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Thursday, September 30, 2021

FANRPAN 2021 Annual Policy Dialogue

28 -30 September 2021. FANRPAN 2021 Annual Policy Dialogue Catalysing Action to Transform Africa’s Food Systems

The objective of this dialogue was to convene a multistakeholder platform for meaningful dialogue and interaction among food systems actors inorder to catalyse action on the urgent implementation of coherent policies, strategies and innovative programmes to transform Africa’s food systems to deliver sustainable and healthy food for all.
The year 2021 is critical for food system transformation. Over the past 18 months, FANRPAN and its partners have responded to the United Nations Secretary General’s call to support a dynamic and harmonized global push to leverage changes in our food systems to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 through the Food Systems Summit Dialogue process. FANRPAN and its partners participanted in and convened 6 independent United Nations Food System Summit (UNFSS) dialogues where challenges, opportunities, lessons and gamechanging solutions to Africa’s food systems were discussed. 

This year’s FANRPAN Annual Regional Multistakeholder Policy Dialogue is being held a week after the UN Food Systems Summit and is critical for Africa’s food systems. It offers an opportunity for stakeholders to discuss the outcomes of the Summit and consider its implications for advancing the commitments made at the Malabo Heads of State Summit and the achievement of SDGs.

Policy and programmatic actions for sustainable supply of diverse, safe and nutritious food

  • Moderator - Dr Jemimah Njuki IFPRI
  • The role of input suppliers (e.g. seed systems, agro-chemicals), trade and food markets: incentivising markets to provide nutritious and safe food - Dr John Mukuka ACTESA
  • Technologies to improve supply of diverse, safe and nutritious foods across the value chain - Ms Nancy Muchiri AATF 
  • Enhancing agro-biodiversity - African indigenous smart foods and neglected and orphan crops -  Ms Joanna Kane-Potaka ICRISAT
  • Smart use of policy instruments, e.g. subsidies and tariffs, to promote production of diverse and nutritious food - Dr Cuthbert Kambanje FAOSFS 
  • Building the capacity of consumers to demand diverse, safe and nutritious food - Prof Hettie Schönfeldt UP 
  • Farmers’ Voice – Role of family farms in food and nutrition security - Dr Theo de Jager SAAI/FANRPAN Board/WFO

Climate Action Pathways to unlock food systems transformations to achieve a zero carbon future

  • Moderator - Mr Mahamadou Nassirou Ba UNECA
  • Acting on evidence and lessons from ‘future scenario modelling’ to inform policies - Dr Nalishebo Meebelo ReNAPRI & iFEED Regional Champion 
  • Actions for mitigating GHG emissions from African food systems - Dr Ackim Mwape GRA
  • Nature based solutions - For resilience, mitigation and sustainable development (biocontrol, agroecology) - Dr Chrysantus M. Tanga ICIPE 
  • Towards a green economy - climate proofing investments in support of the water – nutrition -youth and women nexus - Dr Robson Mutandi IFAD 
  • The role of ICT in agriculture and food systems - Dr Tom Routen Logiak

Strengthening AR4D and mobilising African voices for resilient and sustainable food systems

  • Moderator – Prof Lindiwe Majele Sibanda
  • Immediate actions for AR4D to deliver resilient and sustainable food systems Dr Yemi Akinbamijo FARA 
  • Youth engagement in agricultural and food system value chains - Mr Kofi Acquaye YPARD 
  • Role of One CGIAR - Scaling up, out, and deeper for wider impact - Dr Inga Jacobs-Mata IWMI 
  • Using big data and policy research evidence to transform Africa’s food systems Dr Racine LY AKADEMIYA2063 
  • Regional Economic Communities – coordinated policies for inclusive food systems - Ms Providence Mavubi COMESA 
  • Building trans/multi-disciplinary capacity for Africa’s resilient and sustainable food systems - Dr Anthony Egeru RUFORUM 
  • Circular economy - Prof James Pittock ANU 
  • Promoting innovative financing – the role of philanthropy - Dr Bheki Moyo Wits Centre in African Philanthropy & Social Investment

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