Events

13:00 – 13:20 

Welcome & introduction of the members of the Coordinating Group

Speaker : Dr Ousmane Badiane, Malabo Montpellier Panel Co-Chair and Executive Chairperson at AKADEMYIA2063

Members of the Coordinating Group: 

- Dr. Assefa Admassie, Associate Professor of economics at the Addis Ababa University

- Professor Sheryl Hendriks, Department Head, Director of the Institute for Food Nutrition and Well-being at University of Pretoria

- Dr. Miltone Ayieko, Executive Director at Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and Development at Egerton University

- Dr. Fadi Abdelradi, Associate Professor at Dept. of Agricultural economics, Faculty of Agriculture at Cairo University

- Professor John Asafu Adjaye, Senior fellow and head of research at African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET)

- Professor Simba Sibanda, Nutrition Thematic Leader at Food Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN)

- Dr. Karim El Aynaoui, Executive President at Policy Center for the New South (PCNS)

13:20 - 13:25 

Statement on the UNFSS

Prof Joachim von Braun, Malabo Montpellier Panel Co-Chair and Director of The Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn

13:25 – 13:30 

Workshop agenda overview 

Ms Rajul Pandya-Lorch (facilitator), Former Chief of Staff at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

13:40 – 14:30 

Roundtable 1 

The drivers of food systems transformation in Africa 

14:30 - 14:45 

Break 

14:45 – 15:45 

Roundtable 2 

The opportunities and policy options for African food systems transformation

15:45 – 16:00 

Summary and key messages from the roundtable discussions

- Dr Debisi Araba, Member of the Malabo Montpellier Panel

Next steps & close

- Dr Katrin Glatzel, Director of Policy Innovation, AKADEMIYA2063