Date: September 12-13, 2011
Venue: Montpellier (Agropolis International and Domaine de Verchant)

 

Presentation

This G20 conference aimed at:

• promoting scientific partnerships between agricultural research institutions of G20 members
• mobilizing agricultural research systems of G20 countries in order to enhance the coherence of politics by a better global coordination and a more efficient contribution to CGIAR research programmes
• developing a G20 viewpoint for agricultural research for development, in order to prepare the GCARD2, to be held in Uruguay in 2012.

It was based on four half-day plenary working sessions articulated on specific objectives and expected outcomes (see programme).

The conference was closed by the French Minister of Cooperation, Henri de Raincourt.

Outcomes of this Montpellier Conference will feed the pillar on Food Security within the Cannes Declaration in November 2011. This conferencel took place in Montpellier, where the CGIAR Consortium Office is located.

 

Agenda - update September 13, 2011>>

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Session 1

How to increase cooperation and coordination of G20 agricultural research systems for development through existing or new mechanisms improving strategic thinking, research priority setting and mainstreaming of research into agricultural development and food security plans?

Chairperson: Masaki Noke (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan)
Rapporteur: Anne-Marie Izac (CGIAR)

 

 

Stronger Co-operation and Co-ordination for Agricultural Research For Development and Food Security / Carlos Perez Del Castillo, CGIAR Board Chair

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Strategic Thinking, a tool to promote Policy Coherence / Bernard Hubert, Agropolis International Chair (France)

 

 

 

Session 2

How to establish effective multi-stakeholder research partnerships to capitalise on the knowledge and expertise of diverse research actors (e.g. North-South, South-South and trilateral cooperation) and leverage the private sector for additional investments in agricultural research (e.g. pull mechanisms)?

Chairperson: Christopher MacLennan (CIDA, Canada)
Rapporteur: Eija Pehu ( World Bank)

Japan-Brazil-Mozambique Cooperation on Tropical Savannah Agricultural Development / Teruyoshi Kumashiro, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Frederico Paiva, Brazilian Agency of Cooperation (ABC)

Intellectual Property Rights, a tool to enhance private/public partnerships / Niels Louwaars, Wageningen University (NL)

Pull mechanisms in Agricultural research for Development / Susan Mc Adams and Ulrich Hess (WB)

 

Session 3

How to improve effectiveness and efficiency in capacity-building programmes to generate, share and make use of agricultural knowledge for developing countries through new and existing tools?

Chairperson:Mauricio Lopes (EMBRAPA, Brazil)
Rapporteur: Andrea Sonnino (FAO)

 

Capacity Development in ARD, point of view from Agrinatura on critical issues for the G20 / Andrew Westby (Director of the Natural Resources Institute, NRI, UK)

Presentation of the concept note on a platform for Tropical Agriculture / Dr. Xiangjun Yao (Director, Office of Knowledge Exchange, Research and Extension, FAO)

Concept Paper-Tropical Agriculture Platform

 

High Level Table Discussion facilitated by Patrick Caron (Director General in Charge of Research and Strategy, Cirad)

Carlos Perez Del Castillo (CGIAR Board Chair), Monty Jones (GFAR Board Chair), David Nabarro (Special Representative of the UN SG on Food Security and Nutrition), Philippe Petithuguenin (European Union, DGRTD), Feng Dongxin (Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, CAAS)

 

Presentation of the Presidency Sumary to the French Minister of Cooperation

 

Bérengère Quincy, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of France to FAO, WFP and IFAD - Henri de Raincourt, French Minister of Cooperation

Signing Ceremony: Signature of the Agreement establishing the Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers as an International Organization

Laszlo Trocsanyi,Hungarian Ambassador in Paris - Henri de Raincourt, French Minister of Cooperation - Carlos Perez Del Castillo,CGIAR Board Chair

 

International Steering Committee (ISC)

• 4 countries co-facilitating the Food Security pillar of the  G20 Development Working Group: Brazil, Canada, France and Japan
• 4 International organizations: CGIAR, FAO, GFAR and World Bank
• 1 representative of the Local Organizing Committee (Agreenium)
  

Local organizing Committee

The French Commission for international agricultural research: a consultative group gathering French research institutes (CIRAD, INRA, IRD, IRSTEA, Agreenium), the Ministry for Agriculture, Food, Fischeries, Rural Affairs and Land Use Planning, the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, the Ministry of Higher Education and Research.

Sponsors of the conference

• • Languedoc-Roussillon Region
  • Agreenium
  • CIRAD
  • Agropolis International
  • IRD