Sep 11

Brussels Briefing 57: "Smallholder agriculture: key to food security/nutrition and sustainable food systems"

Wednesday, 11 September 2019

Location:

Brussels

Brussels Briefing 57: "Smallholder agriculture: key to food security/nutrition and sustainable food systems"

Event Overview

The Brussels Briefing 57 on "Smallholder agriculture: key to food security/nutrition and sustainable food systems", organised by CTA, the European Commission/EuropeAid, discusses smallholder agriculture and its key role in delivering food security/nutrition, and sustainable food systems, as recognised in SDG 2.

Examples of successes from smallholders in various sectors and value chains are used to make the case for further support to smallholder-driven agriculture, with an evaluation of the factors for success, their replicability, and potential for upscaling of best practices.

The main findings and recommendations of the Briefing will also contribute to the discussions of the 43rd session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) meeting to be held on 17-21 October 2019 in Rome.

The Briefing bring various perspectives and experiences around the need to support smallholder agriculture, including experiences from policy and practice. Discussions will centre around the frameworks and processes needed to promote inclusive smallholder agricultural production that contributes to sustainable food systems.

The main audience is ACP-EU policy-makers and representatives of the EU member states, civil society groups, research networks and development practitioners, the private sector and international organisations based in Brussels as well as representatives from ACP regional organisations.

Chairs

Ishmael D Sunga

CEO, Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions (SACAU)

Fatma Ben Rejeb

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Pan-African Farmers’ Organization (PAFO)

Speakers

Mr Olusola Israel Ojo

Expert, Rural Development, Food Security and the Environment ACP Secretariat

Michael Hailu

Director of CTA

Leonard Mizzi

Acting Director Devco C, Planet and Prosperity and Head of Unit Rural Development, Food Security, Nutrition, Europeaid, European Commission

Panellists

Jan Douwe van der Ploeg

Adjunct Professor of Rural Sociology, China Agricultural University and Wageningen University

Nora McKeon

Professor, Rome 3 University, Italy

Roberto Ridolfi

Assistant-Director-General for Programme Support and Technical Cooperation at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Elizabeth Nsimadala

Entrepreneur, President of Eastern Africa Farmer's Federation (EAFF) and President of the Pan Africa Farmers Organization (PAFO)

Marco Dekker

Monitoring Evaluation Research and Learning (MERL) Manager, ICCO Cooperation

Mamadou Goïta

Executive Director, Institute for Research and Promotion of Alternatives in Development (IRPAD)

Kola Masha

Managing Partner of Babban Gona, Nigeria

Annick Sezibera

Executive Secretary, CAPAD, Burundi

Moderators

Isolina Boto

Manager, Brussels Office, CTA

Georges Henrilaan 451, 1200 Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe, Belgium

Location:

Brussels

Speakers

Chairs

Ishmael D Sunga

CEO, Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions (SACAU)

Fatma Ben Rejeb

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Pan-African Farmers’ Organization (PAFO)

Speakers

Mr Olusola Israel Ojo

Expert, Rural Development, Food Security and the Environment ACP Secretariat

Michael Hailu

Director of CTA

Leonard Mizzi

Acting Director Devco C, Planet and Prosperity and Head of Unit Rural Development, Food Security, Nutrition, Europeaid, European Commission

Panellists

Moderators

Isolina Boto

Manager, Brussels Office, CTA

Organisers

CTA

The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) is a joint international institution of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States and the European Union (EU). Its mission is to advance food security, resilience and inclusive economic growth in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific through innovations in sustainable agriculture. CTA operates under the framework of the Cotonou Agreement and is funded by the EU.

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DG DEVCO

The Commission's Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO) is responsible for designing European international cooperation and development policy and delivering aid throughout the world. DG DEVCO is in charge of development cooperation policy in a wider framework of international cooperation, adapting to the evolving needs of partner countries. This encompasses cooperation with developing countries at different stages of development, including with countries graduated from bilateral development assistance to cover the specific needs of these countries during the transition period between low-income countries and upper middle-income countries. DG DEVCO works closely with other Commission services responsible for thematic policies, as well as with the European External Action Service and Commission services on external action, so as to facilitate and help ensure a consistent approach.

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ACP

The African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) is an organisation created by the Georgetown Agreement in 1975. It is composed of 79 African, Caribbean and Pacific states, with all of them, save Cuba, signatories to the Cotonou Agreement, also known as the "ACP-EC Partnership Agreement" which binds them to the European Union. There are 48 countries from Sub-Saharan Africa, 16 from the Caribbean and 15 from the Pacific. The Secretariat is responsible for the administrative management of the ACP Group. It assists the Group's decision-making and advisory organs in carrying out their work. The ACP Secretariat's headquarters is located in Brussels (Belgium). It is headed by an Executive Secretary-General who is responsible for implementing the Group's international policy, as well as directing and coordinating its cooperation policy.

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