Chair: Dr. John Joseph Otim, Senior Presidential Advisor to H. E. President Museveni of the Republic of Uganda, and President, Uganda Agricultural Council

Dr. Ayo Abifarin, Director, Food Security Program, World Vision International (Ghana)

Dr. Akin Adesina, Associate Director, Food Security, Rockefeller Foundation (Kenya)

Dr. Mohamed Ait-Kadi, President of the General Council of Agricultural Development, Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development, and Forestry (Morocco)

Hon. Grace Akello, Parliamentarian and Minister of State for Entandikwa (Uganda)

Prof. Achi Atsain, Professor of Economics and Econometrics at the University of Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire and Senior Research Fellow, Ivorian Center for Economic and Social Research (CIRES) (Ivory Coast)

Dr. Åke Barklund, Former Director, Regional Land Management Unit (RELMA) (Kenya)

Dr. Glyvyns Chinkhuntha, Executive Director, Freedom Gardens (Malawi)

Dr. Josué Dioné, Director, Sustainable Development Division, UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) (Ethiopia)

Dr. Baba Dioum, Coordinator General, Conference of West & Central African Ministers of Agriculture (Senegal)

Ato Newai Gebre-ab, Chief Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister and Director, Ethiopian Development Research Institute (Ethiopia)

Dr. Jochen de Haas, Head, Rural Development & Global Food Security Division, Federal Ministry of Economic Co-operation and Development (BMZ) (Germany)

Ambassador Sigurd Illing, Head of Delegation of the European Union (Uganda)

Ms. Isatou Jallow, Executive Director, National Nutrition Agency (NaNA) (The Gambia)

Dr. Monty Jones, Executive Secretary, Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) (Ghana)

Dr. Seyfu Ketema, Executive Secretary, Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA) (Uganda)

Hon. Wilberforce Kisamba-Mugerwa, Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Fisheries (Uganda)

Dr. Stephan Krall, Senior Advisor/Coordinator, Advisory Service for Development-Oriented Agricultural Research (BEAF), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) (Germany)

Ms. Charlotte V. McClain, Commissioner of Economic and Social Rights, South African Human Rights Commission (South Africa)

Dr. Isaac Minde, Coordinator, Eastern and Central Africa Programme for Agricultural Policy Analysis (ECAPAPA) (Uganda)

Dr. Uzo Mokwunye, Director, Institute for Natural Resources in Africa, The United Nations University (Ghana)

Dr. John Mugabe, Executive Director, Commission for Science and Technology, New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) (South Africa)

Mr. Harris Mule, Executive Director, Top Investment & Management Services, Limited (TIMS) (Kenya)

Mr. James Mulwana , Managing Director, Nice House of Plastics; Chairman of the Board, Standard Chartered Bank, Uganda; and Chairman, Advisory Committee, Uganda Manufacturers Association (Uganda)

Dr. Claude Nankam, Agriculture Program Manager, World Vision International (USA)

Mrs. Bongiwe Njobe , Director General, Department of Agriculture (South Africa)

Dr. Kanayo F. Nwanze, Director General, The Africa Rice Center (WARDA) (based in Ivory Coast)

Prof. Ruth Oniang'o, Member of Parliament and Professor of Food Science and Nutrition, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (Kenya)

Dr. Hans-Joachim Preuss, Secretary General, Deutsche Welthungerhilfe (Germany)

Dr. Diana Putman, Director, Food Security Office, United States Agency for International Development (Kenya)

Dr. Marco Quinones, Regional Director for Africa, Sasakawa Africa Association (Ethiopia)

Mr. Jürgen Richter, Senior Project Manager, Rural Policy and Strategy, International Agricultural Research, InWEnt (Germany)

Dr. Mandivamba Rukuni, Director, Africa Program Office, W.K. Kellogg Foundation (South Africa)

Mr. Omar Seck, Technical Counselor in Agriculture, Livestock, and Fisheries, Presidency of the Republic (Senegal)

Mrs. Victoria Sekitoleko, Representative, Subregional Office for Southern and East Africa, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), (based in Zimbabwe)

Dr. Mohamed F. Sessay, Programme Officer, United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) (Kenya)

Dr. Tobias Takavarasha, Agriculture Advisor, New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) (based in South Africa)

Dr. Joachim von Braun (ex-officio), Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (based in USA)

Ms. Rajul Pandya-Lorch (secretary), Head, 2020 Vision Initiative, IFPRI (based in USA)