Mozambique is taking part from Monday 30th in the first African Conference on Agricultural Technology (ACAT), which is expected to bring together more than 400 participants over five days, including agricultural researchers, policy makers, industrial leaders and innovators from Africa and other parts of the world to exchange ideas, share best practices and explore innovative solutions.
The event, co-organised by Kenya’s Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development and the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF), will take place in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, until next Friday, 3 November.
Mozambique is taking part as an ACAT partner, through the Agricultural Research Institute of Mozambique (IIAM).
A note released by the AATF indicates that the conference will be based on the centrality of science, technology and innovation (STI) in favour of promoting agricultural transformation on the continent.
“The event aims to raise the profile of issues of concern around access to and supply of innovative technologies among the continent’s key leaders, including policy makers, to inform and better guide decision-making,” the document reads.
It goes on to say that the aim is to draw up a roadmap to support the progression of agricultural technologies from development to product commercialisation, as well as to promote business links, collaboration and shared learning in agricultural biotechnology.
