2012 Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) and Steering Committee (SC) meeting

Meeting date

 

Monday, November 12, 2012

 

9:00 – 9:15 Welcome Remarks and Introductions
Ousmane Badiane
9:15 – 9:30 Overview of AGRODEP Activities
Betina Dimaranan
9:30 –  10:00 Discussion
10:00 – 10:15   AGRODEP Modeling Component
Antoine Bouet
10:15 – 10:45 Discussion
10:45 – 11:15   Coffee Break
11:15 – 11:30 AGRODEP Data Component
Betina Dimaranan
11:30 – 12:00   Discussion
12:00 – 12:15 AGRODEP Network Component
Ismael Fofana
12:15 – 12:45  Discussion
12:45 – 02:15 Lunch
01:30 – 02:15 Guest Speaker
Joy M. Kiiru, AGRODEP member
02:15 – 04:45 SAB and SC Business Meetings (held in parallel)
04:45 – 05:45 SAB and SC Joint Session
05:45 – 06:00     Wrap-Up and Closing Remarks
Maximo Torero
06:00 – 07:30 Cocktail / Reception

 

                        

AGRODEP Management Team
 

Name

AGRODEP Role

Attendance

Antoine Bouet

Project Manager

Attending

Betina Dimaranan

Project Manager and Data Coordinator

Attending

Ismael Fofana

Network Coordinator

Attending

David Laborde

Models Coordinator

Not Attending

 
AGRODEP Scientific Advisory Board (SAB)

Name

Affiliation

Attendance

Co-Chairs

Bernard Decaluwé

Poverty and Economic Policy Research Network

Attending

Maximo Torero

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Attending

Members

David Olusanya Ajakaiye

African Centre for Shared Development Capacity Building

Attending

Hubert Escaith

World Trade Organization

Not Attending

Erica Field

Harvard University

Not Attending

Augustin Kwasi Fosu

UN University-WIDER

Attending

Jane Kabubo-Mariara

University of Nairobi

Attending

Johann Kirsten

University of Pretoria, South Africa

Attending

Will Martin

The World Bank

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David Zilberman

University of California - Berkeley

May join GTM


 

AGRODEP Steering Committee (SC)

Affiliation

Name/Representative

Attendance

Co-Chairs

Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN)

Lindiwe Sibanda

Not attending

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Ousmane Badiane

Attending

Members

African Development Bank (AfDB)

Abdul Kamara

Not Attending

African Union

Yemi Akinbamijo

Attending

AGRODEP member representative

 

Mutasim Mekki Mahmoud Elrasheed

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AGRODEP member representative (interim)

Joy M. Kiiru

 

Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa

Michael Waithaka

May join GTM

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 

Greg Traxler

Attending

Center for Global Trade Analysis 

Terrie Walmsley

Attending

Centre d'Etudes Prospectives et d'Informations Internationales (CEPII)

Cristina Mitaritonna

May join GTM

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)

Chungu Mwila (represented by John Mukuka)             

Representative

Economic Community of West African States 

Rui Silva (new representative to be appointed)

Not Attending

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Piettro Gennari

Not Attending

Uganda Economic Policy Research Center

Sarah Ssewanyana

Not Attending

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

Josue Dione

Not Attending

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Jeff Hill

Not Attending

U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC)

Marinos Tsigas

Not Attending

West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development

Harold Roy-Macauley

Attending

World Bank Institute

Soamiely Andriamananjara

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World Trade Organization

Bridget Chilala (represented by Mustapha Sadni-Jallab)

Representative