Our mission is to bring Africa and Spain closer
Through outreach, educational, economic, and cultural activities, we foster mutual understanding and strengthen Hispanic African relations.
For the tenth consecutive year, Casa África is holding the Casa África Prizes for Essays on African Themes, with a view to recognising, promoting and publicising original and unpublished essays that enhance the knowledge that people have of the African continent.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE COMPETITION
One - Participants
Two - Theme - AGRICULTURE IN AFRICA
African agriculture faces many difficulties, but experts agree that it offers the key to achieving food sovereignty for the continent and putting an end to hunger. Agriculture has also the potential to become an economic sector that generates employment and sustainable growth and substantially reduces poverty, especially among young people and women. In fact, this is precisely how African agriculture is being modernised and improved - through focusing on small producers, women and young people. The keys to an agricultural sector that provides food, creates wealth and contributes to African prosperity and peace can be found in : agricultural innovation (through urban gardens or genetic improvement of crops), respect for biodiversity and traditional practices, adaptation to climate change, policies to reduce food waste and better manage resources and investment, and taking advantage of the know-how of the diaspora. For all these reasons, Casa África wants to focus academic reflection and debate on the current situation of African agriculture, its history and its future and to promote proposals and ideas that can drive the sector forward and offer solutions to its problems.
Three - Conditions that essays must meet
Four - Documentation
Five - Submission of essays and documentation
Six - Composition of the Jury, operation and evaluation criteria
Seven - The Jury’s Ruling
Eight - Prize
Nine - Acceptance of the Terms and Conditions
Ten - Notifications
According to article 59.6.b) of Law 30/1992, notification of all decisions taken by Casa África within the framework of this competition, including the ruling on the prize winner, shall be made by announcing them on the Consortium web site (www.casafrica.es), and said publication shall be in lieu of notifying each interested party individually.