IAAS World Newsletter Jan/Feb/Mar by VP Communication

2017

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Contents ......................................................................................................... 1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 3 Articles ............................................................................................................................................ 4 Importance of alternative feed ingredients in poultry feeds ...................................................... 4 Mitigation strategies on ammonia emission from cattle and pig slurry ......................................7 Greenery in the Black Shade of Discrimination .........................................................................10 IAAS Back To Nature ................................................................................................................. 12 The Up and Down of Staple Foods Prices .................................................................................. 14 Volunteer Program «Get out and Get involved for Africa» ....................................................... 15 #ActivIAAS .................................................................................................................................... 17 IAAS Austria ............................................................................................................................... 17 IAAS Italy ...................................................................................................................................18 IAAS Belgium ............................................................................................................................. 19 IAAS Bulgaria ............................................................................................................................ 23 IAAS USA .................................................................................................................................. 24 IAAS Chile ................................................................................................................................. 26 IAAS Ecuador ............................................................................................................................ 27 IAAS Uruguay............................................................................................................................ 28 IAAS Indonesia ......................................................................................................................... 29 IAAS Nepal ................................................................................................................................. 31 IAAS Morocco ........................................................................................................................... 35 IAAS Nigeria.............................................................................................................................. 35 IAAS Togo ................................................................................................................................. 36

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Introduction Hello dear familIAAS, friends and partners! It is my great pleasure to present you the IAAS Newsletter JanuaryFebruary-March! There have been many interesting activities happening in the world of IAAS in those months, and many more jet to come! I would like to thank to all of IAAS members who sent their articles and the reports of the activities and made this Newsletter possible. If you would like to be one of them- please send your reports/articles to vpcommunication@iaasworld.org Also, big thanks goes to Manuela VukiÄ&#x2021;, a member of IAAS Croatia and a member of the IAAS Communication Board, who was a main editor of this edition of the Newsleter. Hope you will enjoy reading and get motivated and inspired by IAAS members all over the world! Go Further! Go IAAS! Sincerely, Ana PoĹĄtek VP Communication 2016/2017

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Articles Importance of alternative feed ingredients in poultry feeds By Prince Chisoro MSc student in the Em-SANF joint master program WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY AND AARHUS UNIVERSITY Email address: prince.chisoro@gmail.com Contact number: +31 (0) 617156523

In the livestock industry, the aim is the attainment of sustainable production in a limited space of time as possible to give people an animal protein source at minimum cost. Globally but mostly in growing countries in particular, it is becoming a little difficult due to the dependency on some conventional ingredients like soybean and maize that are either imported and or expensive where they locally exist [1], [2] . Poultry production is one of the most effervescent of world agribusiness trade and consequently the prominence of feed supplementation in the poultry sector has amplified in the last years with an aim of refining the economic state of poultry enterprises [3]. Nonetheless, the efficiency of poultry production has been insufficient due to the shortage and consequent elevated prices of the conventional energy and protein sources [1], [4]. Competition between man and livestock production for food or feed sources has been recognized as a foremost cause of the escalation in the cost of ingredients in particular convectional ingredients used in the formulation of poultry feed [5], [6]. According to Archimède and Gadzirayi [3], [7], feed costs have been documented to account for more than 70% of the total costs in poultry production thus seriously reducing the return and marginal profits of poultry business. Supplementary feeding has been shown to have a pronounced influence on growth, egg production and meat quality in poultry, hence with the increase in prices of conventional feed ingredients there is need for cheap and inexpensive ways of the use of locally available and less cpetitive substitutes to some ingredients of poultry feeds. Animal nutritionists and food scientists are beginning to screen wild and underexploited native plants for potential sources of livestock feed ingredients in an attempt to widen the narrowed food base [8]–[10]. Various literature has also indicated that most of the lesser-known native crop species are of high nutrition and could possibly relieve precarious food shortages if given sufficient promotion and research consideration [11]–[13]. Works on the projections of exploiting such lesser known and to some extend

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neglected potential feed or food plants in research has shown that a relative large number of these plants have worthwhile qualities either for direct use as livestock feed ingredients or as a raw materials for seed protein extraction [14]–[17]. Nonetheless, the exploitation of such feedstuffs requires good information of the nutrient composition as well as appropriate inclusion levels [18]. Feeding trials still need to be conducted to establish digestibility and metabolic utilization, inclusion levels, productivity and economic efficiency of using these unconventional and local feed resources [19] . Toxicological assessments of possible epidemiological response to the ingestion of unconventional feed ingredients and the methods of processing that will enhance their utilization as food or feed ingredients are all essential in order to attain optimal exploitation [20], [21] . According to Ayssiwede [1], this utilization must also be done cautiously in order to take into account the potential anti-nutritional factors of these novel feeds which could cause toxic effects to livestock. Studies have shown that processing can enhance their utilization as food or feed ingredients and thereby attain optimal exploitation of these alternative feedstuffs in poultry feed. Therefore, taking processing into consideration makes the prospects of utilising alternative feedstuffs feasible since they are locally available and easily accessible most of the year thereby alleviation the dependency on convectional feed ingredients. References [1] S. B. Ayssiwede, J. C. Zanmenou, Y. Issa, M. B. Hane, A. Dieng, and C. A. A. M. Chrysostome, “Nutrient Composition of Some Unconventional and Local Feed Resources Available in Senegal and Recoverable in Indigenous Chickens or Animal Feeding,” Pakistan J. Nutr., vol. 10, no. 8, pp. 707–717, 2011. [2] A. Ajako, R. Sahjdin, and N. Pakino, “Effect of Solid State Fungal Fermentation on the Proximate and some Anti-nutritional Composition of Adansonia digitata Seed,” J. Life Sci. Biotechnol., no. 4, pp. 53– 67, 2016. [3] C. T. Gadzirayi, B. Masamha, J. F. Mupangwa, and S. Washaya, “Performance of Broiler Chickens Fed on Mature Moringa oleifera Leaf Meal as a Protein Supplement to Soyabean Meal,” Int. J. Poult. Sci., vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 5–10, 2012. [4] A. Melesse, W. Tiruneh, and T. Negesse, “Effects of feeding Moringa stenopetala leaf meal on nutrient intake and growth perfomance of Rhode Island Red Chicks under tropical climate.,” Trop. Subtrop. Agroecosystems, vol. 14, pp. 485–492, 2011. [5] A. E. Onyimonyi, A. Olabode, and G. C. Okeke, “Perfomance and Economic Characteristics of Broilers Fed Varying Dietary Levels of Neem leaf meal (Azadirachta indica),” Int. J. Poult. Sci., vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 256–259, 2009. [6] S. Hafeni, I. D. T. Mpofu, and P. Petrus, “The potential of pearl millet and water melon seeds as cheap alternative ingredients in Namibian poultry feeds.,” Agric. Sci. Res. J., vol. 3, no. 5, pp. 140–143, 2013. [7] H. Archimède, C. Régnier, C. Marie-magdeleine Chevry, J. L. Gourdine, L. Rodriguez, and E. Gonzalez, “The Alternatives to Soybeans for Animal Feed in the Tropics,” in Soybean-Applications and Technology, P. T.-B. Ng, Ed. Guadeloupe French West Indies, France, 2011, pp. 276–286.

