IFAD Innovation Talk #8
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Boosting Intra-African Agricultural Trade to Build Resilience of Smallholder Farmers

Event date: 20 January 2022| Time: 14.00-15.00 CEST

Speakers and guests from: IFAD | AKADEMIYA2063 | African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) secretariat | International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) | Cairo University | Pan Africa Farmers Organization (PAFO)

Event documentation: Find the event agenda and more at the official event webpage here: [ Ссылка ]

Subject: how increased intra-African trade has the potential to stabilize regional food supplies, increase the resilience of markets to local production fluctuations and international price shocks, and give farmers access to larger and more lucrative regional markets.
The event explores:
* What is the role of innovation and intra-African trade in accelerating the recovery of African economies from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic?
* What role can innovation in regional trade play in stabilizing domestic food supplies and increasing the resilience of markets to local production and price shocks? 
* What are the potential benefits of AfCFTA implementation and increased intra-African trade for local producers?
* What are the next steps for the AfCFTA Secretariat and other actors to advance AfCFTA implementation? 
* How can African countries, regions and continental institutions ensure that responses to future crises do not impede cross-border trade?

Skipt to a section:
00:00 Start
01:15 Welcome by moderator, Gladys H. Morales, IFAD
02:30 Opening remarks by Ousmane Badiane, AKADEMIYA2063
06:15 Keynote speech by Antoine Bouet, IFPRI Panel discussion
18:15 Introduction moderated by Chahir Zaki, Cairo University
19:35 Elizabeth Nsimadala, PAFO
27:25 Komla Bissi, AfCFTA
33:30 Sara Mbago-Bhunu, IFAD
39:00 Keynote speech by Sunday Odjo, AKADEMIYA2063
48:05 Q&A
56:40 Closing remarks by Satu Santala, IFAD

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