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0830 Call to order and announcements
Plenary session 2:
Regional and International Initiatives in Africa
Chair: Robert Groot, IFDC
Rapporteur: Troskie, Dp
0830 – 0845
Eastern and Central Africa Programme for Agricultural Policy Analysis
(ECAPAPA). Michael Waithaka
0845 – 0900 Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources
Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN).
Lindiwe Majele Sibanda
0900 – 0915
Agricultural Policy within the Economic Commission for West Africa (ECOWAS)
Daniel Eklu
0915 – 0930 Re-governing Markets IDRC
0930 – 0945 Small Scale Producers Access to High Value
Markets IDRC
0945 – 1000
Scientists without Borders. Evelyn Strauss
1000 – 1015 Collaborative Masters in Agricultural and Applied
Economics (CMAAE). Thomson Kalinda
1015 – 1030 Status of Preparations and Implementation of
Regional Plans for Collective Action of the CGIAR Centers in Africa.
S. Keya, WARDA and Ravi Prabhu, ILRI.
1030 - 1040 Open Discussion
1040 – 1100 Tea break
Mid
Morning Sessions
Parallel session 5:
Meeting Africa’s Food and Nutrition Challenges
Chair:
Michael Waithaka
Rapporteur: Fred Nimoh
1100 – 1115
The Prevalence of Under-Nourished Child Obese Mother Phenomenon in Rural
Areas: Evidence from Central Province of Kenya. John G. Mburu
and Julius J. Okello
. University of Nairobi
1115 –
1130 The Impact of Drought on Household Food Security in the
Limpopo Basin of Semi Arid Southern Africa: The Case of Kgatleng District
in Botswana.
Benjamin K.
Acquah.
University of Botswana
1130 – 1145
Agriculture for Food and Nutrition Security: A Must for Achieving the
Millennium Development Goals in Africa. Saa Dittoh,
Abdul-Razak Abizari and Margaret Akuriba. University for Development
Studies, Tamale Ghana
1145 – 1200
Foreign Development Assistance to Agriculture and Food Security in Africa
in the Last Decade: Lessons for Tomorrow. Simeon K. Ehui and I.
Okike.
World Bank, Abuja, Nigeria
1200 – 1215
Opportunities for African Small Farmers in Ethical Foods Markets: An
Entrepreneurial Perspective.
Vincent Amanor-Boadu.
Kansas State University, Manhattan
1215 – 1230 Principaux facteurs qui affectent l’état
nutritionnel et de santé des enfants exposés à l’aflatoxine au Bénin:
Application du Model Probit. Allomasso, Raymond, O.
Coulibaly, I. Glitho, K. Hell-Institut International d’Agriculture
Tropicale, Station du Bénin
1230 – 1245 Impact Des Politiques D’alphabetisation Sur La
Production Et La Securite Alimentaires Au Togo.
Egnonto Koffi-Tessio,
Kpotogbe Homevor
et Komi Kouma.
LARPSAD, ESA-UL
1245 – 1300 Discussion
Discussants: Leonard Oruko, ASARECA and Bassolet Boubié, Université de
Ouagadougou
1300 – 1400 Lunch
Parallel session 6:
Agriculture, Environment and Sustainable Development
Chair: Ernest
Aliyetey
Rapporteur:
Joyce Omwoha
1100 – 1115 Livestock and Livelihoods: Development Goals and
Indicators Applied to Senegal. Roland-Holst, D. and J.
Otte. University of California Berkeley
1115 – 1130 Livelihood Strategies of Resource-Poor Farmers in
Striga-Infested Areas of Western Kenya. Victor M. Manyong,
Arega D. Alene, George. D. Odhiambo, Mignouna, H.D. Mpoko Bokanga,
Gospel Omanya, and S.J. Nindi. International Institute of Tropical
Agriculture (IITA)
1130 – 1145 Labour Requirements and Profitability of
Alternative Soil Fertility Management Options in Zambia. Ajayi Olu C.
and Akinnifesi F.K. World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)
1145 – 1200
Unexploited Agricultural Growth: The Case of Crop–Livestock Production
Systems in Zimbabwe. Sabine Homann
and Andre van Rooyen.
ICRISAT
1200 – 1215 Institutional Innovations for African
Smallholder Compliance with International Food Safety Standards:
Experiences from Kenyan, Ethiopian and Zambian Green Bean Growers.
Julius Juma Okello, Clare Narrod and Devesh Roy.
University of Nairobi
1215 – 1230
Benefit-Cost Analysis and Socio-Economic Considerations of Trypanosomiasis
Control and Treatment in Northern Ghana. Wahab, Salifu
and Sam Asuming-Brempong. Tuskegee University.
1230 – 1245 Development and Dissemination of Improved
Cassava Varieties in Uganda: Analysis of Adoption Rates, Variety
Attributes and Speed of Adoption. Steffen Abele, Edgar Twine,
Pheneas Ntawuruhunga, Yonah Baguma, Charles Kanobe and Anthony Bua.
National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO), Namulonge Agricultural
and Animal Research Institute (NAARI)
1245 – 1300 Discussion
Discussants: Fidèl Tshingombe Mulubay, University of Kinshasa and Samuel
Asuming-Brempomg, University of Ghana
1300 – 1400 Lunch
Parallel session 7:
Panel Discussion 5
1100 – 1300 Conflict Resolution and Food Security in Africa.
Managing the Transition from Conflict to Post-Conflict Southern Sudan
Facilitator: Prabhu Pingali
(FAO) and Brian De Silva (USAID)
Chair: Wilfred
Mwangi
Rapporteur: John G. Mburu
Presenters: Brian De Silva, Severin
Mugangu, Alemu Asfaw and Luca Alinovi
Video presentation:
Managing the transition from conflict to post-conflict Southern Sudan
Discussants:
Brian De Silva, Cesar Guvele, Rashid Hassan, Salamah Magnuson, Peter
Boateng
1300 – 1400 Lunch
Parallel session 8:
Panel Discussion 6
1100 – 1300
New Developments in East Africa: NERICA, Development of Milk Markets and
Intensification of Farming Systems.
Facilitator: Keijiro
Otsuka,
GRIPS/FASID
and Frank Place,
ICRAF
Chair: Mark Odhiambo
Rapporteur:
Yomoya Matsumoto
Presenters:
Yakashi Yamano, Steve Staal, Frank Place and Yoko Kijima
Discussants: John Omiti,
Aliou Diogne, James Nyoro and Betty Kibaara
1300 – 1400 Lunch
Afternoon Sessions: Poster session
Facilitator:
Edith Adera
1400 – 1530 Poster Session
1530 – 1730 Field trip
Facilitator: Yaw Osei-Asare and
Samuel Asuming-Brempomg
Evening Sessions
1900 – 2100 Networking and Donors Round table
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