The meeting will draw on case studies and success stories to demonstrate the potential for expansion.
Opening session
- Akinwumi A. Adesina - President African Development Bank
- Gilbert F. Houngbo - President International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
- The Rt Hon. Tony Blair - Executive Chairman, The Institute for Global Change
Head of State Dialogue
- H.E. Alpha Condé President Guinea
- H.E. Bah N’DAW President Mali
- H.E. Edgar Lungu President Zambia
- H.E. Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa President Republic of Zimbabwe
- H.E. Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo President Democratic Republic of the Congo
- H.E. João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço President Republic of Angola
- King Letsie III of the Kingdom of Lesotho
- H.E. Macky Sall President Senegal
- H.E. Mohamed Bazoum President Niger
- H.E. Dr. Mokgweetsi E.K. Masisi President Botswana
- H.E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo President Ghana
- H.E. Paul Kagame President Republic of Rwanda
- H.E. Roch Marc Christian Kaboré President Burkina Faso
- H.E. Sahle-Work Zewde President Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
- Prof. Yemi Osinbajo San Vice President Federal Republic Of Nigeria
Panel 1 Successful Policy Interventions for Scaling Technologies Ministerial
- H.E. Ambassador Josefa Leonel Correia SACKO - Commissioner, Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Development, African Union Commission
- Dr. Dongyo Qu, DG FAO
- Gebreil Ibrahim Mohamed Fediel - Minister of Finance and Economic Planning,Chairman of the Justice and Equality Movement
- Kenneth Quinn - President Emeritus, The World Food Prize
Panel 2 Successful Policy Interventions for Scaling Technologies
- Ayodeji Balogun - CEO AFEX
- Peter Malnak - Acting Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Africa, U.S. Agency for International Development USAID
- Mr. Amadou Hott, Minister of Economy, Planning and international cooperation, Senegal
- Victoria Prentis MP - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs UK
Panel 3 Strengthening Partnership for Scaling up Innovation and Technology
- Jean Lebel - President International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
- Bertrand Walckenaer - Deputy CEO Agence Française de Développement
- Meike van Ginneken - Associate Vice-President, Strategy and Knowledge Department, IFAD
- Nick Austin - Director, Agricultural Development, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation BMGF
- Roy Steiner - Senior Vice President, Food, Rockfeller Foundation
- Carla Montesi - Director EC/INTPA.F European Commission
Panel 4 Climate-Smart Wheat Precision Agriculture: Data, Demography and Drones
Part 1
- Prof Abdelmoneim Taha Ahmed DG ARC Sudan
- Zubeir Ibrahim Mohamed, Managing director Nile Sun Seed Sudan.
Since 2002, Mr. Mohamed has been the Director General of Nile Sun Entreprises, based in Khartoum, Sudan. Nile Sun Enterprises is a recognized player in Sudan in the field of quality foundation and certified seed production for some field crops and horticultural crops. Nile Sun is also involved in breeding and testing programs for sorghum, corn and sunflower with the Agricultural Research Corporation of Sudan.
- Aly Abousabaa, Director General ICARDA
- Feto Esimo Berisso - Director General Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR)
Panel 5 Climate-Smart Maize and Soybean Precision Agriculture: Data, Demography and Drones
Part 1
- Dr. Nteranya E. Sangiga DG IITA, Nigeria
- Dr. Denis Kyetere AATF, Kenya
- Dr. Eilud Kiplimo Kireger, CEO KALRO, Kenya
- Dr. Martin Kropff DG CIMMYT, Mexico
- Prof. Moses Brandford Mochiah Crop Research Institute (CSIR), Ghana
Part 2
- Shah Parmesh, Global Lead for Data Driven Digital Agriculture, The World Bank Group
IBRF 2020. Scaling Up Disruptive Agricultural Technologies in Africa. International Development in Focus World Bank, Washington, DC. © World Bank.Kim, Jeehye; Shah, Parmesh; Gaskell, Joanne Catherine; Prasann, Ashesh; Luthra, Akanksha 117 pp.
Panel 6 Innovative Partnership and Financing Approaches: Delivering More Support to Agriculture Research and Innovation Systems
Part 1: Partnerships for Enhancing the Impact of Agricultural
Research and Development Organizations
- Kanayo Felix Nwanze CGIAR Special Representative - United Nations Food Systems Summit UNFSS
- Alioune Fall - Board Chairman Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA)
- Kundhavi Kadiresan - Managing Director, Global Engagement and Innovation - CGIAR
Part 2: Innovative Models for Financing Agricultural Research
and Development in Africa
- Carin Smaller - Director Agriculture, Trade & Investment International Institute for Sustainable
- Ruben G. Echeverria - Director General Emeritus of the International Center for Tropical Agriculture Development
- Shadrack Ralekeno Moephuli - Chief Executive Officer Agricultural Research Council South Africa
- Johan Swinnen - Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute IFPRI
Panel 7 Unlocking Private Sector Investment in Transforming Agriculture through Research and Development
Part 1:
- Michael Katambo - Minister of Agriculture, Zambia
- Subbarao KV - President Africa Middle East, Corteva Agriscience
- David Lawrence-Brown, CellSoft Technologies, Kenya
Part 2
- Frederick Kiio - CEO DigiFarm
- H.E. Mr. Oumer Hussein - Minister of Agriculture, Ethiopia
- Jérôme Barbaron - Head of Crop Protection in Africa and Middle East, Syngenta, Switzerland
- Hon. Dr. Gerardine Mukeshimana - Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources, Rwanda
- Alzbeta Klein - Director General, International Fertilizer Association
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