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[8] S. Belluco, C. Losasso, M. Maggioletti, C. C. Alonzi, M. G. Paoletti, and A. Ricci, “Edible insects in a food safety and nutritional perspective: A critical review,” Compr. Rev. Food Sci. Food Saf., vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 296–313, 2013. [9] S. Kelemu, S. Niassy, B. Torto, K. Fiaboe, H. Affognon, H. Tonnang, N. K. Maniania, and S. Ekesi, “African edible insects for food and feed: inventory, diversity, commonalities and contribution to food security,” J. Insects as Food Feed, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 1–17, 2015. [10] H. P. S. Makkar, G. Tran, V. Heuzé, and P. Ankers, “State-of-the-art on use of insects as animal feed,” Anim. Feed Sci. Technol., 2014. [11] E. Gopinger, E. G. Xavier, J. S. Lemes, P. O. Moraes, M. C. Elias, V. F. B. Roll, E. G. Xavier, J. S. Lemes, P. O. Moraes, M. C. Elias, and V. F. B. Roll, “Carcass yield and meat quality in broilers fed with canola meal,” Br. J. Poult. Sci., vol. 55, no. 6, pp. 817–823, 2014. [12] F. Khajali and B. A. Slominski, “Review Factors that affect the nutritive value of canola meal for poultry,” Poult. Sci., vol. 91, pp. 2564–2575, 2012. [13] V. A. Bampidis and V. Christodoulou, “Chickpeas ( Cicer arietinum L .) in animal nutrition : A review,” Anim. Feed Sci. Technol., vol. 168, no. 1–2, pp. 1–20, 2011. [14] F. J. Chadare, A. R. Linnemann, J. D. Hounhouigan, M. J. R. Nout, and M. A. J. S. Van Boekel, “Baobab food products: A review on their composition and nutritional value.,” Crit. Rev. Food Sci. Nutr., vol. 49, no. 3, pp. 254–74, Mar. 2009. [15] Feedipedia, “Animal feed resources information system,” www.feedipedia.org/node/12665. Assecced on 29 July 2014., 2014. . [16] B. Indarsih and M. H. Tamsil, “Feeding diets containing different forms of duckweed on productive performance and egg quality of ducks,” Media Peternak., vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 128–132, 2012. [17] G. Sadeghi, J. Pourreza, A. Samei, and H. Rahmani, “Chemical composition and some anti-nutrient content of raw and processed bitter vetch (Vicia ervilia) seed for use as feeding stuff in poultry diet,” Trop. Anim. Health Prod., vol. 41, pp. 85–93, 2009. [18] M. Mwale, J. F. Mupangwa, C. Mapiye, H. Saina, and J. Chimvuramahwe, “Growth Performance of Guinea Fowl Keets Fed Graded Levels of Baobab Seed Cake Diets.,” Int. J. Poult. Sci., vol. 7, no. 5, pp. 429–432, May 2008. [19] I. I. Nkafamiya, S. A. Osemeahon, D. Dahiru, and H. A. Umaru, “Studies on the chemical composition and physio-chemical properties of the seeds of baobab (Adansonia digitata),” African J. Biotechnol., vol. 6, pp. 756–759, 2007. [20] N. M. B. Nyoni and P. J. Masika, “Village chicken production practices in the Amatola Basin of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa,” African J. Agric. Reseearch, vol. 7, no. 17, pp. 2647–2652, May 2012. [21] K. N. Mohanta, “Evaluation of Different Animal Protein Sources in Formulating the Diets for Blue Gourami, Trichogaster Trichopterus Fingerlings,” J. Aquac. Res. Dev., vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 1–7, 2012.

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Mitigation strategies on ammonia emission from cattle and pig slurry By Prince Chisoro MSc student in the Em-SANF joint master program WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY AND AARHUS UNIVERSITY Email address: prince.chisoro@gmail.com Contact number: +31 (0) 617156523

Worldwide emission of greenhouse gasses (GHG) is a growing problem and agriculture is one of the sectors attributing the most [1]. There has been a growing concern about emission from livestock operations and potential losses to the environment through emission or leaching of nutrients to the environment and water sources. Nitrogen in animal manure has been and still is used to improve soil fertility for crop production but the emission of ammonia (NH3) can be high from stables, during storage, at and after application in the field. In addition, the nitrogen content in the manure is reduced when ammonia is emitted [2]. If the applied manure is worked directly into the soil and if the supply of nitrogen to the soil is in close balance with the uptake in the crop, there would be hardly any nitrogen loss [3], [4]. Therefore, to achieve a sustainable agricultural production, it is necessary to assess the possibilities for reducing ammonia loss from manure. This can be done not only by improving slurry application techniques but also by modifying slurry characteristics in such a way that nitrogen is retained in slurry and through feed manipulation strategies to enhance feed utilization and reduction of nitrogen excretion in manure [5]. Considering the effects of ammonia, there is need to find and cultivate technologies and practices that will help producers and stakeholders in mitigating ammonia emissions, not only to enable concentrated animal feeding operations to meet regulatory requirements but also for animal producers to act as good environmental stewards [2], [6]. In general, ammonia volatilization is one of the pathways for nitrogen loss from livestock feeding operations. This is a critical matter since not only does it signify a loss of animal manure fertilizer value but also it can severely affect the environment [7]. According to Fangueiro and Ndegwa [2], [8] some

