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Ethiopia Food System High Level Round table
East Africa Time / (GMT) Agenda
| 17:30 / (14:30) | Reception with refreshments Coffee, tea and light snacks |
| 18:00 / (15:00)
| Welcome and opening remarks Moderator: H. E Mandefro Negussie (PhD), State Minister, Ministry of Agriculture Purpose of the High Level Round Table and call to Sir John Beddington and Excellencies for welcoming remarks Sir John Beddington: Chair, Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition Opening remarks David Nabarro: Special Envoy WHO and Strategic Director 4SD (TBC) Co-chair: H.E. Dr Lia Tadesse, Minister of Health Chair: H.E. Ato Oumer Hussein, Minister, Ministry of Agriculture Welcome and call of meeting to order
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| 18:20 / (15:20)
18:40 / (15:40)
18:50 / (15:50)
19:00 / (16:00) | Foresight 2.0 – ‘Future Food Systems: For people, our planet and prosperity’ : Global Panel evidence on food systems Speaker: Prof Patrick Webb, Technical Advisor to the Global Panel and Alexander McFarlane Professor of Nutrition at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University Sharing the global perspective. Evidence, recommendations and best practices from the Global Panel Foresight 2.0 report and their implications for Ethiopia Transforming Ethiopian food systems: Better diet quality, prosperity, and sustainability in a changing climate Speaker: Dr. Ferew Lemma Sharing Ethiopia’s current food system, nutrition and agricultural landscape.
The Seqota Declaration: Innovative Government of Ethiopia to end stunting among children under 2 by 2030. Speaker: Dr. Sisay Sinamo A show case of multi-sectoral innovative approach to address food system gaps in Ethiopia: achievements and challenges.
Briefing on the roundtable discussion Moderator |
| 19:10 / (16:10)
| Roundtable discussion: Reflection on the Presentations and How to transform the food systems to deliver sustainable and healthy diets for all in Ethiopia: Moderator to lead Moderated discussion to highlight the following key areas: • Required actions to be taken at federal, regional and local levels; • Game Changers to be considered in the preparations for positioning Ethiopia for the Global Food system Summit |
| 20:25 / 17:25 | Closing remarks Chair/ Co-chair |
| 20:30 / 17:30 | Close followed by Dinner
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