The European Union funded agro-ecology based aggradation-conservation agriculture: targeting innovations to combat soil degradation and food insecurity in semi-arid Africa project (ABACO: http://abaco.act-africa.org/) will have its mid-term global workshop and steering committee meeting from 26th - 28th February 2013. With confirmed attendance of 30 participants from all 9 project partners, the meetings will be held at Palm Beach hotel, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Contributing events include:
Field visits to CA innovator farmers and research institutions
International debate: Can Africa Feed Itself? What have we learnt over the past 40 years? Discussants drawn from prominent academicians, researchers, policy makers and development partners.
Workshop - to share research findings and shape work plans
Writeshop to develop scientific publications themes and teams
Steering Committee meeting
The workshop portal link will be provided soon to enable follow up of the events on-line.