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potential effects connected with exceeding threshold concentrations of both reduced and oxidized nitrogen forms to the environment are; respiratory diseases, nitrate contamination of drinking water, eutrophication of surface water bodies, vegetation or ecosystem changes, climatic changes, nitrogen saturation of forest soils and soil acidification through leaching and nitrification. Hence, the need to find strategies for reducing nitrogen loss and ammonia emission from animal slurry to the environment. Some of the strategies that can be used are giving animals accurate feed which meet their requirements which reduce feed waste and nutrient waste in manure [1], [9]–[11]. Adjusting feed composition by lowering protein reduce nitrogen excretion and ammonia emission. In addition, additives in livestock diets such as benzoic acid result in lower manure pH and in turn reduce ammonia emission [7]. Direct approaches to slurry like acidification of slurry by adding strong acids reduce emission of ammonia by lowering pH and hence reduce ammonia emissions. An added advantage of this strategy is that acidified slurry has higher mineral fertilizer equivalent, thus better nitrogen utilization of the slurry by crops [12], [13], [8]. In conclusion, indirect and direct approaches on slurry management can help reduce nitrogen excretion and thus emission of ammonia reducing environmental damage from animal slurry.

References [1] I. Regueiro, J. Coutinho, P. Balsari, O. Popovic, and D. Fangueiro, “Effect of slurry acidification on solid-liquid separation efficiency and characteristics of resulting fractions,” no. October, pp. 4–5, 2016. [2] D. Fangueiro, M. Hjorth, and F. Gioelli, “Acidification of animal slurry - A review.,” J. Environ. Manage., vol. 149, pp. 46–56, 2015. [3] S. O. Petersen, M. Blanchard, D. Chadwick, A. Del Prado, N. Edouard, J. Mosquera, and S. G. Sommer, “Manure management for greenhouse gas mitigation,” Animal, vol. 7, no. s2, pp. 266–282, 2013. [4] D. B. Kosmalska, “Slurry acidification and impacton environment. MSc Thesis,” Aarhus University, 2012. [5] S. O. Petersen, A. J. Andersen, and J. Eriksen, “Effects of Cattle Slurry Acidification on Ammonia and Methane Evolution during Storage,” J. Environ. Qual., vol. 41, no. 1, p. 88, 2012. [6] P. Kai, P. Pedersen, J. E. Jensen, M. N. Hansen, and S. G. Sommer, “A whole-farm assessment of the efficacy of slurry acidification in reducing ammonia emissions,” Eur. J. Agron., vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 148– 154, 2008.

[7] J. Eriksen, J. V. Nørgaard, H. D. Poulsen, H. V. Poulsen, B. B. Jensen, and S. O. Petersen, “Effects of acidifying pig diets on emissions of ammonia, methane, and sulfur from slurry during storage,” J. Environ. Qual., vol. 43, no. 6, pp. 2086–2095, 2014. [8] P. M. Ndegwa, A. N. Hristov, J. Arogo, and R. E. Sheffield, “A review of ammonia emission mitigation techniques for concentrated animal feeding operations,” Biosyst. Engneering, vol. 100, pp. 453– 469, 2008.

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[9] M. Wesnæs, H. Wenzel, and B. M. Petersen, “Life Cycle Assessment of Slurry Management Technologies,” no. 1298, 2009. [10] M. Andersson, “Performance of Additives in Reducing Ammonia Emissions from Cow Slurry,” Anoymous, pp. 4–26, 2000. [11] I. Regueiro, J. Coutinho, P. Balsari, O. Popovic, and D. Fangueiro, “Effect of slurry acidification on solid-liquid separation efficiency and characteristics of resulting fractions,” pp. 4–5. [12] P. Philippe, J. Cabaraux, and B. Nicks, “Ammonia emission from pig houses: Influencing factors and mitigation techniques,” Agric. Ecosyst. Environ., vol. 141, pp. 245–260, 2011. [13] J. V Nørgaard, O. Højberg, K. U. Sørensen, and J. Eriksen, “The effect of long-term acidifying feeding on digesta organic acids , mineral balance , and bone mineralization in growing pigs,” Anim. Feed Sci. Technol., vol. 195, pp. 58–66, 2014

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Greenery in the Black Shade of Discrimination Arati Joshi, Board of Communication

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wish I was born as a menâ&#x20AC;?. I heard this from a women who was harvesting wheat in the field. Sweating unusually, holding stomach with one hand, sickle in the other, she was harvesting the wheat in a hurry. It was obvious she was tired and upset from her tedious work and overloaded life but still working in pain for the secured stable household. Waking up early in the morning, feeding the cattle's, fetching water, cleaning house, making breakfast, dropping children to school, collecting the fodder for cattle, making lunch and so on till the late evening. Rarely having time for own, just busy with the domestic work and other part time job that would aid wealth though in a little amount. This is a daily working routine of a rural Nepali women. In Nepal, agriculture including multiple subsistence farming seems a traditional culture that is adopted by almost every woman in rural society. Women are especially involved in rearing cattle's, ruminant or non-ruminant (according to the community), arranging kitchen garden and producing staple cereal crops and others. Since most of the men have been migrating to different foreign land in search of lucrative job, whole responsibility of agriculture is on women's arm. Same is the case of world; where more number of women are involved in agriculture than men.

