UN Economic and Social Development
Division for Sustainable Development

High-Level Meeting

Windhoek, Namibia, 9-10 Feb 2009

Detailed Agenda

• February 9th, 2009
  • 09:00-10:45 Official Opening Ceremony
  • 10:45-11:00: Coffee Break
  • 11:00-12:00: High-Level Segment
  • 12:00-12:15: Introduction to session 1: how to operationalize a green revolution in Africa?
  • 12:15-13:15: Session 1 : parallel sessions
  • 13:15-14:30: Lunch
  • 14:30-16:00: Session 1 (continued) : parallel sessions
  • 16:20-16:45: Session 1 : reporting from sub-groups
  • 16:45-18:00: Developing a vision for African agriculture (panel session)
• February 10th, 2009
  • 9:30-9:40: Introduction to session 2: Integrating African agriculture into global markets
  • 9:40- 11:10: Session 2 : parallel sessions
  • 11:10-11:30: Coffee Break
  • 11:30-13:00: Session 2 (continued): parallel sessions
  • 13:00-14:30: Lunch
  • 14:30-15:00: Session 2 : reporting from sub-groups
  • 15:00-16:45: Session 3 : Managing Africa’s agricultural transition (Ministers’ roundtable)
  • 16:45-17:00: Coffee Break
  • 17:00-17:30 : Presentation and adoption of a Ministerial Statement
  • 17:30-18:00 : Concluding speeches
• High-Level Segment List of Speakers

February 9th, 2009

• 09:00-10:45: Official Opening Ceremony
  (Opening Statement Libertina Amathila, Deputy Prime Minister, Republic of Namibia)
  • 09:00-09:50: Welcome and Opening Remarks
    • H.E. Ms. Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, Minister of Environment and Tourism, Republic of Namibia
    • H.E. Ms. Gerda Verburg, Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, the Netherlands
    • Welcome Remarks Mr. Sha Zukang, Under-Secretary-General, UN-DESA
    • H.E. Mr. Nahas Gideon Angula, Prime Minister, Republic of Namibia
  • 09:50-10:00: Introductory Reflections - purpose and content of the meeting
    • David O’Connor, Chief, Policy Integration and Analysis Branch, Division for Sustainable Development, UN-DESA
  • 10:00-10:45: Keynote address: How to make a sustainable green revolution in Africa
    • Akinwumi Adesina, Vice President, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
• Questions and answers
• 10:45-11:00: Coffee Break
• 11:00-12:00: High-Level Segment: Ministers and Heads of Agencies
• Ministers, Vice-Ministers and Heads of UN Agencies (view list of Speakers)
• 12:00-12:15: Introduction to session 1: How to operationalize a green revolution in Africa?
• Norman Uphoff, Professor of Government and International Agriculture, Cornell University (chair session 1.1)
• Rudy Rabbinge, Head of Science Council, CGIAR (chair session 1.2)
• 12:15-13:15: Session 1: How to operationalize a green revolution in Africa?
• Parallel session 1.1: Incorporating sustainable land management and agricultural practices into African agriculture (Intoduction)
• Chairperson: Norman Uphoff, Professor of Government and International Agriculture, Cornell University
• Rapporteur: Messaouda Mint Baham, Minister of Rural Development, Mauritania
• Incorporating soil science into practice to change paradigms for staple crops: the System of Rice Intensification (SRI), Norman Uphoff, Professor of Government and International Agriculture, Cornell University
• Exploiting linkages between soil quality, biodiversity and agricultural production, Andrew Gillison, Director, Center for Biodiversity Management, Australia
• Main conclusions from the IAASTD, Simon Hearn, Senior Advisor, Australian Centre for Agricultural Research, Australia
• Parallel session 1.2: Increasing agricultural productivity in Africa (Intoduction)
• Chairperson: Rudy Rabbinge, Head of Science Council, CGIAR
• Rapporteur: Gideon Musyoka Ndambuki, Assistant Minister for Agriculture, Kenya
• Development and food security in Africa: prospects for the future, Rudy Rabbinge, Head of Science Council, CGIAR
• Increasing Africa’s agricultural productivity, Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General, UNCTAD
• Developing and promoting the adoption of adapted varieties for rice: what works in Africa?, Samuel Bruce-Oliver, Advisor to the Director General, Africa Rice Center (WARDA)
• How best to support the efforts of farmers to improve African agriculture?, Ajay Vashee, President, International Federation of Agricultural Producers.
• 13:15 – 14:30 : Lunch
• 14:30-16:00: Session 1 (continued): How to operationalize a green revolution in Africa?
• Parallel session 1.1: Incorporating sustainable land management and agricultural practices into African agriculture
• Parallel session 1.2: Increasing agricultural productivity in Africa
• 16:00-16:20: Coffee Break
• 16:20-16:45: Session 1: reporting from the sub-groups
• Rapporteurs from the two sub-groups of session 1: 10 minutes each
• 16:45-18:00: Developing a vision for African agriculture (panel session with questions from the audience)
• Co-chairs:
• H.E. Ms. Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, Minister of Environment and Tourism, Republic of Namibia
• H.E. Ms. Gerda Verburg, Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, the Netherlands
• Panelists:
• H.E. Ms. Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, Vice President, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
• Luc Gnacadja, Executive Secretary, UNCCD
• Simon Hearn, Senior Advisor, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
• Rudy Rabbinge, Head of Science Council, CGIAR
• Norman Uphoff, Professor of Government and International Agriculture, Cornell University

