12th Africa Australia Research Forum: Food Security in an Insecure Age

30 August 2022. The Africa-Australia Research Forum has sought for more than a decade to bring together such groups of people to present and discuss research findings in the context of inclusive growth agendas for the continent. Last year (2021) it launched the Murdoch Third Commission on Inclusive Growth in Africa.

This year, 2022, the Africa-Australia Research Forum focused on the genuine threat to food security in Africa. It explored impending shortages caused by supply constraints and enablers of agricultural community resilience and climate change adaptation strategies, African farming system solutions, the nexus between mining and agriculture, and opportunities for food trade and agri-innovation partnership between Australia and Africa’s nations and regions.

• Panel Chair: Dr. Nalishebo Meebelo, Executive Director, Regional Network of Agricultural Policy Research Institutes (ReNAPRI) Secretariat
• Professor Rajeev K Varshney, International Chair in Agriculture & Food Security, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University
• Ms. Alice Ruhweza, Africa Region Director WWF International & Board Member CGIAR
• Dr. Yemi Akinbamijo, Executive Director, Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA)
• Dr. Peter Johnson, Research Officer, Climate System Analysis Group, University of Cape Town