Birchwood Hotel & OR Tambo Conference Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa

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Organizers

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Welcome NoteFrom 2ACCA Partners

The African Conservation Tillage Network (ACT), in collaboration with the Government of South Africa, African Union Commission, the NEPAD Agency, Regional Economic Communities, International NGOs, Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD), European Union (EU), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN and various bilateral and multilateral partners, will organize and host the 2nd Africa Congress on Conservation Agriculture (2ACCA) in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 9th to 12th October 2018.

The theme of the Congress is “Making Climate-Smart Agriculture Real in Africa with Conservation Agriculture: Supporting the Malabo Declaration and Agenda 2063”.

Conservation Agriculture (CA) is an alternate paradigm for sustainable agriculture system that is agro-ecological, productive and profitable, and regenerative. CA is also climate-smart, as well as smart in many other ways, in serving economic, environmental and social needs of societies worldwide. CA is transforming the way farmers practice agriculture worldwide and has replaced conventional agriculture on more than 180 million hectares of cropland, corresponding to 12.5% of ‘global arable’ lands. Since 2008/09, the global rate of CA expansion has been 10.5 million hectares per year. During the past 10 years, CA area in Africa has more than doubled to about 1.5 million hectares, benefitting several million farming households. Increasing numbers of governments as well as public and private institutions in Africa are supporting climate-smart agricultural development based on CA systems.

ACT is a leading pan-African institution dedicated to the promotion of CA systems as an essential core component of investment in agricultural development in Africa through: institutional capacity building; mechanization and commercialization of value chains; participatory research and innovation, education and extension; knowledge management and communication; national and international partnerships; and technical assistance support to governments and regional organizations.

The purpose of the 2ACCA initiative is to facilitate diverse and open sharing of experiences and information on CA thereby fostering learning and widespread awareness and interest in the uptake and spread of CA as an agroecosystem approach to sustainable farming and agricultural land use management across Africa. This includes CA’s role in: enhancing sustainable agricultural productivity and profitability, adapting to and mitigating climate change, strengthening environmental and social resilience, and fostering efforts to provide for food and nutritional security as well as livelihoods and economic opportunities, especially for rural communities, including youth and women. The 2ACCA initiative provides “neutral space” for networking, collaboration

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and partnership to support the scaling-up of CA systems as the sustainable basis for CSA development across Africa.

The 2ACCA initiative brings together expert knowledge, information, and insights from practitioners from across different sectors and interests groups at all levels of agriculture development from the public, private and civil sectors. This diversity enables the desired multi-disciplinary and cross-sector “treatment” of CA as a sustainable and responsible base for climate-smart agriculture in Africa – a feature essential for the success of CA scaling-up as an integral part of the growing food and agriculture systems in Africa.

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Congress Theme and Sub-Themes

The main purpose of the Congress is to foster the sharing, learning and building of public, private and civil sector support for the Africa-wide adoption of Conservation Agriculture systems as a basis for Climate Smart Agriculture in the implementation of the Agenda 2063.

Congress Theme:

Making Climate-Smart Agriculture Real in Africa with Conservation Agriculture: Supporting the Malabo Declaration and Agenda 2063

Congress Sub-themes (in the context of Agenda 2063, SDGs, CC-COP 21, 22 and 23):

Sub-Theme 1: Mainstreaming of the CA paradigm within institutions, sectors and governments’ systems in Africa

Sub-Theme 2: Research and technology development for scaling up of CA systems, practices and innovations in different rainfed and irrigated farming systems in Africa

Sub-Theme 3: Enhancing CA related education and training-learning capacity at systems and structural, organizational and individual levels to accelerate and expand the uptake of CA systems and practices

Sub-Theme 4: Investing across institutions and sectors, including in mechanization and commercialization, for widespread adoption of CA systems in Africa

Sub-Theme 5: CA knowledge system management and information sharing capacity

development for impact

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Congress Programme

MONDAY 8th OCTOBER 2018 – ARRIVAL OF PARTICIPANTSTime Title Speaker/Facilitator

09.00 - 17.00

Arrival and registration of delegatesAssigning exhibition booths

Event Manager

09.30 - 11.30

International Conservation Agriculture Advisory Panel for Africa (ICAAP-Africa) meeting

ICAAP-Africa Chair & SecretaryAmir Kassam & Saidi Mkomwa

17.00 - 18.00

International Steering Committee meeting Congress ChairMartin Bwalya (NEPAD)

DAY 1: TUESDAY 9th OCTOBER 2018SESSION I

REGISTRATION: Master of Ceremony

08.00 - 08.45

Registration (continues) and Entertainments Event Manager

08.00 - 09.00

Morning Tea

SESSION II

OPENING AND INTRODUCTORY PLENARY SESSION: Master of Ceremony

09.00 - 09.15

Welcome statement and Congress background by Congress Steering Committee Chairperson

Martin Bwalya (NEPAD)

09.15 - 09.30

Congress Objectives, Theme and Process: ACT Executive Secretary

Saidi Mkomwa (ACT)

09.30 - 09.45

Welcome remarks by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Government of the Republic of South Africa

Hon. Mr Senzeni Zokwana

Recognizing Ministers present Hon. Mr Senzeni Zokwana09.45 - 10.45

Welcome Statements by Ministers and Dignitaries:Remarks by ACT Board ChairRemarks by COMESA – Secretary GeneralRemarks by NORAD /Norwegian Ambassador to SARemarks by FAO RepresentativeRemarks by EU – EU RepresentativeRemarks by NEPAD – CEORemarks by AU

