On 17 October 2007, CTA and other partners organised the second ‘Brussels Development Briefing’ – part of a series of discussion meetings on ACP-EU development issues. This briefing focused on ‘Advancing African Agriculture‘.
New! on the subject of ‘Advancing African Agriculture’
Key documents and organisations
Biodata of panelists and discussants
Welcome remarks
Sir John Kaputin, ACP Secretariat [speech]; Dr. Hansjörg Neun, CTA
– Lluis Riera, European Commission: Background to and main lines of the EC Communication on “Advancing African Agriculture”
Panel 1: What is needed to advance African Agriculture?
Chair: Philip Mikos, DG Development, European Commission
Panelists:
– James Tefft, FAO [executive summary|presentation]
– Steve Wiggins, ODI [executive summary|presentation]
– Ides DeWillebois, IFAD [executive summary|presentation]
– Martin Bwalya, NEPAD/CAADP [executive summary|presentation]
– Gerhard Schmalbruch, Concord [executive summary]
– Angel Elias Daka, COMESA [executive summary|presentation]
Panel 2: The way forward: How to implement the AAA proposals?
Chair: H.E. Mrs Maria Manuela Dos Santos Luca, Ambassador of Mozambique [video interview]
Panelists:
– Mohamed Béavogui, IFAD [executive summary|presentation]
– John Okidi, IFPRI [executive summary|presentation]
– Denis Kyetere, FARA [executive summary|presentation]
– Philip Kiriro, EAFF [executive summary|presentation]
– Hansjörg Neun, CTA
Brussels Development Briefings 