Poster announcing the FAO seminar held in Dakar from 14 to 18 April. Title of the seminar is "Feeding the burgeoning African cities". - - Seminar in Dakar, Senegal from 14 to 18 April 1997. By 2020 nearly 60 percent of the African population will live in urban areas. So far, African countries have responded to increasing urban food needs by increasing imports. However, for economic reasons,