Pre-Africa Food Summit press conference (Dakar 2) | African Development Bank

What: Dakar 2 Summit launch press conference

Who: Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Equipment and Food Sovereignty of Senegal and the African Development Bank Group

When: Monday January 23, 2023

Line-up: 10:30 AM GMT

Expensive: 11:00 AM GMT -12:30 PM GMT

Where: Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Equipment and Food Sovereignty Auditorium – located in the Ousmane Tanor Dieng ministerial block of Diamnadio, Senegal

As a prelude to the second edition of the Feed Africa Summit (Dakar 2), the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Equipment and Food Sovereignty of Senegal, in collaboration with the African Development Bank Group, will hold a press conference at the Ministry on Monday, January 23, 2023.

The top, titled Feeding Africa: food security and resilience, is organized by the African Development Bank Group under the chairmanship of President Macky Sall of Senegal, the current president of the African Union. It will take place from the 25^e to the 27^e from January 2023 at the Abdou Diouf International Conference Center (CICAD) in Diamnadio.

The three-day summit will bring together key stakeholders including heads of state, development partners and private sector participants to mobilize finance that will unlock Africa’s food and agricultural potential. The idea is to turn advocacy into concrete action.

The goals of the summit:

• Mobilize high-level political commitment, support from development partners and private sector investment around production, markets and trade to increase food production in Africa.
• Share successful experiences in food and agriculture in selected countries – experience in boosting agricultural productivity through the implementation of climate adaptation
  crops, livestock and aquaculture technology, advisory services and successful innovation platforms.
• Enlist national governments, development partners and the private sector
  food and agriculture supply pacts for each country to achieve food security at scale.
• Develop the necessary infrastructure and logistics with especially agro-industrial
  processing areas to build markets and competitive food and agriculture value chains.

About 1,500 people gather at this summit. They will include heads of state and government, ministers responsible for agriculture, economy and finance, and related sectors, central bank governors, as well as private sector stakeholders, multilateral organizations, non-governmental organizations, leading academics and scientists.

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