Nigeria will be playing host to the first conference of the association in August 2024. The Conference with the theme: Promote Climate-Friendly, Water and Energy Efficient Small-Scale Solar Irrigation Systems in Africa: Opportunities, Challenges and future trends will be hosted by Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute (ARMTI) Ilorin, Nigeria (https://armti.gov.ng) with the support of The Centre for Rural Development (SLE) Albrecht Daniel Thaer Institute for Agriculture and Horticulture Sciences, Humboldt-University of Berlin, Germany (https://www.sle-berlin.de) and Sun4Water - Water and Energy for Food Grand Challenge (https://we4f.org/sun4water).
Delegates from the 16-member countries are expected to participate in the 4 days conference. The general objective of this conference is to enable knowledge exchange and network building among participating countries.
Meanwhile, additional funding or sponsorship is desired and we are open to bring onboard more partners or sponsors that are eager support the process of developing knowledge base and capacity building.
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