Program. Accelerating Africa s Path to Prosperity: Growing Inclusive Economies and Jobs through Agriculture

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1 The 7th African Green Revolution Forum 4th - 8th September, 2017, Sofitel Hotel, Abidjan, Cote d Ivoire Accelerating Africa s Path to Prosperity: Growing Inclusive Economies and Jobs through Agriculture Program

2 Contents P2 Background Forum Summary Thematic Focus Forum Components AGRF Partners & Sponsors 05 Components Detail 11

3 P3 After Seizing the Moment at the 2016 AGRF and securing political, policy, and financial commitments of more than US $30 billion, African leaders must move decisively to harness this surge of support for agriculture and ensure it creates jobs and drives economic growth across the continent particularly for 300 million young Africans coming into the job market over the next 15 years. No region of the world has developed a diverse, modern economy without first establishing a successful agriculture sector. Producing food on small family farms has always been at the heart of the African experience. Now, we are embracing the agriculture of our future. Agriculture is beginning to enrich Africa with a series of compelling economic opportunities on and off the farm that can be tapped across the continent to set us free from high unemployment, poverty, and an over-reliance on oil and other commodities. The family farm can now be the source and hub for a new generation of young entrepreneurs delivering innovations across the food system, from field to table. African agriculture is open for business. It is in this context that the 2017 AGRF will come together with a focus on, Accelerating Africa s Path to Prosperity: Growing Inclusive Economies and Jobs through Agriculture. It will intensify the spotlight on agriculture as the key driver of African economies and establish what it will take to ensure agriculture and agribusiness are driving inclusive and sustainable rural development. What has been true for the rest of the world is especially relevant for Africa today: Economic diversification and lasting wealth creation begins with a vibrant agriculture sector. In many African countries, agriculture still accounts for more than 70 percent of employment and a significant portion of GDP. It is essential for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and building a better future for all Africans. Under the leadership of the Government of Cote d Ivoire, and co-hosted by the AGRF Partners and the African Development Bank, the 2017 AGRF is shaping up as a premier platform that builds on last year s success with similar leadership from across the continent and the globe. The Forum is expected to be attended by over 750 delegates and high level dignitaries including African Heads of State, Agriculture and Finance Ministers, business leaders, thought leaders, senior donor representatives, and other important delegates.

4 2017 Back Ground P4 The African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) was established in 2010, following a three-year series of African Green Revolution Conferences (AGRC) held in Oslo, Norway from Today, the Forum has emerged as Africa s leading platform of agriculture platforms that brings together a range of critical stakeholders in the African agriculture landscape including African heads of state, ministers, farmers, private agribusiness firms, financial institutions, NGOs, civil society, scientists, as well as international development and technical partners of Africa to discuss and develop concrete plans for achieving the green revolution in Africa. The Forum is technically and financially supported by an AGRF Partnership Group that includes: the African Union Commission, the NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency, the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Rockefeller Foundation, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), IDRC, YARA International, Groupe OCP Morocco, Syngenta, the African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership, GROW AFRICA, AGCO Corporation and the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA). AGRA is the implementing partner for the Forum and hosts the Secretariat at its head offices in Nairobi, Kenya. AGRA is the implementing partner for the AGRF and hosts the AGRF Secretariat at its head offices in Nairobi, Kenya.

5 2017 Hosts & Partners P AGRF Hosts Platinum Gold Silver Bronze

6 2017 Thematic Focus The theme of the seventh 2017 AGRF is Accelerating Africa s Path to Prosperity: Growing Inclusive Economies and Jobs through Agriculture. P6 After Seizing the Moment at AGRF 2016 and securing political, policy, and financial commitments of more than US $30 billion, African leaders must move decisively to harness this surge of support for agriculture and ensure it creates jobs and drives economic growth across the continent particularly for 300 million young Africans coming into the job market over the next 15 years. No region of the world has developed a diverse, modern economy without first establishing a successful agriculture sector. Producing food on small family farms has always been at the heart of the African experience. Now, we are embracing the agriculture of our future. Agriculture is beginning to enrich Africa with a series of compelling economic opportunities on and off the farm that can be tapped across the continent to set us free from high unemployment, poverty, and an over-reliance on oil and other commodities. The family farm can now be the source and hub for a new generation of young entrepreneurs delivering innovations across the food system, from field to table. African agriculture is open for business. The 2017 AGRF will intensify the spotlight on agriculture as the key driver of African economies and establish what it will take to ensure agriculture and agribusiness are driving inclusive and sustainable rural development. What has been true for the rest of the world is especially relevant for Africa today: Economic diversification and lasting wealth creation begins with a vibrant agriculture sector. In many African countries, agriculture still accounts for more than 70 percent of employment and a significant portion of GDP.

