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Progress report on the establishment of an African centre of meteorological applications for development (ACMAD)
(1986-02)
The adverse impact of drought and desertification on the social and economic conditions of African countries was reviewed at the Scientific Round Table on the Climatic situation and drought in Africa in February 1984. As ...
Report on measures taken by African countries to reduce post-harvest food losses: Executive summary
(1987-02)
The importance of post-harvest food losses in developing countries including Africa was given the right consideration by the seventh special session of the United Nations General Assembly held in 1975. The Assembly adopted ...
African strategies for the implementation of UNCED agenda 21 : a proposal
(1993-02)
The objective of these proposals is, therefore, to evolve the strategies to enable African countries to address the problems of eradicating poverty through sustainable development. In the subsequent sections, an outline ...
Report to the Conference of Ministers on the situation of food in Africa
(1986-02)
This report discusses very briefly the food situation in Africa during 1985/1986, the rehabilitation efforts and some issues related to the long term development of African agriculture.
Resolutions and decisions adopted by the Economic and Social Council at its regular session of 1990 and by the United Nations General Assembly at its forty fifth session in the Economic and Social Sectors that are of interest to Africa
(1991-02)
The objective of this document is to report to the meeting of the Technical Preparatory Committee of the Whole (TEPCOW) and through it, to the Conference of Ministers on: (a) the action taken by the Economic and Social ...
Report on inter-state co-operation with respect to the production and distribution of agricultural inputs
(1989-03)
Prom several converging estimates, world's population is expected to reach 6.1 billion by the year 2000 or 1.7 billion more than in 1980. Most of the increase in population will be generated by developing countries in ...
Serving Africa better: strategic directions for the Economic Commission for Africa
(1996-03)
This paper has been discussed by an interdivisional advisory committee within ECA and has been reviewed by 40 high-level African experts drawn from government, the private sector, academia and civil society, as well as the ...
Report on measures to be taken to improve basic statistics on women in agriculture in Africa
(1989-03)
In Africa, agriculture is the most important sector in national economies. About 80 per cent of the active population works in agriculture. Further, apart from few exceptions, agriculture makes up more than 50 percent of ...
Building, strengthening and effectively utilizing human capacities for sustained development in Africa
(1994-03)
The primacy of human development has been stressed in a number of regional and international programmes and strategies on Africa, such as the Lagos Plan of Action, Africa's Priority Programme for
Economic Recovery, the ...
Report of the extraodinary Meeting of the Governing Council of the African Institute for Economic Development and Planning : (IDEP) Addis Ababa , 14-15 April
(1987-04)
The Extraordinary meeting of the Governing Council of IDEP was held on
14 April 1987.the main points the report findings and recommendations of the Evaluation Mission had been reached after an in depth analysis of the ...