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February 10th, 2009

• 09:20-9:35: Introduction to session 2: integrating African agriculture into global markets
• Kiichiro Fukasaku, Head, Regional Desk, Development Center, OECD
• Linda Nghatsane, Nelspruit Agricultural Development Association
• 09:40-11:10: Session 2 : integrating African agriculture into global markets
• Parallel session 2.1: Moving African agriculture up the value chain
• Chairperson: Kiichiro Fukasaku, Head, Regional Desk, Development Center, OECD
• Rapporteur: Bunduku Latha Paul, Deputy Minister of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Sustainable Development, Gabon
• Linking smallholders to markets: what perspectives for Africa?, Kiichiro Fukasaku, Head, Regional Desk, Development Center, OECD
• African agriculture through a trade lens, Christophe Bellman, Programme Director, International Center for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)
• Value chain development and regional integration for agricultural development, Josué Dione, Director, Food Security and Sustainable Development Division, UN Economic Commission for Africa
• JICA Activities for African agriculture, Hiroyuki Kubota, Executive Advisor to the Driector General, Rural Development Department, JICA
• Parallel session 2.2: Integration of small farmers into global supply chains
• Chairperson: Linda Nghatsane, Nelspruit Agricultural Development Association
• Rapporteur: Linda Nghatsane, Nelspruit Agricultural Development Association
• Innovative models for small holder farming in Africa: challenges and opportunities from a farmer’s perspective, Linda Nghatsane, Nelspruit Agricultural Development Association
• Organizing the supply chains: the cotton sector in Mali, Jean-Francois Bélières, Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD)
• Small holders in the coffee and cotton sector and global markets: impact of trade and subsidies, Ian Mashingaidze, Regional Director for Southern Africa, OXFAM America
• Managing the biofuel boom, local income generation and small holders’ access to land: innovative models in Africa, Harold Liversage, Land Tenure Adviser, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
• 11:10-11:30 : Coffee Break
• 11:30-13:00 : Session 2 (continued): integrating African agriculture into global markets
• Parallel session 2.1: Moving African agriculture up the value chain
• Parallel session 2.2: Integration of small farmers into global supply chains
• 13:00 – 14:30 : Lunch
• 14:30-14:50: Session 2: Reporting from sub-groups
• Rapporteurs from sub-sessions 2.1 and 2.2: 10 minutes each
• 14:50-16:45: Session 3 : Managing Africa’s agricultural transition (panel session with questions from the audience)
• Chair: Mr. Sha Zukang, Under-Secretary-General, UN-DESA
• Moderator: Akinwumi Adesina, Vice President, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
• Introductory presentation: Africa’s rural transition: lessons from a cross-country assessment, Bruno Losch, Task Team Leader, RuralStruc Project, World Bank
• Panelists:
• 16:45-17:00 Coffee Break
• 17:00-17:30: Presentation and adoption of a Ministers’ Statement
• Chair: H.E. Mr.Nikcey Iyambo, Minister of Agriculture, Water and Foerstry, Republic of Namibia
• 17:30-18:00: Conclusion of the meeting
• Towards CSD-17: Concluding Statement M. Sha Zukang, Under-Secretary General, UN-DESA
• Closing address:
  • H.E. Mr.Nikcey Iyambo, Minister of Agriculture, Water and Foerstry, Republic of Namibia
  • Closing Statement H.E. Ms. Gerda Verburg, Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, the Netherlands