Kigali: Ministers explore strategies to scale up digitalization of African agriculture
Young people are now venturing into farming thanks to technology. Photo: Africa Feeds Media
H.E. Édouard Ngirente, Prime Minister of Rwanda and H.E. Gérardine Mukeshimana, Minister of Agriculture of Rwanda will co-chair the Malabo Montpellier Forum, hosting the African high-level country representatives, and development partners.
Media are invited to attend a press conference to explore the findings of the new report.
When:
Tuesday June 25, 2019, 4:30pm
Where:
Kigali Marriott Hotel
KN 3 Avenue, Kigali, Rwanda
Kigali, Rwanda
Who:
- E. Édouard Ngirente Prime Minister of Rwanda.
- E. Gérardine Mukeshimana Minister of Agriculture of Rwanda.
- High-level country representatives from Benin, Ethiopia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo and Zambia.
- Members of the Malabo Montpellier Panel.
Background: In order to make progress towards African Union agriculture, food security and nutrition goals it is crucial to create a space for high-level dialogue where lessons can be shared, and challenges discussed. The Malabo Montpellier Forum provides a platform for informed dialogue and exchange among African policy makers and decision-makers on African agriculture and food security.
In its new report – Byte by Byte: Policy Innovation for Transforming Africa’s Food System with Digital Technologies – The Malabo Montpellier Panel presents the key findings of a systematic analysis of what seven African countries at the forefront of progress on digitalization of the agriculture sector have done right. It analyses which institutional and policy innovations were implemented and what actions were taken by the private sector and agtech start-ups to increase the development and use of digital tools and services in the agriculture value chain. Several of these can be brought to scale across the continent to help governments meet the targets and goals under the African Union Agenda 2063, the Malabo Declaration on agricultural transformation and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
For more information about attending the press conference, please contact:
Jean Pierre Mazimpaka, mazimpakajp10@gmail.com + 25084416981
To receive a copy of the Panel’s latest report – Byte by Byte: Policy Innovation for Transforming Africa’s Food System with Digital Technologies – please contact:
Hawa S. Diop, h.diop@cgiar.org +221 775 150 812
About the Malabo Montpellier Panel
The Malabo Montpellier Panel convenes 17 leading experts in agriculture, ecology, nutrition and food security to guide policy choices by African governments to accelerate progress towards food security and improved nutrition in Africa. The Panel identifies areas of progress and positive change across the continent and assesses what successful countries have done differently. It then identifies the most important institutional innovations and policy and program interventions that can be replicated and scaled up by other countries. It is hosted by the West and Central African Office of the International Food Policy Research Institute, the University of Bonn and Imperial College London and is headquartered in Dakar Senegal. It is co-chaired by Dr. Ousmane Badiane, Africa Director at IFPRI and Professor Joachim von Braun, Director, Center for Development Research, University of Bonn.
About the Malabo Montpellier Forum
The Malabo Montpellier Forum provides a platform to promote policy innovation by using the evidence produced by the Panel to facilitate dialogue and exchange among high-level decision-makers on African agriculture, nutrition and food security. Meetings of the Forum are guided by the technical reports prepared by the members of the Malabo Montpellier Panel. It is co-chaired by the Right Honourable Saulos Klaus Chilima, Vice President of the Republic of Malawi and His Excellency Abdoulaye Bio Tchané, Minister of State for Planning and Development of the Republic of Benin.
