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• FAO Regional Office for Africa, Accra, Ghana
  See especially: RAF Publications and Documents.
  
  
• FAO Conferences in Africa
  • 25th FAO Regional Conference for Africa, 16--20 June 2008, Nairobi, Kenya
    
    
  • 24th FAO Regional Conference for Africa, 20 January--3 February 2006, Bamako, Mali
    General information and documents from the conference. See also the French version.
    
    
  • 23rd FAO Regional Conference for Africa, 1-5 March 2004, Johannesburg, South Africa
    General information and documents from the conference. See also the French version.
  • 22nd FAO Regional Conference for Africa, Cairo, Egypt, 4-8 February 2002
    General information and documents from the conference. See also the French version.
  • 21st FAO Regional Conference for Africa, Yaoundé, Cameroon, 21-25 February 2000
    General information and documents from the conference. See also the French version.
  
  
• FAO Country Profiles and Mapping Information System = Profils FAO de pays et système d'information cartographique
  Select a country = Sélectionner un pays: This "retrieval tool" is the latest offering on the FAO website. It consists of summarized presentations for each country around the world, including maps and tables, with detailed information on the environment and the economy based on FAO research.
  
  
• FAO Economic and Social Department, Statistics Division
  
  
• FAO Forestry
  • FAO Forestry General Home Page
  • State of the World's Forests (English)
    The current issue, with Table of contents & Executive Summary available online; the full reports can only be read by downloading files in PDF.
  • Africa country profiles
  
  
• FAO/GIEWS - Global Information and Early Warning System on Food and Agriculture
  • FAO/GIEWS General Home Page = Système mondial d'information et d'alerte rapide
    
    
  • FAO/GIEWS Special Reports and Alerts: All world areas, 1995 to present
    
    
  • Food Outlook -- Rome: FAO/GIEWS, 1996-
    Published six times a year, FO provides a global perspective on the production, stocks and trade of cereals and other basic food commodities, through an analysis of trends and prospects. It also contains analysis and statistical information on developments in the world cereal markets, export prices and ocean freight rates.
    
    
  • Crop Prospects and Food Situation Africa report. -- Rome: FAO/GIEWS, 2005-
    This title supercedes Foodcrops and Shortages and Food Supply Situation and Crop Prospects in Sub-Saharan Africa.
    
    
  • Foodcrops and Shortages -- Rome: FAO/GIEWS, 1996-
    F&S is issued six times a year. Readers are provided with country-by-country summaries of the most recent information on the production, trade, stocks and consumption of food commodities, as well as food aid requirements, pledges and actual deliveries, when appropriate.'
    
    
  • Sahel Weather and Crop Situation -- Rome: FAO/GIEWS, 1995-
    SWCS is issued every month throughout the growing season, which lasts from June to October. The report describes weather conditions, pest infestations and crop prospects in the Sahel, a drought-prone zone.
    
    
  • SADC-FANR: Southern African Development Community - Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources: Development Unit (Harare, Zimbabwe)
    Food security and flood watch information, with numerical indicators, satellite images, maps, and other data; plus links to the country profiles of the 14 SADC countries produced by the Food & Agriculture Global Information and Early Warning System (FAO/GIEWS).
    
    
  
  
• FAO Land and Water Development Division
  • Aquastat sur l'Afrique = Aquastat Programme on Africa (2005)
    Note: Search for individual country profiles from the main site or search "Countries" on Columbia's website for direct links to FAO Aquastat country reports. "AQUASTAT [launched in 1993] is an information system on water in agriculture and rural development. It produces regional analyses and country profiles on water resources development, with emphasis on irrigation and drainage."
  
  
• FAO Migratory Pests Home Page
  Includes current situation and forecasts on Desert Locust in Africa and southwest Asia.
  
  
• FAO Regional Fishery Bodies: Committee for Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture of Africa (FAO Regional Office for Africa, Accra, Ghana)
  
  
• FAO Reports on Health in Africa:
  -- "HIV/AIDS, Agriculture and Food Security in Mainland and Small Island Countries of Africa" (2002): presented at the 22nd FAO Regional Conference for Africa, Cairo, Egypt, 4-8 February 2002
  -- FAO Focus: AIDS -- A Threat to Rural Africa (2000-2001)
  -- FAO News & Highlights: "Obsolete pesticides threaten communities in Ethiopia" (2001)
  -- AIDS and Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1996 (FAO-SDD)
  
  
• FAO Sustainable Development Dimensions on Africa (Compiled by Columbia University Libraries)