The 20th Brussels Development Briefing was on ‘Financing agriculture’ and took place on the 15th of September 2010 at the Borschette Center . As an input to the UN Summit on MDGs to be held in New York on 22-26 September 2010, we discussed issues related to financing development in the context of agriculture and rural development. This included issues such as Aid and ODA, taxation (Domestic tax revenues), private investment (new donors), revenue generation. Speakers included: Centre for Environmental Policy at Imperial College in London, the Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa in the US, CONCORD, OECD, African Development Bank, Caribbean Development Bank, YARA, African regional framers organizations.
New! on the subject of ‘Financing Agriculture’
Biodata of speakers and discussants
Introductory remarks
Lluis Riera, Director DG development, European Commission, Michael Hailu, Director of CTA
Panel 1: Aid targets and donor support for development
This session reviewed the key challenges for financing the agricultural sector and the major assistance mechanisms at global and EU level in support of the agricultural sector in ACP countries and the achievements realized so far.
Chair: H.E.M. Abdou Abarry, Ambassador of Niger
Panelists:
-European donor support for agricultural development in Sub-Saharan Africa: a review
Professor Sir Gordon Conway, Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London [Executive Summary|Presentation]
-US assistance to Sub-Saharan agricultural sector
Julie Howard, Executive Director, Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa [Presentation]
-The role of NEPAD-CAADP in increasing investment in agriculture
Dr. Marcel C. Nwalozie, Director West Africa Mission, NEPAD [Presentation]
-Halving Hunger: Still Possible? Building a rescue package to set the MDGs back on track
Luca Chinotti, Policy Advisor on Food Security and Climate Change, Oxfam [Executive Summary|Presentation]
Panel 2: Beyond Aid: new financing mechanisms
This panel explored the potential for new or improved financing sources as well as the opportunity for new innovative sources of financing the agricultural sector.
Chair: lshmael Sunga, CEO, SACAU
Panelists:
-Taxation and Financing for Development
Gregory De Paepe, Policy Analyst Europe, Middle East and Africa Desk, OECD [Executive Summary|Presentation]
-What perspectives for funding ACP agriculture?
Ms. Randiana Rakotomalala,Senior Investment Officer, African Development Bank [Presentation]
-The support of the EIB to the rural development sector in ACP countries
Dr Harald Jahn, Head of Division, SMEs and Agroindustry, European Investment Bank (EIB)
-Opportunities in new Agribusiness
Rajesh Behal, Principal Investment Officer, Agribusiness Department, International Finance Corporation, The World Bank [Presentation]
-Public/private innovative partnerships: the case Agricultural Growth Corridors
Sean de Cleene, Vice President, Global Business Development & Public Affairs, YARA, Investment Facility, European Investment Bank [Presentation]
Conclusions
H.E. Patrick Gomes, Chair of the ACP Committee of Ambassadors and Ambassador of Guyana
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