The 5th Annual Connecting Rural Communities Africa Forum 2010 will be held from the 17-19 August, 2010 at the International Conference Center, Accra, Ghana. The theme for the conference is “Connecting rural Africa on a cost-effective, sustainable and profitable basis through government-led Public Private Peoples Partnerships.” By design the conference...
The opportunity for Africa to become a major global food producer is unprecedented, and at the same time, smallholder farmers can make the transition from subsistence to commercial farming. Public private partnerships are the key to create momentum and real progress. AGRF will bring together leaders from governments in Africa,...
17th Session of the African Forestry and Wildlife Commission and the 1st African Forestry and Wildlife Week
22 October 2009
22 October 2009
The 17th Session of the African Forestry and Wildlife Commission (AFWC) and the 1st African Forestry and Wildlife Week will be hosted by the Government of the Republic of Congo and will be held in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, from 22 to 26 February 2010.
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CECAF Workshop, 9th - 12th June 2009
09 June 2009
09 June 2009
The Fishery Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic (CECAF), in collaboration with FIEL (FAO, Rome), will be organizing a workshop on Port State Measures to combat Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing in the West Africa sub-region from 9th to 12th June 2009 at the FAO Regional Office for Africa...
2nd World Congress on Agroforestry
15 April 2009
15 April 2009
The 2nd World Congress of Agroforestry, to take place in Nairobi, Kenya, 23-28 August 2009, promises to be the premier event for 2009 - a platform to share global knowledge and experience on the opportunities that will leverage agroforestry science and development as a sustainable land use system worldwide. The Congress...