Los días 10 y 11 de enero se celebrará en la ciudad india de Mumbai ( Bombay) una conferencia convocada por el Nordiska Africa institutet y special unit for south south cooperation de la UNDP en al que dentro del plano de LA cooperación sur -sur se abordarán los temas que afectan a las relaciones en el ámbito alimentario entre la India y los paises africanos.
Programa:
(en inglés)
Day 1
January 10, 2011, Conference Hall- Vista,
30 Floor, Centre 1, World Trade Centre
10.15- 10.30 Registration and Coffee
10.30- 10.35 Welcome Address: Renu Modi, Centre for African Studies, University of Mumbai
Inaugural Session
Chairperson: Fantu Cheru ( Nordiska Africa Institute, Uppsala, Sweden)
10.35- 11.00 Gurjeet Singh (MEA, GoI), India’s role in capacity building in Africa with a special focus on the agricultural sector
11.00- 11.20 Francisco Simplicio ( Plenary speaker, UNDP) South-South Cooperation: a different way to share development gains
11.20- 11.40 Sam Moyo ( Plenary speaker, Zimbabwe) Agrarian transformation in Africa and its recolonisation
12.05- 12.20 Discussion
Health Break
Session 2: Indian Engagement in Agriculture in Africa
Chairperson: A.O. Kuruvila (Deputy Director – Research), WTC
12.30- 12.45 Consulate Generals of Ethiopia, Name Agriculture Sector: India and Ethiopia
12.45- 01.00 Consulate of Uganda, Agriculture sector: India and Uganda
01.00- 01.20 Mr Prahlathan ( Desig? Asst. General Manager),Potential for investment in Africa: Role of EXIM Bank, EXIM Bank
01.20- 01.40 P. Soman (Senior Vice-President), Jain Irrigation: ( Title?)Their Africa Experience
01.40- 02.00 Discussions
02.00 – 02.45 Lunch
Session 3: India- Africa: Trade, Investments and Civil Society
Chairperson: Dessalgne Rehmato (Researcher, Private Consultant), Ethiopia
02.45- 03.00 Milan Sharma (IL&FS): Private Sector Agribusiness Investment Opportunities on Africa
03. 00- 03.15 Sanjukta Bhattacharya India-Africa trade and collaboration in agriculture: the role of SME
03. 15- 03. 30 Sanusha Naidu, Role of Civil Society in Food Security Debate
03. 30- 03.45 Chambi Chachage, Civil Society and Media Coverage of Indian Engagement in Agriculture and Related Sector in Tanzania
03.45- 04.15 Discussion and Q&A
Sightseeing around Fort Area for about an hour, drive past Rajabai Tower, India Gate , Taj and Marine Drive, Confrence Dinner
Day 2
January 11, 2011, ICSSR Conference Room, University of Mumbai, Kalina
10.15- 10.30 Rajan M. Welukar ( Vice Chancellor, University of Mumbai), Address ( tbc)
10.30- 10.35 Plenary Address: Fantu Cheru: Catalyzing Agricultural Transformation in Africa, (Research Director, Nordiac Africa Institute, Uppsala, Sweden)
10:30-10. 45 Tea Break
Session 1: Indian Private Companies in Africa: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
Chairperson: Sam Moyo, Agrarian transformation in Africa and its Recolonisation Zimbabwe, (Executive Director, African Institute for Agrarian Studies)
10.45- 10.55 Gisbert Oonk (University of Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Agricultural Production in East Africa: The Development of Asian Owned Sisal Estates in Tangyanika
10.55- 11.05 Renu Modi (University of Mumbai) Contribution of Indians in the Agricultural Sector in Kenya and Uganda
11.05- 11.15 Euston Chiputa (University of Zambia) Indian Pvt.
companies in the agriculture sector in Zambia, 1964-2010
11.15- 11.25 Alexander Vadala (Research Scholar, University of Oslo)
International Land acquisition and food security: India and Ethiopia
11.25- 11.45 Discussion
11.45-12. 00 Tea Break
Session 2: Food security and Africa: Case studies
Chairperson:
12.00- 12. 10 Parto Kronner (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), Food security or Meal security? a gender perspective with case studies from Sudan,
Sightseeing around Fort Area for about an hour, drive past Rajabai Tower, India Gate , Taj and Marine Drive, Confrence Dinner
12.10– 12. 20
Mats Harsmar (Uppsala University) Measuring hunger severity in 18 African countries during the food price crisis of 2007 – 2008
12. 20- 12.30
Manendra Sahu (University of Mumbai) South-South Cooperation and Biofuel: Towards energy self-sufficiency
12.30- 12.40
Elisa Greco (Research Scholar, L’Orientale Naples) A Tanzanian regional corporation- notes for a preliminary study
12.40- 12. 50
Darlene Mutalemwa (Mzumbe University) Assessing Kilimo Kwanza: Tanzania ’s Green Revolution
12. 50 – 01. 15
Discussions
01. 15- 2.00
Lunch
02.00- 02.15
Alexandra Arkhangelskaya, India Africa SSC in the framework of IBSA in the agriculture sector, Researcher, Russian Academy of Sciences
02.15- 02.30
Dessalgne Rehmato, Ethiopia: Land Grabs and Foreign Investors, Forum For Social Studies, Addis Ababa
02.30- 02.45
Simon Freemantle, India’s private sector involvement : the competitive advantage in providing agro-industrial solutions to Africa’s food security dilemma, Economist Africa
4.00
High Tea
LUGAR: Mumbai (Bombay) – India
FECHA: 10 -11 Enero 2011
