5 - 9 September 2022. Kigali Rwanda AGRF 2022
8 September Extract of the main programme
08/09 Council of the Wise
This "Council of the Wise" encouraged African leaders to increase funding to the agriculture sector, meeting CAADP, SDGs and Food Systems targets by 2030 and to solicit stronger accountability of the AGRF partners in delivering on commitments.
- Moderator: Ms. Aggie Konde, Vice President, AGRA
- Ms. Jennifer Baarn, Managing Director, AGRF
- Mr. Maximo Torero, Chief Economist, FAO - Framing Keynote Remarks: Our Future with Business as Usual
- H.E. Hailemariam Dessalegn, Chair, AGRF Partners Group and Former Prime Minister, Ethiopia
- H.E. Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Former President, Nigeria and Outgoing Chair of the Africa Food Prize Committee
- H.E. Jakaya Kikwete, Former President, Tanzania and Incoming Chair of the Africa Food Prize Committee
- H.E. John Kufuor, Former President, Ghana
- H.E. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Former President, Liberia
- H.E. Joyce Banda, Former President, Malawi
- H.E. Lionel Zinsou, Former Prime Minister, Benin
- H.E. Ibrahim Hassane Mayaki, Former Prime Minister, Niger
- Rt. Hon. Tony Blair, Executive Chairman, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
- H.E. Mary Therese Winifred Robinson, Former President of Ireland, and chair of the Women Leaders Network
- Tidjiane Thiam, Former CEO, Credit Suisse
- Mr. Donald Kaberuka, Former President, African Development Bank (AfDB)
08/09 AGRA Strategy Launch
This session highlighted AGRA’s results and journey since 2006 as well as the new strategy for 2023-
2027. This platform provided an opportunity to reengage existing participants and potential partners to
showcase AGRA’s continuous effort in leveraging its learnings to deliver stronger, more resilient food
systems on the continent.
08/09 AGRA New Strategy Launch press briefing
08/09 Building Diverse and Nutritious Food Markets in Africa
Perhaps the most critical component of Food Systems in Africa, certainly the most visible to the majority of Households, is the Food Market. Households across the continent depend on food markets to provide them with access to nutrition. However, with recent disruptions caused by COVID-19 and the Russia-Ukraine war, how can we build diverse food markets that will secure our most vulnerable communities against malnutrition and undernutrition?
- Moderator: Ms. Lindiwe Sibanda, Director, Centre of Excellence in Food Security, University of Pretoria
- Ms. Temitope Adegoroye, Managing Partner, Sahel Consulting
Panel Discussion
- Mr. Daan Wensing, CEO, IDH,
- Mr. Nico Janssen, Programme Manager, Agricultural Livelihoods, IKEA Foundation
- Mr. Michael Ojo, Nigeria Country Director, GAIN
- Ms. Lynn Brown, Director of Alliances and Policy, HarvestPlus
- Ms. Fannie Gondwe, Founder and Executive Director, Perisha Agro and Packaging Enterprise
- Dr. Gabriel Rugalema, Regional Director, World Vegetable Centre
08/09 Leveraging Data to Improve Intra-Africa Food Trade
The intended outcome of this session was to gather commitments and encourage governments to align national and regional strategies and policies to support the successful implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area.
- Mr. Daniel Njiwa, Head of Regional Food Trade and Secretariat, Regional Food Trade Coalition
- Presentation of the Key Findings of the Africa Trade Status Monitor (ASTM) Dr. Ousmane Badiane, Founder and Executive Chairperson, Akademiya 2063
Panel Discussion:
- Hon. Chipoka Mulenga, Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry, Zambia
- Hon. Dr. Ashatu K. Kijaji, Minister of Investment, Industry and Trade, Tanzania
- Hon. Masuku Phelela, Minister of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement, Zimbabwe
- Hon. Wamkele Mene, Secreatary General, African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat
- Hon. Dr Omar Touray, President, ECOWAS Commission
- Mr. Peter Mathuki, Secretary General, East African Community
- Hon. Chileshe Kapwepwe, General Secretary of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
- Ms. Maura Barry Boyle, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Resilience & Food Security, USAID
- Mr. Mansoor Ahmad MBE, Group Head, Africa Economic Development, FCDO UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
- Mr. Johan Swinnen, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
- Mr. David Phiri, FAO Sub-Regional Coordinator for Eastern Africa
08/09 South-South Cooperation: Leadership from the Americas and Asia
In this session, leaders from Africa, Asia and the Americas shared experiences, lessons and ambitions for the next phase of development.
