July 5, 2019; Accra, Ghana:
The All Africa Conference on Animal Agriculture (AACAA) is the main mechanism through which the AASAP objective is met – i.e. providing a forum for stakeholders – professionals and other practitioners – to get together and share views on issues germane to animal agriculture. The AACAA is held every four years. The theme of each such conference is chosen based on felt needs at the time. The theme of the 7th AACAA – to be held in Ghana from, July 29 – August 2, 2019 – is: Innovations to Harness the Potential of African Animal Agriculture in a Globalizing World. The key words in this theme are secure future, innovations and globalizing world.
The All Africa Conference on Animal Agriculture (AACAA) is the main mechanism through which the AASAP objective is met – i.e. providing a forum for stakeholders – professionals and other practitioners – to get together and share views on issues germane to animal agriculture. The AACAA is held every four years. The theme of each such conference is chosen based on felt needs at the time. The theme of the 7th AACAA – to be held in Ghana from, July 29 – August 2, 2019 – is: Innovations to Harness the Potential of African Animal Agriculture in a Globalizing World. The key words in this theme are secure future, innovations and globalizing world.
The All Africa Society for Animal Production (AASAP) is an
association of individuals, groups and institutions which have interest in the
art, science and practice of animal sciences relevant for animal agriculture.
These include animal nutrition and feeding, genetics and breeding, health,
welfare, and other aspects of husbandry. The AASAP is a member of the World
Association of Animal Production (with its secretariat in Rome). The main
objective of AASAP is to facilitate the use of technical, policy and institutional
innovations to address current and emerging challenges of African animal
agriculture through engagement of communities of practitioners in Africa and
beyond.
Agriculture in Africa generally, and animal agriculture
specifically, is at crossroads. There are persistent food shortages arising from
rapidly increasing human population, amidst the inability of the continent to
significantly increase productivity. This is being compounded by a host of
other trends: globalization, agricultural policy and associated impacts
particularly on small producers with limited abilities to compete in input and
output markets, urbanization and the ageing farming community, climate change
and its complex relationships with crop and animal agriculture, and low
investments in agriculture.
With a focus on animal agriculture (including
aquaculture), the 7th AACAA will provide an opportunity for research and
development stakeholders of animal agriculture in Africa to discuss the current
as well as emerging opportunities and challenges arising from these major
trends and suggest potential actions to harness the opportunities and to
address them. The conference will also examine how the continent’s animal
agriculture can increase its private sector engagement – through public-private
sector partnerships. In this context, the conference will examine ways to
leverage private sector investments through strategic national, bilateral and
multilateral financing of livestock and fisheries/aquaculture research and
development that also targets youth and women – whose engagement represents one
of the major unexploited opportunities for the continent.
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