2024 Edition
#AfricaDays2024
“Indigenous” or “lost” crops are hidden treasures of our ecosystem, possessing immense potential to address global challenges such as food security, climate change, and biodiversity conservation.
These plants require fewer resources, are more pest-resistant, and are richer in nutrients than dominant crops, making them sustainable and effective solutions to food insecurity.
For Africa Days 2024, we have chosen to highlight these issues with the theme: Lost Crops, New Opportunities: Securing our Future with the Crops of the Past.
The event will bring together civil society organizations (from producers to consumer associations and researchers), state representatives, donors, businesses, and more.
Our objective: to debate, exchange, and promote lost crops among stakeholders and consumers.
This seventh edition will also feature the launch of the Alliance of African Cultures, a coalition of public and private partners dedicated to promoting, valuing, and developing marginalized crops with high potential on the African continent.
To achieve the Alliance’s objectives and highlight the richness of food biodiversity, Africa Days 2024 will contribute to:
- Raising awareness of the issues surrounding forgotten African crops.
Mobilizing partners to promote high-potential value chains on the African continent. - Creating a committed community to improve the global food system and recognize indigenous crops on the continent.
- Encouraging the consumption of local products, thereby promoting ecosystem regeneration and the protection of Africa’s natural heritage.
It’s time to foster a new sustainable food system for the well-being of future generations and the planet!
PROGRAM
Pre-Forum 9-10 mai
Forum 16 mai
Conférence 28 octobre
Gala 28 octobre
Le Gala a eu lieu au Pullman Dakar Teranga, en soutien aux producteurs et productrices de fonio au sud-est du Sénégal.
Plus d'informationsTEMOIGNAGES DES " CHAMPIONS " de LA grande muraille verte
CONFERENCE 28 OCTOBRE
Le fonio, graine d'avenir pour le Sahel
Side Event: “Trees of Life” Exhibition by photographer Nicolas Henry (June 5 to July 1 at the French Institute of Senegal in Dakar): This exhibition features iconic nourishing trees from Senegal and Chad, echoing the Pan-African Great Green Wall project.
Mobilization Day (June 27 – French Institute, Dakar)
- Roundtables: Presentations by regional and international partners and experts to discuss the issues of forgotten crops.
- Gastronomic Tastings: Discovering forgotten African cereals and fruits through a unique culinary experience.
Launch of the Alliance of African Cultures: Presentation of the vision of this new initiative to promote the value chains of forgotten African crops.
Co-construction Day (June 28 – Pullman Dakar Teranga Hotel)
- Roundtables: Presentations and debates to promote forgotten crops.
- Workshops: Small group discussions focusing on fonio, bambara groundnut, baobab fruit, and food biodiversity, fostering exchanges among value chain actors.
- Presentation of Action Recommendations for the Alliance of African Cultures.
Gala Evening (June 28 – Pullman Dakar Teranga Hotel)
- Gala Dinner and Concert: A prestigious evening concluding the Africa Days, gathering key partners.
FORUM 16 MAI
Ensemble pour réaliser la Grande Muraille Verte
Investissons dans les initiatives locales !
Le Forum a réuni des experts représentant la société civile, les investisseurs (publics et privés), la Grande Muraille Verte, etc… Les intervenants ont partagé leur expérience et répondu aux 2 questions suivantes :
1 – Comment développer des projets Grande Muraille Verte impactant et qui suscitent l’intérêt des investisseurs ?
2 – Quels mécanismes pour connecter les porteurs de projets et les investisseurs ?
HIGH LEVEL SPEAKERS
Africa Days 2024 Program
Africa Days 2024 will open with the “Arbres de Vie” exhibition by photographer Nicolas Henry.
Side Event: Exhibition of "Trees of Life" from June 5 to July 1, 2024
Side Event: Exhibition of "Trees of Life" from June 5 to July 1, 2024
Forum: June 27 - Mobilization Day in Dakar
Forum: June 27 - Mobilization Day in Dakar
Forum: June 28, co-construction day
Forum: June 28, co-construction day
Gala : june 28
Charity gala
Le forum et une market 28 mai
Comment mobiliser les investissements pour développer les territoires sahéliens ?
Le forum donnera la parole aux acteurs de terrain pour témoigner de la diversité des expériences en cours dans les territoires de la Grande Muraille Verte, et considérer avec une large gamme de partenaires techniques, institutionnels et du secteur privé, la nature des investissements attendus et les mécanismes de leur mise à disposition des acteurs sahéliens.
Le gala 28 mai
Un gala au Pullman à Dakar, clôturera les Africa Days 2021.
Au programme : remise des prix aux trois équipes lauréates de l’Agri-Hackathon et concert avec nos fidèles artistes Didier Awadi et Cheick Tidiane Seck.
Gum Arabic, Sahelian Gold
Improving the gum arabic value chain structure to increase the income of local communities Since 2009, SOS SAHEL has been working on a gum tree
Fostering Cross-Border Trade between Ethiopia and Sudan
Developing resilient agricultural systems and transforming the living conditions of local communities by strengthening the gum arabic sector and increasing access to water This project
Fonio, The Sahel’s Super Grain
Fostering new economic opportunities and improving the resilience of communities This project aims to boost the economic development of fonio, an essential cereal for food
Djigui Niokolo: “Hope in Niokolo” Through Fonio
Creating new economic opportunities and empowering women This ambitious project in the the South-Eastern part of the country aims to boost and promote the fonio
Djibouti – Boosting Goat Farming
Disseminating innovative practices to support the goat industry and strengthen the resilience of breeders This region is one that is traditionally characterized by high poverty
Beog Puuto, Fields of the Future
Boosting agricultural production by creating service centers for 350,000 smallholder farmers Since 2019, Beog Puuto has been one of the most ambitious projects of SOS
Gum Arabic, Sahelian Gold
Improving the gum arabic value chain structure to increase the income of local communities Since 2009, SOS SAHEL has been working on a gum tree
Fostering Cross-Border Trade between Ethiopia and Sudan
Developing resilient agricultural systems and transforming the living conditions of local communities by strengthening the gum arabic sector and increasing access to water This project
Fonio, The Sahel’s Super Grain
Fostering new economic opportunities and improving the resilience of communities This project aims to boost the economic development of fonio, an essential cereal for food
Djigui Niokolo: “Hope in Niokolo” Through Fonio
Creating new economic opportunities and empowering women This ambitious project in the the South-Eastern part of the country aims to boost and promote the fonio
Djibouti – Boosting Goat Farming
Disseminating innovative practices to support the goat industry and strengthen the resilience of breeders This region is one that is traditionally characterized by high poverty
Beog Puuto, Fields of the Future
Boosting agricultural production by creating service centers for 350,000 smallholder farmers Since 2019, Beog Puuto has been one of the most ambitious projects of SOS