Reynolds ShulaCOMESAArnesen OddPatrick KormawaBernard ReyNEPADAU Rep

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10.45 -10.55

Video from South Africa ARC2ACCA greetings video from the first CA farmer in Brazil (introduced by Rafael Fuentes)

Herbert Bartz

10.55 - 11.30

Inaugural Lecture: The Malabo Declaration: Implementing Agenda 2063

African Union Commission-NEPAD

11.30 - 12.00

Official Opening Speech by his Excellency the President of South Africa

Government of South Africa

12.00 - 12.10

Prize giving to the champion smallholder CA farmers in Africa;Recognizing African and international CA champions

Government of South Africa

12.10 - 12.30

Ceremony for:a) Launch of the Africa CA curriculum

development programme for education and training institutions (Mloza Banda)

b) Launch of the Africa CA Quality Assurance initiative (Amir Kassam)

Chair: Arnesen Odd

ACT, CoEs

ACT, CoEs

12.30 - 12.40

Vote of Thanks (Minister of Agriculture, Zambia) Hon. Michael Z. Katambo

12.40 - 13.00

Group Photos,Meeting the Media

Event Manager

13.00 -14.00

Lunch

SESSION III

HIGH LEVEL PANEL DISCUSSION: Master of Ceremony

14.00 -15.30

The Role of Conservation Agriculture in Agenda 2063 for a sustainable brown agricultural revolution for Africa. What must we do differently?

Panel discussion.

Ministries of Agriculture from: South Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya and Zambia

International dignitaries and experts: ACT, EU, FAO, MaMo, NEPAD and NORAD

Hon. Senzeni Zokwana (S Africa)Hon. Michael Z Katambo (Zambia)Representative from Gvt of EthiopiaRepresentative from Gvt of KenyaPatrick Kormawa (FAO)Debisi Araba (MaMo/CIAT)Estherine Fotabong (NEPAD)Arnesen Odd (NORAD)Bernard Rey (EU)Saidi Mkomwa (ACT)

15.30 - 16.00

Afternoon Tea

SESSION IV

FARMERS FORUM: Facilitators: PICOTEAM, SACAU, and RCM (Opening remarks by Ishmael Sunga – SACAU)

16.00 - 17.30

African farmers articulate their visions on Sustainable Agriculture and Food Sovereignty, underscoring their strengths and the challenges that require the attention of the 2ACCA stakeholders.Panel discussion inclusive of farmers from North, West, Central, East and Southern Africa{Chair: SACAU and RCM}

North AfricaWest AfricaCentral AfricaEast AfricaSouthern Africa

SESSION V

PLENARY SESSION: REPORTING PROGRESS ON 1ACCA AND FUTURE ACTIONS: Session moderators Jan-Erik Studsrød

17.30 -18.30

Farmer responsive research findings, scientific solutions and technical innovations to realising the

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1ACCA declaration and way forward/next steps. Panel presentations and discussions –Facilitated by FARA & CORAF

CCARDESANASROAARINENA

SESSION VI

Conservation Agriculture Awards Session: Master of Ceremony

18.30 -19.30

Conservation Agriculture Awards Session Master of Ceremony

DAY 2: WEDNESDAY 10th OCTOBER 2018SESSION VII

PARALLEL STAKEHOLDER GROUP SESSIONS: Reporting progress on implementation of the ten 1ACCA Declaration Points and future actions: Session moderators

08:30-10:00

Discussions on implementation of the ten 1ACCA Declaration Points’, progress reports and recommended commitments and actions for the future. Panel discussion.Farmers, agribusiness owners and farmer organization.

Researchers and the academia.

Manufacturers& suppliers of agricultural inputs, equipment, machinery and services.

Agro-investors, financiers, and insurers.

Produce buyers, processors and agro food companies.

Public and private extensionists and promoters of CA.

Development partners and policy makers.

Facilitators

PAFO, SACAU, EAFF, NNFU1

HGBF Centre -Ghana)

CIMMYT,FARACORAF, KALRO), ACT;Univ Limpopo

OCP2, YARA, SYNGENTA ABIMAQ3, AMMA4,NANDRA, CAMARTEC, UNIDO

(AfDB, WB, IFAD, AECF, AAA, Acre Africa

Exporters, Millers,Breweries,Kilimo TrustAGRA

CFU, KwaZulu N, RCM, Gvt SA; Gvt Malawi

NEPAD, NORAD, FAO, EU, AUC, COMESA, ECOWAS, NORAD, MaMo)FAOKE; MP TZ;

10.00 - 10.30

Morning Tea

SESSION VIII

PLENARY KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS AND PANEL DISCUSSION ON SUB-THEMES: Master of Ceremony

10.30 -11:20

Sub-theme 1: Mainstreaming of the CA paradigm within institutions, sectors and governments’ systems in Africa.Key note presentation and panel discussion moderated by SADC & IGAD

Keynote:Amir Kassam (ICAAP Africa)Panel:Tom Goddard (ICAAP-Africa)Lewis Hove (FAO)Mzamo Mlengana (Gvt South Africa)Collins Nkatiko (CFU)Rafael Fuentes (IAPAR)

11.20 -12:10

Sub-theme 2: Research and technology development for scaling up of CA systems, practices and innovations in different rainfed and irrigated farming systems in Africa.Key note presentation and panel discussion moderated by Shadrack Moephuli (ARC)

