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| DAY THREE | Friday, October 10, 2014 | ||||||
| PLENARY SESSION VI | |||||||
| CHAIRPERSON: Boaz Blackie Keizire, Head of Food Security and CAADP Team Leader, AUC, Ethiopia VENUE: Mandela Hall |
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| 08.30 | Overview of Agriculture Joint Sector Review (JSR) Outcomes and Lessons Learned Godfrey Bahiigwa, Office Head, Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO) and ReSAKSS Africa-wide Coordinator, IFPRI, Ethiopia |
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| 08.45 | Fostering Mutual Accountability: Perspectives from State and Non-State Actors Moderator: Steven Were Omamo, Policy Program Director, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), Kenya Panelists: Jeff Hill, Director for Food and Agriculture Policy, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), USA Simon Kisira, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, NEPAD Agency, South Africa Buba Khan, Africa Policy Officer, ActionAid International, The Gambia Ian Randall, Project Manager, Strategic Initiatives, Grow Africa Partnership, UK Benito Eliasi, Capacity Strengthening Officer, Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions (SACAU), South Africa |
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| 09.25 | General Plenary Discussion | ||||||
| 09.40 | COFFEE BREAK | ||||||
| PARALLEL SESSIONS | |||||||
| THE JSR EXPERIENCE AND SCALING UP IN WEST AFRICA, EAST AND CENTRAL AFRICA, AND SOUTHERN AFRICA | |||||||
| 10.00 |
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| PLENARY SESSION VII | |||||||
| CHAIRPERSON: Jonas Chianu, Principal Agricultural Economist, Agriculture & Agro-Industry Department, African Development Bank, Tunisia VENUE: Mandela Hall | |||||||
| 11.30 | Country Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support Systems (SAKSS) Platforms: Lessons Learned and Best Practices Godfrey Bahiigwa, Office Head, Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO) and ReSAKSS Africa-wide Coordinator, IFPRI, Ethiopia | ||||||
| 11.45 | Knowledge Support Capacities for Policy: Perspectives from State and Non-State Actors Moderator: James Oehmke, Senior Food Security and Nutrition Advisor, USAID, USA Panelists: Daouda Djele, National Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Togo Luis Sitoe, Economic Advisor, Ministry of Agriculture, Mozambique Michael Waithaka, Manager, Policy Analysis and Advocacy Program (PAAP), Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA), Uganda Sam Benin, Research Fellow, Development Strategy and Governance Division, IFPRI, USA Alassane Seck, Economist, Directorate of Analysis, Forecast and Agricultural Statistics, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Equipment, Senegal | ||||||
| 12.25 | General Plenary Discussion | ||||||
| 12.50 | LUNCH | ||||||
| PARALLEL SESSIONS | |||||||
| THE ESTABLISHMENT OF COUNTRY SAKSS PLATFORMS IN WEST AFRICA, EAST AND CENTRAL AFRICA, AND SOUTHERN AFRICA | |||||||
| 14.00 |
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| 15.30 | COFFEE BREAK | ||||||
| PLENARY SESSION VIII | |||||||
| REPORT BACK AND DISCUSSION ON OUTCOMES FROM PARALLEL SESSIONS CHAIRPERSON: Zena Habtewold Biru, Director, Planning and Programme Directorate, Ethiopia VENUE: Mandela Hall |
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| 16.00 | The JSR Experience and Establishment of Country SAKSS Platforms in West Africa Mbaye Yade, ReSAKSS West Africa Coordinator, IITA, Nigeria |
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| 16.10 | The JSR Experience and Establishment of Country SAKSS Platforms in East and Central Africa Joseph Karugia, ReSAKSS East and Central Africa Coordinator, ILRI, Kenya |
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| 16.20 | The JSR Experience and Establishment of Country SAKSS Platforms in Southern Africa Greenwell Matchaya, ReSAKSS Southern Africa Coordinator, IWMI, South Africa |
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| PLENARY SESSION IX | |||||||
| CLOSING SESSION OF THE 2014 RESAKSS ANNUAL CONFERENCE CHAIRPERSON: Zena Habtewold Biru, Director, Planning and Programme Directorate, Ethiopia VENUE: Mandela Hall |
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| 17.00 | ReSAKSS as a Model for CG Partnerships to Support the CAADP Agenda Moderator: John McDermott, Director, CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition & Health, IFPRI, USA Panelists: Shenggen Fan, Director General, IFPRI, USA Abebe Haile Gabriel, Director of Rural Economy & Agriculture, AUC, Ethiopia Timothy Williams, Director for Africa, IWMI, Ghana Victor Manyong, Director for Eastern Africa, IITA, Tanzania Soboniso Moyo, Programme Leader, Animal Science for Sustainable Productivity and Director General’s Representative in Ethiopia, ILRI, Ethiopia |
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| 17.40 | Conference Conclusions and Way Forward Ousmane Badiane, Director for Africa, IFPRI, USA |
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| 17.50 | Closing Remarks H.E. Rhoda Tumusiime, Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, AUC, Ethiopia Zena Habtewold Biru, Director, Planning and Programme Directorate, Ethiopia Shenggen Fan, Director General, IFPRI, USA |
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| 18.20 | END OF DAY 3 | ||||||