Science and Partnerships for Agriculture Conference (3): Knowledge Management

14 - 16 September 2022. Accra Ghana.

Science and Partnerships for Agriculture Conference.

The Science and Partnerships for Agriculture Conference is crafted to encapsulate broad-based partnerships at different levels to address key issues in Africa’s agricultural research and innovation space.

The Knowledge Management for Agriculture Conference (KM4AGD).

The CAADP-XP4 partners initiated and rolled out the Knowledge Management for Agricultural Development (KM4AgD) agenda in 2021, which involves a three-month certification training (the Challenge) and an annual Conference. The KM4AgD agenda set out to build appropriate capacities of relevant stakeholders, establish communities of practice for Knowledge Management (Artificial Intelligence) and strengthen the knowledge ecosystem to accelerate the achievement of the CAADP Malabo goals by 2025, the AU agenda2063 and the SDGs by 2030. The KM4AgD agenda is implemented through an integrated, strategic, educational and transformational approach.

Extracts of the programme

14/09 KM4AgD Opening

Keynote Presentation Topic: How Knowledge influences economies and helps them achieve sustainable development - Prof. Albert Ahenkan Professor of SD & Head of Department, Public Admin & Health Services, University of Ghana Business School

15/09 KM Strategies in Agricultural Research Organizations in Africa

• Presentation by KALRO -  Dr Boniface Akuku Director of Knowledge Management & ICT, KALRO, Kenya

15/09 ICIPE Session: Accelerating Inclusive Green Growth through Agri-based Digital Innovation in West Africa (AGriDI)

1. Moderator: Dr Jonas Mugabe Programme Manager, AGriDI
2. Scaling AgroCenta Platform and Adoption for Effective Market Linkages in Ghana (SAPA) by AGROCENTA 
3. Digital Tools to Drive Market Access and Manage Ag-Value Chains (DigiMakt) by ESOKO. 
4. Enhancing farmers’ uptake of digital technologies through empirical research, innovation, and policy intervention (EFUDTRIP) by STEPRI

16/09 Km4AgD Communities of Practice 

• Presentations and Discussion on the Recommended KM Framework for a CAADP-XP4 – One CGIAR Collaboration from the KM4AgD Challenge - Mr Micheal Victor & Ms Bridget Kakuwa
• Advancing knowledge diversity and inclusion; promoting indigenous knowledge and decolonizing knowledge - Dr. Sarah Cummings (Director at K4DP and Lecturer, Waageningen University
• Demonstration of Outreach and Extension equipment for promoting Indigenous Knowledge - Mr Kouadio Amavi Digisoft Africa