Subject: Upcoming international conference on Fall Armyworm
Dear all,
The Intersate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel, in collaboration with FAO, the West African Economic and Monetary Union, the Economic Community of West African States, the Liptako Gourma organization and, the G5 group (this group includes Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Mauritania and Chad: these are the countries that are the most affected by terrorism in the sub-region) will organize an international conference on the Fall Army Worm (FAW). The conference will take place in Ouagadougou next September (10-12) under the Presidency of the President of Burkina Faso.
The overall objective of the conference is to exchange experiences and lessons learned from the recent FAW invasion in Africa, to mobilize a community of experts to provide technical and policy advice for the sustainable management of the insect pest in Africa at regional and national level by the Member States.
Best regards,
Souleymane Nacro
E-mail: <snacro2006@yahoo.fr>
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