The 2011 AGRODEP meetings and workshop were held on June 6-8, 2011 at the Novotel Hotel in Dakar, Senegal. In this three-day workshop,
AGRODEP members gave brief presentations on their research. In addition, the workshop included sessions by leading researchers focusing on three current and emerging research topics: Climate Change, Food Prices and Price Volatility, and Foreign Direct Investment in Land.

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 Monday, June 6, 2011 MEMBERS’ PRESENTATIONS | 
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| 8:00 - 8:00 | Registration | 
| 9:00 - 10:00 | Session Chair: Ousmane Badiane Antoine Bouët, Betina Dimaranan, Ismael Fofana, David Laborde | 
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Group I: Climate Change in Agriculture Francis M. Mwaura (Uganda) - Presentation Mathieu Ouedraogo (Burkina Faso) - Presentation Mounir Balloumi (Tunisia) - Presentation | 
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Group II: Sustainable Development Mercyline Waithira Kamande (Kenya) - Presentation Oscar Ingasia Ayuya & Job Kibiwot Lagat (Kenya) - Presentation | 
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee Break | 
| 11:30 - 12:15 | Session Chair: Maximo Torero 
 Group III: Agricultural Trade Vinaye Ancharaz (Mauritius) - Presentation Ibrahim Sulieman Ismail (Sudan) - Presentation Nicodème Nimenya (Burundi) - Presentation Victor Afari-Sefa (Ghana) - Presentation | 
| 12:15 - 1:00 | Group IV: Livestock Modeling Mutasim Mekki Mahmoud Elrasheed (Sudan) - Presentation Patrick Irungu (Kenya) - Presentation Ruth Chepchirchir Taruss (Kenya) - Presentation Shams Eldien Hassab Alla Ahmed (Sudan) - Presentation | 
| 1:00 - 2:00 | Lunch Break 
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 Monday, June 6, 2011 AFTERNOON WORKSHOP: PARALLEL SESSIONS 
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| Climate Change | Food Prices and Price Volatility | ||
| 2:00 - 2:30 | Session Chair: Ismael Fofana Climate Change: Overview of Research Questions (Adaptation & Mitigation) 
 | 2:00 - 2:45 | Session Chair: Betina Dimaranan Food Prices and Food Security: Overview of Existing Data and Policy Tools and Identification of Gaps Maximo Torero, IFPRI-MTID | 
| 2:30 -2: 40 | Discussion | 2:45 - 3:00 | Discussion | 
| 2:40 - 3:10 | Methodological Tools to Address Mitigation Issues Alex de Pinto, IFPRI 
 | 3:00 - 3:45 | Basic Concepts and How to Measure Price Volatility Related Paper 1; Related Paper 2 Carlos Martins–Filho, IFPRI-MTID | 
| 3:10 - 3:20 | Discussion | ||
| 3:20 - 4:00 | Mitigation Strategy and the REDD: Illustration with the GLOBIOM Model and the Congo River Basin Aline Mosnier, IIASA | 3:45 - 4:00 | Discussion | 
| 4:00 - 4:30 | Coffee Break | 4:00 - 4:30 | Coffee Break | 
| 4:30 - 4:40 | Discussion | ||
| 4:40 - 4:50 | How REDD-related Modeling Results are Used by Policy Makers? Discussion chaired by Michael Obersteiner, IIASA | 4:30 - 5:45 | Tools to Measure Impacts over Households of Changes In International Prices Miguel Robles, IFPRI | 
| 4:50 - 5:05 | Mitigation strategy and Biofuels (PE illustration): A Stochastic Analysis of Biofuel Policies 
 Michael Obersteiner, IIASA | 5:45 - 6:00 | Discussion | 
| 5:05 - 5:35 | David Laborde, IFPRI | ||
| 5:35 - 5:45 | Discussion | ||
| 5:45 - 6:00 | How the Land Use Related Modeling Results are Used by Policy Makers Discussion chaired by David Zilberman, U.C. Berkeley | 
 
