Programme

Date

0830 -1030

Break

1100 – 1300

Break

1400 -1800

4th June

REGISTRATION and pre-events (CCARDESA Board Meeting)

5th June

OPENING PLENARY

Traditional Dance Troupe

Welcome Statements

 Lala Razafinjara (CCARDESA Chairperson)

 Alioune Fall (FARA Chairperson)

 Mxolisi Kaunda (Executive Mayor, Durban City)

Goodwill Messages

 Josefa Sacko (Commissioner DARBE, AUC)

  Ahmadu Babagana (FAO rep. in South Africa)

 Ravi Khetarpal (Chairperson, GFAR) Virtual

 Lindiwe Sibanda (Chairperson, CGIAR System Board)

 Ishmael Sunga (C.E.O, SACAU)

 Leonard Mizzi (INTPA, European Commission)

 Agnes Kalibata (President, AGRA) Virtual

Keynote Address

 Akinwumi Adesina (President, AfDB)

Statement and invitation of Chief Guest

   Bangokwakhe M. Zuma (MEC for Agriculture and Rural Development, KwaZulu Natal Province)

Official opening address

 Thoko Didiza (Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development,
South Africa)

Presentation of FARA Leadership Awards

Akinwumi Adesina (President, AfDB)

Break

HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT

 

Fireside Chat 

   Akinwumi Adesina (President AfDB)

   Papa Seck (Fmr Minister of Agriculture, Senegal)

   Josefa Sacko (Commissioner DARBE, AUC)

 

Statements.

    Jeanine Cooper (Minister of Agriculture, Liberia)Virtual

    Amany Asfour (President, Africa Business Council)

    Sara Savastano (Director, Research and Impact Assessment, IFAD)

    Denys Denya (Executive Vice President, Afrexim Bank)

    Claudia Sadoff (Executive Managing Director, CGIAR)

    Alexander Thiel (CEO, SAPPI Southern Africa)

    Ntuthu Mbiko (Chair, AFASA Women’s desk)

 

LAUNCH SESSION

Launch of Action Plan for the renewed partnership between the CGIAR and African agricultural research institutions

   Akinwumi Adesina (President, AfDB)

   Josefa Sacko (Commissioner DARBE, AUC)

   Lindiwe Sibanda (Chairperson, CGIAR System Board)

   Alioune Fall (FARA Chairperson)

 

Launch of the Afrexim bank-FARA Research and Innovation Competencies in Agriculture (AFRICA) Award

   Denys Denya (Executive Vice President, Afrexim Bank)

   – Alioune Fall (FARA Chairperson)

Break

CCARDESA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

 DURBAN ROUNDTABLE

(Hosted by the African Development Bank) 

Leveraging and combining science and agribusiness to achieve expected outcomes of the Dakar 2 Food Security delivery Compacts. Concept Note

(By invitation only)

 

 SIDE EVENTS

SE-01:Can accelerator programs catalyze private investment in climate-smart agriculture Lessons from Souther, Central and East (Read More) Africa


SE-02:  GFAR Steering Committee meeting Room: NAIROBI(Read More)


SE-03:  Tracking the Future of Food and Agriculture in Africa Room: CAIRO (Read More)

 

Date

0830 -1030

 

1100 – 1300

 

1400 -1800

6th June

PLENARY SESSION ORGANIZED BY THE CGIAR

Strengthening Partnership between One CGIAR and African Research and Innovation Stakeholders. Read More

·   Introduction of the four Regional Directors for Africa

·   One CGIAR in Africa 

·   Action Plan for strengthening partnership between CGIAR and African Agricultural Research and Innovation Institutions.

·   Partnership models for expanded out-scaling in Africa (Convened by CIMMYT) 

 

PARALLEL SESSIONS

·        Strengthening Science – Business Linkages to Boost Intra-African Trade     

·        Making African Food Systems Nutrition Sensitive and Gender-Responsive  

·       Improving Climate Resilience, Natural                                 Resources Management   

 

FIELD VISITS

eThekwini North Durban Incubator Hub

Ottawa site-tunnel farming site

(Departs ICC at 1400 hours, returns at 1900 hours)

SIDE EVENTS

SE-04: Science and business dialogue

SE-05: Continental Consultation Room: AGRONOMY HOUSE

SE-06 :a. Mainstreaming land rights of the rural poor in the climate discourse (Room-ACCRA-B)-Read More


b. Outcomes and ways forward of the GFAR webinars on: UN Food Systems Summit and National Pathways; and Regional Responses to Challenges to Soil Fertility and Sustainability (Room: ACCRA-B) –Read More


SE-07:Supporting Pathways to Sustainable Land Management in Africa.


