Departments
Rural Economy & Agriculture
Commissioner
H.E. Josefa Leonel Correia Sacko, from Angola, was elected as the new commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture of the African Union Commission. Mrs Sacko was the special adviser to the Minister of agriculture, assigned with the responsibility of advising on issues related to international cooperation both bilateral and multilateral.
Structure
The Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture leads the efforts to promote sustainable environmental management and agricultural development.
Coordinates the implementation of AU decisions related to agricultural transformation in Africa.
DREA’s work on environment and natural resources
Coordinating rural development initiatives that contribute to sustainable livelihoods.
Activities
H.E Abiy Ahmed Ali, Ethiopian Prime Minister and AU Leader of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP), is expected to present the AATS and Biennial Review Report to the AU Assembly of Heads of State and Government.
Madrid, Spain, 11 December 2019 – Africa Day which took place on Tuesday 10 December 2019 on the sidelines of the twe
The twenty-fifth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 25) which is currently holding from 2 – 13 December 2019 at the IFEMA Conference Center in Madrid, Spain, is a crowd puller .
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire 28th November 2019 – The Third Conference on Land Policy in Africa opened on November 25, 2019
November 25, 2019 to November 29, 2019
15th Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme Partnership Platform “Enhancing Trade and Market Access for Accelerated Agriculture Transformation”
October 21, 2019 to October 25, 2019
Opening of the Ministerial Session of the third ordinary session of the Specialized Technical Committee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Water and Environment
October 03, 2019 to October 04, 2019
Justification
October 03, 2019 to October 04, 2019
MEDIA ADVISORY
PARTNERS’ COORDINATION CONFERENCE ON WATER AND SANITATION PROGRAMME IN AFRICA
September 17, 2019 to September 20, 2019
Africa has remained the most food insecure continent in the world, with approximately one in four people undernourished. Current food production systems are unsustainable and climate change poses additional challenge to sustainable agriculture in Africa.
June 21, 2019
Third (3rd) Ministerial Conference of the African Union (AU) - European Union (EU) will be held under the theme: “Promoting Sustainable Regional Agricultural Value Chains”.
September 17, 2019 to September 20, 2019
October 05, 2017
January 28, 2016
Media
Department Resources
November 15, 2019
November 15, 2019
March 10, 2020
March 10, 2020
November 15, 2019
January 17, 2020