7 P7 It is essential for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and building a better future for all Africans. The AGRF will explore innovations and actions on the ground that ensure smallholder farmers and small rural agriculture businesses are at the heart of driving and benefitting from Africa s agricultural transformation. It will promote good continental and global practices and highlight projects and programs that seek to develop sustainable food systems, harness indigenous and international innovation(s), cultivate inclusive agripreneurship, foster resilience, encourage the aggregation, disbursement and investment of blended finance, and facilitate the adoption of modern farming techniques. It will look at how governments, businesses, and other partners are coming through on the political, policy, and financial commitments from AGRF And it will also wield the influence of the region s largest agriculture gathering of 2017 to secure new commitments and welcome new champions. Whether people find their fortunes in rice, cassava, or sorghum in West Africa; date palms, olives, or wheat in the North; cow peas, bananas, or livestock in East Africa; or maize, sweet potatoes, or ground nuts in Southern Africa, it s time for all of us entrepreneurs, governments, donors, financiers and families to put Africa on a proven path to prosperity. That requires coming together at AGRF 2017 to create a new agenda for action, one that delivers on the promises secured in 2016 by pushing the boundaries of what s possible in the fields and markets of African agriculture.

8 2017 Forum Summary The Forum takes place from Monday, September 4th through Friday, September 8th, Activities are divided into a series of sessions and events, some of which take place before the traditional formal Opening Ceremony after lunch on Wednesday, September 6th (known as Pre- Events ) and the balance of which begin on the afternoon of the 6th and constitute the Formal AGRF Conference Events. P8 Pre-Events / Monday, 4th September B2B Breakfasts (Self-Organized) Select all day and half day side events, either off-site and within the Sofitel (Hotel Ivoire) Hotel (Stakeholder Organized) Free Evening for Receptions and Dinners (Off site participant and stakeholder organized) These are encouraged to foster maximum participant engagement and stakeholder networking. Pre-Events / Tuesday, 5th September Morning B2B Breakfasts (Self-Organized) Launch of the 2017 Africa Agriculture Status Report: The Business of Smallholder Agriculture Select stakeholder organized side events AGRF Thematic Working Group Meetings Afternoon Day Select stakeholder organized side events AGRF Thematic Working Group Meetings Evening Free Evening for Receptions and Dinners (Off site participant and stakeholder organized) These are encouraged to foster maximum participant engagement and stakeholder networking. Forum-Events /Wednesday, 6th September Morning B2B Breakfasts (Self-Organized) Exhibition Opens (All Day) Official Opening Ceremony Afternoon Networking Lunch Policy Symposiums Ministerial Roundtable Evening Africa Food Prize Award Ceremony and AGRF Gala Dinner

9 P9 Forum-Events /Thursday, 7th September Morning B2B Breakfasts (Self-Organized) Exhibition Open (All Day) Plenary on African Agriculture Investment Parallel sessions focused on enabling the business of agriculture Afternoon Networking Lunch Parallel sessions focused on exploring recent and pending deals in priority value chains The Great Debate: How to Move Toward Prosperity through Agriculture Free Evening for Receptions and Dinners (Off site participant and stakeholder organized) These are encouraged to foster maximum participant engagement and stakeholder networking. Forum-Events /Thursday, 7th September Morning 4th Annual AGRF Private Sector Breakfast - Theme: Investing in Cote d Ivoire and the ECOWAS region AGRF Talks Harnessing the Digital Revolution for Agricultural Transformation The Closing Plenary Ceremony Networking Lunch

10 2017 Forum Components P10 The 2017 AGRF is intended to foster continued community knowledge sharing and collaboration, to highlight good practices, regional innovation, and various challenges that need to be addressed, and to showcase financial and technical resources that are available to help drive development in the continent s agriculture sector. And most of all, the Forum aims to continue to be an accountability platform to allow constituents to take of stock of progress made to date and to challenge one another to redouble efforts in the coming year. The various components of AGRF will include: a) Optimal B2B Engagement through breakfasts, lunches, dinners and organized stakeholder networking sessions utilizing e-technology platforms, such as Whova.com. b) Flash Presentations - during the conference outside of the main hall and meeting room we will offer selected stakeholders who are seeking to promote their products/ programs/ projects or other offerings two or three mini-platform areas where they can make a focused presentation to delegates about their work and activities. c) Big Idea Plenaries this aspect of the Forum incorporates selected plenary discussions. d) Community of Practice Fora Six AGRF Thematic Group discussions on key development priorities, strategies and goals in the areas of: 1) Finance, 2) Inputs, 3) Markets and Trade, 4) Mechanization, 5) Women in Agriculture, and 6) Youth in Agriculture. e) Interactive Workshops - emphasizes active participant engagement in a series of knowledge sharing and impact oriented workshops - 1) 3 Symposia around key areas of policy development and 2) 6 Working s focused on key value chain initiatives. f) Empirical Knowledge Sharing as in past years, AGRF will include the launch of the 2017 African Agriculture Status Report which will constitute one of the key knowledge documents launched during the five-day Forum. Other partner reports and new knowledge will also be released and featured at the Forum around related topics.