In Southern Asia and Africa agriculture is the major employer of women. According to the data of FAO, women constitute 43 % of the agricultural work force in developing countries, ranging from 20 % in Latin America to 50 % in Eastern Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. However, the bitter truth and irony is that, in response to the extensive role and greater contribution, women are most often not recognized as farmers. Contribution of women remains neglected at family, social, economic and political level. They have not gained the proper access to the inputs, resources, credits and land and are still limited to unskilled or less skilled jobs like sowing, weeding, transplanting and harvesting. In the labor market, many of the women are not paid for their work and if paid they receive very little portion of what their male counterpart receive. Most of the women are unaware about how their male partners are being involved in research activities of farm, but she has been kept far away from the extension services that knocks her door. Access to credit is difficult, since many of women are unaware about the government policies and subsidies and are unable to grab the opportunity of free inputs or services provided by different agencies. Without access to capital, they are unable to shape their ideas, to take decisions and make financial stability of household. Women seldom enjoy the property ownership right. Those who own the property do not have the power to take the farm decision. This sort of social discrimination prevails within the greenery of agriculture, which prevents the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s freedom to take farm decisions, limits her access to services, input and resources and continuously makes her laggard in her master field of agriculture ultimately reducing the optimum production.

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During my research I encountered with the question asked by the female laborer while asking them for the weeding in the plot, ‘Madam we will not work below 3 dollar, are you able to pay that to us? 'Of course why not!' Later I asked to them why they had asked me that type of question even if that was normal wage per day for weeding then they replied, ‘Many people make us work in the field but doesn’t pay according to the prevailing wage rather they prefer to pay higher to man and less to us though we perform similar labor.’ One can easily predict in which state a typical rural woman spend her miserable life in farm and field. Despite of the great anticipated revolution till the date there are still many lope holes in our community, where even human are discriminated on the basis of sex. FAO estimates that if women had the same access to productive resources as men, women could boost yield by 20-30% ; raising the overall agricultural output in developing countries by 2.5-4%. This gain in production could lessen the number of hungry people in the world by 12-17%, besides increasing women’s income. Government of Nepal has also been concerned about the fact and has marked a policy that allows girls and daughter in laws to have equal right in parental property and also, provided subsidy to women while registering lands and buildings. Agricultural programs, trainings and equipments are directed according to the need of the male members and the need of female members are not taken into account. We rarely see women friendly equipments and tools. Most of policies and programs are biased towards the male members and limits the women farmers scope to enhance her knowledge and skill. For agriculture development, it is pivotal to secure equal access for resources and techniques for both the pillars of society. They need to go hand in hand, having a proper respect for the other and treating them according to their work rather than the gender. It is undeniable fact that women play multiple roles and contribute greatly to overcome the world food insecurity and hunger problem. Gender sensitization activities, capacity building, leadership development, affirmative action through policies, support from male leaders, developing women friendly tools, motivation and training on entrepreneurship, financial inclusion and access to technology, improved extension services are the urgent needs that should be addressed. Greenery in the field is possible then only when mostly encountered female in farm are technically enriched and proven key factor for development and their roles are enlightened. Thus, skillful women force should be respectfully mobilized in the different field of agriculture with similar remuneration and responsibilities as compared to their counterpart which will make agriculture more inclusive and productive in terms of accessibility, innovation and roles.

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IAAS Back To Nature Project Department recently held its annual event called IAAS Back To Nature 2017. This event was held on Sunday, 26th of March 2017 in Cikarawang Village. In this year, the theme of IAAS Back To Nature is “Sweeten Up Your Muffin With Sweet Potato”. The activities of IBTN 2017 are designed for the participants to be actively involved in adding more value to agricultural product: sweet potato. There were 13 committees and 37 participants from IAAS members. This event could not be held without help from GAPOKTAN (Farmers’ Group Association) Mandiri Jaya and KWT (Group of Women Farmers) Melati. This event began at 08.30 until 15.30. The event started by speech from Mohammad Yusril as Project Officer, speech from Siti Hediningsih as Local Committee Director of IAAS LC IPB, and speech from Mr. Bastari as liaison unit from GAPOKTAN Mandiri Jaya and KWT Melati. Mr. Bastari as chairman of GAPOKTAN Mandiri Jaya welcomed us by presented video and explained about the process of making sweet potato flour. After that, the participants were divided into four group, then mobilized to sweet potato field and sweet potato processing facility. In the field, the participants were trained how to plant sweet potato well. In the facility, the participants were taught how to process sweet potato from the freshly harvested potato into sweet potato flour.

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After the sweet potato flour produced, it was processed into muffin by KWT Melati. The women from KWT Melati demonstrated how to make muffin with sweet potato flour as base ingredient. There, the participants expressed their creativity by adding toppings to their muffin. Then, each group presented their muffin. After break, the participants were assigned to discuss what is the best marketing strategy, innovation, and branding for Cikarawang Village sweet potato muffin. Each group held the discussion for 15 minutes and presented the result of the discussion for 7 minutes. KWT Melati and GAPOKTAN Mandiri Jaya looked pleased when they watched the presentation from every group. The participants were vivacious to learn new things and ask questions related the process of making sweet potato muffin.

As the end of the event, we thanked GAPOKTAN Mandiri Jaya and KWT Melati for their kindness to let us learn more about agricultural practices. Rewards were given to the group with best presentation and to best participant.The best participant claimed that she felt inspired to built up her village in agricultural product after joining IBTN 2017.

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The Up and Down of Staple Foods Prices Agricultural sectors are very dependent with the condition of climate. The change of climate that affect the growth of the plants will significantly change the price of that plants. Meanwhile, there are still many conditions that can affect the price of the agricultural products. One of them is festivities. Indonesia is a resident for mostly Muslim. It is accorded that around 87 percent of total population are Muslim. Every year there will be a month of festivity, which is Ramadan. Ramadan is the month when Muslim have to do fasting. The demand of the agricultural sectors will highly increase in this month. The condition happens annually when the festivities come, one month or two week before Ramadan and will gradually back to normal one week before Eid al- Fitr. Nearly in the top of the celebration, Eid Al- Fitr the price will soaring high again. The increase of prices happen almost in every staple foods. The most dramatic increment will be the price of chicken and beef meet, with 20-30%. In other words, the demand of these meat are increasing in this holy month. There will be also increasing in the basic ingredients of Indonesian foods such as chili and egg. If we look back to the past, this phenomenon always happen. The demand of the people will always increase significantly. It also happen in another festivities in Indonesia. Then, even the government has improved the law, there is no warranty that the price will stabile in that time. Back then, local farmer only feel the increment of the price do not benefit to them. They are tend to lost if there is bad climate that happen. From this, we need to be aware and always proud to our farmer!

