Makala Renouvelable featured in two conferences in Guelph

Last month, Makala Renouvelable project was featured in two conferences in Guelph, providing an opportunity to share the ideas behind and achievements of the project with various scholars and development professionals from around the world.

At the Guelph Development Symposium, organized by the Ontario Veterinary College, taking place May 4-7, the presentation on the project was part of a session on value-added family agriculture, where experts from Asia, Africa and Latin America shared innovative practices developed to improve opportunities for small farmers. Now three years running, the Guelph Development Symposium has seen the convergence of hundreds of academics and practitioners in the field of development, placing special emphasis on the role of agriculture.

Later that month, on May 19-20, the project was the subject of a poster presentation at the Glocal Classroom seminar, an event organized in collaboration with universities in South Africa, Australia and Sweden. Scholars and practitioners from all continents were here to discuss innovations in communication and education with regards to rural development.