Agenda

• Understanding the impact of the Covid crisis on African health, politics, trade and economies
• Has the pandemic affected food security or raise the risk of hunger crisis in any African populations?
• How have the major donor organisation’s priorities changed?
• The vulnerability of rural communities and what this means for African development goals
• What policy frameworks and development schemes can achieve success in Africa and how can they be supported by the private sector?
• Can African nations take advantage of their natural resources to support agribusiness and rural development?
• African agro-food industry perspectives on the impact of the pandemic and their fertilizer and other input supply solutions

Participants can sign up to join a speed networking session in which they are allocated six five-minute meetings over the course of one hour. These opportunities to receive a facilitated introduction to other market players are there to quickly grow your network and jump start your networking experience at the event.

• Measuring COVID-19''s impact on the fertilizer sector in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Overview of latest fertilizer supply and demand to key African markets
• What has been the impact of economic instability and currency fluctuation on trade?
• Has the pandemic affected national level tenders for fertilizer?
• Is there evidence of the buying power of farming communities for inputs being impacted?
• Other risks to agribusiness development such as locust swarms or severe weather conditions
• Constraints on imports of agricultural inputs and movement within Africa
• Strengthening blending, distribution and retail networks

• How can African nations take advantage of their natural resources to support agribusiness and rural development?
• What routes to market are available and how can marketing strategies be amended to ensure success in different African markets?
• How can you successfully invest in the African fertilizer market?
• What are the true barriers to entry for agricultural input and product suppliers in different African markets?

• Enhancing knowledge sharing and understanding of digital tools and technologies throughout food systems
• Ag-tech innovations that can be applied to African farming challenges: Satellite, drones, aguaculture etc.
• Applying sharing economy philosophies to smallholder farming cooperatives
• ICT solutions for improving finance and market access at local and international levels
• Supporting soil science and nutrient mapping
• Solutions to improve fertilizer trade, extension and application

Participants can sign up to join a speed networking session in which they are allocated six five-minute meetings over the course of one hour. These opportunities to receive a facilitated introduction to other market players are there to quickly grow your network and jump start your networking experience at the event.

• Understanding the needs and constraints of small holder famers and SME agribusiness during the pandemic

   

• Can agribusiness be a tool for female empowerment and youth employment in times of crisis?
• Measures to safely provide of famer support, extension and advisory services

In our series of country level roundtable discussions, an interactive video chat room will be open for participants to join with local market participants, experts, policy makers and key stake holders. These discussions will discuss specific challenges and opportunities being faced by market actors in this jurisdiction. Sessions will be recorded for others to watch on demand.