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Volunteer Program «Get out and Get involved for Africa»

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This year, IAAS Africa is pleased to announce the volunteer program â&#x20AC;&#x153;Get out and Get involved for Africaâ&#x20AC;?. This Volunteer program aims at capacity building of IAAS Africa members in leadership through various activities and missions. The program is designed to prepare and nurture the future leaders of Africa as well as ensuring effective continuity in the management of IAAS Africa. The volunteers will have the opportunity to work with the highly-motivated team in Africa, gain practical knowledge in managing organisation and enjoy an extremely rewarding experience by working with us. The program is running by 4 categories of volunteers are available such as Trainer, ExPro, Communication & Marketing and Partnership under the leadership of all the regional board of Africa. The Trainers volunteers will assist the RD and the NDs in the promotion of IAAS within Africa. They will also assist the DRD Projects & Innovation in the promotion of the Village Concept Project across Africa, in identifying local opportunities for action and sharing best practices to our network. Next comes the Exchange Program Volunteers who will assist the RExCo and the NExCos in the promotion of Exchange Program in Africa, explain how ExPro operates and encourage students to apply for the internships. Furthermore, the Communication & Marketing Volunteers will assist the DRD Communication in writing reports (Monthly online debates, meeting reports, etc.), post and share information within our network, make posters for adverts and manage our social media pages. Lastly, the Partnership Volunteers will assist the DRD of Partnerships in identifying potential partners, sponsors and submit the sponsorship document to them. The first group of volunteers will start from April to July 2017 and the second group from September to November 2017. Upon completion of the program, each volunteer will receive a certificate of recognition. We are really excited and passionate about this new big step and hoping to establish it within the next years as an annual activity. We truly believe that preparing and giving the correct tools, connections and worldwide vision to students related with the field of agriculture will develop them as better professionals which will be highly qualified to affront the future challenges in agricultural sector.

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#ActivIAAS IAAS Austria Querstitutorium On the 1st of March we organized a welcome tutorial for our freshmen in Agricultural Sciences for the summer term 2017 who were about to have their first days at university. We gathered 19 highly motivated freshmen and took them to Stammersdorf (Viennese suburbs) where they got an introduction to freeland breeding of old Hungarian pig race, Magalitza, which is well known for their typical skin colour and their high meat quality. At the farm our motivated students then got a short info session on feeding and breeding this special breed which also turned out to be incredible fluffy. After that we all had the chance to taste the products which are produced directly on the farm, aside of different processed meat products we also got to taste different Austrian wines, since the farm, which is called Biohof N°5, is a mixed organic farm which produces vegtables, wine, meat and cereals. The overview on Austrian viticulture was then completed when we arrived at the Weingut Christ, one of Austria’s leading wineries regarding high quality and terroir wines which is also one of the most innovative in regard of the use of oak barrels for wine fining and aging. Here our future Agricultural scientists got an introduction to Austrian and especially Viennese viticulture and enology in general by Mr. Christ himself. As Grande Finale we then tasted a fine selection of Mr. Christ’s wines and then had an traditional Austrian dinner at the Heurigen Christ. We would like to thank all of our supporters and especially the farms for hosting us and their great hospitality. Also, we wish our students the very best for their future and a great time at BOKU. FrühlingsSpritzerStand & IAAS 60th Birthday Winter has gone, we have to welcome the first sunrays. Together with the student representatives of agricultural sciences at BOKU (StV AW) we organized the “FrühlingsSpritzerStand”. Good wine and good food as well as feel-good music was awaiting students of BOKU while getting informed about IAAS, its activities and the exchange program.

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Furthermore we took this chance to celebrate IAAS 60th birthday on the 21st of March with about 400 students at BOKU. Thanks to everybody who celebrated with us! We definitely have to repeat it.

IAAS Italy Perugia, April 15th The Italian committee doesn't seem to stop growing: during the last National Meeting, on the 21st of March, a new committee from Teramo joined the familIAAS! They are a nice group of very active people willing to explore the IAAS world, it's also thanks to them that the Italian committee is trying to restart the Exchange Program, with the help of Nastya (VP of Exchange) and Nik (Regional Exchange coordinator). They couldn't participate to the ExCo Meeting in Vienna so Monica, the National Director, prepared a video explaining what were the problems that lead to the decision to stop the Program in the Boot in order to show it during the event hoping that the participants can help finding a solution. In Naples they organised in January an interesting conference about the food properties and building industry uses of hemp and they tried a sperimental brew at the Industrial Microbiological Station with great results! They so created the Federico

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Barbarossa 1.0.

In March member of their committee visited the Perugia one, during their event Fermentum Umbrae II, also about beer: it was a day fully dedicated to handcraft barrel-aged beer with the participation of the Center of Excellence for Research on Beer and many Italian brewers that allowed people to get to know better this wonderful world. They are organizing now a bike tour of wineries in the countryside near Perugia. Last, but not least, the Sassari committee has been busy organizing conferences and local events and also an Exchange Week that will take place in May. All the committees have had difficulties in joining the international events lately but they are working very hard, hopefully they will have more chances in the future! As always.... Go further, go IAAS!!

IAAS Belgium IAAS Belgium has two committees, in the cities of Ghent and Leuven, with some great and enthusiastic members! In what follows, you will be able to read what we have been up to the last months. IAAS Belgiumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s famous breakfast action: a success!

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Every year with Spring, IAAS Belgium starts preparing for a great happening. To give almost 600 hungry students and university co-workers in Ghent and Leuven a nice, delicious and plentiful breakfast! This year was no different. What was offered in the breakfast package this year? The newspaper of the day, muffins, fruit jam, kiwis, magazines, chocolate paste, yoghurt, spatulas, rice milk bottles, apples, chips, cookies and more! In Leuven, you could nicely relax at home and have your breakfast delivered to your door. In Ghent, a big buffet was served in the main hall of the faculty. And after seeing the happy faces, we all knew it was a job well done!

