Recordings African Green Revolution Conference (AGRF 2022)
5 - 9 September 2022. Kigali Rwanda AGRF 2022. The AGRF, Africa’s premier forum for food and agriculture, had its 12th annual summit under the theme ‘Grow, Nourish and Reward – Bold Actions for Resilient Food systems’.
For the recording with the overview of the panels click on AGRF (1), (2), (3), (4) or (5)
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05/09 Celebrating 25 years of beans for impact and nutrition in Africa
This side event celebrated 25 years of PABRA, highlighting approaches and solutions that have improved livelihoods and food security across sub-Saharan Africa.
05/09 IFAD: Fixing the Fragmented Innovation Pipeline for African Smallholders: Linking Investment, Research, Policy and Delivery Priorities for Impact
05/09 IFAD Advancing Equitable Livelihoods for Food Systems Workers
05/09 IFAD Climate finance and technology opportunities for youth
05/09 The African Emergency Food Production Facility
Bank Vice President for Agriculture, Human and Social Development, Dr. Beth Dunford, delivered opening remarks at the side event, speaking to how the new Facility will provide 20 million African smallholder farmers with certified seeds, increased access to agricultural fertilizers, as well as help create an enabling environment for investment in building Africa’s food systems. The Bank has earmarked $100,000 to support this year’s annual AGRF.
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06/09 Opening Plenary – Advancing Food Systems in A Time of Crises: What is at Stake for African Food Systems06/09 AASR launch: Accelerating African Food Systems Transformation
AGRA. (2022). Africa Agriculture Status Report. Accelerating African Food Systems Transformation (Issue 10). Nairobi, Kenya: Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA). #119 p.
06/09 Special Event Agribusiness Dealroom Launch
- Panel Discussion: Why do investments in agriculture remain below 5% of all investments on the continent despite all commitments and funds? Where is the mismatch?
- Panel Discussion: Closing the deal - Insights from successful transactions
- Official opening of the Agribusiness Deal Room with Co-Chairs
This session showcased cities and local governments striving to feed their populations with nutritious food, while also improving livelihoods, the environment, and the climate.
The session deliberated on how stakeholders can collaborate to enable Africa produce nutritious foodsustainably. Some of the issues included climate smart technologies, last mile delivery initiatives and partnership with private sector.
06/09 Where does the food systems science and policy agenda go from here?
Panel including FARA, RENAPRI, UNDP, IFPRI, RUFORUM, Malabo Montpellier Panel
06/09 Special Event – Farmers Forum
06/09 Special Event – Farmers Forum
Leaders in a dialogue with African farmers.
06/09 Experiences, Lessons and Tools for National Food Systems Transformation
Following last year’s UN Food Systems Summit, this session looked at the state of play in moving from national pathways to food systems strategies, investment plans, and coordination mechanisms that can accelerate action on the ground for people and business.
06/09 Leadership, Finance & Accountability: Advancing National Food Systems’ Pathways
Roundtable Discussion of First Ladies and Experts in Healthy Diets & Nutrition
This session brought together young entrepreneurs, innovators, movers and shakers in Africa’s agri-food sector and presents inspiration from 12 young agripreneurs competing for this year’s GoGettaz
Agripreneur Prize
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07/10 Accelerating Climate Action through Food Systems
The state of the Climate Africa (2020) report highlighted that Africa is in crossroads. This session exchanged lessons, best practices and policy dimension among global players that would contribute to climate change adaptation and resilience building and assess investment opportunities ensuring climate-resilient development in Africa, including in climate smart agriculture, hydrometeorological infrastructure and early warning systems to prepare for escalating high-impact events.
- Panel discussion 1
- Panel discussion 2
- Technical Session Regenerative agriculture
With the leadership of First Ladies across the continent – drawing in coalitions from community to global level – this session championed the transformative actions and investments needed to increase access to healthy diets today, while also protecting the environment and climate for the future.
