Agriculture in Africa: An Effective Route out of Poverty?

Is Agriculture still relevant to Poverty Reduction in Africa?

17 October 2005 - Public event, London

Speakers from IFPRI and Oxford University/World Bank discussed whether African government policy and the major share of investment should focus on smallholders and staple crops or on large farms and high value crops
Speakers:
Peter Hazell, Director, Development Strategy and Government Division, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Paul Collier, Director, Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford University, and former Head of Research at the World Bank
Chair:
John Battle MP
Audio / video Report / documents
Documents
- Commentary by Peter Hazell for IFPRI Forum (PDF, 50kb)
- Speech - Peter Hazell (PDF, 40kb)
An ODI and All Party Parliamentary Group on Overseas Development public event in the Agriculture in Africa: An Effective Route out of Poverty? series.

New approaches to land for agricultural growth and poverty reduction

25 October 2005 - Public event, London

During this event, speakers highlighted recent evidence on the importance of land tenure and land access for agricultural production.
Chair:
John Battle M
Speakers:
Dr Camilla Toulmin, Director of IIED and a member of the EU Taskforce on Land
Dr John Farrington, ODI Research Fellow spoke instead of Dr Klaus Deininger.
Audio / video Report / documents
Presentations
- Camilla Toulmin and Klaus Deininger (PDF, 57kb)
- Klaus Deininger - and policies for growth and poverty reduction - Opportunities and challenges (PDF, 90kb)
Documents and resources
- Notes on the subject by Klaus Deininger (PDF, 23kb)
- Table - Key elements in design of institutions and processes for pro-poor land administration - Camilla Toulmin (PDF, 74kb)
An ODI and All Party Parliamentary Group on Overseas Development public event in the Agriculture in Africa: An Effective Route out of Poverty? series.

Alternative visions for agricultural growth in Africa: What should governments and markets do?

1 November 2005 - Public event, London

During this event they discussed factors, like agro-climatic vulnerability, weaker governance, poorer infrastructure, and smaller firms as well as smaller, more landlocked economies, combined with weak service delivery, access to extension provisions , and high transaction costs led to a graphic agriculture and market development poverty trap, involving farmers in considerable risk if they opted for change and what seemed to the outside world as the “necessary” transformation of their production.
Speakers:
Andrew Dorward, Imperial-at-Wye, University of London and Professor Thom Jayne, Michigan State University
Chair:
John Battle MP
Part1- Colin Bradford, Governance Studies Program, The Brookings Institute
Part 2 - Adrian Hewitt, Research Adviser to APGOOD, ODI Research Fellow
Audio / video Report / documents
Presentations
- 1 - Andrew Dorward (PDF, 185kb)
- 2 - Thom Jayne (PDF, 45kb)
An ODI and All Party Parliamentary Group on Overseas Development public event in the Agriculture in Africa: An Effective Route out of Poverty? series.

Making Science and Technology Work for the Poor

8 November 2005 - Public event, London

At this event, George Rothschild and Ian Scoones discussedthe importance of technology in Sub-Saharan Africa increasing agricultural output and reducing poverty, and how this can be complemented by technological governance.
Speakers:
George Rothschild, former Director-General of the International Rice Research Institute and former Chief Scientific Adviser to the Minister for Overseas Development, Australian Federal Government
Ian Scoones, Professor and Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex
Chair:
John Battle, MP
Audio / video Report / documents
Presentations
- George Rothschild (PDF, 28kb)
- Ian Scoones (PDF, 20kb)
An ODI, All Party Parliamentary Group on Overseas Development and Future Agricultures Consortium public event in the Agriculture in Africa: An Effective Route out of Poverty? series.

Supermarkets and Standards

23 November 2005 - Public event, London

This event discussed the opportunities the supermarket retail market provides for the poor, connecting producers to value-added markets, exploiting comparative advantage of small farmers, and allowing them to escape the volatility and low prices of commodity markets.
Speakers:
David Gregory, Head of Food Technology, Marks and Spencer plc.
Dr William Vorley, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
Chair:
John Battle MP
Audio / video Report / documents
Presentations
- David Gregory (PDF, 21kb)
- William Vorley (PDF, 121kb)
An ODI and All Party Parliamentary Group on Overseas Development public event in the Agriculture in Africa: An Effective Route out of Poverty? series.

DFID's new agricultural policy paper - "Growth and Poverty Reduction: The Role of Agriculture"

7 December 2005 - Public event, London

In this event Hilary Benn, MP, Secretary of State for International Development presented the new UK Government agricultural policy paper.
Speaker:
Rt. Hon. Hilary Benn, MP
Chair:
John Battle, MP
Audio / video Report / documents
Documents
- NEPAD Statement of support - The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) (PDF, 12kb)
An ODI and All Party Parliamentary Group on Overseas Development public event in the Agriculture in Africa: An Effective Route out of Poverty? series.

Natural Resource Abundance: Obstacle to Development or Harnessing Wealth for Development?

14 December 2005 - Public event, London

This meeting attempts to develop an understanding of the seemingly paradoxical relationship between natural resources abundance and poor development outcomes including the alleged 'commodity curse' and the incidence of 'Dutch Disease'.
Speakers:
Patrick Alley, Global Witness
Arthur Neiland, Institute for Sustainable Development and Aquatic Resources (IDDRA)
Chair:
John Battle, MP
Introduction Audio / video Report / documents
Presentations
- Arthur Neiland (PDF, 240kb)
- Patrick Alley (PDF, 988kb)
An ODI and All Party Parliamentary Group on Overseas Development public event in the Agriculture in Africa: An Effective Route out of Poverty? series.

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