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5th African Diaspora Agrofood Forum
Creates an opportunity to showcase the agrofood projects of African Diasporas, foster collaborations and create links to relevant resources
When and where
Date and time
Friday, September 17, 2021 · 1 - 7:30am PDT
Location
Online
About this event
The forum creates an opportunity to showcase the agrofood projects of African Diasporas, foster collaborations and create links to relevant resources and networks.
The theme of this 5th edition is Recovery, Resilience and Sustainability: African Diaspora Agrofood Entrepreneurship in a Changing world.
Development experts, policy makers, financial experts and African diaspora entrepreneurs will discuss the role and potentials of the African diasporas in the agrofood sector.
The forum is a two days event scheduled to hold on the 17th and the 19th of September 2021. On the first day will be a virtual conference via Zoom and the second day is for an exhibition fair of agrofood products by African entrepreneurs at the Botanic Garden Meise Belgium.
The event is organized by the food bridge vzw in partnership with Meise Botanic garden, COLEACP, Sankaa vzw, FAO and other partners.
About the organizer
The Food Bridge is a Belgian registered non profit organization. Our work focuses on 4 main areas;
- Protection of indigenous food systems and cultures
- Access to acceptable and nutritious food
- Economic Empowerment
- Research and Education
We also highlight through our African Diaspora Projects Initiative, the often neglected potentials of African Diaspora entrepreneurship in the development discourse.