The Nigeria Launch of IFPRI's 2022 Global Food Policy Report on Climate Change and Food Systems & National Policies and Strategies for Food, Land and Water Systems Transformation (NPS) Initiative in Nigeria
Thursday, June 23, 2022
10:00AM - 5:00PM Nigeria Time
Venue: Ballroom, Fraser Suites, 294 Leventis Close, CBD, Abuja, Nigeria
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See blog post on the proceedings of the event.
This one-day joint event featured a high-level panel discussion on the 2022 IFPRI's Global Food Policy Report on a range of choices to be made by policymakers, policy practitioners, farmers, small and large businesses, and society as a whole to move our climate and food systems in the right direction. The event also highlighted the policy components of the CGIAR initiatives in Nigeria.
The 2022 Global Food Policy Report, IFPRI’s flagship report, highlights the urgency of accelerating innovation, reforming policies, resetting, market incentives, and increasing financing for sustainable food systems transformation. It sets forth a broad range of policy options for accelerated action by policymakers as well as international forums for policy and investment decision-making.
The NPS is a new initiative that has been co-created by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) with national and international partners with the main objectives of building policy coherence, responding to crises, and integrating policy tools at national and subnational levels in six countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The initiative is expected to make substantial, research-based contributions to improve food and water security, nutrition, and livelihoods; reduce poverty.
The Nigeria event introduced the NPS initiative and brought together key partners and stakeholders from Nigeria and other One CGIAR initiatives to:
- Deepen partnerships at national and subnational levels, including with public sector, non-government, international organizations, and think tanks;
- Kick-off a new coherence-building mechanism across policy-focused One CGIAR initiatives working in Nigeria;
- Advance planning for the development of rapid crisis response tools and the generation of demand-driven evidence;
- Strengthen a Community of Policy Practice (CoPP) in partnership with other initiatives, experts, and external policy partners; and
- Deepen the integration and user-friendliness of policy support tools that strengthen country-level policy analysis.
Questions? Please contact Hyacinth O. Edeh.
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Overview of the NPS key goals
AGENDA
Event Moderator: Hyacinth Edeh, Country Program Manager, IFPRI Nigeria
| 10:00 – 10:30 am | OPENING & WELCOMING REMARKS |
| Event Goals and Program: | Kwaw Andam, Country Program Leader, IFPRI-Nigeria and NPS Nigeria Initiative Lead |
| The NPS Initiative: | Clemens Breisinger, NPS Initiative Global Lead |
| The CGIAR: | Nteranya Sanginga, Regional Director, West and Central Africa, CGIAR and Director General, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) |
| Remarks: | Professor Antonia Taiye Simbine, Director-General, Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research |
| Senator Bima Mohammed Enagi, Chairman, Senate Committee on Agriculture | |
| Dr. Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar, Honorable Minister, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) | |
| 10:30 – 11:30 am | PRESENTATION AND NIGERIA DISCUSSION: IFPRI'S 2022 GLOBAL FOOD POLICY REPORT |
| Report Overview: | Charlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRI (See slides) |
| Policy Messages: | Channing Arndt, Director of Environment and Production Technology Division, IFPRI (See slides) |
| Messages for Africa: | John Ulimwengu, Senior Research Fellow, Africa Division, IFPRI (See slides) |
| Discussion: | Anthonia Achike, University of Nigeria, Nsukka
Andrew Kwasari, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Agriculture, Office of the Vice-President Ibrahim Bello, Director, Planning and Policy Coordination, FMARD) Dawn Thomas, Acting Director, Office of Economic Growth and Environment, USAID/Nigeria Moderator: Charlotte Hebebrand |
| 11:30 am – 12:00 pm | NIGERIA NPS SEMINAR SERIES: TOWARDS RESILIENCE AND FOOD SYSTEM TRANSFORMATION IN NIGERIA |
| Mulubhran Amare, Research Fellow, IFPRI-Nigeria | |
| Kwaw Andam, Senior Research Fellow/Program Leader, IFPRI-Nigeria |
| 12:00 – 1:00 pm | Group Photo and Lunch |
| 1:00 – 3:00 pm | NIGERIA NPS SEMINAR:
Nigeria Inception of The National Policies and Strategies For Food, Land and Water Systems Transformation (NPS) Initiative & Other CGIAR Initiatives With Key Policy Components in Nigeria The Nigeria NPS Seminar Series is hosted by IFPRI Nigeria |
| CGIAR: | Martin Kropff, Global Science Director, Resilient Agri-food Systems
Kwesi Atta-Krah, Country and Engagement Lead, West and Central Africa Region Clemens Breisinger, NPS Initiative Global Lead Kwaw Andam, NPS Nigeria Initiative Lead |
| Presentations: | POLICY COMPONENTS OF CGIAR INITIATIVES IN NIGERIA
1. Accelerated Breeding Initiative: Young Wha Lee (virtual) |
| 2. Fragility, Conflict, and Mobility: Prakash Silwal Kant (See slides) | |
| 3. HER+: Harnessing Gender and Social Equality for Resilience in Agrifood Systems: Mulubrhan Amare (See slides) | |
| 4. Market Intelligence and Product Profiling: Berber Kramer (virtual) | |
| Question and Answer Session (10 minutes) | |
| 5. Plant Health and Rapid Response to Protect Food Security and Livelihoods: Alejandro Ortega-Beltran (See slides) | |
| 6. Resilient Aquatic Food Systems for Healthy People and Planet: Bernadette Fregene (See slides) | |
| 7. Rethinking Food Markets and Value Chains for Inclusion and Sustainability: Dolapo Adeyanju (See slides) | |
| 8. Seed Equal: Kwaw Andam (virtual) (See slides) | |
| 9. Transforming Agrifood Systems in West and Central Africa: Aminou Arouna (See slides) | |
| Question and Answer Session (10 minutes) |
| 3:00 – 3:45 pm | BREAKOUT DISCUSSIONS:
Linking NPS, CGIAR Initiatives, & Partners |
| PARALLEL BREAKOUT GROUPS | |
| Facilitator: Charity Osei-Amponsah
Notetaker: Temilolu Bamiwuye |
Building Policy Coherence |
| Facilitator: Josee Randriamamonjy
Notetaker: Joseph Ejima |
Integrating Policy Tools |
| Facilitator: Mulubrhan Amare
Notetaker: Dolapo Adeyanju |
Responding to Crises |
| 3:45 – 4:00 pm | COFFEE/TEA BREAK |
| 4:00 – 5:00 pm | NEXT STEPS & CLOSING REMARKS |
| Reports From Breakout Groups: | Charity Osei-Amponsah, Building Policy Coherence |
| Josee Randriamamonjy, Integrating Policy Tools | |
| Mulubrhan Amare, Responding to Crises | |
| Next Steps: | Kwaw Andam, NPS Nigeria Initiative Lead |
| Closing Remarks: | Kwesi Atta-Krah, Country and Engagement Lead, West and Central Africa Region |
Other CGIAR Centers include International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Water Management Institute (IWMI), International Potato Center (CIP), International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), The Alliance of Bioversity International, and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (Alliance Bioversity-CIAT), International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), WorldFish and International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA).
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