11 COMPONENTS DETAIL AGRF PROGRAM 2017 Accelerating Africa s Path to Prosperity: Growing Inclusive Economies and Jobs through Agriculture The 7th African Green Revolution Forum 4th - 8th September, 2017, Sofitel Hotel, Abidjan, Cote d Ivoire PRE-CONFERENCE EVENTS AND ACTIVITY Day 1 - Monday, September : (All Day) Side Event IDRC Side Event (Open) Salle de Fetes 09: (All Day) Agriculture Research and Inputs Workshop - YARA and AFAP (Invitation Only) Aboisso MakingFood Value Chains More environmentally Sustainable and Resilient - UNDP, GEF, Ecoagriculture, GoIC (Open) Chandalier Day 2 - Tuesday, September :00-08:30 Breakfast Meeting (s) Stakeholder (s) B2B networking Events Foyer 1 AASR LAUNCH PLENARY 08:45-11:00 Theme: The Business of Smallholder Agriculture Salle de Fetes 11:00hrs - 11:30hrs COFFEE BREAK 11:30-13:30 THEMATIC WORKING Inputs Salle de Fetes GROUP MEETINGS Theme: Accelerating Rural SME Development: Strengthening the last mile in the Inputs Value Chain (Parallel Discussions) Chairs: African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP) and YARA with support from OCP Africa & Syngenta Women in Agriculture Theme: Enabling, Empowering and Investing in Women in Agriculture, Agribusiness and Research Foyer 2 in Conference Center Chairs: IDRC and FAO P11

12 11:30-13:30 THEMATIC WORKING GROUP MEETINGS (Cont.) (Parallel Discussions) Malabo-Montpellier Panel Alliance for Africa Partnership, MSU, RENAPRI, ACBF Balafon Chandalier CTA Agrihack Movie Theater Yara Side Event (1:00 8:00pm) (Invitation Only) Salle de Fetes 1 Syngenta Salle de Fetes 2 13:30hrs - 15:00hrs LUNCH HOUR 11:30-13:30 THEMATIC WORKING GROUP MEETINGS (Cont.) Youth in Agriculture Fair (Exhibition Table Presentations) Chair: SACAU and AfDB Theme: Agricultural Innovation in Action: The Future is Now Foyer 2 in Conference Centre (Parallel Discussions) Rotating Presentations/ Conversations Around the Room Given by Agripreneurs nominated by: SACAU, AfDB Enable Youth, Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (Ruforum), International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA), The Tony Elumelu Foundation, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, Africa Lead, Strathmore Business School, Global African Agribusiness Accelerator Platform, Lagos School of Business Mechanization Theme: Innovation in Services Provision and Technology Deployment Chairs: AGCO Corporation and African Agribusiness Incubation Network Salle de Fetes 2 Pre Events Country Support Side Event Chairs: FAO and AGRA Balafon AECF Chandalier YARA Side Event Continued (Invitation Only) Salle de Fetes 2 18:30hrs - 21:00hrs DINNER Stakeholder(s) B2B Networking Events Day 3 - Wednesday, September :00-09:30 Breakfast Meeting(s) and B2B Stakeholder(s) B2B Networking Events Exhibition Space and Hotel Ivoire 09:30-09:45 ARRIVAL OF DELEGATES Delegates are Seated Auditorium 10:00 13:00hrs OFFICIAL OPENING CEREMONY Opening Remarks (10:00-10:30) Auditorium P12

13 Day 3 - Wednesday, September 6 (Cont.) 03 Coming Through on Commitments to Deliver on Malabo (10:30-11:30) Visioning the Future: African Heads of State Conversation (11:30-12:30) New Commitments to Seize the Moment (12:30-13:00) Official Opening (13:00-13:10) 13:30-15:00 LUNCH Stakeholder(s) B2B Networking Lunch Marquee 15:00-18:00 AGRF MINISTERIAL MEETING / 16:30-18:00 (Invitation Only) Balafon A. SYMPOSIUM: THE BUSINESS OF SMALL HOLDER AGRICULTURE (Parallel Discussions) Symposium I Title: Building Resilience and Mitigating and Adapting to Climate Change in African Agriculture 15:00 16:00hrs Group Keynote: TBD High Level Panel: 16:00 16:30 COFFEE BREAK 16:30 18:00 Roundtable Discussions/ Plenary Discussion Salle de Fetes 2 Symposium II Title: Creating Jobs and Promoting Entrepreneurship toward African Food Security in the 21st Century 15:00 16:00hrs Group Keynote: TBD High Level Panel: 16:00 16:30 COFFEE BREAK 16:30 18:00 Roundtable Discussions/ Plenary Discussion Salle de Fetes 1 Symposium III Title: Geospatial Development Models (Agropoles, Clusters, Corridors and Special Economic Zones, etc.) 15:00 16:00hrs Group Keynote: TBD High Level Panel: 16:00 16:30 COFFEE BREAK 16:30 18:00 Roundtable Discussions/ Plenary Discussion Foyer 2 P13

