Opening Session

• Opening Remarks (Mywish Maredia)
• Synthesis Report 1 (Danielle Resnick)

Theme 1

Institutional Architecture, Transformation, and Policy Processes

A. Presentations

• Quality of the Institutional Architecture and Food Security Processes: Insights from Malawi (Todd Benson)
• The Devolution Revolution in Agriculture: Learning from the Ghanaian Case (Danielle Resnick)

B. Presentations

• Comprehensive policy change as a critical element of NAIP design (Elizabeth Mkandawire and Nic Olivier)
• Coordinated multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder partnerships: A new approach to institutional architecture and its application to NAIP coordination (Moraka Makhura)
• Establishing appropriate NAIP monitoring and evaluation systems to achieve SDG2 and Malabo commitments (Sheryl Hendriks and Nosipho Mabuza)

Theme 2

Rural and Agrifood Systems in Transforming Economies

A. Presentations

• Drivers of rural and agri-food systems transformation (Thomas Jayne)
• Diet change and its broad implications (David Tschirley)
• Diet change and employment, with emphasis on youth and gender (David Tschirley)

B. Presentations

• The quiet revolution in the “hidden middle” of African and Asian agrifood systems (Tom Reardon)
• Case study: Soya in Malawi and Zambia(Ferdi Meyer)
• Food safety issues in food value chains: the role of the hidden middle (Saweda LiverpoolTasie)

C. Presentations

• The rise of medium-scale farms and rural transformation (Milu Muyanga)
• Mechanization(Hiroyuki Takeshima)
• Agricultural finance (Moraka Makhura)

Theme 3

Capacity Development for Policy Research and Influence

A. Presentations

• Lessons from capacity strengthening in Asia (Suresh Babu)
• Lessons from capacity strengthening in Africa (Thom Jayne)

B. Panel

• David Kraybill presentation

Theme 4

Agricultural Land Policies and Land Use in Africa's Rural Transformation

A. Presentations

• The Changing Face of African Agriculture in an Era of Rural Transformation(T. S. Jayne)
• Safeguarding Land Rights to Promote Inclusive Agricultural Transformation: Drivers and Consequences of Land Tenure Insecurity in Africa?(Hosaena Ghebru)

Theme 5 

Gender and Nutrition Sensitive Policies to Promote Inclusive Agri-Food System Transformation

A. Introduction

• Presentation (Veronique Theriault)

B. Presentations

• The Integrated Framework for Gender Analysis of Nutrition Policy (Malawi) (Elizabeth Mkandawire)
• How Paying Greater Attention to Gender-Defined Roles in Households and Communities can Contribute to Address Malnutrition (Nigeria) (Todd Benson)
• Gender and Diet Diversity (Mali) (Melinda Smale)
• Implications of the Ongoing Diet Transformation on Nutrition (East & Southern Africa) (Dave Tschirley)
• Emerging Early Actions for Bending the Curve in Sub-Saharan Africa’s Nutrition Transition (East & Southern Africa) (Steve Haggblade)