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Samuel Benin

Samuel Benin is the Acting Director for Africa in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. He conducts research on national strategies and public investment for accelerating food systems transformation in Africa and provides analytical support to the African Union’s CAADP Biennial Review.

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Launch of IFPRI’s 2019 Global Food Policy Report: Revitalizing Rural Areas in Lebanon & Soft Launch of WBG’s DigitalAG4MENA

Co-Organized by American University of Beirut, IFPRI, World Bank Group, and Digital Ag

American University of Beirut – Michel and Sherine Bayoud Lecture Hall (Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences)

P.O. Box 11-0236 Riad El Solh

Beirut, Lebanon

June 18, 2019

  • 11:00 – 2:00 pm (Europe/Athens)
  • 4:00 – 7:00 am (US/Eastern)
  • 1:30 – 4:30 pm (Asia/Kolkata)
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The Launch of IFPRI’s 2019 Global Food Policy Report

Welcoming Remarks

Keynote Presentations

Global Food Policy – Key Findings of the GFPR 2019

Regional Chapter – Cluster-Based Industrialization to Revitalize MENA Rural Areas

Panel Discussion and Q&A Session

Rural Revitalization: The Last Rabbit out of the Development Hat

  • Shady Hamadeh, Professor and Director of the Environment and Sustainable Development Unit (ESDU), Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut (AUB)

Can we Leap-Frog into Digitization?

  • Julian Lampietti, Manager for the Global Agriculture Practice in the Middle East, North Africa, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, World Bank

Promoting Agricultural and Non-Agricultural “Incubators” and Private Investments in MENA and Beyond

  • Constantin Salameh, Senior Coach and Investment Advisor, Berytech and Agrytech (moderator)

Building a Resilient Agriculture Sector in the NENA Region

  • Faten Adada, Agriculture Officer-Regional Initiative for Small Scale Family Farming, FAO Regional Office for NENA countries

Sustainable Agriculture for Development

  • Ghassan Al Salman, Field Officer, Environment and Sustainable Development Unit (ESDU), Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut (AUB)

Soft Launch: DigitalAG4MENA

Panel Discussion and Q&A Session

The Use of Technology for Sustainable Agricultural Development

  • Hadi Jaafar, Assistant Professor, Irrigation Engineering and Water Management, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut (AUB)     

A Snapshot of the Agricultural Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Lebanon 

An AI Agricultural Solution

Launching DigitalAG4MENA

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