Nairobi: As recurring food crises and other challenges continue to impact efforts to end destructive cycles of food insecurity, two of the world\’s leading experts on food security and rural development will host a panel discussion focused on the question: Can Africa feed itself?
Sir Gordon Conway, Professor of International Development at Imperial College, London and Dr Namanga Ngongi, former President of Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) will host a panel discussion exploring the challenges and opportunities facing African agriculture and solutions stakeholders are employing to resolve the problem. The discussion will be guided by the recently released report by the Montpellier Panel, Growth with resilience: opportunities in African agriculture. 2012 provides the opportunity to influence the global food security agenda and impact future generations. Donor governments will meet to evaluate progress on billions of dollars committed to global food security and sustainable development goals at Rio+20 events in Brazil and at the G20 in Mexico.
What: High level panel discussion – “Overcoming Africa’s food security challenges: Does the continent have the capacity to feed its growing population?â
€Who: Sir Gordon Conway, Prof. of International Development Imperial College London and Chair Montpellier Panel Dr. Namanga Ngongi, first President of AGRA
When: 9:00 am – 12.00 noon
Date: 17 April 2012, Tuesday
Where: Intercontinental Hotel, Nairobi
About the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
AGRA is a dynamic partnership working across the African continent to help millions of small-scale farmers and their families lift themselves out of poverty and hunger. AGRA programs develop practical solutions to significantly boost farm productivity and incomes for the poor while safeguarding the environment. AGRA advocates for policies that support its work across all key aspects of the African agricultural value chain from seeds, soil health and water to markets and agricultural education.
AGRA\’s Board of Directors is chaired by Kofi A Annan, former Secretary-General of the United Nations. Dr Namanga Ngongi, former Deputy Executive Director of the World Food Programme, is AGRA\’s President. With support from The Rockefeller Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the UK\’s Department for International Development and other donors, AGRA works across sub-Saharan Africa and maintains offices in Nairobi, Kenya, and Accra, Ghan. For more information please go to www.agra-alliance.org
About Montpellier PanelThe Montpellier Panel is a panel of ten experts from the fields of agriculture, sustainable development, trade, policy, and global development chaired by Sir Gordon Conway of Imperial College London. The Panel is working together to make recommendations to enable better European government support of national and regional agricultural development and food security priorities in Sub-Saharan Africa. The Panel first met in Montpellier in March 2010. For more information please go to http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/africanagriculturaldevelopment/themontpellierpanel