Food and nutrition security remain Africa's most fundamental challenges. The number of Africans who are undernourished has been on the rise for decades and now stands at about 200 million people. However, a new commitment to change is emerging both among African leaders and in the international community. Africa may at last be poised to make real progress on achieving food and nutrition security.

To help determine how to bring about actions that will assure food and nutrition security, the 2020 Vision Initiative of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) facilitated an African-owned and African-driven conference in Kampala, Uganda, on April 1-3, 2004. The conference, "Assuring Food and Nutrition Security in Africa by 2020: Prioritizing Actions, Strengthening Actors, and Facilitating Partnerships," brought together more than 500 traditional and new actors and stakeholders representing perspectives and experiences from more than 50 countries and all major sectors. Participants took stock of Africa’s food and nutrition security situation; identified priorities and strategies for implementing action in five key areas -- raising agricultural productivity, fostering economic growth, building human capacity, improving nutrition and health, and strengthening governance -- and explored ways in which actors from all levels can work together. The conference culminated with the development of a framework pointing the way toward a food- and nutrition-secure Africa. This comprehensive volume presents the richness of the presentations and deliberations as well as the auxiliary activities and related documents.

Entire Proceedings

Table of Contents
Part I - Introduction and Taking Stock
Part II - Priorities for Action: Perspectives from the Regions
Part III - Leading to Implementation
Part IV - Implementing Action in Key Areas
Part V - Strengthening Actors
Part VI - Facilitating Partnerships
Part VII - Moving Forward
Appendices

Table of Contents, Foreword, Acronyms and Abbreviations
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Part I -- Introduction and Taking Stock
Chapter 1: Welcome and Opening Remarks
Chair: Isher Judge Ahluwalia, Chair, Board of Trustees, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
John Joseph Otim, Senior Presidential Adviser to H.E. President Museveni of the Republic of Uganda; President, Uganda Agricultural Council; and Chair, Conference Advisory Committee
Joachim von Braun, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), USA
Wilberforce Kisamba-Mugerwa, Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Fisheries, Republic of Uganda
H. E. Yoweri Museveni, President of the Republic of Uganda
H. E. Maître Abdoulaye Wade, President of the Republic of Senegal
H. E. Olusegun Obasanjo, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

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Chapter 2: Taking Stock
Chair: Mamadou Kone, Minister of Scientific Research, Côte d'Ivoire
Keynote Address: Africa's Food and Nutrition Security Situation: Where Are We and How Did We Get Here?
Isatou Jallow, Executive Director, National Nutrition Agency (NaNA), The Gambia
Keynote Address: Looking Ahead: Long-Term Prospects for Africa's Food and Nutrition Security
Mark Rosegrant, Director, Environment and Production Technology Division, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), USA
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Chapter 3: Why Has Africa Not Yet Achieved Food and Nutrition Security?
Chair: Richard Mkandawire, Agricultural Advisor, New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) Secretariat, South Africa
Josué Dioné, Director, Food Security and Sustainable Development Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Ethiopia
Rosebud Kurwijila, Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, African Union, Ethiopia
Robbie Mupawose, Chairman, Barclays Bank of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe
Mandivamba Rukuni, Program Director, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, South Africa

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Part II -- Priorities for Action: Perspectives from the Regions
Chapter 4: Southern Africa
Chair: Bongiwe Njobe, Director General, National Department of Agriculture, South Africa
Johann Frederick Kirsten, Professor and Head, Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension, and Rural Development, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Ajay Vashee, President, Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions (SACAU), Zambia
Discussion

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Chapter 5: West Africa
Chair: Mamadou Kone, Minister of Scientific Research, Côte d'Ivoire
Rosanna Agble, Chief Nutrition Officer, Ghana Health Service, Ghana
Michel Benoît-Cattin, Associate Director for Economics and Social Sciences, Scientific Direction, French Agricultural Research Center for International Development (CIRAD), France
Uzo Mokwunye, Director, The United Nations University, Institute for Natural Resources in Africa, Ghana
Kanayo Nwanze, Director General, WARDA-The Africa Rice Center, Côte d'Ivoire
Discussion

