This Wednesday, November 13, 2024, is exactly 5 days before the first Forum on Agroecology in the Congo Basin (FORA 2024), coupled with the national agroecological products fair.
The city of Yaounde is already wearing the colors of this regional event. Visuals announcing the event in full size can be seen in the streets of the Cameroonian capital. In places such as Poste Centrale, Texaco Omnisports, Carrefour Tropicana, Camairco, etc., billboards are advertising and inviting visitors to the Forum. All the attention of the public and the curious converges on agroecology.
FORA 2024, organized by the Support Service for Local Development Initiatives (SAILD), in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MINADER ), will be held from November 18 to 20, 2024 at the Yaoundé Hilton Hotel.
Political decision-makers, farmers, experts, researchers and young innovators will gather around the central theme of “ Agroecology for the sustainability of food systems and the preservation of forests in the Congo Basin ”.
Over 20 countries announced at FORA 2024
This forum will see the participation of several countries beyond the eight that make up the Congo Basin.
More than 20 countries from Africa and Europe are expected to participate in Yaounde. Following a surge in online registrations (over 600 applications), almost 300 people have been selected to take part in the Forum. Participants come from Central Africa, West Africa, Southern Africa and Europe.
Dozens of agricultural producers from all ten regions of Cameroon are hard at work presenting their agro-ecological products at the Fair scheduled to coincide with the Forum at Boulevard du 20 mai in Yaounde.
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