Start of the Day

Coffee, registration at the Foyer

Morning programme

Opening and Word of Welcome by Ruben Maes (Chair of the Day)

10.10 ‘Focus on farmer entrepreneurship for food security: Exploring the Strategic Direction for 2013-2016’ by Hedwig Bruggeman (Director of Agri-ProFocus), followed by a panel discussion on the new strategy with Toon Keijsers (SNV), Simone van Vugt (WUR-CDI), Herman Snelder (MDF) and Espérance Mukarugwiza (Agri-Hub Rwanda).

11.15 Book launch ’A Woman’s Business’

11.35 At various podiums:
At the Market Place:

• Up close and personal with the Agri-Hub Coordinators of 11 Agri-Hubs
• Speakers’ Corner (with already over 20 speakers)
• Dig into the online communication of the Agri-Hubs
• Get your cartoon portrait drawn at the market
• And more…

In the Auditorium:

• Integrated Seed Sector Development programmes in Africa (WUR-CDI)
• How did ‘A Woman’s Business’ come about? (KIT)
• Market Information Systems in Uganda (FIT Uganda)
• And more….

In the Knoeff room:

• Business Models on Organised Farmers (Fair & Sustainable)
• Sustainable Matchmaking for SMEs (a/o MVO NL)
• Shedding light on ‘Smallholder Agency Knowledge Programme’ (Hivos/ IIED)
• ‘Agri-Business Synergies for War-Affected Farmers’ (ZOA)
  
• And more…

Lunch Programme

Picnic lunch at the Zoo (or at the Market Place)

Afternoon Programme

Knowledge Sessions

• Battle of the Sexes (Gender in Value Chains)
• It takes Two 2 Tango (Organised Farmers)
• Juggling with BDS concepts (Access to Markets)
• Get Rich and Try Farming (Access to Finance)
• The Menu of Food Security (Sustainable Food Production).

14.30 Coffee/Tea Break (Foyer)

15.00 Cooperating for Food Security

• Key note speech by Mr Christiaan Rebergen (Deputy Director-General International Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
• Panel of directors and audience discuss Cooperating for Food Security with Kees Blokland (Agriterra), Ernst van den Ende (Wageningen UR), Tom van der Lee (Oxfam Novib), Jan Omvlee (RijkZwaan)
• Input from the Audience

Cocktail and Safari buffet

Resuming the Market Place and Speakers’ Corner

Live music