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| DAY TWO | Thursday, October 9, 2014 |
| PLENARY SESSION II | |
| CHAIRPERSON: Abebe Haile Gabriel, Director of Rural Economy & Agriculture, AUC, Ethiopia VENUE: Mandela Hall |
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| 08.30 | Conference Objectives and Expected Outcomes Godfrey Bahiigwa, Office Head, Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO) and ReSAKSS Africa-wide Coordinator, IFPRI, Ethiopia |
| 2013 ATOR: GLOBAL TRADE, PRICE VOLATILITY, AND RESILIENCE | |
| 08.50 | Global Trade Patterns, Competitiveness, and Growth Outlook Antoine Bouet, Senior Research Fellow, Markets, Trade and Institutions Division, IFPRI, France |
| 09.05 | Food Price Volatility and Resilience in Africa Nicholas Minot, Senior Research Fellow, Markets, Trade and Institutions Division, IFPRI, USA |
| 09.20 | General Plenary Discussion |
| 09.50 | How Countries Can Harness Trade with Global Markets to Foster Growth and Resilience Policies and Measures: Perspectives from State and Non-State Actors Moderator: Robson Mutandi, Representative and Country Director, East and Southern Africa Region, Programme Management Department, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Ethiopia Panelists: Agaba Raymond, Commissioner Internal Trade, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Co-Operatives, Uganda Tagalifi Bazo Maïga, Head of the Trade Promotion Department, Commission for Food Security, Mali Lucy Muchoki, Chief Executive Officer, Pan African Agribusiness and Agroindustry Consortium (PanAAC), Kenya Howard K. Sigwele, Executive Director, Delta Dairies (Pty) Ltd, Botswana |
| 10.30 | General Plenary Discussion |
| 11.00 | COFFEE BREAK |
| PLENARY SESSION III | |
| 2013 ATOR: REGIONAL TRADE AND RESILIENCE CHAIRPERSON: Abebe Haile Gabriel, Director of Rural Economy & Agriculture, AUC, Ethiopia VENUE: Mandela Hall |
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| 11.30 |
More Resilient Domestic Food Markets through Regional Trade Ismael Fofana, Research Fellow, IFPRI, Senegal |
| 11.50 | General Plenary Discussion |
| 12.20 | The Contribution of Regional Trade and Integration to Growth and Resilience: Perspectives from State and Non-State Actors Moderator: Chance Kabaghe, Executive Director, Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute (IAPRI), Zambia Panelists: Makhtar Lakh, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Trade, Senegal Aurelien Wouro Tchemi-Tchambi, ECOWAP/CAADP Advisor, ECOWAS, Nigeria Steven Vincent Muchiri, Chief Executive Officer, Eastern Africa Farmers Federation (EAFF), Kenya Gerald Makau Masila, Executive Director, Eastern Africa Grain Council (EAGC), Kenya |
| 13.00 | General Plenary Discussion |
| 13.30 | LUNCH |
| PLENARY SESSION IV | |
| 2013 ATOR: WEATHER RISKS, TRADE, AND RESILIENCE IN HIGH VULNERABILITY AREAS
CHAIRPERSON: Richard Mkandawire, Vice President, African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP), South Africa VENUE: Mandela Hall | |
| 14.30 |
Regional Trade Flows and Resilience in COMESA and ECOWAS Countries Carlo Azzarri, Research Fellow, Environment and Production Technology Division, IFPRI, USA |
| 14.50 | General Plenary Discussion |
| 15.20 | Climate Variability, Trade, and Resilience: Perspectives from State and Non-State Actors Moderator: H.E. Lapodini Marc Atouga, Commissioner for Agriculture, Environment and Water Resources, ECOWAS Commission, Nigeria Panelists: Randson Mwadiwa, Principal Secretary, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Malawi Getachew Belay, Senior Biotechnology Policy Advisor, COMESA/ACTESA, Ethiopia Christophe Mampuya, Director General of Planning, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries (MINAGRI), Democratic Republic of Congo Assimarou Gnassingbe, President of the Togo Platform, Network of Farmers’ and Agricultural Producers’ Organizations of West Africa (ROPPA), Togo |
| 16.00 | General Plenary Discussion |
| 16.30 | Coffee Break |
| PLENARY SESSION V | |
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CHAIRPERSON: Jonas Chianu, Principal Agricultural Economist, Agriculture & Agro-Industry Department, African Development Bank, Tunisia VENUE: Mandela Hall | |
| 17.00 |
Implementation Performance and Implementation Performance and Progress towards Core CAADP Targets |
| 17.20 | General Plenary Discussion |
| 17.50 | END OF DAY 2 |
| 18.00 | CONFERENCE DINNER |