The Islamic World Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) will hold tomorrow, January 20, at 08.00 (GMT) (09.00 Rabat time) a virtual international conference on “Smart Technologies and Resilience for Sustainable Agriculture in Africa.”

The event is in partnership with the Government of Niger, the German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ), the Islamic Organization for Food Security (IOFS), the World Agricultural Heritage Foundation, the International Center for Asia Pacific studies, the Regional Center for Remote Sensing of North Africa States (CRTEAN), and the African Regional Centre for Space Science and Technology Affiliated to the UN -CRASTE-LF.

The virtual conference will be held as part of a project that ICESCO launched jointly with the Government of Niger to combat land degradation by developing innovative and smart geospatial technology and rural entrepreneurship in Africa.

The Conference will bring together several interested ministers and experts to debate and share expertise on smart technology and its role in boosting the resilience of ecosystems of African agricultural production. The event will also cover strategies to improve production systems toward achieving food security in the continent and rural entrepreneurship’s challenges and opportunities in post-COVID-19 world.