Press release No. 087/2014
Commissioner Tumusiime receives FAO Assistant Director General
Addis Ababa, 28 April 2014 – Mrs. Tumusiime Rhoda Peace. Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture has on Monday 28 April 2014 received Dr. Bukar Tijani, FAO Assistant Director General and Regional Representative for Africa.
The Commissioner welcomed Dr. Tijani in his new position where he replaced Mrs. Helena Semedo who has since been appointed Deputy Director General of FAO.
Commissioner also registered the appreciation of the Commission of the African Union for the productive partnership between FAO and AUC and especially in the areas of capacity support to AUC-DREA on the Great Green Wall for the Sahara and Sahel, Initiative (GGWSSI), the Post-Harvest Loss Reduction, the Partnership to End Hunger in Africa, the close collaboration in technical preparations for the 2014 AU Year of Agriculture and Food Security, and support provided by FAO to AU Member States in designing and quality assuring the Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) Investment Plans.
Dr. Tijani also conveyed greetings and best wishes from Dr. Graziano da Silva, FAO Director General as well as his appreciation of the partnership and reassurance of continued collaboration between FAO and AUC. Dr Tijani indicated that within FAO’s new reform and strategic focus, FAO would step up support to AU especially drawing on FAO’s knowledge base and information resources.
The Commissioner also appreciated the Director General’s personal interest and support to Africa in multiple sectors ranging from crops, livestock, fisheries, forestry and wildlife to agro-industry within the context of CAADP in particular and the Africa Agenda 2063 as a whole.
The two principals agreed to refine mechanisms and enhance efforts for planning together, implementing together and delivering together.
Dr Tijani was accompanied by Dr. Modibo Traore, Representative of the FAO to the African Union and the meeting was attended by senior officials from the Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture of the AU Commission and also FAO officials from Rome, Accra and Addis FAO Offices.
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Mr. Molalet Tsedeke, Directorate of Information and Communication, AUC; molalett@africa-union.org; +251-911-630-631

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