Joseph Mureithi (KALRO/ACT))Panel:Emilio Gonzalez (Cordoba Univ.)Rachid Mrabet (INRA)Christian Thierfelder (CIMMYT)Assan Ngombe (AGRA)Paswel Marenya (SIMLESA)

1 NNFU – Namibia National Farmers Union2 OCP - Moroccan phosphate rock mining and processing company3 ABIMAQ - Brazilian Machinery Builders´ Association4 AMMA - All-India Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers’ Association (AMMA-India)

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Sandra Corsi (FAO)

12.10 –13:00

Sub-theme 3: Enhancing CA related education and training-learning capacity at systems and structural, organizational and individual levels to accelerate and expand the uptake of CA systems and practices.Key note presentation and panel discussion moderated by ECOWAS

Saidi Mkomwa (ACT)Panel:Cary Clark (ACT)Gottlieb Basch (Evora University)Mloza Banda (Univ. of Swaziland)Don McCabe (SCC of Canada)Sjoerd Duiker (PSU)

13.00 - 13.05

Announcements including Field Visits, Posters and Exhibitions viewing

Klaas Mampholo (DAFF)

13.05 - 14.00

Lunch and posters and exhibition viewing session

14.00 - 15.00

Sub-theme 4: Investing across institutions and sectors, including in mechanization and commercialization, for widespread adoption of CA systems in Africa.Keynote presentation and panel discussion moderated by East African Community (EAC).

Josef Kienzle (FAO)Panel:Li Hongwen (CTRC)Timothy Simalenga (St John’s Univ)Klaas Mampholo (Gvt South Africa)Assan Ngombe (AGRA)

15.00 - 16.00

Sub-theme 5: CA knowledge system management and information sharing capacity development for impact.Key note presentation and panel discussion moderated by Martin Bwalya (NEPAD)

Mloza Banda (UoS)Panel:Edward Chuma (PICOTEAM/ACT)Joseph Mpagalile (FAO)Robert Zougmore (ICRISAT)Ousseini Salifou (ECOWAS)

16.00 -16.30

Afternoon Tea

SESSION IX

CONCURRENT THEMATIC PAPER PRESENTATIONS: Session Moderators–TBD

16.30 -18.00

Sub-Themes 1Session room 1

Sub-Theme 2Session room 2

Sub-Themes 3Session room 3

Sub-Theme 4Session room 4

Sub-Theme 5Session room 5

Mainstreaming of the CA paradigm within institutions, sectors and governments’ systems in Africa

Chair: Tom Goddard

Research and technology development for scaling up of CA systems

Chair: Rachid Mrabet & Emilio Gonzalez

Enhancing CA related education and training-learning capacity

Chair: Robert Zougmore

Investing across institutions and sectors, including in mechanization and commercialization

Chair: Enamul HaqueTimothy Simalenga

CA knowledge system management and information sharing

Chair: Rafael Fuentes

16.30 -16.4516.45 - 17.0017.00 -17.1517.15 -17.3017.30 -18.00

DISCUSSION DISCUSSION DISCUSSION DISCUSSION DISCUSSION

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SESSION X

PARALLEL STAKEHOLDER GROUP SESSIONS: Discussing and reporting progress on 1ACCA strategic themes and future actions: Session Conveners

18.30 -20.00

Side Event 1: CA in West Africa

Convener: CORAF

Side Event 2: Micro & Macro enablers of CA based sustainable intensification Convener: CIMMYT

Side Event 3: Soil healthConvener: GRAINS SA

Side Event 4: Role of CA in managing Fall Armyworm (FAW)

Convener: FAOSA & ICIPE

Side Event 5: Empowering the next generation Kwame A. (NEPAD)

Side Event 6:

DAY 3: THURSDAY 11th OCTOBER 2018

SESSION XI

CONCURRENT THEMATIC PAPER PRESENTATIONS: Session Moderators–TBD

08:30-10:30

Sub-Themes 1Session room 1

Sub-Themes 2Session room 2

Sub-Themes 3 Session room 3

Sub-Theme 4Session room 4

Sub-Theme 5Session room 5

Mainstreaming of the CA paradigm within institutions, sectors and governments’ systems in Africa

Chair: Collins Nkatiko

Research and technology development for scaling up of CA systems

Chair: Stephanie Boulakia

Enhancing CA related education and training-learning capacity

Chair: Joseph Mureithi, Gottlieb Basch

Investing across institutions and sectors, including in mechanization and commercialization

Chair: Li Hongwen and Joseph Mpagalile

CA knowledge system management and information sharing

Chair: Lamourdia Thiombiano

08.30 -08.4508.45 -09.0009.00 -09.1509.15 -09.3009.30 -09.4509.45 -10.0010.00 -10.1510.15 -10.3010.30 -11.00

DISCUSSION DISCUSSION DISCUSSION DISCUSSION DISCUSSION

11.00 -11.30 Morning Tea

SESSION XII

ROLL - OUT OF THE AFRICAN UNION’S SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATION STRATEGY FOR AFRICA: Panel discussion

11.30 - 13.00

Roll - out of the African Union’s Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization Strategy for Africa: Plenary Panel Discussion. Moderator Timothy Simalenga

Signing of Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) between ACT and FAO.Signing of Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) between ACT and Brazil Agritech Group (BAG)

African UnionPanel:Josef Kienzle (FAO)Geoffrey Mrema (SUA)Patrick Caron (MaMo)Saidi Mkomwa (ACT)Joseph Mureithi (KALRO)Li Hongwen (CTRC)Arnesen Odd (NORAD)Sylvio Padilha (BAG)

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13.00 -14.00

Lunch

SESSION XIII

PLENARY REPORTING AND DISCUSSIONS ON SUPPORTING THE MALABO DECLARATION AND AGENDA 2063 WITH CA-CSA: Moderator TBD

14.00 -14.45

Reporting and discussions by the Stakeholder Groups on CA-CSA for Transform Africa (Agenda 2063) – Progress and future actions.

