Expanding Private Sector Investment and Public-Private Partnerships in African Agriculture and Nutrition

March 3, 2011. Washington. Center for Strategic & International Studies and the Partnership to Cut Hunger & Poverty in Africa. Expanding Private Sector Investment and Public-Private Partnerships in African Agriculture and Nutrition.

2:00-2:10 pm  Welcome and Opening Remarks

Ms. Johanna Nesseth Tuttle, Director, Global Food Security Project, and Vice President for Strategic Planning, CSIS

2:10-3:00 pm  Panel One: Agribusiness Development in Africa in a Time of Global Food Price Volatility 

Cyril Anchar

Moderator: Ms. Johanna Nesseth Tuttle, Director, Global Food Security Project, and Vice President for Strategic Planning, CSIS

Panelists:

Fostina Mani

- Mr. Cyril Achcar, Managing Director, Groupe AMI, Mali 

A.M.I. experience with agribusiness investment in Mali
- Mr. Njack Kane, CEO, Novel Commodities
- Ms. Fostina Mani, Vice Chair and Kenya Director, Eastern African Grains Council Agribusiness Development in Africa: Investment & Political Movement in Food Security Agenda

Audio: Expanding Pvt. Sector Investment & Public-Private Partnerships in African Agriculture & Nutrition - Welcome & Panel One

DURATION: 57:20 

3:00-4:15pm Panel Two: U.S. Government Partnerships with African Private Sector Partners

Moderators: Mr. Daniel Runde, Director, Project on Prosperity and Development, CSIS

Mr. Mima Nedelcovych, Board member, Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa and Partner, Schaffer Global Group

Mr. Jason Bauer, Director, Private Sector Development, Millenium Challenge Corporation

Cris Muyunda

Panelists:

- Mr. Sean de Cleene, Vice President, Africa Programs, YARA International
- Mr. Cris Muyunda, CEO, Alliance for Commodity Trade in Eastern and Southern Africa (ACTESA)
- Ms. Tjada McKenna, Director, Private Sector and Innovation Office, Bureau for Food Security, USAID

Audio: Expanding Private Sector Investment and Public-Private Partnerships in African Agriculture and Nutrition - Panel Two

DURATION: 1:06:22 

4:15-5:15pm  Panel Three: Market-Based Solutions to Nutrition and Links to Agriculture

Moderator: Ms. Susan Bornstein, Senior Director of Program Development, TechnoServe

Panelists:

Simon Winter

- Representative, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)
- Mr. Jorge Casimiro, Director, International Public Affairs, Coca Cola
- Mr. Bruno Kistner, Nutrition Improvement Program, Nutritional Products Ltd, DSM (invited)
- Mr. Simon Winter, Senior Vice President, Development, TechnoServe Market-based approaches to nutrition improvement and food security and linkages to agriculture: TechnoServe’s Evolving Strategy
- Mr. Bruce Cogill, Chief of the Nutrition Division, USAID

Audio: Expanding Private Sector Investment and Public-Private Partnerships in African Agriculture and Nutrition - Panel Three

DURATION: 1:09:44