Pan-African Conference 2016

The United Nations was declared 2016 International Year of Pulses (IYP). To celebrate that important moment the Pan-African Grain Legume Conference was held jointly with the World Cowpea Conference AVANI Victoria Falls Resort (formerly the Zambezi Sun) in Livingston, Zambia. The dates for the conference were Sunday, 28 February 2016 to Friday, 4 March 2016. The Global Pulse Confederation was one of several partners actively working to prepare for this exciting event.

The official Link to the conference website was http://gl2016conf.iita.org/.  Additionally, the Legume Innovation Lab created a special email address, Panafrican2016@anr.msu.edu, for all correspondence with the Legume Innovation Lab regarding the conference.

This conference was the second of three conferences supported by the Legume Innovation Lab (LIL) during its 2013-2017 funding period. LIL and its partners will be making a concerted effort to encourage participation by grain legume scientists and graduate students from throughout Africa.

P-A Conference Program

P-A Conference Book of Abstracts