UNIDO is the specialized agency of the United Nations that promotes industrial development for poverty reduction, inclusive globalization and environmental sustainability.
The mission of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), as described in theLima Declaration adopted at the fifteenth session of the UNIDO General Conference in 2013, is to promote and accelerate inclusive and sustainable industrial development (ISID) in developing countries and economies in transition.
The relevance of ISID as an integrated approach to all three pillars of sustainable development is recognized by the recently adopted 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which will frame United Nations and country efforts towards sustainable development in the next fifteen years. UNIDO’s mandate is fully recognized in SDG-9, which calls to “Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation”. The relevance of ISID, however, applies in greater or lesser extent to all SDGs.
Accordingly, the Organization’s programmatic focus is structured in three thematic priorities, each of which represents different aspects of ISID:
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Displaying 1 - 5 of 16Agricultural input business development in Africa: opportunities, issues and challenges
Economic growth and poverty reduction in Africa can be achieved by enhancing the productivity and profitability of agriculture through the development of agricultural input sector. This paper reviews the current state of agricultural input production, marketing and consumption in
Développement du négoce des intrants agricoles en Afrique: opportunités, problématiques et défis
Le présent document examine l’état actuel de la production, de la commercialisation et de la consommation des intrants agricoles en Afrique. Le but à cet effet étant d’identifier, du point de vue du secteur privé, les principales opportunités et contraintes commerciales ainsi que les risques et défis majeurs qui y prévalent. Le document résume également les principaux partenariats et initiatives en place dans le secteur des intrants agricoles en Afrique.
Summary report of main activities of the FAO/ECA advisory group on Food and Agricultural Industries Development in Africa (AGFI) 1980-81
With the goal of stimulating the production and utilisation of indigenous cereals, rootss tubers and legumes in particular sorghum in composite flours for bakery products in traditional, new and modified food products it will have the following objectives^
a) ensure better understanding of the importance and potential
for industrial application of sorghums etc. and the technologies
available for milling and baking coarse grains'
b) ascertain the status and plans of existing 'national composite
flour programmes or the possibilities of establishing such
Rapport récapitulatif des principales activités du groupe conseil FAO/CEA pour le développement des industries alimentaires en Afrique 1980-1981
Les activites entreprises par le Groupe conseil en application de la deuxième partie de la même résolution qui demande inventorier les précédes technologiques de production de farines composées, doivent en principe etre achèvées, en 1982.