- Roundtable Discussion of First Ladies and Experts in Healthy Diets & Nutrition
- Announcement of Winner WAYA competition
- Systems Transformation and Climate Action
- Presidential Panel Invited Heads of State and Government
- Call to Action Beans Challenge
The session built a common understanding the role of fertilizers and the importance of soil heath as Africa seeks sustainable solutions to the challenges of food systems transformation, agree on the priority actions based on data and evidence, outline the short and long term actions by different stakeholders and ensure Africa’s farmers access and apply fertilizers to increase productivity without compromising soil health.
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This "Council of the Wise" encouraged African leaders to increase funding to the agriculture sector, meeting CAADP, SDGs and Food Systems targets by 2030 and to solicit stronger accountability of the AGRF partners in delivering on commitments.
08/09 AGRA Strategy Launch
This session highlighted AGRA’s results and journey since 2006 as well as the new strategy for 2023- 2027. This platform provided an opportunity to reengage existing participants and potential partners to showcase AGRA’s continuous effort in leveraging its learnings to deliver stronger, more resilient food systems on the continent.
08/09 AGRA New Strategy Launch press briefing
08/09 South-South Cooperation: Leadership from the Americas and Asia
In this session, leaders from Africa, Asia and the Americas shared experiences, lessons and ambitions for the next phase of development.
08/09 VALUE4HER
This session unpacked opportunities for directing investments to women led ag businesses. Using an evidence-based approach, the session will create a platform for establishing scalable mechanisms that build resilience in agriculture and food systems while demonstrating the impact of access to resources for this group.
08/09 AGRA New Strategy Launch press briefing
08/09 Building Diverse and Nutritious Food Markets in Africa
Perhaps the most critical component of Food Systems in Africa, certainly the most visible to the majority of Households, is the Food Market. Households across the continent depend on food markets to provide them with access to nutrition. However, with recent disruptions caused by COVID-19 and the Russia-Ukraine war, how can we build diverse food markets that will secure our most vulnerable communities against malnutrition and undernutrition?
08/09 Leveraging Data to Improve Intra-Africa Food Trade
The intended outcome of this session was to gather commitments and encourage governments to align national and regional strategies and policies to support the successful implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area.
In this session, leaders from Africa, Asia and the Americas shared experiences, lessons and ambitions for the next phase of development.
This session unpacked opportunities for directing investments to women led ag businesses. Using an evidence-based approach, the session will create a platform for establishing scalable mechanisms that build resilience in agriculture and food systems while demonstrating the impact of access to resources for this group.
08/09 Stopping crises by seizing opportunities to build resilient food system
Leading individuals from trade, development, health, finance and international civil society discussed how to safeguard local, regional, national and international food systems, highlighting the opportunities that must be grasped and changes that must be made to build resilience for a more dynamic, more uncertain world in the midst of geopolitical and economic tumult.
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09/09 Food Innovation Hubs: Taking Innovation to Scale
Innovation is critical to food systems transformation: Innovations in technology, climate mitigation and
adaptation, inputs, alternative proteins and business models across the agricultural value chain
adaptation, inputs, alternative proteins and business models across the agricultural value chain
abound. Yet many fail to go to scale, reflecting the systemic nature of agricultural value chains and
food systems. This session looked at some of the common barriers to scale and discussed the role of
innovation incubators, hubs and other models for knowledge sharing and scaling of innovation.
09/09 The role milk, meat, and eggs play in sustainable food systems transformation
This session looked at specific cases of livestock contributions to food systems transformation and drew out lessons learned in transforming the sector.
09/09 Accelerating Youth Employment in Food Systems and Agriculture
Generation Africa has designed a youth in Ag Ecosystem development framework through Generation Africa. The tool will ensure that Governments are able to coordinate collaborative actions from different actors to focus on creating an enabling environment that will ensure the youth are accounted for in the development and inclusion.
09/09 True Value of Food
This session unpacked the critical role of food in development, highlighting new ways to think about food and food markets, the impact of subsidies and buying cartels, alongside strategies for resilience, sustainability, access, inclusion and organisation in food systems.
09/09 Finance Risk-Return Trade Off
The overall objective of the session was to discuss the risk – return trade off that informs the decision
to invest, the cost of finance and sector allocation.
to invest, the cost of finance and sector allocation.
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