Agriculture and Environment

Mr. Daher Elmi Houssein
Director Agriculture and Environment Division

Agriculture and Environment Division

The Agriculture and Environment Division (AED) was started in 1986 and has remained central to IGAD’s mandate, vision, and mission. The division is in charge of IGAD’s work on agriculture, environment protection, natural resource management, blue economy, and land governance. It leads the efforts of the Authority in building resilience and sustainable development.

The mandate of the division focused on the following intervention areas: agriculture and food security, natural resources management and renewable energy, environment protection, land governance, and blue economy.

Areas of Intervention

Natural Resources Management
Agriculture and Food Security
Sustainable Environment Protection

Latest News and Updates

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Agriculture and EnvironmentTransboundary Water Management
June 1, 2023

IGAD and WFP Consult on Water Resource Management for Fragile Food Systems

May 31, 2023 (NAIROBI, Kenya): The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) in partnership with the World Food Programme yesterday inaugurated…
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Agriculture and EnvironmentIGAD Blue Economy
May 25, 2023

Djibouti Validates and Technically Adopts a National Blue Economy Strategy.

May 25, 2023 (DJIBOUTI, Djibouti): The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), with the financial support of the Government of Sweden,…
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Agriculture and EnvironmentIGAD Blue Economy
May 19, 2023

Training on the UNECA Blue Economy Valuation Toolkit (BEVTK) to IGAD Member States

May 15-17, 2023 (Nairobi, Kenya): The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) in collaboration with Sub-Regional Office of East Africa (SRO-EA) of…
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Upcoming Events

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Monday May 15
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Training to IGAD member States on the UNECA Blue Economy Valuation Toolkit
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Ethiopia National Workshop for Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Sector to Promote Interagency Cooperation and Coordination in Addressing the Transnational Security Threats.
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Workshop on updating the regional conflict profiling and scenario building report of 2021
Tuesday May 16
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Conflict Sensitive Training for Media Practitioners.
8:00 am - 5:00 pm South Sudan National Meeting Towards Drafting of Pastoral Laws in Line with the Regional Protocol on Transhumance
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Capacity Building Workshop for Criminal Justice System Officers Enhancing Capacity of Regional Criminal Justice System in P/CVE: Integrating Gender Perspectives in Investigation and Adjudication of Terrorism and Violent Extremism Cases
Monday May 22
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development for the Republic of South Sudan
Tuesday May 23
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Regional Conference on the Existing Cyber Security Frameworks
8:00 am - 6:00 pm Validation of the Blue Economy Strategy for Djibouti
Thursday May 25
8:00 am - 5:00 pm CEWARN is Planning a Mid-Year Staff Retreat.
Monday May 29
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Technical Committee on Early Warning and Response Meeting
Tuesday May 30
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Partners Meeting
Tuesday June 13
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Djibouti National Meeting Towards Drafting of Pastoral Laws in Line with the Regional Protocol on Transhumance
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Blue Economy Knowledge Share Fair in partnership with the African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) and the ECOFISH Programme
Sunday June 18
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Somalia National Meeting Towards Drafting of Pastoral Laws in Line with the Regional Protocol on Transhumance
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