The Africa Agri Forum 2017 was organized in partnership with OCP Africa, 18-19 October 2017 in Abidjan, under the aegis of the Ivorian Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. The theme of the Forum was “Agricultural Development Plans: The Winning Approach.”
About 200 participants representing government authorities, international organizations, financial institutions, investors, agribusiness, agro-industries, research centers, academia, farmers’ cooperatives attended the Africa Agri Forum 2017, which serves as a platform for exchanges between African and international experts as well as actors in the agricultural world.
AfricaRice Director General Dr Harold Roy-Macauley presented the ‘Continental Investment Plan for Accelerating Rice Self-Sufficiency in Africa’ (CIPRiSSA) in the plenary session on ‘How to address the key challenges of PPP, financing, food security, industry development…’ on the 2nd day of the Africa Agri Forum 2017.
AfricaRice was also invited to participate in the ‘Business-to-business’ (B2B) exhibition.
Sidi Sanyang speaking at the TAAT Rice Compact Launch: Project Kick-Off Workshop
Jean Ekwe Dossa speaking at the TAAT Rice Compact Launch: Project Kick-Off Workshop
Omar Ndaw Faye speaking at the TAAT Rice Compact Launch: Project Kick-Off Workshop
Richard Appoh speaking at the TAAT Rice Compact Launch: Project Kick-Off Workshop
Post-harvest and Processing Technologies -- TAAT Rice Compact Launch: Project Kick-Off Workshop
RiceAdvice -- TAAT Rice Compact Launch: Project Kick-Off Workshop
Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) -- TAAT Rice Compact Launch: Project Kick-Off Workshop
"Partnerships for efficient quality seed production and variety dissemination" -- TAAT Rice Compact Launch: Project Kick-Off Workshop
Innovation Platforms -- TAAT Rice Compact Launch: Project Kick-Off Workshop
"Recensement électronique et géo-référence des acteurs de la chaine de valeur riz: cas des pays TAAT" -- TAAT Rice Compact Launch: Project Kick-Off Workshop
Welcome remarks by Dr Harold Roy-Macauley, Director General, Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) at CIPA Project Launch
Opening remarks by Ms Claudia Savarese, Associate Programme Officer, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) at CIPA Project Launch
Opening remarks by Mr Nyame Kingsford, District Director, Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Ghana at CIPA Project Launch
AfricaRice Social Scientist and CIPA Project Coordinator Josey Kamanda at CIPA Project Launch
Opening remarks by Dr Camille Koffi, Agro-Economist, Centre National de Recherche Agronomique (CNRA) at CIPA Project Launch
Ken Giller, Professor, Plant Production Systems, Wageningen University, Wageningen University & Research (WUR), The Netherlands at CIPA Project Launch
Francisca van Dusseldorp, Coach, trainer, facilitator agent in international development cooperation, MDF West Africa, Ghana at CIPA Project Launch
Aaron Mahamah, Multi-stakeholder Platform Coordinator, MDF West Africa, Ghana at CIPA Project Launch
Confidence Duku, Postdoctoral Fellow with expertise in Hydrology, Geoinformatics (GIS), Water Science, WUR at CIPA Project Launch
Tesfahun Alemayehu Belew, PhD student, Environmental Economics and Natural Resources Group (ENR), WUR at CIPA Project Launch
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