The National Investment Briefs (NIBs) provide an overview of the situation in each African country in relation to the context of:
- agriculture and food security,
- water resources and hydropower, and
- climate change.

Estimated investment needs in water for agriculture and energy in the short, medium and long terms, based on NEPAD-CAADP and other investment projections are also presented.

The preparation of the NIBs is the result of close collaboration between FAO and all partner institutions as well as National Governments.

Please note that ALL the Briefs are still in their First DRAFT and are in the process of updating and endorsement by the National Authorities in Africa.

The Conference aims at unlocking the potential of water for development in Africa. In particular, it aims at:

• assessing the challenges faced by the agricultural sector, in view of the current food crisis in Africa taking into account the strong linkages with energy and climate change;
• carefully examining how investment in the rural space can reverse trends to obtain well balanced sub-sectors that offset production risks, close food production gaps and ensure food security;
• analysing bottlenecks and constraints to accelerated water development in support of the continent's food and energy needs; and
• proposing ways to promote and secure investment in water to maintain food and energy security in the region.

The EAST AFRICA workshop, organized by IGAD, the intergovernmental Authority for Development will be held in Nairobi, Kenya on the 28th - 29th of October 2008

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The First Steering Committee Meeting took place on the 5th of June at FAO Headquarters in Rome during the High Level Conference on World Food Security: the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy.

The Conference will not be a platform to simply discuss the situation of water resources and poverty in Africa, but it will address concrete actions on the ground and present plans and mechanisms to implement these plans to be submitted to donors for their endorsement and commitment.
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