Key meeting in Accra gathering Governments, Trading houses, Agriculture experts to discuss Risk Management this November
Accra, Ghana (PRWEB UK) 4 November 2013 -- With just 3 weeks to go, the Risks in Agriculture: Emerging Markets Summit hosted by global summit organiser, IRN will take place 26-27 November at the Mövenpick Ambassador Hotel Accra. Supported by the Africa Agribusiness Magazine (AAM), AIPH, APROCANCI, European Cocoa Association, Ghana Agri-Input Dealers Association (GAIDA), Vegetable Producers and Exporters Association of Ghana (VEPEAG), OPCN and TV3 Ghana.
This senior-level meeting will be looking to be joined by leading members of West African Governments with a grand opening from:
- Hon. Clement Kofi Humado, Minister, Ministry of Food & Agriculture of Ghana
- Hon. Dr. J. Sam Sesay, Minister, Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security & Forestry of Sierra Leone
- Dr. Brédoumy Soumaïla Traoré Kouassi, Director General of Productions and Food Security, Ministry of Agriculture, Ivory Coast
- Moussa Kaboré, General, Ministry of Agriculture & Food Security of Burkina Faso
The Risks in Agriculture: Emerging Markets Summit has drawn interest from International companies across the global as well as the local companies as the summit aims to cover key topics such as:
- Plantation Risk
- Commodity Risk
- Geopolitical Risk
- Supply Chain Risk
- Risk Mitigation Techniques / Business Models
Meet the Expert Speaker Panel:
- Julie Greene, Business Head for Cotton, Olam International
- Arouna Lawani, First VP, Chamber of Agriculture, Bénin
- Pierre Brunache Jr., West Africa Regional Director, African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP)
- Rahul Gopinath Nair, Head of Africa, Armajaro
- Olaf Kula, West Africa Program Manager, ACDI/VOCA
- Joseph Desiré Biley, CEO, Tropical Rubber Côte d’Ivoire/Chairman of the Board, Fonds du Développement de l’Hévéa (FDH – Fund for Rubber Tree Development, Ivory Coast)
- Dr. N V Krishna Prasad, Head of Agronomy – Cotton (Africa), Olam Ivoire
- André Yao, Director, Agripolis
- Robert Dovlo, West Africa CEO, Louis Dreyfus Commodities
- Lionel Barré, Managing Director, Ghana Rubber Estates Limited
- Pierre Bois d’Enghien, Head of Sustainability, Socfinco
- Jude C. Uzonwanne, Director of Implementation, NIRSAL (Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk-Sharing System for Agricultural Lending)
- Xavier Muron, Senior Investment Officer, Agence Française de Développement
- Godfrey Mwindaare, West Africa Director, Acumen West Africa
- Nicholas Camu, Group Sustainability Manager, Barry Callebaut
- Dany Kaiser, Key Consultant, Consultancy Africa Intelligence
- Dimeji Owofemi, CEO, Multi-Trex Integrated Foods Plc/ Executive Committee Member, World Cocoa Foundation
For more information about the summit and for registration inquiries, please contact Jessica Jonah at JessicaJ(at)irn-international(dot)com.
For speaker inquiries, please contact Marie Pegoud on MarieP(at)irn-international(dot)com.
Jessica Jonah, International Research Networks Ltd, http://www.irn-international.com/, +44 2071111615, [email protected]
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