The 2012 World Economic Forum on Africa will be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Ethiopia is the second most populous country in sub-Saharan Africa and a prime example of the continent’s fast-growing economies. Home to the African Union and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Addis…
A Global Partnership Programme is being built on the initiative of NGOs concerned with agricultural research and development. With the support of IFAD (Inter-national Fund for Agricultural Development), NGOs in three countries in Africa ¿ Ethiopia, Ghana and Uganda ¿ have already started a process…
Prior to the plenary, the participants visited the Upper Awash Agricultural Enterprise in the Rift Valley, and attended a series of seminars covering important issues such as:
¿ Science and Technology for African Agriculture in the 21st Century which focused on impact assessment and sustainable…