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Friday, April 2
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09:00-10:00
PLENARY SESSION: Implementing Action

Chair: Courage Quashigah, Minister of Food and Agriculture, Ghana
Summary Note: (PDF 92K)

"Strategies for Improving Food and Nutrition Security in Africa"
Keynote: Victoria Sekitoleko, Subregional Representative, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Subregional Office for Southern and East Africa, Zimbabwe
Summary Note: (PDF 170K)

"Technological Options for Africa's Small-Scale Farmers"
Keynote: Gordon Conway, President, The Rockefeller Foundation, U.S.A.

"Implementing Action to Reduce Hunger: Learning from Mali's Experiences"
Keynote: Oumar Ibrahima Touré, Minister for Food Security, Mali
Summary Note: (PDF 100K)  |  Powerpoint Presentation: (HTML)
10:00-11:00
PLENARY SESSION

Panel Discussion: "Improving Implementation: What Can Lessons from Successes and Failures Teach Us?"
Chair: Hamid Narjisse, Director, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Morocco
Panelists:
Peter Hazell, Director, Development Strategy and Governance Division, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Summary Note: (PDF 102K)
Wilberforce Kisamba-Mugerwa, Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Fisheries, Uganda
Summary Note: (PDF 93K)
Hezron Nyangito, Principal Policy Analyst, Kenya Insitute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA)
Summary Note: (PDF 126K)
Hans-Joachim Preuss, Secretary General, Deutsche Welthungerhilfe, Germany
Summary Note: (PDF 214K)  |  Powerpoint Presentation: (HTML)
11:00-11:10
Digital Opinion Poll of Participants
11:10-11:40

11:40-15:10
PARALLEL SESSIONS: ACTION FORUMS

Implementing Action in Key Areas

A. Raising Agricultural Productivity
Chair and Moderator: Monty Jones, Executive Secretary, Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), Ghana
Rapporteur: John Pender, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Panelists:
Glyvyns Chinkhuntha, Executive Director, Freedom Gardens, Malawi
Summary Note: (PDF 103K)  |  Powerpoint Presentation: (HTML)
Seyfu Ketema, Executive Secretary, Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA), Republic of Uganda
Pedro Sanchez, Director of Tropical Agriculture, The Earth Institute at Columbia University; Co-chair, Millennium Project Hunger Task Force; and 2002 World Food Prize Laureate, U.S.A.
Carlos Seré, Director General, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Kenya
Summary Note: (PDF 114K)  |  Powerpoint Presentation: (HTML)
Eugene R. Terry, Implementing Director, African Agricultural Technology Foundation, Kenya
Summary Note: (PDF 98K)
Florence Wambugu, Executive Director, A Harvest Biotech Foundation International, Kenya
Summary Note: (PDF 114K)  |  Powerpoint Presentation: (HTML)
B. Fostering Economic Growth and Improving Markets and Trade
Chair: Benno Ndulu, Research Manager, Development Economics Research Department, World Bank, U.S.A.
Summary Note: (PDF 129K)
Moderator: Akinwumi Adesina, Associate Director, Food Security, Rockefeller Foundation, Kenya
Rapporteur: Nicholas Minot, Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Panelists:
Eleni Gabre-Madhin, Senior Economist, Africa Region, World Bank, U.S.A.
Powerpoint Presentation: (HTML)
Hans Jöhr, Corporate Head of Agriculture, Nestec Ltd., Switzerland
Summary Note: (PDF 121K)  |  Powerpoint Presentation: (HTML)
Eusebius J. Mukhwana, Director, Sustainable Agriculture Centre for Research Extension and Development in Africa (SACRED), Kenya
Summary Note: (PDF 106K)
C. Building Human Capacity
Chair: Angeline Kamba, Member of UN/UNESCO World Commission on Culture and Development, Zimbabwe
Moderator: Soumana Sako, Executive Secretary, African Capacity Building Foundation, Zimbabwe
Rapporteur: Willis Oluoch-Kosura, Program Coordinator, Collaborative Masters Program in Agricultural and Applied Economics, Kenya
Panelists:
Kwadwo Asenso-Okyere, Vice Chancellor, University of Ghana, Ghana
Summary Note: (PDF 106K)
Suresh Babu, Senior Research Fellow/Senior Advisor, Training, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Powerpoint Presentation: (HTML)
Carl Greenidge, Director, Technical Center for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), The Netherlands
Summary Note: (PDF 208K)
William M. Lyakurwa, Executive Director, African Economic Research Consortium, Kenya
Summary Note: (PDF 123K)  |  Powerpoint Presentation: (HTML)
Jim Ryan, Visiting Fellow, Economics Division, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, Australia
Summary Note: (PDF 101K)  |  Powerpoint Presentation: (HTML)
D. Improving Nutrition and Health
Chair: Kabba Joiner, Director General, West African Health Organization (WAHO), Burkina Faso
Moderator: Tola Atinmo, Professor of Nutrition at the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan; and President of the Federation of African Nutrition Societies (FANUS), Nigeria
Rapporteur: Todd Benson, Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Panelists:
Stuart Gillespie, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Powerpoint Presentation: (HTML)
Amadou Kanouté, Regional Director, Office for Africa, Consumers International, Zimbabwe
Summary Note: (PDF 124K)
Robert Mwadime, Child Survival and Nutrition Advisor, Regional Center for Quality of Health Care, Republic of Uganda
Summary Note: (PDF 128K)  |  Powerpoint Presentation: (HTML)
Ebrahim M. Samba, Regional Director, World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO/AFRO), Republic of Congo
Summary Note: (PDF 97K)  |  Powerpoint Presentation: (HTML)
Flora Sibanda-Mulder, Senior Advisor, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)-World Food Programme (WFP) Collaboration, WFP-Rome, Italy
Summary Note: (PDF 122K)  |  Powerpoint Presentation: (HTML)
E. Strengthening Governance
Chair: Bethuel A. Kiplagat, Executive Director, Africa Peace Forum, Kenya
Moderator: Charlotte McClain, Commissioner, South African Human Rights Commission, South Africa
Rapporteur: Marc Cohen, Special Assistant to the Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Panelists:
Tom Arnold, Chief Executive, Concern Worldwide, Ireland
Summary Note: (PDF 90K)
Meaza Ashenafi, Executive Director, Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association, Ethiopia
Summary Note: (PDF 142K)
John Githongo, Permanent Secretary, Governance and Ethics, Government of the Republic of Kenya, Kenya
Yemi Michael Katerere, Assistant Director General, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Indonesia
Summary Note: (PDF 137K)
David King, Secretary General, International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP), France
Summary Note: (PDF 93K)
Norah Owaraga, Executive Secretary, Uganda Change Agent Association, Republic of Uganda
Summary Note: (PDF 229K)

