- Mr. Andrew Manu, AAAPD Vice President from Iowa State University
- Mr. Samuel Assah, AAAPD - USA Director from Colorado State University
The main objective of this meeting was to introduce the Association of African Agricultural Professionals in the Diaspora (AAAPD) and to see how the association can partner with FARA to ensure Food Security.
Background:
AAAPD is a premier resource network of African agricultural professionals living in the United States and Canada with the mission of promoting sustainable livelihood for Africa’s smallholder farmers and rural sector by improving food security, economic growth and environmental quality and quality of life. AAAPD hopes to achieve this by;
- Mobilizing and actively stimulating agricultural professionals in the Diaspora
- Serving as catalysts for technology and information resource development and transfer
- Providing high impact mentoring programs for young African scientists
- Promoting and integrating gender perspective in agricultural transformation
- Advocating for private-public investments in research, education, and training (RET’s)
- Building bridges in human, technology and information resources to African institutions
Google group of AAAPD: The Association of African Agricultural Professionals in the Diaspora