Moderator

14.45 -15.45

Reporting and discussions by Special Committee of the Congress, on CA-CSA for Transform Africa (Agenda 2063), leading to the consolidated 2ACCA Action Plan.

Moderator (TBD)

SESSION XIV

CLOSING SESSION: Session Chairperson – TBD

15.45 -16.30

Closing remarks - High level closing highlights; adopting 2ACCA Action Plan Highlights of the 2ACCA and adopting 2ACCA Action Plan Remarks by Congress Steering Committee Chairperson, including

announcement for 3ACCA in 2020 Remarks by Development Partner Representatives (Norad, EU, FAO,

and others) Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, South Africa

ACTMartin Bwalya (NEPAD) …………..

Hon. Minister16.30 -17.00

Afternoon Tea and Networking

DAY 4: FRIDAY 12th OCTOBER 2018

SESSION XV

FIELD VISITS: Session Chairperson (Klaas Mampholo, DAFF)

07.30 - 17.30

Field & pre-arranged optional and spouse Visits. Participants to choose one out of the five field visit site options provided, by 8th October 2018.Select preferred field site to be visited here: …………………

Event Manager; andKlaas Mampholo (DAFF)

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2ACCA Committees The 2ACCA organisation and logistics process is largely supported by individuals, volunteers and friends of the African Conservation Agriculture Network (ACT). They will all be helping in many different ways; assisting and encouraging the 2ACCA Secretariat, reviewing submitted papers and posters, chairing technical sessions, assisting the media team, providing translations, liaising with the participants and the public, and many other tasks.

The ACCA initiative is supported by the following committees:

International Steering Committee: This Committee is the overall multi-partner body to coordinate and lead on all policy and key decisions on the Congress. The Steering Committee provides leadership and guidance to all the work in the Task Teams and Sub-committee including regular monitoring and facilitating linkages and complementarities across the various work streams. Martin Bwalya (NEPAD) is the chair of the Steering Committee and Joseph Mureithi (KALRO Kenya and ACT) is the Vice Chair. Other members of the International Steering Committee are listed here below.

The 2ACCA Secretariat: The Secretariat functions are undertaken by the main ACT office in Nairobi and include: General coordination of the preparatory works; Overall secretarial and administration support to all Congress preparation task team and committees; One-stop centre for information and queries on the Congress; Maintain and manage all formal Congress related communications. The ACT Executive Secretary and CEO Saidi Mkomwa Chairs the Secretariat whose members are listed here below.

Scientific and Technical Committee: This Committee is responsible for elaborating the details of the Congress content and programme. The committee leads the decisions on the congress theme, sub-themes and congress structure as well as preparations of an architecture to guide self-organised side-events; information kiosk and poster sessions. The Committee spearheads commissioning of Congress studies and analytical works as well as reviewing of condensed papers and posters submitted to the Congress and preparation of the Congress report. The ICAAP-Africa Chair Amir Kassam leads the Scientific and Technical Committee whose members are listed here below.

The National Organising Committee is the host-country team that is responsible for the logistical arrangements, including securing the Congress venue, organising field visits, security arrangements as well as overseeing the local protocol needs. Klaas Mampholo, Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) chairs the Organizing Committee whose members are listed here below.

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International Steering Committee (ISC)

No Name Institution Category Base station Email contact1. Martin Bwalya (Chair) NEPAD Regional Body Johannesburg bwalyam@nepad.org2. Joseph Mureithi

- Vice ChairKALRO, ACT Research Nairobi Joseph.Mureithi@kalro.org

3. Bilgo Ablasse ECOWAS Regional Body Lome ablassebilgo@yahoo.fr4. Gottlieb Basch ECAF Development Evora gb@uevora.pt5. Edward Chuma PICO TEAM NGO Harare edward.chuma@picoteam.org6. John Dixon ACIAR Research Australia johnmzdixon@gmail.com7. Assan Ngombe AGRA Development Nairobi ANgombe@agra.org8. Lewis Hove FAO Development Johannesburg Lewis.Hove@fao.org9. Olivier Husson AfricaRice Research Bouake olivier.husson@cirad.fr

10. M Kanyangarara COMESA Regional Body Lusaka mkanyangarara@comesa.int11. Amir Kassam ICAAP Africa Academia London amirkassam786@googlemail.com12. Josef Kienzle FAO Development Rome Josef.Kienzle@fao.org13. Martin Kropff CIMMYT Research Mexico M.KROPFF@cgiar.org14. Klaas Mampholo MOAL South Africa Government Johannesburg Johannesburg15. Saidi Mkomwa ACT NGO Nairobi saidi.mkomwa@act-africa.org16. Rachid Mrabet INRA Research Rabat rachidmrabet@gmail.com17. Collins Nkatiko CFU NGO Lusaka collinsnkatiko@yahoo.co.uk18. Arnesen Odd NORAD Development Oslo Odd.Eirik.Arnesen@norad.no19. Pathe Sene IFAD Development Rome amath.sene@ifad.org20. Mary Shetto Kilimo Trust NGO Kampala mcshetto@kilimotrust.org21. Tony Simons ICRAF Research Nairobi t.simons@cgiar.org22. Hendrik J. Smith ARC Research Johannesburg hendrik.smith@grainsa.co.za23. Ishmael Sunga SACAU Farmer Org Johannesburg shmael.sunga@sacau.org24. Lamourdia Thiombiano Private Sector Private Sector Ouagadougou lamourdth@yahoo.fr