15:10-15:40

15:40-17:00
PLENARY SESSION

Panel Discussion: "Implementing Action in Key Areas"
Chair: Harris Mule, Executive Director, Top Investment and Management Services and former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Kenya
Panelists: Chairs of Parallel Sessions
Monty Jones, Executive Secretary, Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), Ghana
Powerpoint Presentation: (HTML)
Benno Ndulu, Research Manager, Development Economics Research Department, World Bank, U.S.A.
Powerpoint Presentation: (HTML)
Angeline Kamba, Member of UN/UNESCO World Commission on Culture and Development, Zimbabwe
Powerpoint Presentation: (HTML)
Kabba Joiner, Director General, WAHO, Burkina Faso
Powerpoint Presentation: (HTML)
Bethuel A. Kiplagat, Executive Director, Africa Peace Forum, Kenya
Powerpoint Presentation: (HTML)
17:00-17:10
Digital Opinion Poll of Participants
17:10-18:40
PLENARY SESSION

Chair: Mildred Namwiinde Mpundu, Executive Director, Media and Communication, Step Out Media Communications and Business Development Consultancy Services; and outgoing Assistant Features Editor, Times Printpak, Zambia

"What African Countries Can Do to Support Implementation of Action for Food and Nutrition Security in Africa"
Keynote: Augustin Fosu, Senior Policy Advisor, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Ethiopia
Summary Note: (PDF 101K)

"What Industrialized Countries Can Do to Promote Agricultural and Rural Development in Africa: Perspectives of a Development Organization"
Keynote: Bernd Eisenblätter, Managing Director, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusamenarbeit (GTZ), GmbH, Germany
Summary Note: (PDF 105K)

"What Industrialized Countries Can Do to Support Implementation of Action for Food and Nutrition Security in Africa: Perspectives from USAID"
Keynote: Emmy B. Simmons, Assistant Administrator, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Bureau of Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade, U.S.A.
Summary Note: (PDF 93K)  |  Powerpoint Presentation: (HTML)

"Confronting AIDS and Hunger in Africa"
Keynote: Alan Whiteside, Director, Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD), University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Summary Note: (PDF 101K)  |  Powerpoint Presentation: (HTML)

"Priorities For Action On Food And Nutrition Security In Africa: Perspectives From The African Union"
Keynote: Rosebud Kurwijila, Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, African Union, Ethiopia
Summary Note: (PDF 163K)
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