 
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 Tuesday, June 7, 2011 MEMBERS' PRESENTATIONS | 
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| 9:00 - 9:30 | Session Chair: Antoine Bouët Ismael Fofana, IFPR | 
| 9:30 - 10:15 | Group V: Fiscal Policy Patterson Chukwuemeka Ekeocha (Nigeria) - Presentation Souleymane Sadio Diallo (Cote d’ivoire) - Presentation Damien Agbodji (Togo) - Presentation Atemnkeng Tabi Johannes (Cameroon) - Presentation | 
| 10:15-11:00 | Group VI: External Shocks Nnaemeka Chukwuone (Nigeria) - Presentation Christian Emini (Cameroon) - Presentation Cheickh Sadibou Fall (Senegal) - Presentation in English; Presentation in French | 
| 11:00 -11:30 | Coffee Break | 
| 11:30 -12:10 | Session Chair: David Laborde Group VII: Trade Modeling Shaymaa Bayoumi (Egypt) - Presentation Youssouf Kone (Cote d’Ivoire) - Presentation Fatou Cissé (Senegal) - Presentation | 
| 12:10 - 1:00 | Group VIII: Trade Policy Musibau Adetunji Babatunde (Nigeria) - Presentation Gbadebo Olusegun Odularu (Nigeria) - Presentation Azharia Abdelbagi Elbushra (Sudan) - Presentation Olumuyiwa Bamidele Alaba (Nigeria) - Presentation | 
| 1:00 - 2:00 | Lunch Break 
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 Tuesday, June 7, 2011 AFTERNOON WORKSHOP: PARALLEL SESSIONS | 
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| Climate Change | Food Prices and Price Volatility 
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| 2:00 - 2:40 | Session Chair: David Laborde Overview of Farm Level Consequences of Climate Change: The Crop Modeling Framework 
 Ismael Fofana, IFPRI-Dakar | 2:00 - 3:15 | Session Chair: Maximo Torero Tools to Measure Price Transmission from International to Local Markets Nicholas Minot, IFPRI-Kampala | 
| 2:40 - 3:20 | Bio-physical impact analysis of climate change with EPIC Christine Heumesser, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences | 3:15 - 3:30 | Discussion | 
| 3:20 - 3:40 | Yield and Climate Variability: Learning From Time Series and GCM S. Amer Ahmed, World Bank | 3:30 - 4:00 | 
 Maros Ivanic, World Bank | 
| 3:40 - 4:00 | Discussion | ||
| 4:00 - 4:30 | Coffee Break | 4:00 - 4:30 | Coffee Break | 
| 4:30 - 4: 50 | Using a Global Static CGE to Assess the Effects Of Climate Volatility S. Amer Ahmed, World Bank | 4:30 - 5:15 | 
 Maros Ivanic, World Bank | 
| 4:50 - 5:00 | Discussion | 
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| 5:00 - 5:40 | Climate Change and Agriculture: Change in Yields in a global CGE MIRAGE-CC 
 David Laborde, IFPRI | 5:15 - 5:30 | Discussion | 
| 5:40 - 5:50 | Discussion | ||
| 5:50 - 6:00 | Concluding Remarks David Zilberman, U.C. Berkeley | 5:30 - 6:00 | Concluding Remarks: Food Prices and Food Policy 
 Jo Swinnen, University of Leuven 
 
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 Wednesday, June 8, 2011 MEMBERS’ PRESENTATIONS | 
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| 9:00 - 9:30 | Session Chair: Betina Dimaranan Antoine Bouët, IFPRI | 
| 9:30 - 10:10 | Group IX: Agricultural Policy Raga Mohamed Elzaki (Sudan) - Presentation Amel Mustafa Mubarak (Sudan) - Presentation Godwin Anjeinu Abu (Nigeria) - Presentation | 
| 10:10-11:00 | Group X: Growth and Poverty Reduction Wachira Rhoda Gakuru & Naomi Muthoni Mathenge (Kenya) - Presentation Joseph François Cabral (Senegal) - Presentation Lacina Balma (Burkina Faso) - Presentation | 
| 11:00 -11:30 | Coffee Break | 
| 11:30-12:15 | Session Chair: Ismael Fofana Group XI: Development Modeling Albert Makochekanwa (Botswana) - Presentation Osman Mohammed Babikir (Sudan) - Presentation Indranarain Ramlall (Mauritius) - Presentation Reuben Adeolu Alabi (Nigeria) - Presentation | 
| 12:15 -1:00 | Group XII: Development Policy Fatimata Dia Sow (Senegal) - Presentation Miriam Omolo (Kenya) - Presentation Patience Mlongo Mshenga (Kenya) - Presentation John Ele-Ojo Ataguba (Nigeria) - Presentation | 
| 1:00 - 2:00 | Lunch Break 
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 Wednesday, June 8, 2011 AFTERNOON WORKSHOP Foreign Direct Investment and Land Markets: Challenges and Opportunities for Africa | 
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| 2:00 - 2:10 | Session Chair: Antoine Bouët 
 Opening Remarks Bernard Decaluwe, Université Laval | 
| 2:10 - 2:50 | The experience of FDI in land in Eastern European Economies: Implications for African Economies Jo Swinnen, University of Leuven | 
| 2:50 - 3:30 | FDI and Alternative Supply Chain Design David Zilberman, U.C. Berkeley | 
| 3:30 - 4:00 | Discussion and Q&A Ousmane Badiane, IFPRI | 
| 4:00 - 4:30 | Coffee Break | 
| 4:30 - 5:00 | Update on AGRODEP Website Development Betina Dimaranan, IFPRI | 
| 5:00 - 6:00 | Closing Remarks Antoine Bouët, IFPRI Maximo Torero, IFPRI Ousmane Badiane, IFPRI | 
| 6:00 - 8:00 | Cocktail | 
 
 