AfricaRice Director of Strategic Partnerships Dr. Samuel Bruce-Oliver moderating parallel session during the 7th African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF2017), 7 September, Abidjan

AfricaRice Director of Strategic Partnerships  Dr. Samuel Bruce-Oliver moderating parallel session "Inclusive Value Chain Investment - Toward Import Substitution and Staple Crop Food Security -The Rice Value Chain - Grow Africa and AGRA" during the 7th African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF2017), 4-8 September 2017, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.

Dr Joost van Odijk, Head of Country management West and Central Africa, Grow Africa, set the scene for this session.

Panelists include :

Dr. Njack Kane, Chief Executive Officer, Intervalle

Dr. Ben Valk, Head of Food and Agriculture Partnerships, Rabobank

Dr. Stefan Kachelriess-Matthess , Project Manager, GIZ/CARI

Dr. Ade Adefeko, Vice-President, Corporate and Government Relations, Olam

Dr. Peter Veal, Operations Lead, Africa Venture Team, Syngenta

Dr. Yacouba Dembélé, Director General of Office National de Développement de la Riziculture (ONDR)