13th Meeting of the Sectoral Council on Agriculture and Food Security underway in Arusha

Written on 23 September 2019. Posted in Agriculture & Food Security

East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 23^rd September, 2019: The13^th Meeting of the Sectoral Council on Agriculture and Food Security is currently underway in Arusha, Tanzania.

The Sectoral Council will run from 23^rd September, 2019 to 27^th September, 2019. It is composed of three sessions which are, the Session of Senior Officials which is scheduled to be held from 23^rd to 25^th September, 2019; the Session of Permanent/Principal/Under Secretaries slated for 26^th September, 2019; and the Ministerial session on 27^th September, 2019.

Among the items on the agenda of the 13^th Sectoral Council are: Partner States’ Updates on the Food Security situation, and; Consideration of reports on: EAC Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Programme process; EAC Aflatoxin Prevention and Control Process; EAC Sanitary and Phytosanitary Protocol Implementation Matters, and; Harmonisation of Farm Inputs instruments.

Other items are: Competitive African Rice Initiative in East Africa; Promoting Youth Employment in Agriculture Project; Livestock and Fisheries Development, and; Resource mobilization.

For more information, please contact:

Simon Peter Owaka
Senior Public Relations Officer
Corporate Communications and Public Affairs Department
EAC Secretariat
Arusha, Tanzania
Tel: +255 768 552087
Email: sowaka [at] eachq.org

About the East African Community Secretariat:

The East African Community (EAC) is a regional intergovernmental organisation of six Partner States, comprising Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudna, Tanzania and Uganda, with its headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania.

The EAC Secretariat is ISO 9001: 2008 Certified