Tag: AFAAS
Vacancy Announcement: COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST/SCIENCE WRITER AT FARA
Communication Specialist: Ref: FARA/adv/Comm/2021 Introduction The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) is the apex continental organization mandated to coordinate agricultural research and innovation in Africa and advocate for its effective deployment as a driver for African agricultural growth. FARA also serves as the technical arm of the Africa Union Commission (AUC) and the NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency
Allocate 10% of COVID-19 Resources to Agricultural Research – AUC Commissioner
H.E. Josepha Leonel Correia Sacko, Commissioner of the African Union Commission’s Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture has called on Africa’s development partners to allocate at least 10% of the resources committed to fighting the COVID-19 Pandemic to supporting agricultural research institutions in Africa. The Commissioner made the call on Wednesday 20th May, during the first regional and continental eForum
Let’s Prepare for the New Norm – FARA Board Chair
Dr. Alioune Fall, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Forum for Agriculture Research in Africa, has called on the members of the consortium and all stakeholders to prepare to take up new ways of doing things, particularly in agricultural research and innovation on the continent, in the wake of the corona virus pandemic that has hit the
COVID-19: FAO and African Union commit to safeguarding food security amid crisis
Regional body and UN agency join forces to minimize lockdown’s impact on the continent where one in five goes hungry 16 April 2020, Rome – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the African Union (AU) and international partners today described the food and agriculture system as “an essential service that must continue to operate during periods of
Dealing with food security in the face of COVID-19: Where Governments should focus
Ben Moses Ilakut: As the novel Corona Virus (COVID-19) continues to spread rapidly across the globe, countries across the world have shut down major socio-economic functions, putting livelihoods in a precarious situation. A genuine fear that the worst is yet to come in regards to food and nutrition security is looming. The months of April, May and even the proceeding ones
REGISTRATION OF INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANTS, SUPPLIERS, CONTRACTORS, CONSULTING FIRMS & OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR GOODS, WORKS & SERVICES FOR 2020/2021
The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) is in the process of registering new suppliers, Individual Consultants and other Service Providers for the years 2020/2021. The exercise is also intended to clean our current Supplier/Consultant database of dormant vendors and admit new ones to improve the system. Prospective and eligible firms and Individuals interested in transacting business with FARA
CAADP XP4 Programme Coordination Panel (PC Panel) for Agricultural Research in Africa Underway in Accra
The 2020 meeting of the programme coordination panel for the Ex-CAADP Pillar IV institutions is being hosted by the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), in Accra. As a technical arm of the African Union, FARA is responsible for the advancement and coordination of Agricultural Research for Development in Africa. To effectively play its coordination role, FARA has instituted
AOSTI AND FARA DISCUSS COLLABORATION ON OBSERVATORY FOR AFRICA AGRICULTURE
ACCRA, 23rd May 2018: THE Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) will collaborate with the African Observatory of Science, Technology and Innovation (AOSTI) of the African Union Commission (AUC) to advance the implementation of the Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy for Africa (STISA-2024). During a courtesy visit to the FARA Secretariat on the sidelines of the Ghana chapter workshop
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