FARA’s Institutional Capacity & Future Scenarios Cluster Lead and African Seed and Biotechnology Partnership Platform ASBPP coordinator under the auspices of the African Union, Dr. Abdulrazak Ibrahim, is at the AU Headquarters, Addis Ababa, facilitating the 2nd ASBPP General Assembly.
The assembly holds significant weight as it aligns ongoing dialogues concerning the 2nd decade of the African Union Agenda2063 and the post-Malabo process.
The theme of the General Assembly is Humanitarian Development and Peace (HDP) Nexus alongside transforming food systems in Africa.
Key assembly elements encompass the interconnection between ASBPP Working Groups, Clusters, and the Integrated Seed Sector Development ISSD Africa Community of Practice, as well as the unveiling of the Africa Seed Sector Performance Indicator SSPI spearheaded by The African Seed Access Index.
The meeting features deliberations on the evolving strategies within Africa’s seed sector, including initiatives like the Partnership for Integrated Seed Sector Development in Africa PISSA. These endeavours contribute to the ASBP-CAADP Goals.
This collaborative effort, led by ASBPP under the purview of African Union‘s Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy, and Sustainable Environment DARBE -AUC, AUDA-NEPAD, FARA, and the Wageningen Center for Development Innovation (WCDI) of Wageningen University & Research, brings together 120 stakeholders from across Africa’s seed sector.
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