2ACCA Secretariat

No Name Institution Base station Email contact1 Saidi Mkomwa (Chair) ACT Nairobi saidi.mkomwa@act-africa.org

2 Philip Wanjohi (Secretary) ACT Nairobi philip.wanjohi@act-africa.org

3 Hamisi Dulla ACT/CFU Dar es salaam hamisi.dulla@act-africa.org

4 Peter Kuria ACT Nairobi peter.kuria@act-africa.org

5 Sepo Marongwe Gvt Harare sepomubiana@gmail.com

6 Meaza Melkamu ACT Nairobi meaza.melkamu@act-africa.org

7 Nouhoun Zampaligre INERA Bobo Dioullaso nouhoun@gmail.com

8. Weldone Mutai ACT Nairobi Weldone.mutai@act-africa.org

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Scientific and Technical Committee (STC)

No Name Institution Base Email contact1. Amir Kassam (Chair) ICAAP-Africa London UK amirkassam786@googlemail.com2. Juliana Albertengo GAP Santa Fe, Argentina julianaalbertengo2@gmail.com3. H. R. Mloza Banda University of Swaziland Manzini, Swaziland mlozab@yahoo.co.uk4. Gottlieb Basch ECAF, Univ. of Evora Portugal gb@uevora.pt5. Stephen Boulakia CIRAD Colombia stephane.boulakia@cirad.fr6. Harun Cicek FiBL Switzerland heruno@gmail.com7. Jill Clapperton Rhizoterra Inc Lethbridge jill@rhizoterra.com8. Sjoerd Duiker Penn State University USA sduiker@psu.edu9. Theodor Friedrich FAO Bolivia Theodor.Friedrich@fao.org

10. Rafael Fuentes IAPAR Parana Brazil rfuentes@iapar.br11. Tom Goddard Alberta Government Edmonton, Canada Tom.Goddard@gov.ab.ca12. Emilio Gonzalez-Sanchez ECAF, Univ. of Cordoba Spain egonzalez@ecaf.org13. Enamul Haque Murdoch University Dhaka Bangladesh E.Haque@murdoch.edu.au14. Li Hongwen CCTR Beijing lhwen@cau.edu.cn15. Alan de Javnry UC Berkeley USA alain@berkeley.edu16. Irene Kadzere FiBL Switzerland irene.kadzere@fibl.org17. Josef Kienzle FAO Rome Josef.Kienzle@fao.org18. Karim Maredia MSU USA kmaredia@msu.edu19. Jeremias Mowo ICRAF Nairobi j.mowo@cgiar.org20. Rachid Mrabet INRA Morocco Rabat, Morocco rachidmrabet@yahoo.co.uk21. Joseph Mureithi KALRO Nairobi Kenya Joseph.Mureithi@kalro.org22. Harminder Singh Sidhu BISA Ludhiana H.Sidhu@cgiar.org23. Hendrik J. Smith Grains South Africa Johannesburg hendrik.smith@grainsa.co.za24. Wolfgang Sturny Swiss No-Till Switzerland sturny@no-till.ch25. Christian Thierfelder CIMMYT Harare C.Thierfelder@CGIAR.ORG26. Robert Zougmore ICRISAT Bamako r.zougmore@cgiar.org

National Organising Committee

No Name Institution email1. Klaas Mampholo

(Chair)Department of Agriculture, Forestry& Fisheries (DAFF) KlaasM@daff.gov.za

2. Hendrik J. Smith Grains South Africa hendrik.smith@grainsa.co.za3. Lewis Hove FAO South Africa Lewis.Hove@fao.org4. Sina Luchen FAO South Africa Sina.Luchen@fao.org5. Richard Findlay No Till Farmers Club Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa richardfindlayntc2@gmail.com6. Mloza Banda University of Swaziland mlozab@yahoo.co.uk7. Joyce Mulilamitti FAO Sub-Regional Office for Southern Africa, Harare joyce.mulilamitti@fao.org8. Event Manager

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Review Committee for Papers and Posters

No Name Institution Base Email contact1. Saidi Mkomwa (Chair) ACT, ICAAP-Africa Nairobi Kenya saidi.mkomwa@act-africa.org2. Ali Aboud Sokoine University Tanzania aoaboud2@gmail.com>3. Juliana Albertengo GAP Santa Fe, Argentina julianaalbertengo2@gmail.com4. H. R. Mloza Banda University of Swaziland Manzini, Swaziland mlozab@yahoo.co.uk5. Augusto Araujo IAPAR Brazil araujoiapar@gmail.com6. Tesfay Araya Mekelle University Ethiopia tesfayaraya@gmail.com7. Tito Arunga FAO Kenya Kenya Tito.Arunga@fao.org8. Kingsley Ayisi University of Limpopo South Africa kwabena.ayisi@ul.ac.za9. Marie Bartz University of Londrina Brazil bartzmarie@gmail.com

