FARA Secretariat, Accra, Ghana. 5-6 March 2009. The meeting was organized to discuss the objectives and outcomes of Advocacy and Resource Mobilisation for CAADP Pillar IV, focusing on the contributions Network Support Function 1 of the FARA Secretariat can make to achieving Pillar IV objectives.
The consultation facilitated discussions among FARA constituents to define their advocacy and resource mobilisation requirements and propose activities that will address two key objectives which are:
Dr. Alsacia Atanasio, Director General, National Research Fund, Ministry of Science and Technology, Mozambique
Dr. Komla Bissi, Senior Agribusiness Advisor, NEPAD Secretariat, South Africa
Dr. Joseph Methu, Head of Partnership and Capacity Development, ASARECA, Uganda
Mr. Rotimi Nihinlola, Group Head of Microfinance and International Organisation, Ecobank, Ghana
The consultation facilitated discussions among FARA constituents to define their advocacy and resource mobilisation requirements and propose activities that will address two key objectives which are:
- Reformed African agricultural institutions and services; and
- A new financing framework for African Agriculture that promotes a research system that is efficient, effective and has high potential for rapid and widespread impact on agricultural productivity.
Participants (FARA Secretariat & Facilitators excluded):
H.E. Dr. Alieu Jeng, Resident Representative, AfDB Ghana Country Offic
Mr. Julius Mathende, Agricultural Inputs Trade Specialist, COMESA Secretariat, Zambia
Dr. Remileku Rackey Cole, Special Technical Advisor to Executive Director, CORAF/WECARD, Senegal
Dr. David Keetch, Director, AfricaBio, South Africa
Dr. Remileku Rackey Cole, Special Technical Advisor to Executive Director, CORAF/WECARD, Senegal
Dr. David Keetch, Director, AfricaBio, South Africa
Dr. Mahama Ouedraogo, Acting Director of AU/SAFGRAD, Burkina Faso
Dr. Andre Bationo, Director, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (for West Africa), Ghana
Dr. Patrick H.R.Tawonezvi, SADC MAPP Coordinator, SADC-FANR Secretariat, Botswana
Prof. Dr. Ayman Abou Hadid, President, ARC-Egypt
Dr. Andre Bationo, Director, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (for West Africa), Ghana
Dr. Patrick H.R.Tawonezvi, SADC MAPP Coordinator, SADC-FANR Secretariat, Botswana
Prof. Dr. Ayman Abou Hadid, President, ARC-Egypt
Dr. Alsacia Atanasio, Director General, National Research Fund, Ministry of Science and Technology, Mozambique
Dr. Komla Bissi, Senior Agribusiness Advisor, NEPAD Secretariat, South Africa
Dr. Joseph Methu, Head of Partnership and Capacity Development, ASARECA, Uganda
Mr. Rotimi Nihinlola, Group Head of Microfinance and International Organisation, Ecobank, Ghana
Hon. Janguo Minshehe Athuman Saidi, Chairman, Committee on Rural Economy, Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment, Pan-African Parliament, Tanzania
