Event Host/Moderator: Femi Oke, International Journalist & Presenter

Opening Remarks by Dr. Gerd Müller, Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany

Video: Farmers at the Forefront

• Dr. Maximo Torero, Chief Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
• Jaron Porciello, Co-director, Ceres2030
• Dave Prescott, Creative Director, The Partnering Initiative

Panel Discussion and Q&A

• Dr. Agnes Kalibata, UN Special Envoy for the 2021 Food Systems Summit
• Dr. Claudia Sadoff, Managing Director, Research Delivery and Impact, CGIAR System Organization
• Ibrahima Coulibaly, President, Network of Farmers' and Agricultural Producers' Organisations of West Africa (ROPPA)
• Gilbert Houngbo, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) 

Moderator: Femi Oke

Remarks by Martien van Nieuwkoop, Global Director, Agriculture and Food Global Practice, World Bank

Video: GAFSP: A Partnership for Food Security

Remarks by Dr. Natasha Hayward, Program Head, GAFSP

GAFSP Stakeholder Testimonials: How has GAFSP made a difference?

Conversation between the Moderator and:

• Honorable Jeanine Cooper, Minister of Agriculture, Liberia

• Noël Koutera Bataka, former Minister of Agriculture, Togo 

Endorsements & Announcements by GAFSP donors

• Honorable Alex Hawke, Minister for International Development and the Pacific, Australia
• Bill Gates, Co-chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
• Kitty van der Heijden, Director-General for International Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Netherlands
• Aksel Jakobsen, State Secretary of International Development , Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway
• Honorable James Duddridge, Minister for Africa at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), United Kingdom 
• