

Special announcement by:
Ms. Josefa Sacko, Commissioner, Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment (ARBE), African Union Commission
Ms. Josefa Leonel Correia Sacko is the Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture at the African Union Commission. She was previously the special adviser to the Minister of Agriculture on issues related to international cooperation. She served as Secretary General of the Inter African Coffee Organization (IACO) for 13 years, overseeing the coffee economy of 25 African Coffee producing countries. During her tenure, she successfully empowered small-scale coffee farmers across the continent by setting up Regional Centres of Excellence for Capacity Building on Genetic Material Conservation, Coffee Quality Improvement, and Cup Tasting Liquor in Cote d’Ivoire, Uganda, Cameroon, and Zambia.
Remarks by:
His Excellency Mr. Cem Özdemir, Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture, Germany
Mr. Gerd Müller, Director General, United Nations Industrial Development Organization