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Media roundtable discussion: The unlocking of Africa’s agricultural potential
Date: Monday, December 10, 2012
Time: 11:45 a.m. – 12.30 p.m.
Venue: Le Méridien Piccadilly Hotel, London
Agricultural growth is proving to be Africa’s pathway out of hunger, malnutrition and poverty. This year, global leaders have further recognized agricultural development as a main driver of economic growth and food security in Africa. Cross-sector initiatives like the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition and the UK’s Hunger Summit in August show that there is political will to scale success and effect real change on the ground.
2013 is a critical year for Africa’s farmers and global food security. The UK’s G8 will spotlight agriculture as a solution to hunger and malnutrition. The 10th anniversary of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) will celebrate the increased public investment in agriculture by African governments.
Next year also presents an opportunity for a continued global push for increased smart investments in agriculture, both by governments and the private sector. Farming is a business and the private sector must fuel the development of Africa’s agribusiness in upgrading smallholder agriculture to meet demand from foreign and emerging markets in developing countries.
Join us on 10th December for an engaging discussion with the Presidents of IFAD and AGRA - leading organisations on agriculture development on how Africa’s farming potential is being unlocked to meet the world’s current and future food demands’.
Speakers: |
Jane Karuku, President, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) |
Venue |
Le Méridien Piccadilly Hotel
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| Time: | 11:45 a.m.: short address by speakers |
To confirm your attendance, please contact Rianne Buter by email at rbuter@webershandwick.com or by phone at +44 (0) 20 7067 0016.
For further information about the International Fund For Agricultural Development, please contact:
Jessica Thomas by email at j.thomas@ifad.org or by phone at +39 06 54592215
We look forward to seeing you.
Media Alert No: IFAD/11/2012
About The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) works with poor rural people to enable them to grow and sell more food, increase their incomes and determine the direction of their own lives. Since 1978, IFAD has invested about US$14.3 billion in grants and low-interest loans to developing countries through projects empowering over 400 million people to break out of poverty, thereby helping to create vibrant rural communities. IFAD is an international financial institution and a specialized UN agency based in Rome – the United Nations’ food and agriculture hub. It is a unique partnership of 168 members from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), other developing countries and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
About The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa
AGRA is an Africa based organization working in partnership with governments, agricultural research organizations, farmers, private sector, civil society and other rural development stakeholders to significantly and sustainably improve the productivity and incomes of resource poor farmers in Africa. AGRA’s programs in the areas of seeds, soil health, market viability, supportive policies and innovative finance work to bring about transformational change across the agricultural value chain. Funded initially by the Rockefeller Foundation and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, AGRA is chaired by Kofi Annan and has offices in Nairobi, Kenya and Accra, Ghana.
