Dr. Adesina, Nigerian Agric Minister |
NaijaAgroNet
gathered that the ACP-EU Technical Centre for
Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), in conjunction with the European Commission, the
European Economic and Social Committee, the African, Caribbean and Pacific
Group, Concord and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) are
the organisers of the 30th Brussels Development Briefings, which
holds today, 4 March 2013.
The briefing
under the theme, “Agricultural Resilience in the Face of Crises and Shocks” is
expected to attract some 200 ACP-EU policy makers, representatives of EU Member
States, civil society groups, researchers, development practitioners and media.
Confirming
this, CTA Director, Mr. Michael Hailu says that since its inception in
2007, the Brussels Development Briefing has been the premier event for sharing
and debating up-to-date information on critical issues relating to food
security and agricultural development in Africa, Caribbean and Pacific
countries.
“It has also
offered an excellent networking opportunity for development partners in
Brussels. The session on agricultural resilience marks the 30th
edition of this highly successful programme that CTA is proud to host on behalf
its partners,” he said.
As disclosed by him, Nigerian
Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, is the chief guest of this
edition of the briefing and would give a keynote address on conducive policies
in support of resilience.
Other speakers expected at the
briefing, he said, would address key challenges to strengthening resilience, cutting across the capacity of
agriculture to withstand or recover from stresses and shocks and bounce back to
the previous level of growth.
Hailu stressed that experts would present proven successes on building resilience and decreasing the vulnerability of agricultural systems in the ACP region.
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