Workshops by IAAS Leuven: motivating volunteers and visualisation methods

IAAS Leuven has not been idle these first months. The first thing they organised were two workshops for the students of Leuven. "Using visualisation methods is a good way to draw the attention of your audience, it stimulates the creativity and analytical thinking of the group, it's easier to remember and it makes the information clearer for everyone." And now a big handful of students in Leuven will be able to give great visualisations during their presentations. Besides this, there was a workshop on motivating volunteers with an assessment of different personality types. Interesting stuff!

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Lecture evening by IAAS Gent: Bio-productions in space

To build our first human Mars colonies in the early 2030's, food production and life support systems are needed. Scientists and engineers all over Europe are working on a closed ecosystem in which plants and cyanobacteria provide astronauts with O2 and food. Bacteria are being used to close the loop. This has been the goal of the MELiSSA project. This was a prelude for what proved to be an interesting lecture indeed. More than 200 students filled the main auditorium of the faculty of Bioscience Engineering in Ghent. With a reception afterwards, there was also plenty of time for debate and reflections. Trade Fair by IAAS Leuven

IAAS Leuven and LBK International (a local student association) organised a Trade Fair for local students in Leuven, which was an extremely fun and wonderful experience for them! Cocktail Party by IAAS Gent

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IAAS Gent also organised an event with a local student association in Ghent: a cocktail party with a jungle theme. With some rather exciting cocktails to set the mood, the party drew enough crowd to fill a pub, so it was rather successful.

Upcoming events

IAAS Gent will be hosting a Trade Fair of their own and soon, the General Assembly of IAAS Belgium will be hosted by IAAS Gent too! Follow us on social media! • Facebook: IAAS Belgium - https://www.facebook.com/iaasbelgium/ • Twitter and Instagram: @IAASBelgium • Our website: http://iaasbelgium.wixsite.com/iaasbelgium Written by Branwen Peddi (National Director of IAAS Belgium)

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IAAS Bulgaria Meet the Business On the 24th of February IAAS Bulgaria hosted the second edition of its traditional event â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Meet the business. In this event our guest was a big farmer who produces grain and alfalfa and is currently developing the biggest protein reproduction plant in Eastern Europe. He explained how he started his business and the challenges he faced. Students asked various questions and received important advice on future professional development.

A day in the field Following the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Meet the businessâ&#x20AC;? event IAAS Bulgaria organized a farm visit for the members of the organization. They visited a farm which is focused on grain and silage production. The farm consists of more than 5000 hectares of farmland. During the event the members of IAAS Bulgaria got to know different innovative practices and technologies used by the farmer and to receive a deeper insight on the challenges of agricultural production.

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Celebrating the 60th Birthday of IAAS To celebrate the 60th Birthday the students and members of IAAS Bulgaria decided to plant a tree infront the Agricutlural university of Plovdiv main building. The event was joined by different students and also commemorated the World water day.

Company presentation and internship propositions IAAS Bulgaria assisted the multinational company TimacAgro in organizing an event for the students of the Agricultural university of Plovdiv during which they presented the company and the possibilities it offers students. They offered summer internships to students who were in their final year of study.

IAAS USA IAAS USA National Summit On April 6-9th, IAAS-Iowa State hosted seven committees at their university. The theme was Think Global, Act Local. We visited a goat farm, DuPont Pioneer, the World Food Prize Hall of Laureates, and the campus botanical garden. We listened to different lectures about sustainability, Iowa agriculture, and how to improve your IAAS committee. During our general assembly, we elected our new officers for their one year term. Meredith Mcswain is the new National Director from Clemson University, which is where our National Summit will be hosted next year.

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IAAS Chile For us, 2017 started very quickly, but with a lot of energy to do many different activities that will join all chilean IAAS members. First of all, we had a very good experience in the past DMA in Uruguay. More than 15 chilean members participate, bringing to Chile more knowledge about Uruguay's agriculture, places and satisfaction for being part of an excellent congress. Our expectations for this semester is to reunite all members and go to visit a winery called ViĂąa Los Vascos, in our 6th region; Libertador Bernardo O'higgins the 2nd weekend of May. For the end of the same month we are organizing a huge party, were all members from any ages are invited and from other careers too, with the intention to have fun and raise money for the participants that are going to the next congress and for our future events next semester. We hope to visit little projects and help them with our knowledge, expand IAAS in different universities and reunite more companies to be part of our trade fair on October 3rd. Go further, go IAAS!

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IAAS Ecuador IAAS Ecuador has opened a new local Committee Message from IAAS Ecuador Local Committee Carchi: Dear friends Hi everybody, we are IAAS Ecuador, local committee: Carchi. Jorge Tobar (Local Director), Luis David Tobar, Francisco López, Mauricio Obando, Luis Miguel Tobar, Doménica López, Luis Antonio Tobar and Karla Tituaña we all of us now are part of this great association. We are a group of Young leaders focused on working in an sustainable development and innovation within the environment and the agriculture. Our main objective is to share experiences, develop our skills and knowledge, as well as having a good networking with the members of this innovative Association. In IAAS Ecuador, we develop groups that are related with the main objectives of IAAS. Many of this groups are: Environmental Engineering, Biotechnology, Agropecuaria, Zootecnia, among others.

IAAS Ecuador, Committee Carchi

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Carchi is a province of located in the north of the country.

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IAAS Uruguay Montevideo, April 2017

Local activity reports: •

The last month IAAS Uruguay organize the Director's Meeting of Americas "Sustainable Uruguay" building bridges towards the future. It was held from March 13 to 19 with the participation of 52 students from nine countries (Uruguay, Chile, Guatemala, Mexico, United States, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Ecuador, Switzerland) The Congress included a day of talks and conferences related to the agricultural and agroindustrial sectors of our country, dictated by outstanding professionals of each heading and oriented to the sustainable production of the systems. Subsequently a technical tour was carried out visiting rural establishments of different sectors, agroindustries and research centers.

