Professor Baudouin Michel, Director of ERAIFT and Rector of IFA-Yangambi, will be attending the 5th African Union-European Union Ministerial Conference on Agriculture 2023 at the FAO in Rome on Friday 30 June as an invited expert. Together with Professor Roger Ntoto of the University of Kinshasa and Ms Julie Tshilombo, Professor Baudouin Michel coordinated the drafting of the " Profile of the food system in the Democratic Republic of Congo (FAO-CIRAD funded by the EU https://www.fao.org/3/cb8157fr/cb8157fr.pdf )” and has been a member of the "Expert" for the "Task Force for Rural Africa" DG AGRI.
On Friday 2 June, a working meeting was held in Tervuren between the Deans and Professors of Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech (University of Liège, Belgium) and the Faculty of Bioscience Engineering of the University of Ghent (Belgium), within the framework of the Alliance for Yangambi, in the presence of the Director General of the Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA). The two universities plan to combine their experience and skills to support research and university teaching in the Kisangani area.
ERAIFT and IFA-Yangambi would like to thank the Royal Museum for Central Africa for hosting this important meeting, as well as the Faculty of Bioscience Engineering at Ghent University and Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech for their availability and cooperation.
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