UNFSS High Level Side Event: Delivering on the African Agenda in Building Resilient Food Systems

During the 2021 AGRF Summit 6-10 September, six African presidents joined by 8,000 delegates aligned with the African common position on building resilient food systems. Their shared vision will help achieve a transformation to improve livelihoods, defeat hunger and tackle malnutrition.

To highlight the national pathways and partner actions, on September 21 from 6–7:30 PM (EAT) AGRA and the AGRF will host “Delivering on the African Agenda in Building Resilient Food Systems” a side event ahead of the UN Food Systems Summit. It will address African challenges and solutions in the transition to resilient food systems. Following the declarationof the AGRF, it will consider what must be done to turn political ambition into reality.

The event will be moderated by William Asiko, Managing Director of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Africa Region Office.

Provisional speakers include:

• E. Hailemariam Dessalegn, Former Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Chair AGRF Partners Group and Chair AGRA Board
• Jim Barnhart, Assistant to the Administrator, Bureau for Resilience and Food Security, USAID
• Evangelista Chekera, CEO Passion Poultry
• Peter Munya, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives, Republic of Kenya
• Elizabeth Nsimadala, President, Pan-Africa Farmers Organization (PAFO)
• E. Ken Ofori-Atta, Minister for Finance and Economic Planning, Republic of Ghana
• E. Josefa Sacko, Commissioner Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment, African Union Commission
• Jai Shroff, UPL Limited CEO
• Rodger Voorhies, President, Global Growth and Opportunity Division, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation