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
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Food Prices and Price Volatility
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| 2:00 - 2:30 |
Session Chair: Ismael Fofana Climate Change: Overview of Research Questions (Adaptation & Mitigation)
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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
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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 |
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| 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
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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 |