5th African Agriculture Science Week and FARA General Assembly 2010
19-24 July 2010, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Staff from the CGIAR Fund Office, CGIAR ICT-KM, and the Collective Action program organized and managed a large CGIAR booth at the African Agriculture Science Week marketplace during FARA's 5th General Assembly. The events were held in Ouagadougou from July 19 - 24, 2010. The theme for this year's gathering was "African Agricultural Innovation in a Changing Global Climate".

The week was comprised of various events such as the marketplace, "open space" discussions, Burkina Faso Day, CAADP day, a Ministerial Roundtable, the FARA plenary session and finally FARA's business meeting. The CGIAR hosted discussion meetings on "The New CGIAR", the Mega Program on Fish and Livestock, "Agricultural Biodiversity in Africa", "CGMap of Ongoing Research in Africa", and a session on “enhancing the accessibility of research outputs through more coherent knowledge centres and networks” during the Share Fair on Networking Tools. More than 650 participants and delegates attended the meetings, including ministers from the African continent, and leaders of international organizations such as AGRA. Burkina Faso's President, H.E. Blaise Compaore opened the plenary session.

For day by day reporting, please visit the FARA Week Blog

For more information on FARA Week, please visit the FARA Week site

Click here for the ICT-KM blog entry "African ‘carrots’: Results of a consultation at the African Agriculture Science Week

Click here for the Collective Action Program blog entry on this event

Photos of the event courtesy of Nadia Manning-Thomas (CGIAR ICT-KM/ILRI) and CGIAR Fund Office:

Right: H.E. President Blaise Compaore addresses the General Assembly.
The CGIAR booth at the FARA marketplace.	Carlos Seré, Director General of the International Livestock Research Institute and Ren Wang, Executive Secretary of the CGIAR Fund Office.
A session during the Share Fair on Networking Tools	The "Salle des Fetes" where the Marketplace took place.
(left and right) CGIAR booth visitors are eager to play the "Name that Grain" game.
Evelyn Katingi from the CGIAR's Collective Action Program (ILRI/Nairobi campus) explains CGMAP Ongoing Research Projects in Africa.	Visitors collect CGIAR publications at the CGIAR booth.
Nadia Manning-Thomas (CGIAR ICT-KM/ILRI) facilitates a Share Fair session during the FARA meetings.