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Assuring Food and
Nutrition Security in Africa by 2020
Prioritizing Actions, Strengthening Actors and
Facilitating Partnerships
Kampala,
Uganda |
1-3 April 2004
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IFPRI
is a Future Harvest
Center
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Summary
Report
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the following formats:
Highlights from Saturday 3, April
2004
Wole
Soyinka, Nobel Prize Laureate in Literature, with Ugandan President
Yoweri Museveni
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Plenary Session:
Building Political Will and Changing Attitudes for Action
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"Fighting HIV/AIDS through Attitudinal
Changes: Experiences from Uganda”
Keynote:
Janet Museveni, First Lady of the Republic of Uganda
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"Changing
Attitudes and Behaviors: The Role of Africa’s Cultural Leaders"
Keynote:
Wole Soyinka, Professor Emeritus, Obafemi Awolowo University,
Nigeria; Director of Literary Arts, International Institute of Modern
Letters, University of Nevada; and Nobel Prize Laureate in Literature
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“Building Strong Partnerships to
Improve Africa’s Food Security and Rural Incomes”
Keynote:
Peter McPherson, President, Michigan State University,
and Founding Co-Chair, Partnership to Cut Hunger in Africa, US
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“Assuring Food and Nutrition Security in Africa: Perspective of the
African Development Bank”
Keynote:
Theodore Nkodo, Vice President, Operations, North, East and
South, African Development Bank, Tunisia
Chair Moïse Mensah, former Minister of Finance, Benin (bottom
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"Actions Needed for Reaching the
Millenium Development Goals in Africa with a Focus on Overcoming
Hunger”
Keynote:
Jeffrey Sachs, Director, Millennium Project; Director, The
Earth Institute at Columbia University; and Professor, Columbia
University, US
Chair Charlotte McClain, Commissioner, South African Human
Rights Commission, South Africa (right)
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Plenary Session:
Moving Forward and Closing Remarks |
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The Ugandan National
Anthem during the Closing Plenary with
President Yoweri
Museveni present |
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Wilberforce Kisamba-Mugerwa, Minister of Agriculture, Animal
Industry and Fisheries, Uganda (left), and John Joseph Otim,
Senior Presidential Advisor to Ugandan President Museveni (right)
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President Museveni
answers questions during a press conference immediately following
the Closing Plenary |
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Parallel Sessions: Stakeholder Forums: Strengthening
Actors and Facilitating Partnerships |
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Parliamentarians and Business Leaders |
| Alhaji Bamanga
Tukur, Executive President, African Business Roundtable, and
Chairman, NEPAD Business Group, Nigeria, and Edith Nawakwi,
Member of Parliament, National Assembly of Zambia, Zambia |
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National Policymakers and Development
Partners
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Amalia Garcia-Tharn,
Food Aid/Food Security Policy, Development Directorate-General,
European Commission, Belgium, Judy O'Connor, World Bank,
Helder Monteiro Muteia, Minister of Agriculture, Mozambique, and
Andrew Temu, IFPRI |
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NGOs, Farmers Organizations and Media
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Ibiba don Pedro, The
Guardian newspaper, and 2003 Winner of the CNN African Journalist
Award, Nigeria, and Mercy Karanja, Kenya National Farmers
Union, Kenya
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Digital Opinion Poll of Participants
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International Food Policy Research Institute
(IFPRI) Website: 
