Contact
Semi Arid Food Grains Research and Development
01 B.P. 1783, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Tel: (226) 25 30-60-71 / 25 31-15-98
Fax: (226 25-31-15-86 / 25-30-82-46
Email: ElmekassA@africa-union.org; SayahE@africa-union.org
African Union Headquarters
P.O. Box 3243
Roosvelt Street (Old Airport Area)
W21K19, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel: (251) 11 551 77 00
Fax: (251) 11 551 78 44
Web: www.au.int
FAQ
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AU SAFGRAD stands for African Union Semi-Arid Food Grain Research And Development.
In response to the recurrent droughts, the virtual lack of appropriate and economically feasible technologies to improve agricultural production in semi-arid agro-ecosystems and the food security crisis in 1970s, the Heads of African States and Government of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) established SAFGRAD in 1977 (based on Resolution 505 XXIX adopted by the Council of Ministers).
AUC- African Union Commission
CAADP- Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Programme
CAADP is the agricultural programme of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), which in turn is a programme of the African Union (AU). Established by the AU assembly in 2003, CAADP focuses on improving food security, nutrition, and increasing incomes in Africa’s largely farming based economies. It aims to do this by raising agricultural productivity by at least 6% per year and increasing public investment in agriculture to 10% of national budgets per year.
