CTA news

A regional symposium on indigenous knowledge and community innovations in the bio-sciences and biotechnology was held in Plianesburg, South Africa during 17-20 August in collaboration with North-West University.

CTA Week 2010 in Pretoria, South Africa promises to be full of activities. The week of 22-26 November will see the Annual Seminar on Better Water Management for Sustainable Agriculture, the 9th Advisory Committee meeting on Science and Technology for ACP Agricultural and Rural Development on “Science, Indigenous Knowledge and Innovation”, and the annual ICT Observatory on “The potential of...

A framework agreement has been signed with Ingénieurs sans Frontières (ISF) in Came­roon to create a new 16-page series called ‘PRO-AGRO’ which will be aimed at extensionists, farmers and rural communities. The series, which will be published in English and French in print and on the web, will cover various aspects of agriculture and rural development including animal and crop production,...

Four Task Forces comprising a mixture of CTA staff have been created to contribute to the development of the Centre’s new Strategic Plan (SP). The four groups will each focus on the mission and vision of the Centre, its external environment, its current and future strategy and how to implement the new SP. The staff input into the process represents a natural progression in the strategic pl...

The International Conference on Revealing the Appeal and Potential of Agricultural Biodiversity for Africa: Status, Trends and Outlook for the Future was held in Ouagadougou on 19-20 July during FARA’s Science Week. About 60 participants attended the side event.

Since 2008 CTA and the European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) worked together on a series of dialogue workshops on how to put for Trade (AfT) into practice in the agricultural sector. In 2010 the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), one of the lead technical agencies for the implementation of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP)...

CTA attended an expert meeting in Geneva on 11 June 2010 on technical cooperation programmes related to origin linked products and geographical indications (GIs). Organised by FAO, OriGIn and Agridea, the workshop brought together various stakeholders involved in development programmes related to GIs and origin products to share experiences, have a better knowledge of their respective acti...

Applying for CTA courses is now easier than ever with the implementation of new, online application forms to attend the series of electronic and face-to-face training courses in selected information and communications management topics throughout the ACP regions.

A four-member CTA team led by Director, Mr Michael Hailu attended the 5th African Agricultural Science week and the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) General Assembly, from 19 to 24 July in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

“People, water and and ICTs” is the theme of the photo contest that CTA is organizing as part of the annual seminar in November. Would you like to take part? Just click on http://annualseminar2010.cta.int/competition to post your photo or to vote for your favourite photo in one of three categories: people and...