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A Round Table Meeting on Agricultural Research for African Development

TICAD IV Supporting Event

   This round table meeting was held to support the discussion on agricultural and rural development at TICAD4, where agricultural research has been agreed as one of the indispensable components. At the round table discussion, the actions needed for enhancing Japanese efforts as well as international collaboration in the field of agricultural research for African development were summarized.

 

<空>Details of the Meeting :

  • Date        May 27, 2008 (Tuesday)
  • Time        10:00 A.M. - 12:30 P.M.
  • Venue              Faculty Meeting Room, Faculty of Agriculture, UT
  • Organized by     JIRCAS and CGIAR Secretariat
  • Supported by    MAFF (AFFRC Secretariat), J-FARD, UT
  • Language           English

Participants of the Meeting
Participants of the Meeting

<空>Agenda

Chair: Osamu Koyama (JIRCAS)

  1. Opening (10:00-10:15)
    Opening Remarks        Kenji Iiyama (President, JIRCAS)
    Welcome Remarks       Eitaro Miwa (Chairman, AFFRC, MAFF)
                    Shinichi Shogenji (Dean, Faculty of Agriculture, UT)

  2. Introductory Remarks (10:15-10:40)
    “A Changing CGIAR in a Changing World” (pdf1.19MB)
     Ren Wang (CGIAR Director)
  3. Status Reports (10:40-11:20)
    1. Integrated Crop Management systems for major impact zones in sub-Saharan Africa
          Robin Buruchara (Coordinator for Sub-Saharan Africa, CIAT)
      ICRISAT-JIRCAS Research Collaboration
          Farid Waliyar (Director of West and Central Africa, ICRISAT)
      Responding to Africa’s Rice Crisis
          Marco Wopereis (Deputy Director General, WARDA,)
      Outline of ‘Coalition for African Rice Development (CARD)’
          Motofumi Kohara (Director General, Rural Development Dept., JICA)
      Outline of ‘International Research Strategy’
          Masahiro Suga (Director, International Research Div., AFFRC, MAFF)
  4. Round Table Discussion (11:20-12:10)

  5. Concluding Remarks     (12:10-12:20)
                                      Hisao Azuma (President, J-FARD)

AFFRC  : Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Council
CGIAR   : Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
CIAT      : International Center for Tropical Agriculture
CIMMYT: International Wheat and Maize Improvement Center
ICRISAT: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
IRRI        : International Rice Research Institute
IWMI       : International Water Management Institute
JICA       : Japan International Cooperation Agency
JIRCAS  : Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Researches
J-FARD  : Japan Forum on International Agricultural Research for Sustainable Development.
MAFF     : Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
UT          : The University of Tokyo
WARDA : Africa Rice Center

 

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