SE-08: Fostering Agribusiness and Gender/Youth-Responsive Food Systems


SE-09: Unlocking business opportunities for youth-led SMEs and enterprises


SE-10: CGIAR Agribusiness Acceleration Approaches for Climate Smart Agriculture Innovation, Resilience, Gender and Social Inclusion. Room: CAPE TOWN-A (Read More)


SE-11: Advancing the AU-EU Research and Innovation Partnership in the context of the International Research Consortium (IRC).Room: CAPE TOWN-B (Read More)


SE-12:a. GFAR Talks


b. Presentation of GFAR Innovation Survey-Meeting Room(Read more)Room: CAIRO


c. Partnership Principles (Read More) Room: CAIRO


SE-13: Harnessing Science and Innovation: through strengthened capacity to innovate


SE-14:Tackling enabling environment issues for scaling agribusinesses in Southern and Central Africa. Room: GABORONE(Read More)


SE-15:Challenges and opportunities for Extension and Advisory Services within the African Continental Free Trade Area. Room: CAPE TOWN A-(Read More)


SE-16:Seed Policy Harmonisation and Domestication: A tool for facilitating seed availability and affordability


SE-17: Agricultural Biotechnology: A sustainable lever for African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)  Room -Durban (Read More).


SE-18: TAAT: Leading the way with agricultural innovation across Africa. Room: Durban (Read More).


SE-19: TAAT / TSF Innovation platform and Agribusiness Seminar


SE-20:Developing the Implementation Modalities for the Soil Initiative for Africa and AFSH Action Plan (Read More).


SE-26: Boosting intra-Africa trade: the agricultural midstream in the value chain


SE-34:The sustainable mutation of the Cacao Supply Chain: challenges and opportunities for Africa. (Read More) Room:ACCRA-C

 

 

Date

0830 -1030

 

1100 – 1300

 

1400 -1800

7th June

PLENARY SESSION ORGANIZED BY AFRICA BUSINESS COUNCIL AND AFREXIM BANK

Agro-industrial Park models for Increasing Productivity, Value-Addition and Intra-Africa Trade.

·   Common Africa Agro-Parks (AUC, FARA)

·   Special Agro-processing Zones (AfDB)

·   Integrated Agro-Industrial Parks (UNIDO)

Lessons learned, possible complementarities and actions for scaling up, including investments.

 

PARALLEL SESSIONS

·        Transition of Farming Systems (Read More)

·      Knowledge Management, Digitalization, and Youth Entrepreneurship

·        Policies, Institutions, Capacities 

 

FIELD VISIT

Dube Trade Port: Visit to the culture lab and the greenhouse project.

Departs ICC at 1400 hours, returns 1700 hours

 

SIDE EVENTS


SE-21: Optimal Sector Strategies in African Agriculture and Agribusiness.


SE-22: CAADP-X4P – CGIAR Knowledge management Session: Acting on a collaborative agenda. Room : PLENARY-A (Read More)


SE-23: Catalyzing and coordinating Innovation and Scaling in Eastern and Southern Africa


SE-24: Improving the Implementation of Existing Trade Policies to support Cross-Border Trade In Africa Room: ACCRA-A


SE-25: Policy dialogue on engagement of state and non-state actors in enhancing utilization of Earth Observation Data Products and Services in Agriculture in South Africa


SE-27: PARI : Dissemination session – How to turn the agrifood sector into an engine of job growth for Africa’s youth.  Room: PLENARY-B(Read More)


SE-28: Mainstreaming Forgotten Food into Africa Food System: What are the Next Big Things? Room: PLENARY-BRead More )


SE-29: Women and Youth service-based agribusiness using digital app in West and Central Africa.


SE-30: Food Systems Transformation in Southern Africa for One Health


SE-31:Unpacking the potential of Agroecology in Africa. Room-CAPE TOWN B(Read More)


SE-32: Boosting Intra-African Trade through Agricultural digitalization for enhancing implementation of the AfCFTA


SE-33: Promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment for a nutrition-sensitive and Gender-Responsive Food Systems in the Drylands


 

8th June

PLENARY SESSION ORGANIZED BY FAO

 Digitalization and Innovation to facilitate Implementation of the AfCFTA and for boosting Intra-African trade

Framework for Boosting Intra-African Trade (BIAT) in Agricultural Commodities and Services, including an update on the Guided Trade Initiative (GTI)

 

Plenary Sessions on:

·        Digitalization and trade facilitation to support implementation of AfCFTA

 ·      Women and youth as enablers of intra-African trade, including agribusiness, in the context of the AfCFTA.

 

FARA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  ·  Statements from Partners

  ·  The Board’s Accountability Report

  ·  Report on the Secretariat’s achievements

  ·  Strategic direction of the FARA Secretariat over the medium term

  ·  Synthesis of outcomes of 8th AASW

 

FARA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  • Ratification of appointment of the new ED and                Chairperson of FARA
  • Valedictory speeches by outgoing ED and                         Chairperson
  • Solidarity Statements
  • FARA/AATF MoU & Winners of YPARD                            Hackathon
  • Closing 
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