For our first episode of Season 2 of the AGRF Podcast Catherine Ndung’u from the AGRF is joined by Dominik Klauser, Program Officer in the Research and Development team at Syngenta Foundation. They discuss soil and root health and the important role they play in tackling climate change. You can let us know what you think via Twitter @theagrf, facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram. Please register to join us for the AGRF 2021 Summit from the 7th to the 10th of September.

Debisi Araba, MD of the AGRF, steers leaders in governance, science, technology and the arts in discussing best strategies for stable food systems. This includes a keynote by the Honorable Dr. John Olukayode Fayemi, chairman of Nigeria's Governors Forum, as well as enlightening discussions on building resilience and the production of nutritious food as well as expert opinions on market strengthening and financing approaches for smallholder farmers and other players in Africa's agricultural...

Heads of state and government highlight strategies to strengthen food security post COVID-19 and in view of the 2021 United Nations Food Systems Summit. Moderated by South African conversation strategist, Nozipho Tshabalala and including the President of Rwanda, H.E. Paul Kagame, Prime Minister of Ethiopia, H.E. Abiy Ahmed Ali, Prime Minister of Israel, H.E. Benjamin Netanyahu, Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Rt. Hon. Tony Blair and Deputy Secretary General of the UN, H.E. Amina...

A panel of experts studies strategies for building stable agricultural markets within the continent to break the over-reliance on foreign imports. The discussion is led by some of the world’s leading minds on agri-food policy. The focus is on how to build back better, with notable attention on the most pressing policy decisions before Africa. This is a great debate – one that yields concrete policy-led solutions for some of Africa’s most urgent food value chain problems.

A lively and emotive panel of farmers from across in Africa, as well as leaders of agricultural agencies, farmer cooperatives and aggregators, discuss sustainability plans and strategies for overcoming recent challenges and increasing resilience in agriculture. How key players can create sustainable food networks for the benefit of the continent and align the goals of governments, private sector and the civil society in promoting smallholder agriculture and supporting food sovereignty.

The 2020 Africa Food Prize award ceremony is presided over by His Excellency Olusegun Obasanjo, the former President of Nigeria and Chair of the Africa Food Prize Committee. Also presenting are AGRA President Dr. Agnes Kalibata and Mr. Svein Tore Holsether, the President and CEO of Yara. The session includes a panel discussion with Dr. Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg from the Africa Food Prize Committee and His Excellency Hailemariam Desalegn, the former Prime Minister of Ethiopia and Chairman of the...

Jeff Koinange, renowned Kenyan journalist, author and TV talk show host, moderates the largest and possibly the most engaging panel of the 2020 Virtual AGRF. His Excellency Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda, speaks to innovative and ambitious young African industry leaders seeking to establish a supportive ecosystem, including innovative financing, capacity development and a supportive policy environment for Africa’s young agripreneurs.

Ms. Ertharin Cousin, Distinguished Fellow of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and panel discuss the need to transform Africa’s food systems in a way that benefits both farmer and consumer, food systems that balance the demand against local production capacity and how African food products generate economic growth that develops urban food markets, fosters urban-rural linkages and contributes to reducing poverty and hunger amid Covid-19, unusual pest attacks and the effects of climate...

A panel comprising the world’s best professionals in nutrition discusses the United Nations State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report (SOFI), in view of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, seeking best practices for successfully feeding the continent, discussing cost-savings measures in food budgets driven by a shift towards healthy diets that include sustainability considerations and addresses policy changes needed to transform existing food systems to deliver affordable healthy...

More than one third of Africa’s population lives in urban areas, expected to double in 25 years. How can growing demand for locally-grown produce benefit Africa's farmers, create jobs and enhance food security? AGRA’s President Dr. Agnes Kalibata joins Rwanda's Prime Minister, the Right Hon. Édouard Ngirente, the Hon. Dr. Gérardine Mukeshimana, Rwanda’s Minister for Agriculture and Animal Resources and His Excellency Hailemariam Dessalegn, Former PM of Ethiopia & current Chairman of the...

The Africa Agriculture Status Report (AASR) has been published annually since 2013 by the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA). It is an important handbook for Africa's decisions in plans to transform the continent's agricultural sector. On this episode, recorded live at AGRF Virtual Summit 2020, Dr. Agnes Kalibata, president of AGRA and the UN Secretary General's Special Envoy for the Food System's Summit, is joined by a fantastic panel of experts.