General...
29/6
2011
ICT4RD 2011:Information Communication Technologies for Rural Development, 1-3 November 2011, Johannesburg, South Africa
29/06/2011
The use of ICTs among people in rural areas in Africa is growing rapidly. Mobile coverage reaches further than roads, electricity, sanitation or clean water. ICTs - and in particular...
30/12
2011
New FAO Director-General meets the press, 3rd January 2012
30/12/2011
New FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva holds his first press conference since officially assuming his post. Prior to taking the helm at FAO, Graziano da Silva was FAO Assistant...
27/8
2012
29/9
2015
Leading farmers to better markets and business deals: FAO and sister UN agencies in Malawi show the way
27/08/2012 - 29/09/2015
Last month National Agriculture Fair (27-29 august). It captures the joint efforts for three UN agencies (FAO, WFP and UNWomen) with financial support from the PAA project using the Brazil...
24/9
2012
African Green Revolution Forum 2012
24/09/2012
AGRF 2012 builds on recent momentum to tackle global food security. The forum sets the stage for African ownership in the next phase of scaling agricultural development solutions and steering...
1/3
2013
Political Economy of Agricultural Policy in Africa: an international conference, 18-20 March 2013, Pretoria, South Africa
01/03/2013
What makes African governments invest in agriculture? This Future Agricultures conference brings together key figures from research, politics, donor organisations and civil society to ask: What motivates African governments to invest...
30/3
2013
4th Global Feed and Food Congress (GFFC), Sun City, South Africa, 10-12 April 2013
30/03/2013
The 4th Global Feed & Food Congress (GFFC), organized by the International Feed Industry Federation (IFIF), with technical support by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)...
2/8
2013
1st Africa Food Security Conference, Nairobi, Kenya, 20-21 August 2013
02/08/2013
Africa's vulnerability to climate change impacts have been underscored by the severe droughts experienced recently in the Sahel in 2012 and the Horn of Africa in 2011. All these bring...
9/9
2013
Local Climate Solutions for Africa 2013, 30 October - 1 November 2013, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
09/09/2013
Cities in Sub-Saharan Africa are the fastest growing in the world. By 2050, urban dwellers in Africa are projected to increase from 373 million to 1.2 billion and the proportion...
10/1
2014
SOPEC 2014 - Somali producers target foreign investors to boost recovery
10/01/2014
January 10 2014, Nairobi – Somali’s working to rebuild theircountry’s reproductive sectors will for the first time showcase Somalia’s potential in a bid to attract foreign investment and spur an economic...
3/3
2014
Multi-stakeholder Conference on Agricultural Investment, Gender and Land in Africa, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 5–7 March 2014
03/03/2014
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), the Future Agricultures Consortium, and the Land Policy Initiative (LPI) of...
21/3
2014
Civil Society Organizations Meeting at Regional Conference for Africa
21/03/2014
The Regional Conference for Africa hosts a multi-stakeholder discussion on African youth and development of agricultural sector with national and international organizations and research think-tanks working on these issues in...
13/5
2014
Crop residues and agro-industrial by-products in West Africa
13/05/2014
This publication presents the availability, access and utilization of crop residues and agro-industrial by-products in West Africa. It contributes to the efforts to strengthen mechanisms to establish and maintain feed...
22/5
2014
5ème Semaine africaine de l'Eau
22/05/2014
La Semaine africaine de l’eau (SAE) est convoquée par le Conseil des ministres africains de l’eau (AMCOW) en collaboration avec la Commission de l’Union africaine. Cet évènement est organisé conjointement...
23/5
2014
AFRICA DAY 2014 @ UN
23/05/2014
23 May 2014, New York - African Union and FAO host AFRICA DAY 2014 at the United Nations. Officials of the Regional Office for Africa, Accra, Ghana, have been invited...
27/5
2014
Revolutionising finance for agri-value chains, 14 - 17 July 2014, Nairobi, Kenya
27/05/2014
Agricultural finance institutions, and the policies, rules and regulations under which they operate, are lagging behind changes in the “real economy”. Recent years have seen significant innovations in certain countries...
29/5
2014
WSIS+10 High-Level Event, 10 - 13 June 2014, Geneva, Switzerland
29/05/2014
The WSIS+10 High-Level Event will be an extended version of the WSIS Forum. The Event will be held in the ITU Headquarters, Geneva from 10-13 June 2014 (9 June pre-events)....
30/5
2014
Purchase from Africans for Africa and Institutional Markets Knowledge Sharing Seminar, 2-6 June 2014, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
30/05/2014
WHAT: PAA Africa and Institutional Markets Knowledge Sharing SeminarWHERE: Hilton Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.WHEN: Monday, 2 to 6 June 2014 (including a field visit to Hawasa, 270 km south of...