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Pre-FARA General Assembly lunch hosted by South Africa Minister of Agriculture and land Affairs 4 June 2007, Pretoria, South Africa. The Hon. Lulu Xingwana, Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs hosted a pre-FARA general assembly lunch. It was attended by at least 20 African Ambassadors residing in South Africa. The purpose was to create public awareness of the week–long forum especially to political leaders. Dr. Monty Jones, the Executive Secretary of FARA shared with the ambassadors the purpose and expected outcome of the event. The lunch created great interest among the ambassadors. They recognize the importance of such forum to coordinate and harmonize African research for development initiatives to increase African agriculture competitiveness in the global economy.
Advice
All visitors to South Africa (including the Ministers and other VIPs) who
travel from or through yellow fever areas, as designated by the World Health
Organisation, must possess valid certificates of vaccination against Yellow
Fever. Participants failing to provide proof of vaccination will be given
vaccinations at the airport at the participants own cost.
Latest version of the Program The deadline for registration for individual participants is open until 4 June.
Registration for side-events, booths and posters is closed.
Third Announcement
Map of directions to Sandton Convention Center is now availabe. We are constantly updating the website and maps to other hotels will be posted soon. Call for Posters The Africa Agriculture Science Week provides a unique opportunity to showcase how African agricultural institutions and organizations are contributing to achieving the African Vision of increasing agricultural productivity by 6% per annum. National research institutions have developed technologies and have important success stories to tell on how they have contributed to improving the livelihoods of smallholder farmers and pastoralists. Development agencies have their own experiences to share on how they have assisted farmers to increase the productivity of their holdings. Civil society organizations too have their success stories on how they have worked together with communities in creating networks of knowledge resources that respond directly to the needs of farmers. The week-long event is an opportunity that FARA has created for its constituents to enable them to share with international partners as well as partners working within the region their successes and their plans for continuing to contribute to achieving the African Vision. Posters can be submitted by any actor in the national agricultural research for development systems. They could be a research institute, development organization, an NGO, a farmers’ organization, a university, a college or a political body that is working in agriculture. Download the Call for Posters doc for more details. Call for Posters (doc, EN)
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