10. Gottlieb Basch ECAF, Univ. of Evora Portugal gb@uevora.pt11. Richard Bell Murdoch University Australia r.bell@murdoch.edu.au12. Emiru Birhane Mekelle University Ethiopia Emiru.birhane@gmail.com13. Kofi Boa Amanche No Till Centre Ghana kboa55@yahoo.co.uk14. Stephen Boulakia CIRAD Colombia stephane.boulakia@cirad.fr15. Harun Cicek FiBL Switzerland heruno@gmail.com16. Kalifa Coulibaly UPB Bobo Dioulasso Burkina Faso kalifacoul1@yahoo.fr17. Nigussie Dechassa Haramaya University Ethiopia nigussiedachassa@gmail.com18. Sjoerd Duiker Penn State University USA sduiker@psu.edu19. Julian Dumanski Consultant Canada jdumanski@rogers.com20. Theodor Friedrich FAO Bolivia Theodor.Friedrich@fao.org21. Rafael Fuentes IAPAR Parana Brazil rfuentes@iapar.br22. Tom Goddard Alberta Government Edmonton, Canada Tom.Goddard@gov.ab.ca23. Emilio Gonzalez-Sanchez ECAF, Univ. of Cordoba Spain egonzalez@ecaf.org24. Enamul Haque Murdoch University Dhaka Bangladesh E.Haque@murdoch.edu.au25. Jeffrey Jinya Gwebi College Zimbabwe jeffjinya@gmail.com26. Irene Kadzere FiBL Switzerland irene.kadzere@fibl.org27. Amir Kassam ICAAP-Africa London UK amirkassam786@googlemail.com28. Josef Kienzle FAO Rome Josef.Kienzle@fao.org29. Dirk Lange PCI Global Tanzania dirk.s.lange@web.de30. Sina Luchen FAO South Africa Sina.Luchen@fao.org31. Simon Lugandu WWF - Tanzania Tanzania slugandu@yahoo.com32. Ngari Macharia KALRO Njoro Kenya cngarimacharia@gmail.com33. Jeremias Mowo ICRAF Nairobi j.mowo@cgiar.org34. Rachid Mrabet INRA Morocco Rabat, Morocco rachidmrabet@yahoo.co.uk35. Drake Mubiru NARO Uganda Uganda drakenmubiru@yahoo.com36. Ndabhemeye Mulengera ARI Uyole Tanzania mundaa1@yahoo.com37. Joseph Mureithi KALRO Nairobi Kenya Joseph.Mureithi@kalro.org38. Remmy Mwakimbwala ARI Uyole Tanzania mwakimbwala@gmail.com39. Weldone Mutai ACT Nairobi Kenya Weldone.mutai@act-africa.org40. MacDonald Mwinjilo Lilongwe University Malawi macmwinjilo@yahoo.com41. Samulel M. Mwonga Egerton University Kenya smwonga@egerton.ac.ke42. Yuji Niino FAO Italy Yuji.niino@fao.org43. Barrack Okoba FAO Kenya Kenya Barrack.Okoba@fao.org44. Michael Okoti KALRO Kenya michaeldominion@gmail.com45. Michele Pisante University of Teramo Italy mpisante@unite.it46. Tim Reeves Melbourne University Australia? timothy.g.reeves@bigpond.com47. Reynolds Shula Ministry of Agriculture Zambia shula_reynolds@yahoo.com48. Brian Sims Consultant UK BrianGSims@aol.com49. Hendrik J. Smith Grains South Africa Johannesburg hendrik.smith@grainsa.co.za50. Bernhard Streit Bern University Switzerland bernhard.streit@bfh.ch51. Christian Thierfelder CIMMYT Harare, Zimbabwe C.Thierfelder@CGIAR.ORG52. Patrick Wall Consultant Mexico pcwallmex@gmail.com53. Robert Zougmore ICRISAT Bamako, Mali r.zougmore@cgiar.org

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Acronyms2ACCA Second Africa Congress on Conservation AgricultureABIMAQ Brazilian Machinery Builders´ AssociationACT/ACAN African Conservation Tillage Network/African Conservation Agriculture NetworkAfDB African Development BankAGRA Alliance for a Green Revolution in AfricaAIMMA All-India Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers’ AssociationANAFE African Network for Agriculture, Agroforestry and Natural Resources EducationAMU Arab Maghreb UnionAU African UnionCEN-SAD The Community of Sahel-Saharan StatesCIMMYT International Maize and Wheat Improvement CenterCoE Centre of ExcellenceCOMESA Common Market for Eastern and Southern AfricaCTRC Conservation Tillage Research Centre, BeijingEAC East African CommunityECAF European Conservation Agriculture FederationECCAS Economic Community of Central African StatesECOWAS Economic Community of West African StatesEU European UnionFAO Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United NationsICAAP-Africa International Conservation Agriculture Advisory Panel for AfricaIFAD International Fund for Agricultural DevelopmentIGAD Intergovernmental Authority on DevelopmentINRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique – National Institute for Agricultural ResearchMMP Malabo-Montpellier PanelNEPAD New Partnership for Africa's DevelopmentNNFU Namibia National Farmers UnionNORAD Norwegian Agency for Development CooperationOCP Office Chérifien des Phosphates – Moroccan phosphate rock mining and processing companyPSU Pennsylvania State UniversityRCM A Farmer-Researcher network comprising of Farmer Organizations and Research Institutions in the

Mediterranean regionSACAU Southern African Confederation of Agricultural UnionsSADCUoS

Southern African Development CommunityUniversity of Swaziland

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The African Conservation Tillage Network (ACT), is a Pan-African not-for-profit organization that has evolved into an open platform for stimulating and facilitating the sharing of information and knowledge on experiences and lessons on the promotion of Conservation Agriculture (CA).

