WEBINARS: African climate-resilient food systems (2)

13-18 JANUARY, CCAFS, in partnership with Wageningen University & Research and the Dutch ministries of foreign affairs and agriculture, nature and food quality, hosts a series of virtual dialogues on African climate-resilient food systems.

15 January 2021. Virtual dialogue 2: Digitalisation to improve planning and monitoring of adaptation actions

Highlights and summary from the first dialogue - Dawit Solomon, East Africa Regional Program Leader, CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) 14:00
Welcome by Chair - Patrick Verkooijen, CEO, Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) 14:05
Keynote presentation: Can digitalisation transform African food systems? - Sander Janssen, Director, Earth Informatics Team, Wageningen University & Research (WUR) 

Panel reacting to keynote from different perspectives:

• Martin Frick, Deputy to the Special Envoy, UN Food Systems Summit
• Sebastian Oggema, Project Manager, Climate Resilient Agribusiness for Tomorrow (CRAFT), Kenya
• Dan Haglund, Senior Private Sector Adviser, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), United Kingdom
• Beatrice Gakuba, Executive Director, African Women Agribusiness Network (AWAN) Africa 
• Reflection from the next generation - Rebecca Sarku, PhD Researcher, Wageningen University & Research (WUR)
• Closing and a way forward - Ida Rademaker, Policy Officer, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs