AgriBusiness Forum 2015

22 - 25 March 2015. Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. This year, the Forum focused on "Towards Inclusive Growth: A Vision for Africa's Agricultural Transformation”.

Programme: ENGLISH ; FRANCAIS ; PORTUGUES

Extracts: 
Session C – Scientific Research and Innovation:

• access to best practices for improved yields, irrigation, agricultural inputs - generating stress tolerant crops by overcoming breeding-intractable problems 
• precision agriculture and farm productivity 
• crop improvement and value chains challenges: the case of cassava 

• Monty Jones, Special Adviser to the President of Sierra Leone; President – EMRC Int’l; former Executive Secretary FARA 
• Jonathan Gressel, Research Fellow, Plant & Environmental Sciences – Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel 
• John Mususa Ulimwengu, Senior Adviser, Agriculture et rural development – Prime Minister’s Office, and Senior Research Fellow – IFPRI, DR Congo
• Nzola Mahungu, Plant Breeder and IITA Country Representative

Session E – Inclusive Agribusiness Models and Approaches: Realising Sustainable Benefits Special Session 

• SNV MODERATOR: Mirjam Steglich, Sector Leader Agriculture SNV, DR Congo 
• Ranjan Shrestha, Sector Leader/Senior Advisor, Agriculture SNV, Rwanda 
• Thomas Obiero Were, Country Office, Agriculture Sector Programme SNV, Zambia 
• Eric Banye, Senior Advisor / Country Sector Leader, Agriculture SNV, Ghana 
• Sara Mbago-Bhunu, Country Director – SNV, DR Congo 

In the run up of the AgriBusiness Forum 2015, EMRC organized a Pre-Conference Workshop (22 March 2015) on Agricultural Projects: Finance and Investment. The workshop was held in linguistic groups: English, French and Portuguese.