Vision. To be a premier network of excellence in promoting sustainable agriculture and ecosystem management for improved livelihoods and wealth creation in Africa

Mission. To enhance agricultural productivity, sustainable land management and environmental conservation through promotion of conservation agriculture principles and practices in Africa.

ACT brings together stakeholders in the public, private and civil sectors dedicated to improving agricultural productivity and resilience through the sustainable utilization of production inputs and of natural resources of land, water and biodiversity in Africa’s farming systems. The thrust of ACT is to add value to local, national and international efforts to introduce and scale CA. It does this through strategic partnerships in the identification, adaptation, adoption and scaling of CA practices.

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Government of the Republic of South Africa.

Vision. United and transformed agriculture, forestry and fisheries sector that ensures food security for all and economic prosperity.

Mission. Advancing food security and transformation of the sector through innovative, inclusive and sustainable policies, legislation and programmes.

The Ministry’s vision for the agricultural, forestry and fisheries sectors, as catalysts for radical socio-economic transformation, is food security for all, creation of one million decent jobs by 2030 and significantly increasing the contribution of these sectors to the GDP. However, there are distinct challenges facing the sector and diverse opportunities that the sector can offer. Agriculture has undergone huge structural changes. It has lost rather than gained jobs, yet it is the most labour-intensive productive sector. Smaller commercial farms are disappearing disproportionately to growth. Growth is happening alongside job loss (5% in real growth, with a decrease of 73 000 jobs in 2013/14).

On the Conservation Agriculture front, South Africa has an estimated 437,500 ha of cropland under CA, it being 32% of the area under CA in Africa. The Country has 3.5% of the cropped area under CA compared to the Africa average of 1.32%.

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For more information, visit: http://www.daff.gov.za/

The African Union

The vision of the African Union is that of “An integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa, driven by its own citizens and representing a dynamic force in global arena.” This vision of a new, forward looking, dynamic and integrated Africa will be fully realized through relentless struggle on several fronts and as a long-term endeavour. The African Union has shifted focus from supporting liberation movements in the erstwhile African territories under colonialism and apartheid, as envisaged by the OAU since 1963 and the Constitutive Act, to an organization spearheading Africa’s development and integration.

The 2014 AU Summit endorsed the Malabo Declaration on agriculture transformation as an integral part of the Agenda 2063. The Declaration makes a specific CA related commitment through the decision item on “Vision 25x25” (i.e. 25 million farm households practicing climate-smart agriculture by 2025). For more information, visit: https://au.int/

The NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency (NEPAD Agency) was established in 2010 as an outcome of the integration of NEPAD into AU structures and processes. The NEPAD Agency is the implementing agency of the African Union that advocates for NEPAD, facilitates and coordinates the development of NEPAD continent-wide programmes and projects, mobilises resources and engages the global community, regional economic communities and member states in the implementation of these programmes and projects.

Through NEPAD, CAADP addresses policy and capacity issues across the entire agricultural sector and African continent. CAADP is entirely African-led and African-owned and represents African leaders' collective vision for agriculture in Africa. This ambitious and comprehensive vision for agricultural reform in Africa aims for an average annual growth rate of 6 percent in agriculture by 2015. NEPAD is the vision and strategic framework adopted by African leaders to address poverty and underdevelopment throughout the African continent. The NEPAD strategy document is designed to address the current challenges facing the African continent, including; Poverty eradication; placing African countries, both individually and collectively, on a path of sustainable growth and development and halting the marginalization of Africa in the globalization process and increasing the continent's full and beneficial integration into the global economy. For more information, visit: http://www.nepad.org/

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The Regional Economic Communities (RECs) of the African Union

Africa's Regional Economic Communities (RECs) include eight sub regional bodies, which are the building blocks of the African Economic Community established in the 1991 Abuja Treaty, which provides the overarching framework for continental economic integration. These are:

The Arab Maghreb Union (AMU/UMA) in the north, The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in the west, The East African Community (EAC) in the east, The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) also in the east, The Southern African Development Community (SADC) in the south, The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) in the southeast, The Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) in the centre, and The Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CENSAD) in the north

As the building blocks and implementing arms of the African Union (AU), the RECs have been central to various transformative programs of the continent, including the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) adopted in 2001, the AU’s Agenda 2063 adopted by its Summit in January 2015, and its First Ten-Year Implementation Plan adopted by the 25th Summit of the AU in June 2015. The RECs are highly essential and instrumental for the effective implementation, financing, monitoring and evaluation of Agenda 2063 and its flagship programmes, at particularly the regional levels.

The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) is a directorate under the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Its functions are laid down in the agency’s terms of reference and annual letters of allocation issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The majority of Norwegian development assistance is administered by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Norwegian foreign missions. In the case of aid funds that are not administered by NORAD, the agency provides advice on what is required to achieve results, communicates results and contributes to debate on the effects of development assistance. NORAD’s vision is results in the fight against poverty while its mission is a commitment to ensure the quality of development assistance in an environment of mutual respect, integrity, creativity. For more information, visit www.norad.no or contact email: postmottak@norad.no

The European Union (EU) is an economic and political union of 28 member states that are located primarily in Europe. The EU operates through a system of supranational independent institutions and intergovernmental negotiated decisions by the member states.