Future Event announcements: • • •

From 19 to 23 April we will be participating in the Melilla Expo, in Montevideo, with a stand in this important agricultural exhibition organized by the Rural Association of Uruguay Visit to the dairy farm "Estancias del Lago" in the department of Durazno, date to be confirmed. IAAS Uruguay will send a delegation of five members to participate in WOCO Mexico 2017 in July

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IAAS Indonesia Village Concept Project Over the last view months IAAS Indonesia has done so many village concept project activities. IAAS LC Diponegoro Universsity has held counseling activity in Gemawang village which is village building activity of IAAS LC Undip, and Building biogas digester for household activity is the theme of this activity. Several series of activities have been carried out, on 18 and 19 March with a biogas digester-making activities, and Saturday, March 25th with the activities of leakage test, intended to develop the village through beneficial activities that can be done by students.

IAAS LC Sebelas Maret University was held Agriculture On Training (ATN) which is IAAS event to introduce the agricultural world to the children of the primary school level children will practice on a matter related to agriculture, for example, planted with unique techniques or make a planting medium. Through ATN, IAAS members can attract the attention of children to know the agriculture. Beside of that, to raise more awareness about agriculture and environment to young generation, IAAS Indonesia made a new partnership with Ecofun. Through this new partnership with Ecofun, IAAS Indonesia received 8 science based board game made of recycled material to educate young generation about environmental problems.

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Local Committee Padjajaran University was held IAAS Goes to Farm which was 2 day workshop in Waida Farm. In Waida farm, every member learnt about how the farmers manage the commodity until the commodity ready for sale. After learning the theory on a campus, we want every member know what is really happening in the field. We hope that after we held this event, every IAAS LC Unpad member will be expert on agricultural system whether on farm or off farm.

Exchange Program ExPro Indonesia aims to raise awareness from society about agriculture and related sciences through exchange programs. We manage and accommodate the exchange of knowledge and experience to youth for their future investment. We are not only exchange student from different country through Exchange Program International (EXPROINTER) but also exchange student and IAAS member from all part of Indonesia to have internship in hosting places engaged by our 8 LC through program named Exchange Program National (EXPRONAS). We want to give opportunity for Indonesian to feel the beauty of our country, how is working in Indonesian companies/farms/institutions/vcps, and bond member from one LC to another. All exchange participant will have internship in 48 professional hosting places (company/institution/farm/vcp) located in 8 cities spread on 3 signature islands and hosted by 8 Local Committees. They will do practice in agricultural, education, and village development. This year we have 150 opportunities for Indonesian and abroad student to make impacts. You can check on bit.ly/CATALOGUE2017 for the list of this year 48 hosting places. Beside exchange program we also have program to develop English skill named English day and we do Exproshare to share fact, grammar, or English learning in pamphlets. English conversation with different topic every week in heart talks and also fungame Spelling called Bee Quiz.

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Member Development & Youth Contribution IAAS Indonesia keep continue to develop its members and youth through various of activities. City Challenge was held by IAAS LC UNLAM which aim to train the cooperation between the members of IAAS LC UNLAM, learn to lobby and work hard to get something to be desired. The Implemented from concept of city challenge is exchange money with 3 pieces of products available in the car free day Banjarbaru. Then, the activities continued with presenting the results obtained and how they got it. Partnership and Public Speaking Training was successfully held by IAAS Indonesia local committee Brawijaya University which aims to train the participants in terms of partnership skills such as how to make creative proposals, how to build good communication and how to get a good partner in. It expected to support the skills in public speaking and partnership. This activity brings professional speakers from leading companies and we invite 20 great mentor for direct practice session. In this event, we have two session include seminars and mentoring (direct practice). This year IAAS IPB going to held The 9th IAAS Olympic which is an annual event consists of several of competition and activities with the main theme "Youth Movement to Reach Global Prosperity Through Climate Action for Food Sovereignty". This year Olympic going to have 3 main events which are International Youth Symposium on Creative Agriculture (IYSCA), IAAS Debating Competition on Environment and Agriculture (IDEA), and IAAS On Action (IOA). This theme is inspired by Sustainable Development Goals number 2 about zero hunger and number 13 about climate action.

IAAS Nepal Workshop on Woman Empowerment

“Granted, it’s a woman’s day, we are still clenched in our daily chores.” An old woman replied my sly smile (for her delay) limping slowly towards the college bus. It was a soothing march morning and we, the local committee of IAAS, were

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rolling up our sleeves to conduct a workshop on woman empowerment on the auspicious occasion of “International Women’s Day (IWD) 2017” with a motto “Be bold for change”. While the reply of that old lady perfectly epitomized the piteous reality of Nepalese woman, it also obligated everyone to flip the switch of partiality to equality. In a country like Nepal gender bias has become a major hassle for the progress in every field. Thus garnering gender equality through empowerment has become an undeniable need. So the main objective of workshop program was set in contributing a small effort in creating gender equality by making aware these woman of our locality together with the students of university about woman empowerment. With patriarchy deeply impregnated in our society, the decision and economic power of woman is trivial in the Nepalese family. Woman here have to take the permission of their husband even to leave their house and such bias has escalated the sense of low self esteem among women, finally widening the gender gap. Realizing this, in our one day workshop program, the women from our locality were taught various ideas and skills in agriculture which if used would aid in hoisting up their economic status and finally optimizing their dignity and economic power among the family and society. Besides this workshop was also intended to bring the academic personalities, researchers, university students, government official, expert entrepreneur and farmer on the one platform so that they can share their experience, problems and expertise. Which further helped us to draw the recent trend of our community and the various aspects of it, which were drafted as the guideline for the policy makers and other social organization working in Nepal. As per schedule, the program was organized at PG seminar hall of Agriculture and Forestry University, Rampur, Chitwan with 25 farmers and same number of students. Prof. Dr. Ishwari Prasad Dhakal, Vice Chancellor of Agriculture and Forestry University (AFU), Chitwan, Nepal and Mr. Dharmendra kalauni, the local director of IAAS Nepal were chaired as the chief guest by Jyoti Neupane, the host of the formal session of the program. The program commenced with introduction of IAAS, as it was an unfamiliar organization to most of the participant. Aarti joshi, one of the board members of communication of IAAS World, introduced IAAS as the innovative move of the students from 55 countries to bring together the innovative mind of agriculture in the common ground to share knowledge, experience and information related to this field.

