Africa Climate Smart Agriculture Summit 2018 | Aid and International Development Forum - AIDF | 15 May 2018 | Trademark Hotel , Limuru Rd, Nairobi, Kenya

Show Case Game-Changing Innovations & Partnerships in Climate-Smart Agriculture in East Africa
Sustainable Agriculture Practices, Irrigation and Cropping, Data & ICT for agri and mAgri solutions, Resilient Agricultural System to Address Climate Chane, Risk-mitigation Finance & Insurance

Why Attend:
- Meet key decision makers and agricultural experts to establish public-private partnerships for a sustainable and secure food future in East Africa

- Discuss practical solutions to the prominent climate change challenges, especially around drought management and irrigation best practice

- Improve agricultural productivity: strategies for better soil fertility management, water utilisation, mechanisation, precision farming and crop diversity

- Discover ICT for agri and mAgri innovations: support farmers through technology, data collection, and sharing among actors

- Create economic opportunities while ensuring sustainability for communities and the environment, and learn about financing trends in the region

2018 Speakers:

Dr. Ademola Braimoh
Climate-Smart Agriculture Coordinator for Africa Region, World Bank

Dr. Richard Munang
Regional Climate Change Coordinator, United Nations Environment Programme Africa (UNEP)

Gabriel Rugalema
Resident Representative Kenya, Food and Agricultural Organisation, (FAO)

Margarita Astralaga
Director of Environment and Climate Change Division, IFAD

Noelle O’Brien
Team Leader, Innovation for Climate Change Fund (FICCF)

Debisi O. Araba
Africa Director, International Center for Tropical Agriculture

Chadwin Reno
Deputy Director, Department of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Baringo County

Stephen Muchuri
CEO East Africa Farmers Federation (EAFF)

Adrian Van Der Knaap
Deputy Regional Director East Africa, World Food Programme (WFP)

Fatmata Lovetta Sesay
Regional Policy Adviser, Climate Smart Agriculture, UN Women East and Southern Africa Regional Office

Christopher Hoffman
Regional Disaster Management Director in East Africa, World Vision (WVI)

Noble Banadda
Chairman, Makerere University - Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

Dyborn Charlie Chibonga
Regional Head – Malawi & Mozambique, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)

Musa Zakariyyah
Director, Youth for Sustainable Development Organization

Iddo Dror
Head of Capacity Development, International Livestock Research Institute

Jon Hellin
Senior Scientist, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

Mike Chikakuda
Country Director, Malawi, Face2Face

Abdelbagi Ismail
IRRI Representative for Eastern and Southern Africa, IRRI

Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg
Director, African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD)

Maureen Sigauke
Co- Founder & Executive Director , Green Active Citizens Trust

John Kinaga
Director - Programmes & Partnerships-Africa, Kickstart

Tom Kitt
Chairman, Self Help Africa

Ntiokam Divine
Founder and Managing Director , CSAYN

Boniface Akuku
Director of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) , Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO)

Geleta Gelge
Agriculture Project Officer , Oxfam, Ethiopia

Pauline Wambeti
Country Director, Nuru Kenya

Priscilla M Achakpa,
Executive Director Director, Women Environmental Programme (WEP)

Kiringai Kamau
Executive Director, The Center for Agricultural Networking and Information Sharing (CANIS) of the University of Nairobi

Christine Lamanna
Associate Scientist, The World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)

Engida Mandefro
Deputy Secretary General, Ethiopian Red Cross Society

Lawrence Kiguro
Associate Director, Livelihoods and Resiliency, World Vision Kenya (WVI)

Ida Ng’ang’a,
Director, Regional Consortium for Development (RCD)

Anne Macharia
Current Affairs And Environmental Reporter, KU.TV

Justus Ochieng
Agricultural Economist, World Vegetable Center

James Mutonyi
AGMARK, Managing Director

Janina Schnick
Senior Government Relations Manager, One Acre Fund

Raphael Obonyo
Africa's Representative to the Global Coordination Board, World Bank

Caroline Maua
Country Program Manager, Lutheran World Relief

Edith Ofwona
Senior Program Specialist- Environment and Agriculture, International Development Research Centre

James Mbata
Technical Adviser, UNDP-UN, Malawi

Ambrose Mugisha
UNDP-UN, Environment Poverty Environment Initiative, International Technical Adviser

Dr Theresa Moyo
Independent Expert

Haroon Akram-Lodhi
Gender and Poverty Adviser, United Nations Development Programmes Gender Team

George Ruchathi Mwaniki.
Director of Research, Netfund Kenya

Frashiah Wangeci Mwebia
Ministry of Agriculture & Irrigation

Michael Orangi
Senior Associate, East and Southern Africa, Landscapes and Livelihoods, Rainforest Alliance

Caroline Toroitich
Programme Manager Livelihoods And Landscapes, Rainforest Alliance

Sanne Willems
First Secretary Food Security, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Nairobi

Ms. Wanjira Mathai
Co-Chair, Global Restoration Council

2018 Sponsors & Partners

GOLD SPONDOR
• SNV

EVENT SPONSOR
•Zero Fly Hermetic
• WWF
• ARPA

INNOVATION ZONE
• Sun Culture

MEDIA PARTNERS
• AgFUNDER NEWS
• AGROPAGES
• Business of Agriculture
• Business
• KiML
• TOP Farmer
• Development Finance
• AFRICA BUSINESS.COM
• UN Development Business
• farmers trend
• gODAN
• TECHNOLOGY
• AGMARK
• Climate & Agriculture Network for Africa
• FARA
• THE FOUNDATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFRICA
• GREEN Africa Directory
• KENPRO
• African Farming