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As regard to Agriculture, The EU's common agricultural policy serves many purposes: it helps farmers not just to produce food, but also to protect the environment, improve animal welfare and sustain viable rural communities.

EU farm policy has shifted focus over the years as conditions in Europe have changed. Today, the focus is on: enabling farmers to produce enough safe, high-quality food (cereals, meat, dairy, fruit, vegetables, wine…) for European consumers, contribute to a diversified rural economy and care for the environment and their animals to the highest standards; supporting consumers to make informed choices about their food, through voluntary EU quality-labelling schemes. These labels – indicating geographic origin, use of traditional ingredients or methods (including organic) – also help make EU farm products competitive on world markets; promoting innovation in farming and food processing (aided by EU research projects) to increase productivity and reduce environmental impacts, e.g. by using crop by-products and waste products to produce energy and encouraging fair trade relations with developing countries – by reducing EU farm export subsidies, which makes it easier for developing countries to sell what they produce.

For more information, visit: http://europa.eu/

Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) was established in 1943 by 44 governments in a meeting held in Hot Springs, Virginia, USA, as a permanent organization for food and agriculture. In its first session of its first Conference held in Quebec City, Canada, FAO was established as a specialized United Nations agency and in 1951, its headquarters moved from Washington DC to Rome, Italy.FAO’s main focus is food security for all, that is, to make sure people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives. Its three main goals are - the eradication of hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition; the elimination of poverty and the driving forward of economic and social progress for all; and, the sustainable management and utilization of natural resources, including land, water, air, climate and genetic resources for the benefit of present and future generations.To meet the demands posed by major global trends in agricultural development and challenges faced by member nations, FAO has identified key priorities on which it is best placed to intervene. A comprehensive review of the Organization’s comparative advantages was undertaken which enabled strategic objectives to be set, representing the main areas of work on which FAO will concentrate its efforts in striving to achieve its vision and global goalsFAO’s strategic objectives are - to help eliminate hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition; to make agriculture, forestry and fisheries more productive and sustainable; to reduce rural poverty; to enable inclusive and efficient agricultural and food systems, and to increase the resilience of livelihoods to disasters. For more information, visit www.fao.org

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European Conservation Agriculture Federation (ECAF)

ECAF was constituted in Brussels on 14th January 1999, as a non-profit making international association, subjected to the Belgium laws. It was conceived to encourage any issue focused on maintaining the agrarian soil and its biodiversity in the context of sustainable agriculture. ECAF is not involved in any commercial product, equipment and/ or trademark.

ECAF brings together fifteen national associations, which promote among Europe's farmers the soil management "best practice" aspects of Conservation Agriculture. With member associations in Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Moldova, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey and United Kingdom, ECAF represents the interests of the majority of the European Union's cropped farmland.

The aims of ECAF are: to promote information to farmers, agrarian technicians and society in general, about the

techniques that make it possible to conserve agrarian soil and its biodiversity, in the context of sustainable agriculture;

to encourage the development, teaching and investigation on any aspect related to Conservation Agriculture and the biodiversity of agrarian soil;

to develop all kinds of activities and programs addressed to the achievement of the previous aims.

ECAF has a working relationship through and MoU with ACT.

For more information, visit: http://www.ecaf.org/

The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) is the world’s premier center for research, development, and training in maize and wheat and in farming systems for those two essential food crops. From its headquarters in Mexico and offices throughout the developing world, the center works with partners worldwide to reduce poverty and hunger by sustainably increasing the productivity of maize and wheat cropping systems. CIMMYT grew out of a pilot program sponsored by the Mexican government and the Rockefeller Foundation in the 1940s-50s to raise Mexico’s farm productivity. For more information, visit http://www.cimmyt.org

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Alliance for a Green Revolution for Africa (AGRA), the vision for the Alliance for a Green Revolution for Africa (AGRA) is a food secure and prosperous Africa, achieved through rapid, sustainable agricultural growth, improving the productivity and livelihoods of smallholder farmers in Africa. AGRA brings together governments, private sector, civil society and farmers to develop stable, sustainable growth for Africa's smallholder farmers. Its programs focus on four basic areas - soils, seeds, policies and markets, while its key partnerships with farmers, governments, private sector and civil society facilitates vital change to improve lives.AGRA aims at improving the lives of smallholder farmers, especially women. This is achieved through the building of a platform to empower farmers and provide the backing they need to ensure the continent's food-security and environmental sustainability. AGRA maintains strategic, research and investment partnerships with a range of national governments, international bodies, foundations, private industry, and farmers' groups.AGRA has a strategy to transform today's rural poverty into tomorrow's prosperity by sustainably and significantly increasing the productivity of smallholder farmers. An African Green Revolution can apply the power of knowledge and technology with an environmental touch - disseminating many crop varieties that will thrive in diverse conditions; improving soil health through integrated soil fertility management; and developing technologies that maximize the use of rainwater and deliver small-scale irrigation. AGRA strengthens critical links in a chain of activity that reaches from farmers' fields to agricultural research organizations, from Africa's new seed companies and food processors to regional markets. For more information, visit www.agra.org or contact email: info@agra.org

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