Regional approaches to food and water security in the face of climate challenges - Workshop held at DBSA, Midrand, South Africa 23/24 May 2011
Day 1
Opening session
· Introduction and welcome - (Ravi Naidoo,Group Executive:Dev Planning,DBSA)
· Purpose and approach - crossing sectors and countries - (Letitia Obeng/GWP Chair)
· Keynote address to Regional food and water security workshop- (Trevor Manuel,Minister in the Presidency,Chairman National Planning Commission and NEPAD infrastructure champion)
Session 1
· African Regional Food and Water challenges in Global Context (Uma Lele – GWP/CGIAR)
· Agriculture and food production: the implications for available water resources and their use in Southern Africa (Elijah Phiri,CAAPD)
· Why regional food production is important for South Africa's water managers (Johan van Rooyen, SA:DWA)
Session 2
· Agricultural specialisation and trade - (Nick Vink,Univ. Stellenbosch)
· Issues of Water and Food Security under Projected Climate Change: Experiences from South Africa (Roland Schulze, UKZN)
Session 3
· Challenges of achieving cooperation across sectoral and national boundaries - (Samson Muradzikwa,Chief Economist, DBSA)
· How energy cooperation could contribute to regional livelihoods, food and water - (Wolfgang Fechter, Tongaat Hulett)
· Overcoming barriers to regional cooperation in hydropower and water management - (Cameron Ironside,IHA Programme Director)
· Climate challenges: mitigation and adaptation impacts on water and agriculture - (Tadelle Gabrelassie,IWMI)
Day 2
Session 4
· Innovative support from the AWF for the water, food, and climate agenda - (A. Bahri, AWF Coordinator)
· Climate change adaptation in green economies: the links to food, water and energy security - (Judy Beaumont, Presidency, Department of Performance, Monitoring and Evaluation)
· Water-Agriculture and Trade nexus with Morocco as an example to show what it entails in terms of reforms in the water and agriculture sectors (Ait Kadi,GWP)
· The TransFarm Africa programme -(Lynette Chen, NEPAD Business Foundation)
Breakaway groups
A. Pro-poor approaches in land and water, for livelihoods and food and water security?
B. Climate Challenges & Opportunities: can energy and finance dynamise agriculture and water management?
Summary of minutes
