Theme and Sub-Themens

The theme of the 4th IAALD Africa Conference is: 

Agricultural Innovations, Information and Knowledge: Catalyzing the Attainment of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the African Union Agenda 2063 and has the folloiwng sub-themes:

***  Knowledge Generation, Management and Sharing

• Documenting experiences, lessons learned & good practices and sharing agricultural knowledge;
• Agricultural innovations systems and advisory services targeting small-holder farmers and rural communities;
• National and institutional initiatives and frameworks for agricultural knowledge sharing;
• Capacity Development for agricultural knowledge generation, management and sharing.

***  Women, Youth and Agriculture

• Engaging and empowering women and youth in agriculture and rural development;
• Rural transformation, agribusiness, entrepreneurship and women and youth;
• Capacity Development for women and youth in agriculture.

***  Open Data and Open Science

• Open Data standards and software platforms;
• Regional, national and institutional Open Data and Open Science initiatives and frameworks in agriculture;
• Regional and national multi-stakeholder processes/platforms/forums for Open Data and Open Science in agriculture;
• Entrepreneur opportunities in Open Data and Open Science;
• Capacity Development for Open Data and Open Science in agriculture.

***  ICT and Agriculture

• ICT adoption and use by smallholder farmers (especially women and youth) and rural communities;
• ICT applications in agriculture and rural development including Apps, services, etc. targeting smallholder farmers and rural communities;
• Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) (drones) in agriculture and rural development – applications and services, cases, challenges, policies, research, etc.;
• Social media in agriculture and rural development;
• Capacity development for ICT in agriculture and rural development, especially for women and youth.