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Chapter 6: East and Central Africa
Chair: Newai Gebre-ab, Chief Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister, Ethiopia and Director of Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI), Ethiopia
Asha-Rose Migiro, Member of Parliament and Minister of Community Development, Women, and Children, Tanzania
Kankonde Mukadi, Professor, Protestant University of the Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo
Discussion

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Chapter 7: Northern Africa
Chair: Mohand Laenser, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Morocco
Mohammed El Mourid (on behalf of Adel El-Beltagy), Regional Coordinator for North Africa Regional Program, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Tunisia
Mustapha Guellouz, Director General, President of the Board of the Enterprise, Livestock and Pasture Office, Tunisia
El-Sayed Zaki, Former Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Sudan
Discussion

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Chapter 8: Plenary Panel Discussion on Perspectives from the Regions
Chair: Per Pinstrup-Andersen, Chair, Science Council, CGIAR; H.E. Babcock Professor of Food and Nutrition Policy, Cornell University; and 2001 World Food Prize Laureate, USA
Bongiwe Njobe, Director General, National Department of Agriculture, South Africa
Newai Gebre-ab, Chief Economic Adviser to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia
Mamadou Kone, Minister of Scientific Research, Côte d'Ivoire
Mohand Laenser, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Morocco
Discussion

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Part III -- Leading to Implementation
Chapter 9: Constraints and Opportunities
Chair: Godfrey K. Binaisa, Former President of the Republic of Uganda
Keynote Address: Mitigating, Preventing, and Ending Conflicts in Africa
Graça Machel, President, Foundation of Community Development, Mozambique; former Expert of the Secretary General of the United Nations on the Impact of Armed Conflict on Children; and former Minister of Education, Mozambique
Keynote Address: Will Food Security in Africa Be Achieved by Sustained, Increased, and More Effective Aid?
Poul Nielson (delivered by Sigurd Illing), European Union Commissioner for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid, Belgium
Keynote Address: Achieving Sustainable Agricultural Growth in Africa: Lessons from Experience
Norman Borlaug, President, Sasakawa Africa Association and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Mexico

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Chapter 10: Strategies and Options
Chair: Courage Quashigah, Minister of Food and Agriculture, Ghana
Keynote Address: Strategies for Improving Food and Nutrition Security in Africa
Victoria Sekitoleko, Subregional Representative, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Subregional Office for Southern and East Africa, Zimbabwe
Keynote Address: Technological Options for Africa's Small-Scale Farmers
Gordon Conway, President, The Rockefeller Foundation, USA
Keynote Address: Implementing Action to Reduce Hunger: Learning from Mali's Experiences
Oumar Ibrahima Touré (on behalf of Seydou Traoré), Delegate Minister for Food Security, Mali

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Chapter 11: Improving Implementation: What Can Lessons from Successes and Failures Teach Us?
Chair: Hamid Narjisse, Director, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Morocco
Peter Hazell, Director, Development Strategy and Governance Division, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), USA
Hezron Nyangito (on behalf of Franz Heidhues), Principal Policy Analyst, Kenya Insitute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), Kenya
Wilberforce Kisamba-Mugerwa, Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Fisheries, The Republic of Uganda
Hans-Joachim Preuss, Secretary General, Deutsche Welthungerhilfe, Germany
Discussion

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Part IV -- Implementing Action in Key Areas
Chapter 12: Raising Agricultural Productivity
Chair: Monty Jones, Executive Secretary, Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), Ghana
Glyvyns Chinkhuntha, Executive Director, Freedom Gardens, Malawi
Seyfu Ketema, Executive Secretary, Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA), Republic of Uganda
Pedro Sanchez, Director of Tropical Agriculture, The Earth Institute at Columbia University; Co-chair, Millennium Project Hunger Task Force; and 2002 World Food Prize Laureate, USA
Carlos Seré, Director General, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Kenya
Eugene R. Terry, Implementing Director, African Agricultural Technology Foundation, Kenya
Florence Wambugu, Chief Executive Officer, A Harvest Biotech Foundation International, Kenya
Discussion

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Chapter 13: Fostering Economic Growth and Improving Markets and Trade
Chair: Benno Ndulu, Research Manager, Development Economics Research Department, World Bank, USA
Eleni Gabre-Madhin, Senior Economist, Africa Region, World Bank, USA
Hans Jöhr, Corporate Head of Agriculture, Nestec Ltd., Switzerland
Eusebius J. Mukhwana, Director, Sustainable Agriculture Centre for Research Extension and Development in Africa (SACRED), Kenya
Stephen Njukia and Bernard Kagira (on behalf of Erastus Mwencha), Regional Agricultural Trade Expansion Support (RATES) Program
Benno Ndulu, Research Manager, Development Economics Research Department, World Bank, USA
Discussion

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Chapter 14: Building Human Capacity
Chair: Angeline Kamba, Member of UN/UNESCO World Commission on Culture and Development, Zimbabwe
Kwadwo Asenso-Okyere, Vice-Chancellor, University of Ghana, Ghana
Suresh Babu, Senior Research Fellow/Senior Adviser, Training, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), USA
Carl Greenidge, Director, Technical Center for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), The Netherlands
William M. Lyakurwa, Executive Director, African Economic Research Consortium, Kenya
Jim Ryan, Visiting Fellow, Economics Division, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, Australia
Discussion

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Chapter 15: Improving Nutrition and Health
Chair: Kabba Joiner, Director General, West African Health Organization (WAHO), Burkina Faso
Stuart Gillespie, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), USA
Amadou Kanouté, Regional Director, Office for Africa, Consumers International, Zimbabwe
Robert Mwadime, Child Survival and Nutrition Advisor, Regional Center for Quality of Health Care, Republic of Uganda
Ebrahim M. Samba, Regional Director, World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, Republic of Congo
Flora Sibanda-Mulder, Senior Advisor, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)-World Food Programme (WFP) Collaboration, Italy
Discussion

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Chapter 16: Strengthening Governance
Chair: Bethuel A. Kiplagat, Executive Director, Africa Peace Forum, Kenya
Tom Arnold, Chief Executive, Concern Worldwide, Ireland
Meaza Ashenafi, Executive Director, Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association, Ethiopia
John Githongo, Permanent Secretary, Governance and Ethics, Government of the Republic of Kenya, Kenya
Yemi Michael Katerere, Assistant Director General, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Indonesia
David King, Secretary General, International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP), France
Norah Owaraga, Executive Secretary, Uganda Change Agent Association, Republic of Uganda
Discussion

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Chapter 17: Plenary Panel Discussion on Implementing Action in Key Areas
Chair: Harris Mule, Executive Director, Top Investment and Management Services and former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Kenya
Monty Jones, Executive Secretary, Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), Ghana
Benno Ndulu, Research Manager, Development Economics Research Department, World Bank, USA
Angeline Kamba, Member of UN/UNESCO World Commission on Culture and Development, Zimbabwe
Kabba Joiner, Director General, West African Health Organization, Burkina Faso
Bethuel A. Kiplagat, Executive Director, Africa Peace Forum, Kenya
Discussion

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Part V -- Strengthening Actors
Chapter 18: Roles and Responsibilities
Chair: Mildred Namwiinde Mpundu, Executive Director, Media and Communication, Step Out Media Communications and Business Development Consultancy Services, Zambia
Keynote Address: What African Countries Can Do to Support Implementation of Action for Food and Nutrition Security in Africa
Augustin Fosu, Senior Policy Advisor, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Ethiopia
Keynote Address: What Industrialized Countries Can Do to Promote Agricultural and Rural Development in Africa: Perspectives of a Development Organization
Bernd Eisenblätter, Managing Director, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusamenarbeit, Germany
Keynote Address: What Industrialized Countries Can Do to Support Implementation of Action for Food and Nutrition Security in Africa: Perspectives from USAID
Emmy B. Simmons, Assistant Administrator, United States Agency for International Development, Bureau of Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade, USA
Keynote Address: Confronting AIDS and Hunger in Africa
Alan Whiteside, Director, Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD), University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Keynote Address: Priorities for Action on Food and Nutrition Security in Africa: Perspectives from the African Union
Rosebud Kurwijila, Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, African Union, Ethiopia

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Chapter 19: Building Political Will and Changing Attitudes for Action
Chair: Moïse Mensah, Former Minister of Finance, Benin
Keynote Address: Fighting HIV/AIDS through Attitudinal Changes: Experiences from Uganda
H. E. Mrs. Janet Museveni, First Lady of the Republic of Uganda
Keynote Address: Changing Attitudes and Behaviors: The Role of Africa's Cultural Leaders
Wole Soyinka, Professor Emeritus, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria; Director of Literary Arts, International Institute of Modern Letters, University of Nevada, USA; and Nobel Prize Laureate in Literature
Keynote Address: Building Strong Partnerships to Improve Africa's Food Security and Rural Incomes
Peter McPherson, President, Michigan State University and Founding Co-Chair, Partnership to Cut Hunger in Africa, USA
Keynote Address: Assuring Food and Nutrition Security in Africa: Perspective of the African Development Bank
Theodore Nkodo, Vice President, Operations, North, East, and South, African Development Bank, Tunisia

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Part VI -- Facilitating Partnerships
Chapter 20: Parliamentarians and Business Leaders: A Discussion
Co-Chair: Edith Nawakwi, Member of Parliament, National Assembly of Zambia, Zambia
Co-Chair: Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, Executive President, African Business Roundtable, and Chairman, New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) Business Group, Nigeria

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Chapter 21: National Policymakers and Development Partners: A Discussion
Co-Chair: Helder Monteiro Muteia, Minister of Agriculture, Mozambique
Co-Chair: Judy O'Connor, Country Director, Tanzania and Uganda, World Bank, Tanzania
Co-Chair: Amalia Garcia-Tharn, Food Aid/Food Security Policy, Development Directorate-General, European Commission, Belgium

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Chapter 22: Nongovernmental Organizations, Farmers’ Organizations, and Media: A Discussion
Co-Chair: Ayo Abifarin, Director, Food Security Program, Africa Region, World Vision, Ghana
Co-Chair: Mercy Karanja, Chief Executive, Kenya Federation of Agricultural Producers, Kenya
Co-Chair: Ibiba don Pedro, New Age Newspaper, Nigeria, and Winner, 2003 CNN African Journalist Award, Nigeria

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Chapter 23: Plenary Panel Discussion on How Actors from All Levels Can Work Together to Achieve Food and Nutrition Security
Chair: Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo, Commissioner, South African Human Rights Commission, South Africa
Edith Nawakwi, Member of Parliament, National Assembly of Zambia, Zambia
Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, Executive President, African Business Roundtable, and Chairman, New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) Business Group, Nigeria
Helder Monteiro Muteia, Minister of Agriculture, Mozambique
Judy O'Connor, Country Director, Tanzania and Uganda, World Bank, Tanzania
Amalia Garcia-Tharn, Food Aid/Food Security Policy, Development Directorate-General, European Commission, Belgium
Mercy Karanja, Chief Executive, Kenya Federation of Agricultural Producers, Kenya
Discussion

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Chapter 24: Actions Needed for Reaching the Millennium Development Goals in Africa with a Focus on Overcoming Hunger
Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The UN Millennium Project; Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University, USA

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Part VII -- Moving Forward
Chapter 25: Closing Remarks
Chair: Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Head, 2020 Vision Initiative, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), USA
Joachim von Braun, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), USA
John Joseph Otim, Senior Presidential Adviser to the President of the Republic of Uganda; President, Uganda Agricultural Council; and Chair, Conference Advisory Committee
Wilberforce Kisamba-Mugerwa, Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Fisheries, Republic of Uganda
H. E. Yoweri Museveni, President of the Republic of Uganda
A Way Forward from the 2020 Africa Conference

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Appendices
Appendix 1: Conference Program
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Appendix 2: Conference Participants
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Appendix 3: Conference Materials
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Appendix 4: Conference Advisory Committee
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Appendix 5: 2020 Advisory Council
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Appendix 6: Speaker Summary Notes and Biosketches (CD-ROM)
See the program on the conference website www.ifpri.org/2020africaconference/program/programweb1.asp

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Back Cover

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