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Plenary sessions programme
NOTE: session times are in local time (South Africa: UTC/GMT +2 hours): check time conversions
TUESDAY 5TH APRIL
18:30-18:35 | Introduction from Dr. Shadrack Moephuli, President and CEO, Agricultural Research Centre, the Opening Ceremony MC |
18.35-18.40 | Dance performance |
18:40:18:55 | Welcome to South Africa from Mr. Senzeni Zokwana, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, South Africa |
18:55-19:00 | Welcome to the GCARD3 delegates from Juan Lucas Restrepo (Chair of the GFAR Steering Committee) and Martin Kropff (Director General, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)) |
19:00-19:15 | Key Note Address by Dr. Ibrahim Mayaki, Chief Executive Officer, NEPAD Agency |
19:15-19.30 | Key Note Address by Dr. Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Chief Executive FANRPAN |
19.30-19.35 | Wrap up and invitation to join the ARC Reception |
WEDNESDAY 6TH APRIL
08.30-10.30 | Plenary session 1 and 2 (Venue: OR Tembo) Welcome and Program introduction Report on commitments from GCARD1 and GCARD2, Mark Holderness, GFAR Reporting from the GCARD3 engagement processes, moderated by Kwesi Atta-Krah, CGIAR 2 Keynote speeches: Strategic inclusion of youth in national, regional and global agricultural systems, Jim Cano, YPARD and Experience as a young, emerging, black, female farmer in the transforming agricultural economy in South Africa, Dimakatso Sekhoto (Nono), Makolobane Farmers Enterprises |
FRIDAY 8TH APRIL
08.30-09.30 | Plenary Session 3 Highlights from Day 1 – Presentation and Crowdsourcing 2 Keynote speeches: Innovation in a Sustainable Manner: Young Agripreneurs and Reinventing Farming for Europe, Maria Letizia Gardoni, Coldiretti and |
14.00-15.30 | Report back from the Thematic Session Chairs, Chair: Jasper Rees, ARC |
15.30-16.00 | Coffee break and networking |
16.15-17.30 | Plenary Session 4: Presenting a draft declaration and discussing the way forward, Presentation of the Draft GCARD3 Statement by Shadrack Moephuli, ARC High Level Panel Discussion offering reflections from the panellists on the GCARD3 outcomes and its relevance to their countries and reactions to the draft GCARD3 Outcome Statement, Moderator: Frank Rijsberman, CGIAR
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17.30-18.00 | Closing Ceremony
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