African Green Revolution

February 21 – 23, 2008 Bellagio, Italy.

FARA participated in a High-level consultation that was convened by Jeffrey Sachs’ team. The main objective was to explore the feasibility and possible mechanisms for increased funding for an African Green Revolution.

Professor Jeffrey Sachs in his position as the Special Advisor to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon on MDGs convened the meeting polling 37 participants from a wide range of institutions including AGRA, AU, FARA, Academia, Policy and Donor Community, and Research and Development Agencies.

Reference: Earth Institute Colombia

AGENDA


BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS

The Oslo Declaration on the African Green Revolution Secretary General Calls for Uniquely African Green Revolution Cutting World Hunger in HalfNEPAD CCADP Background The Rockefeller Foundation Alliance for a Green Revolution in AfricaThe African Millennium VillagesWorld Bank: World Development Report OverviewAlliance for a Green Revolution in Africa

Related resources:
Lessons of Chinese Agricultural Development for Africa Xiaohua YU, PhD CandidateAgricultural, Environmental and Development Economics and DemographyThe Pennsylvania State University & Hengfu Zou World Bank China Development Bank. Paper prepared for African Green Revolution Bellagio Conference. (32 p)

Lessons from Global Experience in Policy Science-Based Development Focus on the application of S&T to Policy Institutions in Madagascar, Malawi, Senegal, Sierra Leone...

World Food day 16th October 2007

The theme for this year’s World Food Day on 16th October is the Right to Food. During this week the World Bank will also be publishing its World Development Report 2008 that focuses this year on Agriculture.

The UK Food Group will be marking World Food Day with a series of member-led seminars, briefings, publication launches and debates. These will describe how food providers should be integrated into decision making processes and could be better supported in order to realise the Right to Food and food sovereignty. This will help to ensure food for the hungry and poor consumers, to secure the livelihoods of small-scale food providers and to sustain local environments, enabling adaptation to climate change.

The UK Food Group is the principal civil society network of organisations concerned with global food and farming issues. It provides a forum for debate on topical issues, conducts research and provides information to members, the public and decision makers. It serves as the BOND working group on these issues and is the UK focal point for relevant regional and international networks and organisations. http://www.ukfg.org.uk/


Defending Farmers and the Right to Food is organised by
Practical Action, Concern UK, Progressio, and Send a Cow.
Tuesday 16 October 2007, 10am - 5.30pm
NCVO, Regent's Wharf, 8 All Saints Street, London N1 9RL

The Global Campaign Against Poverty (GCAP) event follows the next day with 24 hours of action against poverty ‘Stand up Speak out!’ Before the end of the year there will also be the conclusion of the European Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) negotiations and the publication, later, of the final report of the World Bank’s International Assessment of Agricultural Science and Technology for Development.

Meeting between FARA and the Millennium Village Programme
27/09/07

The Millenium villages in the whole of Africa and in Ghana (village of Bonsaaso):



Participants to the meeting:
Millemium Village Programme
- Rafael Flor
- Samuel Asare Afram
FARA
- Boipelo Freude
- Adewale Adekunde
- Aggrey Agumya
- Francois Stepman

Context:
The Project operates through intervention committees, whose members are elected by communities and coordinated by a unit committee.
INTERVENTION COMMITTEES:
–Agriculture and Environment & Business Development
–Education
–Health
–Water and sanitation
–Infrastructure (Roads, Transport &Energy)

Some pictures of the Millenium village in Ghana: Bonsaasa
See: http://www.flickr.com/gp/14477998@N08/PUm9b4

Community Action Planning Process:



Interview with Rafael Flor:

“Integrated rural development approach has the handicap
that you get over surveyed because every sector (health, education, nutrition,
infrastructure, agriculture, …) want to be captured for its impact”

"Thank you also for the productive working meeting. As discussed during the meeting and now that potential areas have been identified, it would be good to continue working, via email, on defining objectives, mechanisms and next steps."