Officials from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Cameroon Office Visit TUFS

July 29, 2026

On Tuesday, July 21, 2026, a delegation of seven representatives from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Cameroon Office, led by Dr. Antonio Querido, FAO Representative in Cameroon, paid a courtesy call on President Nobuo Haruna. This visit took place prior to the delegation’s participation in a seminar organized by the University’s Center for Contemporary African Studies (ASC).
The meeting, attended by Professor Makiko Sakai, Associate Professor Takanori Oishi, and Marlène Ngansop, Visiting Associate Professor at the ASC—as well as a student who was dispatched to the University of Yaoundé I in Cameroon during the 2024 academic year, included presentations on each party’s activities and an exchange of information, followed by a lively discussion on potential future collaboration. President Haruna expressed high hopes for collaboration with the FAO, viewing it as a platform where our students’ expertise and language skills can contribute to addressing global challenges such as climate change and food security.
Our university and the University of Yaoundé I signed an international academic exchange agreement in 2023. Building on the track record of existing inter-university exchanges, this visit served as an extremely meaningful opportunity to reaffirm mutual cooperation toward establishing a new framework for collaboration with international organizations.

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• The African Studies Center at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (ASC-TUFS) 
• African Area Studies, School of International and Area Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies