NEW: Minia International Conference for Agriculture and Irrigation in the Nile Basin Countries

The theme of the conference highlights the desire of the committee to bring together experts from a variety of fields to further knowledge and research in Agriculture and Irrigation. In addition to keynote addresses and symposia given by invited overseas and African speakers, individuals are invited to submit papers for presentation as talks in concurrent sessions, or as posters. There will also be time for discussion at various workshops.

Date: March 26-29, 2012
Venue: El-Minia, Egypt

NEW: Global Conference on Women in Agriculture
The objectives of this conference are to discuss and deliberate the prevailing and emerging gender issues in agriculture and food systems and the lessons learned for future sustainable development, to take stock of evidence on experiences in enhancing role of women in agriculture, to understand the mechanisms and approaches adopted by the international organizations, regional fora, countries and civil society for empowering women and addressing gender issues in agriculture, and to collate lessons on strategies for strengthening gender research in agriculture to make technology generation and dissemination, agricultural planning and policy making gender sensitive and disseminate them through an edited book and develop a Framework for Action.

Date: March 13-15, 2012
Venue: New Delhi, India

Jobs, Food and Farming

In the coming years the agrifood sector in Africa will undergo significant transformation that will result in both challenges and opportunities for young people, depending on who and where they are. This conference aims to shift the debate away from questions such as “How can farming be made more attractive to young people?” toward a broader analysis of the opportunities and challenges for different categories young people in different situations.

Date: March 19-21, 2012
Venue: Accra, Ghana