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Africa
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High-Level Meeting
Windhoek, Namibia, 9-10 Feb 2009
Presentations
| Name | Affiliation/Title | Presentation |
|---|---|---|
| Mr. Norman Uphoff | Professor of Government and International Agriculture, Cornell University |
Incorporating soil science into practice to change paradigms for staple crops: the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) |
| Mr. Andrew Gillison | Director, Center for Biodiversity Management, Australia |
Exploiting linkages between soil quality, biodiversity and agricultural production |
| Mr. Simon Hearn | Senior Advisor, Australian Centre for Agricultural Research, Australia |
Main conclusions from the IAASTD |
| Mr. Rudy Rabbinge | Head of Science Council, CGIAR |
Development and food security in Africa: prospects for the future |
| Mr. Supachai Panitchpakdi | Secretary-General, UNCTAD |
Increasing Africa’s agricultural productivity |
| Mr. Samuel Bruce-Oliver | Advisor to the Director General, Africa Rice Center (WARDA) |
Developing and promoting the adoption of adapted varieties for rice: what works in Africa? |
| Mr. Ajay Vashee | President, International Federation of Agricultural Producers |
How best to support the efforts of farmers to improve African agriculture? |
| Mr. Kiichiro Fukasaku | Head, Regional Desk, Development Center, OECD |
Linking smallholders to markets: what perspectives for Africa? |
| Mr. Christophe Bellman | Programme Director, International Center for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) |
African agriculture through a trade lens |
| Mr. Josué Dione | Director, Food Security and Sustainable Development Division, UN Economic Commission for Africa |
Value chain development and regional integration for agricultural development |
| Mr. Hiroyuki Kubota | Executive Advisor to the Driector General, Rural Development Department, JICA |
JICA Activities for African agriculture |
| Ms. Linda Nghatsane | Nelspruit Agricultural Development Association | Innovative models for small holder farming in Africa: challenges and opportunities from a farmer’s perspective |
| Mr. Jean-Francois Bélières | Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD) | Organizing the supply chains: the cotton sector in Mali |
| Mr. Ian Mashingaidze | Regional Director for Southern Africa, OXFAM America |
Small holders in the coffee and cotton sector and global markets: impact of trade and subsidies |
| Mr. Harold Liversage | Land Tenure Adviser, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) |
Managing the biofuel boom, local income generation and small holders’ access to land: innovative models in Africa |
| Mr. Bruno Losch | Task Team Leader, RuralStruc Project, World Bank |
Africa’s rural transition: lessons from a cross-country assessment |