• How Technology will Enhance and Transform Africa’s Agriculture Sector
• Indoor and Vertical Farming as Part of a Local, Regional and National Food System
• Transforming Communities Through Healthy & Sustainable Food Supply Chain

• Project Developers & Growers Spotlights
• South Africa
• Europe
• Nigeria
• MENA
• East Africa
• USA

• CEA: Automation, Power Management & CEA Crops Highlights
• Using Automation & Robotics in the CEA Farm
• Use and Advancements of LED Lightings
• Data Analytics & IOT

• INVESTOR PANEL: Streamlining Access to Capital and Partnerships for Growth

• CEA Crops
• Hydroponic Strawberry Production in CEA
• Growing Lettuce and Leafy Greens using Hydroponics in CEA

• Future Markets: Opportunities Beyond Produce
• Production of Medicinal Plants in CEA farms
• Opportunities for Cannabis for Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture
• DISCUSSION PANEL: Business Models & Partnerships - Matching Indoor Production to Future Market Needs

Farm Visit (Optional)

Farm visit to “Dube Agri Zone” - Dube AgriZone is Africa’s first integrated perishables supply chain and the most technologically advanced future farming platform on the continent

UAW2019 is your platform to learn and share ideas on how to revolutionize agriculture and bring the industry into the technology-enabled future.

We invite abstracts of not more than 300 words with an empirical that will be of interest and relevance to urban agriculture practitioners and policy makers in Africa. Possible themes may include - but are not limited to - the following:
• Case studies of urban agriculture in Africa and/ or around the world
• Economic possibilities and challenges of urban agriculture
• Policy framework and governance practices
• New technologies and green infrastructure for growing food in cities
• Perspectives on liveability, liveliness and conviviality of urban food production
• Peri-urban production and the urban-rural interface