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US-AFRICA AGRIBUSINESS CONFERENCE

November 7-10, 2004
Monterey Marriott and Monterey Conference Center
Monterey, California

Article on the US-Africa Agribusiness Conference
 

Sunday, November 7, 2004
 

Reception – Monterey Institute for International
453 Van Buren Street

Steven J. Baker, President, MIIS
Daniel Albert – Mayor of Monterey

Monday, November 8, 2004

Welcoming Remarks

Moderator Bill Guyton, President, World Cocoa Foundation and CCA Board Member
Welcoming Address – Chuck Ahelm, Undersecretary, California Department of Food and Agriculture
Introductory Remarks: Bill Niebur, Vice President, Research, Product Development-Discovery, Pioneer Hi-Bred, A Dupont Company

Plenary

Overview of the US-Africa Agribusiness Relationship

Moderator Ambassador Robert Perry, Corporate Council on Africa

Carol Peasley, Assistant Administrator, Africa Bureau, U.S. Agency for International Development
Mary Sue Shore, Senior Advisor for African Affairs to the President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Sindiso Ngwenya, Assistant Secretary General, COMESA

Plenary

Partnerships for Progress

Moderator Judith Chambers, President, Emerging Market Solutions
Peter Francombe, Managing Director East Africa, Seminis Seeds (3MB)
Sabina Khosza, Secretary General, Organizing the Small Scale Farmer for Market Access, National African Farmers Union (South Africa) (6MB)
Raouf Ghariani – President. African Seed Trade Association
Susan Muthoni Ndugi, Managing Director, Redhill Flowers Kenya Limited

Lunch

Introductory Remarks – Van Yeutter, Vice President, Cargill
Vangile Titi, Deputy Director General, Department of Agriculture

Workshop I

Issues and Strategies for Market Access /Growth

Moderator Paul Ryberg, African Coalition for Trade
Jeff Boisineau, Frost Wines, Specialty Product Branding for the US Market
Sas Mwine, President, Commerce Africa, Success Stories with Seafood
Jim Simon, Director USAID ASNAP project, Developing the Market for Natural Products (26MB)
James Hershey, Director, World Initiative for Soy in Human Health, American Soybean Association, Developing the Soya Market in Africa (108MB)

Workshop II

The “Business of Technology”: Creating Value Along the Chain

Moderator Donna Ramaeker-Zahn, Research Director, Global Technology Acceptance
Director, Crop Genetics Research and Development, Pioneer Hi-Bred, a Dupont Company
Thandiwe Myeni, Ubongwa Farmer’s Association, Biotechnology for Small Holder Farmers the Makhatini Cotton Experience in South Africa
Balu Bumb, Program Leader, Market Development Division, International Fertilizer Development Corporation, Fertilizer Supply in Africa
Diran Makinde, Development of the Biotechnology Business in Africa Africabio
Shashi Raval, CEO, Novariant, Inc., Advances in Precision Farming
Thomas L. Piatkowski, Highlands Soil and Water, New Technologies for Soil Fertility

Workshop III

Real Business Examples and Opportunities: EAST AFRICA

Moderator Margaret Polski, Africa Bureau, U.S. Agency for International Development
Sam Kirima, General Manager/Marketing, Kenya Tea Development Authority, Creating Value Along the Chain for Tea
Dr. Moses Onim, Managing Director, Lagrotech Seed Company (Kenya), Seed Market Development for Rural Farmers
Deo Munyazikwye, Mubuku Grower’s Association of Uganda
Christopher Doswell, Market, the Sasakawa Global 2000 Experience, Market Challenges for Maize Production in Ethiopia
Stephen Njukia, Regional Agricultural Trade Expansion Support Program, Maize Without Borders (16MB)

Workshop IV

Sustainable Development: A Viable Business Model for

Moderator John Riggan, Chairman and CEO, TCC Group

Robert Yapo, Sustainable Tree Crops Program Coordinator, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Sustainable Tree Cropping for the Cocoa Industry
Rob Horsch, Monsanto Company – Sustainable Business Models for the Small Scale Farmer
Ali Deroua, Managing Partner, Alexim LDA/Technoserve Development of Small Holder Cashew Production in Mozambique
Kristen Penn, Land O Lakes, Developing the Dairy Sector in Africa
Dr. Irvin Widders, Director, Bean/Cowpea CRSP, Michigan State University .Sustainable Food Based Solutions for Nutrition: A Public-Private Partnership Alliance

Workshop V

Agri-Financing

Moderator Mima Nedelcovych, Managing Director, Shaffer Global Group
Jim Lucchesi, Senior Business Development, U.S. Export-Import Bank
Joyce Cacho, Independent International Consultant, Finance Strategy, Food & Agr Investment
Nkem Onwuamaegbu, Underwriter, Multi-Lateral Investment Guarantee Agency/ The World Bank Group
Jim Emery, Principal Strategy Officer, International Finance Corporation, IFC Financing for Agribusiness in Africa (28MB)

Workshop VI

Business Partnerships and Opportunities: WEST AFRICA

Moderator Esther Dassanou, WAIBL director, Corporate Council on Africa

Cheikh Ngane, National Organization of Agricultural Products Exporters of Senegal
Patrick Noyes, Crustamer Seafood Company , Benin (24MB)
Giftie Sefa-Boakye, Ghana Fresh Produce Ltd,
King Romeo Lumor, Kings Cocoa Processing Company Ltd
Claude Noumedem, Corcam-National Association of Small Producers, Cameroon,

