ACT Executive Secretary receives an Award at the 2013 Global South- South Expo, Nairobi- Kenya.

ACT Executive Secretary Receives An Award At The 2013 Global South- South Expo, Nairobi- Kenya.

The African Conservation Tillage Network Executive Secretary, Eng. Saidi Mkomwa received an Award during the 2013 Global South- South Development Expo held Nairobi Kenya, in recognition of his special contribution to South- South and Triangular Cooperation.

This year’s edition The Awardees at the GSSD 2013 f the GSSD Expo was hosted by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and held at its Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, from 28 October to 1 November 2013.The theme of the Expo was "Building Inclusive Green Economies: South-South Cooperation for Sustainable Development and Poverty Eradication".

About the Expo

Since its inception in 2008, the Global South-South Development (GSSD) Expo has been an annual United Nations high-profile event for South-South Cooperation. It is co-sponsored and participated by more than 25 UN organizations, over 100 UN Member States and a large number of private sector and civil society organizations.

The overall objective of the GSSD Expo is to showcase and exchange pragmatic, replicable and innovative Southern solutions created by developing countries in key areas including Climate Change, Food Security, HIV/AIDS & Global Health, Gender and Decent Work and Social Protection.

In conjunction with this year’s theme ‘Building Inclusive Green Economies: South-South Cooperation for Sustainable Development and Poverty Eradication’, the GSSD Expo 2013 expressed the collective response of the UN to relevant provisions of the Rio+20 Outcome. The GSSD Expo 2013 also demonstrate the enhanced role of South-South Cooperation on the pathways towards post-2015 sustainable development agenda.

ACT’s Participation

ACT participated in Solution Forum 3, "Agriculture and Food Security" and presented a paper titled"Conservation Agriculture: Triangular Cooperation in East Africa" indicating how the South to South linkages and collaborations have worked in the region.

ACT ES making a Presentation ACT strongly believes that Conservation Agriculture provides the means to achieving Food Security. In Africa CA has been steadily spreading in response to the ever increasing food insecurity, unsustainable farming and climate change challenges. The use of CA technologies, which addresses both land and water management, and productivity issues, has the potential to minimize the impact of some of the major causes of food insecurity therefore contributing to the success of food security initiatives at national, regional and continental levels.

For more information on Conservation Agriculture, write to info@act-africa.org