After the brief introduction, Prof. Dr Ishwari Parsad Dhakal addressed the pathetic condition of Nepalese woman and highlighted the role of empowerment in solacing that situation to ensure participatory and smooth development of every sector. With that, he also ensured the university’s

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avocation to such program as these types of program can aid in raising awareness to promote gender equity. Finally, the formal season came to an end with the concluding speech of the local director. The curious excitement of informal season was reigning in among the participant.

The informal session was commenced by Arati joshi, as a host for the second session. Prof. Dr. Sharada thapaliya, Dean of AFU (veterinary), was invited to deliver some of her words marking that special day. With inspirational slides mingled with some amount of humor, she enticed everyone’s ear. She focused her discussion on agri entrepreneurship as a way to boost up woman’s economic strength. Mrs. Kalyani Mishra Tripathi, PhD , assistant dean of AFU was called as the next speaker of the program. In her brief talk, she explained the difficulty and hassle that one have to face in the society just because you are a woman and with her experience she made it clear how we can easily overcome those barriers if we have sufficient amount of courage and determination. Mrs. Mishra also articulated the concept of vermi composting tersely as it can be an economically profitable field of domestic entrepreneurship for women. After her speech, Mr. Ram Babu Neupane, assistant professor of AFU, Department of Horticulture, gave an outline of organic practices as there is wide gap between demand and supply of organic product and woman through their entrepreneurship skill can aid in filling this gap while making the earning for them. Finally, the program concluded by local director after Mr. Ram Hari Timalsina, assistant professor of AFU, Department of Extension and sociology, conducted a brief workshop session on “Gender Equity and Social Inclusion”.

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In conclusion, empowering women is to make them independent in all aspects from mind, thought, rights and decisions by leaving all the social and family limitations. Through our one day program we tried to inspire women to fight and get that independency and wipe out the bias that deeply persist in our society.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;BE BOLD FOR CHANGEâ&#x20AC;?

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IAAS Morocco â&#x20AC;˘ OPENING CEREMONY: 21st, March 2017 Presentation of IAAS WORLD & foundation of IAAS MOROCCO Celebrating the 60th birthday of IAAS Recruitment of new members

â&#x20AC;˘ AGRICULTAR FORUM : (12th EDITION) 24th,March 2017

IAAS Nigeria Induction Ceremony Of Iaas University Of Ibadan, Nigeria. We are pleased to announce that our chapter of IAAS recently inducted 27 New members to our a ssociation. The inductees showcased their public speaking abilities on presentations of selected to pics and the winner was awarded. The event was graced by special one time executives of our chapter and a lecture by a renowned r esearcher and lecturer from the university, Dr. Alabi. Topics discussed includes -Food wastage management -Precision agriculture -Value addition to agricultural products -Economic situation and allocation of resources in Nigeria -Agroinformatics These topics help understand the pathway for agricultural growth in Nigeria and our roles to

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THE INDUCTEES

IAAS NIGERIA (UI CHAPTER) EXECUTIVES

IAAS Togo Conférence internationale des jeunes agronomes d’Afrique .

Report The first international conference of agronomist f Africa 2017 (CJAA17) was held from 13 to 15 April 2017 at UAC (University of Abomey Calavi) in Benin and brought together more than 100 young agricultural professionals from 5 countries in Africa: Benin, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal and Togo. The theme is ‘’young agronomists facing the challenges of agriculture in Africa: what can be done?’’ This conference laid the foundations for pan-Africanism among young agricultural for a synergy of action leading to food security and sovereignty in Africa. As for the Togolese delegation it was led by IAAS TOGO. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the companies and NGOs of Togo, who participated in this conference, notably NGO JVE TOGO, BIO-CENTER, JV TOGO, APADE Convergence, and all the independent consultants who gave us the honor to give us their confidence to lead the whole of this very diversified delegation. This proves once again our commitment to the service of Agriculture in Africa.

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During the conference IAAS Togo put its various skills at the service of Young Agronomists of Africa (JAA).So: • The working section on crop production, agricultural hydraulics and land management is chaired by Mr Mem TCHOKOZI member of IAAS TOGO 

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• The working section on Rural Economy Market and Farm Management had as reporters Miss Natacha Akoko AKPADJA and Mr Papa K. Richard WOAMENO both members of IAAS TOGO. • In the others sections our equally important members were present.

• The general reporters of the entire conference were Mr Caleb Comlagan TOVIVO and Mr Yacine MAIGA both members of IAAS TOGO assisted by colleagues from Benin Mali and Senegal

We would like to thank all the actors of the agricultural world present at this conference and invite them to a synergy of actions in order to carry out our mission which is to make the agricultural sector the showcase of the African Economy.

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Training Department PTCC report: Myciculture training It was organized at the Agricultural Experimental Station of Lome (AESL) myciculture training, which took place in two major parts respectively on 10 and 12 April 2017. Part 1 (April 10, 2017 from 8am – 2pm): Production of Oyster Mushrooms (mushrooms of unique nutritional and aromatic properties) Part 2 (April 12, 2017 from 8am- 4pm): Production of Kampuchea (drink sour with many virtues commonly referred to as "fungus drink") This training is an initiative of the Department PTCC (processing Production, Conservation and Commercialization of agricultural products) of the local branch of IAAS-UL. Presented by the instructor Mr. YAWLI Jonas, about 78 participants the majority whom agriculture executives attended. These include the head of the PTCC Department, Mr. MOROU ZAKARIYAO Alaza; most of IAAS members, business leaders, representatives of NGOs and associations; students from various schools and faculties, particularly of the High School of Agronomy of Lome (ESA - UL). The activities took place in 2 main phases: • •

The lecture phase: group participants in the classroom with the trainer for lesson. Practical phase: participants in the field with the trainer to experiment the different stages of the 2 components of training.

Several questions and answers, suggestions have enriched the training days, whereupon IAAS has announced its next activities namely: training on the transformation of local products, vegetables. The training ended with the encouragement and appreciations coming from participants referred to the association in testimony of satisfaction and the new entrepreneurial ideas awakened in them.

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