Food and Agriculture Organization
of the United Nations

ARC/06/REP

REPORT

Twenty-FOURTh FAO
Regional Conference
for AFRICA

Bamako, Mali
30 January - 3 February 2006

Algeria

Gabon

Nigeria

Angola

Gambia

Rwanda

Benin

Ghana

Sao Tome and Principe

Botswana

Guinea

Senegal

Burkina Faso

Guinea-Bissau

Seychelles

Burundi

Kenya

Sierra Leone

Cameroon

Lesotho

South Africa

Cape Verde

Liberia

Sudan

Central African Republic

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Swaziland

Chad

Madagascar

Tanzania

Comoros

Malawi

Togo

Congo

Mali

Tunisia

Congo, Democratic Republic of

Mauritania

Uganda

Cote d’Ivoire

Mauritius

Zambia

Djibouti

Morocco

Zimbabwe

Egypt

Mozambique

Equatorial Guinea

Namibia

Eritrea

Niger

Ethiopia

First

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Lagos, Nigeria, 3 - 12 November 1960

Second

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Tunis, Tunisia, 1 - 10 November 1962

Third

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 3 - 15 September 1964

Fourth

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Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 9 - 19 November 1966

Fifth

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Kampala, Uganda, 18 - 29 November 1968

Sixth

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Algiers, Algeria, 17 September - 3 October 1970

Seventh

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Libreville, Gabon, 14 - 30 September 1972

Eighth

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Rose Hill, Mauritius, 1 - 17 August 1974

Ninth

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Freetown, Sierra Leone, 2 - 12 November 1976

Tenth

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Arusha, Tanzania, 18 - 28 September 1978

Eleventh

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Lomé, Togo, 16 - 27 June 1980

Twelfth

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Algiers, Algeria, 22 September - 2 October 1982

Thirteenth

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Harare, Zimbabwe, 16 - 25 July 1984

Fourteenth

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Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire, 2 - 11 September 1986

Fifteenth

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Moka, Mauritius, 26 April - 4 May 1988

Sixteenth

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Marrakech, Morocco, 11 - 15 June 1990

Seventeenth

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Accra, Ghana, 20 - 24 July 1992

Eighteenth

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Gaborone, Botswana, 24 - 28 October 1994

Nineteenth

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 16 - 20 April 1996

Twentieth

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 16 - 20 February 1998

Twenty-first

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Yaoundé, Cameroon, 21 - 25 February 2000

Twenty-second

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Cairo, Egypt, 4-8 February 2002

Twenty-third

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Johannesburg, South Africa, 1-5 March 2004

The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.

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Table of Contents

SUMMARY OF MAIN RECOMMENDATIONS

I. INTRODUCTORY ITEMS

Organization of the Conference

Inaugural Ceremonies

Election of Chairpersons, Vice-Chairpersons and Rapporteur

Adoption of the Agenda and Timetable

II. STATEMENTS

Statement of the Director-General of FAO

Statement of the Independent Chairperson of the Republic of Mali

Statement by the Independent Chairman of the FAO Council

Statement by the Outgoing Chairperson

Statement by the Vice President of International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Statement by the Deputy Executive Director of the World Food Programme

Statement by the Representative of the Holy See

Statement by the Italian Cooperation

III. DISCUSSION ITEMS

Matters Arising from the33^rd Session of the FAO Conference (Rome 19 - 26 November 2005)

FAO Activities in the Region (2004-2005) with a focus on the Achievement of the World Food Summit (WFS) targets and the Millennium Devlopment Goals

Report of the Technical Committee

Enhancing the Competitiveness of Agriculture and Natural Resources

Management under Globalization and Liberalization to Promote Economic Growth African Seeds and Biotechnology Programme

IV. INFORMATION ITEMS

Policy and Regulation of Biotechnology in Food Production

Fire in the Agriculture-Forestry Interface

Agrarian Reform, Land Policies and the Millennium Development Goals: FAO's interventions and lessons learned during the Past decade

New Approaches to Information Access under WAICENT

V. PARALLEL AND SIDE EVENTS

African Union Conference of Ministers of Agriculture

FAO-FO/NGO/CSO Regional Consultation

VI. OTHER MATTERS

VII. CONCLUDING ITEMS

Items to be considered for the 24^th FAO Regional Conference for Africa

Date and Place of the 25^th FAO RegionalCon ference for Africa

Adoption of the Report of the Conference

Closure of the Conference

APPENDIXES

APPENDIX A - Agenda of the Regional Conference

APPENDIX B - List of Delegates

APPENDIX C - List of Documents

APPENDIX D - Statement by the Independent Chairman of the FAO Council

APPENDIX E - Statement by the Director-General of FAO

APPENDIX F - Opening Address by the President of the Republic of Mali

APPENDIX G - Closing Address by the Prime Minister and Head of Government of the Republic of Mali

APPENDIX H - Report of the Technical Committee

APPENDIX I - Summary Report of the African Union Conference of Ministers of Agriculture

APPENDIX J - Final Statement of the Fifth FAO-FO/NGO/CSO Regional Consultation