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.

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

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” (1.19MB)
   　Ren Wang (CGIAR Director)
3. Status Reports (10:40-11:20)

Integrated Crop Management systems for major impact zones in sub-Saharan Africa     Robin Buruchara (Coordinator for Sub-Saharan Africa, CIAT)	286KB
ICRISAT-JIRCAS Research Collaboration     Farid Waliyar (Director of West and Central Africa, ICRISAT)	950KB
Responding to Africa’s Rice Crisis     Marco Wopereis (Deputy Director General, WARDA,)	1.94MB
Outline of ‘Coalition for African Rice Development (CARD)’     Motofumi Kohara (Director General, Rural Development Dept., JICA)	470KB
Outline of ‘International Research Strategy’     Masahiro Suga (Director, International Research Div., AFFRC, MAFF)	・Outline ・Text

4. Round Table Discussion (11:20-12:10)

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