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Samuel Benin

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2020 ReSAKSS Conference — Sustaining Africa’s Agrifood System Transformation: The Role of Public Policies

Organized by AKADEMIYA2063, in partnership with the African Union Commission (AUC)

November 3 to 5, 2020

  • 3:00 – 8:00 pm (Africa/Nairobi)
  • 7:00 – 12:00 pm (US/Eastern)
  • 5:30 – 10:30 pm (Asia/Kolkata)

IFPRI is participating in the 2020 ReSAKSS Annual Conference, which will bring together state and nonstate actors to deliberate on the key findings and policy recommendations of the ReSAKSS 2020 Annual Trends and Outlook Report (ATOR).

The report reviews how policy regimes have evolved in recent decades; examines the extent to which current policies for agrifood system transformation are aligned to the macroeconomic context and global trade environment; identifies policy gaps and alignments needed to sustain and accelerate agrifood system transformation; and discusses the institutional and political economy factors that are instrumental in shaping new policy choices.

Name

Title

Date

Time

Johan Swinnen

Plenary Session I–Sustaining Africa’s Agrifood System: Transformation: The Role of Public Policies

Opening Session of the 2020 ReSAKSS Conference: Welcome and Opening Remarks

 03 – Nov

3:00pm-3:30pm

Danielle Resnick

Plenary Session I–Sustaining Africa’s Agrifood System: Transformation: The Role of Public Policies

Presentation 1–Overview of the 2020 Annual Trends and Outlook Report (ATOR)

 03 – Nov

3:30pm-3:50pm

John Ulimwengu

Plenary Session II—Enabling Environment for Transforming Agrifood Systems

Presentation 1– Mutual Accountability in African Agricultural Transformation

 03 – Nov

5:10pm-5:30pm

Samuel Benin

Plenary Session II—Enabling Environment for Transforming Agrifood Systems

Comments from Discussants

 03 – Nov

5:30pm-5:40pm

Hiroyuki Takeshima 

Plenary Session III–Policies for Competitive and Sustainable Agricultural Production Systems

Presentation 1– Policies for Competitive and Sustainable Agricultural Production Systems: A Case Study of Ghana’s Recent Mechanization Interventions

 04 – Nov

3:10pm-3:30pm

Claudia Ringler

Plenary Session III–Policies for Competitive and Sustainable Agricultural Production Systems

Presentation 2– Irrigation to Transform Agriculture and Food Systems in Africa South of the Sahara

04 – Nov

3:10pm-3:30pm

David Spielman

Plenary Session III–Policies for Competitive and Sustainable Agricultural Production Systems

Presentation 1– Seed Policies and Regulatory Reforms

04 – Nov

4:00pm-4:20pm

Gashaw Tadesse Abate

Plenary Session III–Policies for Competitive and Sustainable Agricultural Production Systems

Presentation 2– Fertilizer Policies and Implications for African Agriculture

 04 – Nov

 4:00pm-4:20pm

Antoine Bouet

Plenary Session V–Enabling Environment for Transforming Agrifood Systems

Presentation 1– The Competitiveness of African Agriculture: Revisiting Trade Policy Reform in Africa

05 -Nov

3:10pm-3:30pm

Danielle Resnick

Plenary Session V–Enabling Environment for Transforming Agrifood Systems

Presentation 2 – Political Economy of Agricultural Policy in Africa: Implications for Agrifood System Transformation

05 – Nov

3:10pm-3:30pm