- Moderator: Mr. Juan Lucas Restrepo, Global Director of Partnerships and Advocacy, CGIAR and Director-General of the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
- Dr. Agnes Kalibata, President, AGRA
- Dr. Manuel Otero, Director General, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)
- Prof. Jean Jacques Muhinda, Regional Head, East Africa, AGRA
- Mr. Jorge Werthein, Senior Adviser to the Director General, IICA
- Prof. Shenggen Fan, Professor Chair, China Agricultural University
- Dr. Godfrey Bahiigwa, Director of Agriculture and Rural Development, African Union Commission
- Dr. Naoko Ishii, Executive Vice President, Director for Center for Global Commons, University of Tokyo, Japan
- Hon. Olegario dos Anjos Banze, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mozambique
- Hon. Antoine Lekpa Antoine Gbegbeni, Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Development, Republic of Togo
- Minister of Trade, Rwanda
- H.E. Amb. Christine Nkulikiyinka, CEO, Rwanda Cooperation Initiative
- Hon. Minister of Agriculture, Brazil
- Hon. Minister of Agriculture, Barbados
- Hon. Minister of Agriculture, Guyana
- Hon. Minister of Agriculture, Mexico
- Hon. Minister of Agriculture, Republic of Costa Rica
- Hon. Minister of Agriculture, Suriname
- Hon. Minister of Agriculture, Bahamas
- Mr. Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, Confederation of Indian Industries
- Ms. Bev Postma, Executive Director, Grow Asia
- Amb. Asghar Ali Golo, Pakistani Ambassador to the African Union
- Amb. Xuekun Wang, Chinese Ambassador to Rwanda
- Dr. Jacqueline d'Arros Hughes, Director-General, ICRISAT
- Mr. Simon Winter, Executive Director, Syngenta Foundation
08/09 VALUE4HER
This session unpacked opportunities for directing investments to women led ag businesses. Using an evidence-based approach, the session will create a platform for establishing scalable mechanisms that build resilience in agriculture and food systems while demonstrating the impact of access to resources for this group.
Panel Discussion - Women-Led Businesses
- Ms. Sakina Usengimana, CEO and Founder Rwanda AFRI foods Fresh food export
- Ms. Adanne Uche, CEO, Ady’s Food Mart
- Ms. Sipamandla Manqele, Founder, Local Village Foods
- Ms. Towera Jalakasi, Founder Malawi Naturals Limited
- Ms. Judy Matu, Founder and National Chairlady, Association of Women in Agriculture, Kenya (AWAK)
Presenting New Evidence on Women and Climate Adaptation & Nutrition
- Dr. Suzan Kaaria, Director, AWARD
- Dr. Nicoline de Haan, Platform Director, CGIAR GENDER Platform
- Mr. Tony Simons, Executive Director, CIFOR-ICRAF
- Moderator: Ms. Redi Tlhabi, Anchor, UN Global Journalists Corps
- Ms. Beauty Manake, Assistant Minister of Trade and Industry, Botswana
- Ms. Nalan Yuksel, Regional Director, Pan-Africa & Development, Global Affairs Canada
- Mr. Santiago Alba-Corral, Director, Climate Resilient Food Programs, IDRC
- Ms. Christine Campeau, Global Advocacy Director, Food Systems, CARE
- Ms. Vicki Wilde, Senior Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Mr. Mehrdad Ehsani, Vice President for the Food Initiative in Africa, The Rockefeller Foundation
- Ms. Victoria Sabula, CEO, Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF)
08/09 Interactive Dialogue with African Food Systems National Convenors
In a global, regional and national context drastically impacted by the triple food, energy and finance crisis, the interactive dialogue provided a unique space for National Convenors from the Africa region, to engage in a strategic exchange with the leadership of the African Union, the UN Food Systems Coordination Hub, the Global Crisis Response Group and AGRA.
- Moderator: Mr. Boaz Keizire, Head, Policy & Advocacy, AGRA
- Opening Remarks: Dr. Stefanos Fotiou, Director, Office of Sustainable Development Goals, FAO
- Mr. Martin Bwalya, Director for Agriculture, Knowledge Management and Programme Evaluation (KMPE), AUDA-NEPAD
- Dr. David Nabarro, UN Response Group and Strategic Director, 4SD
- Dr. Agnes Kalibata, President, AGRA and Host of the AGRF Secretariat
- Mr. Martin Bwalya, Director for Agriculture, Knowledge Management and Programme Evaluation (KMPE), AUDA-NEPAD
- Nigeria PE Finance and Food Systems Convenor
- Ms. Sylvia Lopez-Ekra, Deputy, UN Food Systems Coordination Hub
- Ms. Nadine Gbossa, Chief, Means of Implementation, UN Food Systems Coordination Hub
- Ms. Geeta Sethi, Advisor and Global Lead for Food Systems, World Bank
08/09 Stopping crises by seizing opportunities to build resilient food system
Leading individuals from trade, development, health, finance and international civil society discussed how to safeguard local, regional, national and international food systems, highlighting the opportunities that must be grasped and changes that must be made to build resilience for a more dynamic, more uncertain world in the midst of geopolitical and economic tumult.
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