Financing Food Systems Recovery: Scaling Up Research and Innovation

July 13, 2021 | 8:00 EDT/14:00 CET

The event presented CGIAR’s Food System response to COVID-19 as well as promote GAFSP's Call for Proposals to support countries and producer organizations’ recovery and response to COVID-19 challenges. CGIAR and GAFSP participants showcased concrete country examples on how GAFSP and CGIAR work at the local level to deploy, adapt and scale up agriculture research and innovation solutions.

Moderator:

• Dr. Natasha Hayward, GAFSP Program Head

Speakers:

• Dr. Juergen Voegele, Chair CGIAR System Council and World Bank Vice President for Sustainable Development
• Dr. Kundhavi Kadiresan, Managing Director, Global Engagement and Innovation, CGIAR
• Mr. Dirk Schattschneider, Chair of the GAFSP Steering Committee and Assistant Director General, Food, Rural Development, Africa natural resources, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany (BMZ)
• Ms. Lise Albrechtsen, Special Representative on Climate Adaptation and Food Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway

Panelists:

• Mr. Mark Eghan, Principal Agriculture Economist, African Development Bank (AfDB)
• Ms. Angie L. M. Howard, Manager, Falama Group Incorporated in Liberia
• Dr. Ekaterina Krivonos, Deputy Director- Programs and Co-Lead, CGIAR COVID-19 Hub
• Mr. Reginald Lee, Director, Programs, Grow Asia
• Mr. J. Dennis Wiagbe, Director of Monitoring & Evaluation, Ministry of Agriculture, Liberia