On 5 and 6 November 2015 over 300 representatives from governments, civil society, research and the private sector have participated in the Regional Meeting on Agroecology in sub-Saharan Africa hosted by the Government of Senegal and co-organized by the Government of Senegal and FAO in Dakar with the opening ceremony presided by the Senegalese Minister of Agriculture and Rural Facilities. The meeting builds on FAO’s International Symposium on Agroecology for Food Security & Nutrition that took place in September 2014 and FAO’s Regional Meeting on Agroecology in Latin America and the Caribbean.