14 Day 3 - Wednesday, September 6 (Cont.) 03 18:00 19:00 BREAK AND RECEPTION Opening Reception Auditorium 19:00-21:00 DINNER AFRICA FOOD PRIZE AWARD CEREMONY AND AGRF GALA DINNER Co-Hosts: Government of Cote d Ivoire and African Green Revolution Forum Auditorium Keynote Address: 2017 Africa Food Prize Winner Day 4 - Thursday, September :00 08:30 Breakfast Meeting(s) Stakeholder(s) B2B Networking Events PLENARY 1: CLOSING 08:45 10:30 Opening Plenary: Growing and Expanding Investment in Inclusive Auditorium THE DEAL INVESTING Agriculture Markets in Africa IN AFRICAN AGRICULTURE Co-Hosts: African Development Bank, GROW Africa, AGRF Partners 10:30-11:00 COFFEE BREAK Foyer 1 11:00-13:00 B. CONTEMPORARY TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS IN AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT Leading Supermarket Value Chains in East, West and Southern Africa: Linking Organized Small Holder Producer Groups to Urban Markets and Supporting Regional Food Production San Pedro Fostering Intergenerational Agribusiness in Africa: Creating Opportunities for Youth to Leverage Family Owned Land/ Businesses to Accelerate Agricultural Transformation on the Continent Salle de Fetes 2 Technology, Mechanization and Infrastructure: Spurring Modern Farm Development in Africa Balafon P14

15 Day 4 - Thursday, September 7 (Cont.) 04 11:00-13:00 B. CONTEMPORARY TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS IN AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT (Cont.) Increasing the Pool of Agriculture Focused Blended Finance: A Catalyst for Accelerated Transformation in African Agriculture Salle de Fetes 1 Enabling the Business of Agriculture: Improving the Policy and Regulatory Environment for Agricultural Inputs, Finance, Services and Market Access in Africa Chandelier 13:00-14:30 LUNCH B2B Stakeholders Lunch / VIP Lunch Marquee 14:30 16:00 C. INCLUSIVE VALUE CHAIN INVESTMENT (Parallel s) Driving Regional Value Chain Development in Africa: Rice Value Chains Salle de Fetes 1 Driving Regional Value Chain Development in Africa: Cassava Value Chains Salles de Fetes 2 Driving Regional Value Chain Development in Africa: Pulses Value Chains Chandalier Driving Regional Value Chain Development in Africa: Onion/ Potato Value Chains Balafon Driving Regional Value Chain Development in Africa: Chicken and Livestock Value Chains San Pedro P15

16 Day 4 - Thursday, September 7 (Cont.) 04 C. INCLUSIVE VALUE CHAIN INVESTMENT (Parallel s (Cont.) Driving Regional Value Chain Development in Africa: Cocoa and Palm Oil Value Chains Aboissa 16:00 16:30 COFFEE BREAK 16:30-18:00 PLENARY 2 PUBLIC - PRIVATE SECTOR DEBATE: WHAT PATH TO ACHIEVE PROSPERITY The Great Debate Auditorium 18:30 21:00 DINNER STAKEHOLDES B2B NETWORKING EVENTS Day 5 - Friday, September :00-09:30 Breakfast Meeting Moderator: TBD TBC AGRF PRIVATE SECTOR BREAKFAST Theme: Investing in Cote d Ivoire and ECOWAS 9:30 11:00 PLENARY 3: THE DIGITAL Theme: Harnessing the Digital Revolution for Agricultural Transformation Salle de Fetes REVOLUTION AND AGRF Talks on Big Data, ICT, Geo Spatial Technology and The Future of AFRICAN AGRICULTURE Farming in Africa Co-Chairs: Moderator: TBD Keynote: TBD 11:15-12:0 PLENARY 4: CLOSING PLENARY 4: CLOSING CEREMONY Salle de Fetes CEREMONY Moderator: TBD P16

17 #agrf2017 Ms. Grace Kibunja, AGRF Convener Ms. Anne Muthoni, AGRF Executive Officer Mr. Michael Sudarkasa, Program Director Mr. Waiganjo Njoroge, Media Director