The TICAD 8 official side event Managing African Soil for Food Security and Environmental Sustainability ー Opportunities and Challenges of Agronomy to Solve Low Fertility/Nutrient Bottlenecks  was successfully held on August 30, 2022. A report on the event has now been uploaded to the JIRCAS website.

https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2022/r20220913

This TICAD 8 side event is also available on the JIRCAS YouTube channel at the following links.

Part1: https://youtu.be/duyT3dT46e4
Part2: https://youtu.be/h-kIK1BverU
Part3: https://youtu.be/5Qtr-VJ0o6w
Part4: https://youtu.be/QuVWBpDfOug

Although TICAD8 has ended, JIRCAS will continue to contribute to African agricultural development in cooperation with domestic and international partners.

References
Report on TICAD 8 Side Event “Managing African Soil for Food Security and Environmental Sustainability”
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/program/proc/blog/20220825

TICAD8 Tunis Declaration (28 August 2022) https://www.mofa.go.jp/files/100387033.pdf

Contributors: NAKASHIMA Kazuo (Food Program), TSUJIMOTO Yasuhiro and NAGUMO Fujio (Crop, Livestock and Environment Division)