2011 Meetings and Workshop

Event Date
Location
Novotel Hotel, Dakar, Senegal

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.

 

Monday, June 6, 2011

MEMBERS’ PRESENTATIONS

8:00 - 8:00 Registration
9:00 - 10:00

Opening session

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

 

 

Monday, June 6, 2011 

AFTERNOON WORKSHOP: PARALLEL SESSIONS

 

Climate Change
Food Prices and Price Volatility
2:00 - 2:30 

Session Chair: Ismael Fofana

Climate Change: Overview of Research Questions (Adaptation & Mitigation)

 PDF video


David Zilberman, U.C. Berkeley

2:00 - 2:45

Session Chair: Betina Dimaranan 

Food Prices and Food Security: Overview of Existing Data and Policy Tools and Identification of Gaps

 PDF,  video

Maximo Torero, IFPRI-MTID 

2:30 -2: 40  Discussion 2:45 - 3:00 Discussion
2:40 - 3:10

Methodological Tools to Address Mitigation Issues

 PDF video

Alex de Pinto, IFPRI

 

3:00 - 3:45

Basic Concepts and How to Measure Price Volatility

Related Paper 1; Related Paper 2

 PDF video

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

Related Paper

 PDF video

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

 PDF video

Miguel Robles, IFPRI

4:50 - 5:05

Mitigation strategy and Biofuels (PE illustration): A Stochastic Analysis of Biofuel  Policies

 PDF video

Michael Obersteiner, IIASA 

5:45 - 6:00 Discussion
5:05 - 5:35

Mitigation Strategy and Biofuels (CGE Illustration): Land Use Analysis of Biofuel Mandates: A CGE perspective with MIRAGE-Biof

Related Paper

 PDF video

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

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

MEMBERS' PRESENTATIONS

   
9:00 - 9:30 

Session Chair: Antoine Bouët

Network Activities

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

 

 

Tuesday, June 7, 2011 

AFTERNOON WORKSHOP: PARALLEL SESSIONS

Climate Change

Food Prices and Price Volatility


 

2:00 - 2:40

Session Chair: David Laborde 

Overview of Farm Level Consequences of Climate Change: The Crop Modeling  Framework

Related Paper

 PDF video

Ismael Fofana, IFPRI-Dakar

2:00 - 3:15 

Session Chair: Maximo Torero

Tools to Measure Price Transmission from International to Local Markets

 PDF video

Nicholas Minot, IFPRI-Kampala

2:40 - 3:20

Bio-physical impact analysis of climate change with EPIC

 PDF video

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

Related Paper

 PDF video

S. Amer Ahmed, World Bank

3:30 - 4:00 

Use of Micro and Macro Frameworks in Estimating Poverty Implications of Changes in Food Prices (Part I)

Related Paper

 PDF video

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 

Related Paper

 PDF video

S. Amer Ahmed, World Bank

4:30 - 5:15

Use of Micro and Macro Frameworks in Estimating Poverty Implications of Changes in Food Prices (Part II)

Related Paper

 PDF video

Maros Ivanic, World Bank

4:50 - 5:00 Discussion  

 

5:00 - 5:40

Climate Change and Agriculture: Change in Yields in a global CGE MIRAGE-CC

Related Paper

 PDF video

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

 PDF video

Jo Swinnen, University of Leuven

 

 

 

Wednesday, June 8, 2011 

MEMBERS’ PRESENTATIONS

   
9:00 - 9:30

Session Chair: Betina Dimaranan

AGRODEP Grants

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

 

 

Wednesday, June 8, 2011  

AFTERNOON WORKSHOP

Foreign Direct Investment and Land Markets: Challenges and Opportunities for Africa

   
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