Conference Updates: Increasing Agricultural Productivity & Enhancing Food Security in Africa
Wed, 10/19/2011


2011 Annual Conference: Increasing Agricultural Productivity & Enhancing Food Security in Africa: New Challenges and Opportunities, 1-3 November 2011, Addis Ababa.
ReSAKSS has partnered with IFPRI’s Eastern and Southern Africa Office (ESAO) host a the conference on Increasing Agricultural Productivity & Enhancing Food Security in Africa: New Challenges and Opportunities on 1-3 November 2011 in Addis Ababa. The conference is also in partnership with the African Union Commission (AUC) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA).
For a greater background and conceptual insights into the conference please view the Concept Note for the International Conference.
The sub-themes are as follows:
- Science, technology, and innovation in agriculture
- Rural service provision and access to factors and inputs for production
- Food reserves, markets, trade, and regional integration
- Investments, institutions, and policies for supporting agriculture
- Agriculture, nutrition, and health linkages
- Agriculture and climate change mitigation and adaptation
- Capacity development for agriculture through education and training
- Role of agriculture and the rural nonfarm sector in economic growth and national poverty reduction
- Regional value chains development as a pathway for increased agricultural productivity