City of Kigali, Ruanda, East Africa

The president of GAAS, Acad. G. Aleksidze at International Assembly. On January 19-21, in Kigali, the capital of Ruanda, a Partnership Assembly (TAP) dedicated to development of agriculture in tropical countries was held in which the 80 representatives from different countries participated. The central two problems prepared for the discussion by TAP at the meeting were: The working Plan and “Tapipedia” , a computer software for tropical countries to use as a guideline. Also the meeting discussed the existed situation in agriculture and the perspectives of development of the following countries which were selected in advance: Honduras, Guatemala, Laos, Bangladesh, Angola, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, and Ruanda. The presentations were delivered by the representatives of above-mentioned countries who discussed the current situation in Agriculture.
The Assembly was officially opened by FAO representative Ataper Meiga and The Ruanda Ministry of Agriculture – Geraldina Mukaeshima who in her speech spoke about Ruanda Agriculture and innovative systems. The work carried out by TAP was summarized by the Head of TAP, Dr. Christian Host and TAP representative Karina Nichterlain.
The Participants of the Assembly of TAP In the work of Assembly, the following international organizations took place: World Bank, FAO, CIGIAR, GIFAR, regional centers, and other organizations. The participation of AGRONATURE in the work of Assembly was very important. The organization unites two thousand researchers of 31 European countries who work on research, study, education and training problems, and are actively involved in the problems of development of Agriculture of tropical countries.
At the end of the program, a Field Day was organized dedicated to the problems of plant and cattle development problems in Ruanda.
Acad. G. Aleksidze, the President of GAAS, took part in the work of Assembly who is the Head of CACAARI, and in his speech he focused on the existed situation in CACAARI region agriculture and stipulated his position regarding the necessity of its participation in TAP program. Also, the problems argued by TAP, he said, will be discussed in CACAARI regional meetings.