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ANNOUNCEMENT

We are pleased to announce the 1st All Africa Horticulture Congress to be held between 26th and 30th April 2009 in Nairobi, Kenya. The theme of the congress is Horticulture for Quality Life. 

The congress will cover the following broad areas:

  • Food security,
  • Health,
  • Environment,
  • Poverty alleviation/wealth creation, and
  • International trade in horticulture.

Congress Objectives

The congress is organised with the following objectives:
  1. Create a forum for African stakeholders in horticulture and others to exchange ideas, discuss research findings and joint formulation of proposals,
  2. Facilitate researcher-consumer-producer interactions for establishing research needs,
  3. Promote public-private sector partnerships/linkages in horticulture,
  4. Promote capacity of human resources in the horticulture industry through relevant education and training,
  5. Provide information on the trends in horticultural trade,
  6. Promote consumption of fruits and vegetables within communities in Africa for improved health,
  7. Promote horticultural production practices that are safe and environmentally friendly, and
  8. Promote the use of horticulture for the well being of every population in Africa.

Congress Sub-themes

  • Food and nutrition security
  • Human Health
  • Plant genetic resources
  • Environmental issues
  • Wealth creation
  • Horticultural trade
  • Education and capacity building
  • Technology and Innovation

    • Format

    The congress will be accomplished through oral presentations (plenary and parallel sessions), exhibitions, trainings, seminars, parallel sessions and field visits.

    The exhbitions and excursions are provided to facilitate interaction among scientitists and other stakeholders in the horticulture industry. In the exhibitions cutting edge technologies for the horticulture industry will be exhibited. Excursions on the other hand will take congress participants to horticultural producers and scenic sites in the country.  

    Application

    Application for participation in the congress can be made by sending an abstract of your presentation together with a duly filled application form (download the application form), to the secretariat by e-mail using: aahc@mail4.webfaction.com

    Applications can also be made online by clicking here:
    ONLINE APPLICATION

    Key Dates

    New dates will be posted soon. Please come again!!
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