1st All Africa Horticulture Congress: Grown Under the Sun

August 31-September 3, 2009, Nairobi, Kenya

After two years for maturing and several preliminary thoughts and discussions around the concept, Kenya will be hosting the first All Africa Horticulture Congress in 2009
African horticulturists often attending ISHS international events elsewhere have agreed on the need for a specific African event on horticulture: a need for valorizing experiences and achievements through research projects and case studies, a need for expressing constraints and expectations, a needs for coordinating efforts and prospective strategies.

Additional thoughts and debates amongst horticultural stakeholders have convinced them that the whole value chain should be highlighted at the Congress, offering a unique and regular opportunity for deep and direct exchanges between the diverse partners: academic institutions, public research and development organizations, and business actors who include all types of farmers.

The themes of this congress will focus broadly on Horticulture for improving livelihoods in Africa, through:

* Food security
* Health
* Environment
* Poverty alleviation/wealth creation
* International horticultural trade.

The Congress will be held at the Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya, from 31 August to 3 September 2009 under the auspices of ISHS and the Global Horticulture Initiative. The programme will be conducted through plenary sessions, moderated discussion fora, exhibitions, seminars in parallel sessions and field visits.

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