Dinner

Moderator Ambassador Robert Perry, Corporate Council on Africa
Introductory Remarks, Jerry Steiner, Executive Vice President, Monsanto Company
H.E. Leonard Ngaithe, Ambassador, Embassy of the Republic of Kenya
H.E. Mukhisa Kituyi, Minister of Trade and Industry, Republic of Kenya
 

Tuesday, November 9, 2004
 

Plenary

AGOA, NEPAD and the WTO

Moderator: Rosa Whitaker, The Whitaker Group
Alec Arago, District Director for Congressman Farr (67MB)
Bill Jackson, Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative, Africa
H.E. Aziz Mekouar, Ambassador, Kingdom of Morocco and Chair, the US-Morocco Free Trade Agreement
Anthony Carroll, Vice President, Manchester Trade, Integrating AGOA, NEPAD and the WTO

Workshop VII

Market Issues and Strategies, cont.

Moderator Julie Howard, Executive Director, Partnership to Cut Hunger in Africa
Boreima Wankoye, Achat Service International, The Commercial Potential for Tree Crops in Africa (117MB)
Karen Coachman, Managing Partner, Ghanapine Inc., The Ghana Pineapple Story
Eugenia Akuete, NAASAKLE Ltd Processing and Packaging and the African Market: Case Study – Ghana and the Shea Butter Business

Emah Anyang, DFO Enterprises and Rod Hirsch, Oakland Export Assistance Center, U.S. Department of Commerce, The Small Business Entrepreneur, Challenges and Opportunities in Accessing the African Market

Charlotte Opal, New Products Manager, Transfair USA The Growing Market for Fair Trade Certified Products

Workshop VIII

Business of Technology, cont.

Moderator Reid Lohr, President, the EDI Group, Inc.,
Ambassador Mattie Sharpless, Special Assistant to the Deputy Under Secretary, USDA/FAS, The Role of Science and Technology in Ag-business Development
Ronnie Jordan, R.O.T. A International, The Business of Organic Farming in Africa – Case Study: Guinea-Bissau
Paul Polak/Jane Hajovsky, IDE Low Cost Irrigation Technologies for Small Holder Farmers
Tony Livoti, Executive Director, Monterey Bay International Trade Association, Role of E-commerce for Trade Promotion

Workshop IX

Business Partnerships& Opportunities: SOUTHERN AFRICA

Moderator Ronald Ramabulana, Agribusiness Field Operations Manager, Promoting Agricultural Linkages Program (a USAID/South Africa program)
Alberto Fischbein, Director, MITC Investimentos SARL, Angola
Roger Rakotamalala, President, Lemur International – Madagascar Natural Products: Vanilla and Essential Oils
Jacob Mwale, Zambia Trade and Investment Project (ZAMTIE), Issues in Reaching the US Market Zambia
Gary Mullins, Deputy Project Director, South African Business International Business Linkages-Promoting Agribusiness Linkages Program, Developing Strategic Partnerships: Case Studies from South Africa

Lunch

Moderator- Bill Guyton, President, World Cocoa Foundation and Board Member, Corporate Council on Africa

Dr. Jim Butler, Deputy under Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm and Foreign Agriculture Services

Workshop X

Emerging Policy Issues and Trends

Moderator Phil Morgan, MIIS

Mary L. Madell, USDA/APHIS, Phytosanitary Issues
Luke Mbewe, Chief Executive, Zambia Export Grower’s Association, Phytosanitary Issues and the U.S. Market – African Perspective
Steve Price, CEO, Public Interest Intellectual Property Advisors, Inc., A New Initiative to Provide Intellectual Property Advice for Resource Constrained Institutions
Luis A. Solorzano, Acting Director of Investigations, Supervisory Investigator, Food and Drug Administration, Bioterrorism and Agricultural Trade

Workshop XI

Transportation and Logistics

Moderator Larry Julihn, Samuels International confirmed

Mima Nedelcovych, Mananging Director, Schaffer Global Group, Overview of Transportation and Distribution Issues Affecting US-Africa Trade
Haile Ghebrecristos, CEO Afra Air Cargo, Air Transport between the US and Africa – Case Study of Afra Air
Amer Chaudry, Executive Vice President, American Eagle Food Products Group, Issues Related to Packaging and Facility Registration

Workshop XII

Business Partnerships and Opportunities: NORTH AFRICA

Moderator Don Humpal, Development Alternatives, Inc

Mustapha Haddouch, CEO, Haddouch Gourmet Imports Marketing and Distribution of Specialty Foods in the U.S, Morocco (3MB)
Mounir Adhourm, Tunisian Foreign Investment Promotion Agency, Business Climate and Investment Opportunities in the Agribusiness Sector in Tunisia
Dr. Ismael Chikhoune, President and CEO, US-Algeria Business Council, Agribusiness Opportunities in Algeria

Plenary

Summary and Adjournment

Jeff Hill, U.S. Agency for International Development, Africa Bureau
Jerry Martin, Development Alternatives, Inc.
Sarah Logue, California Department of Agriculture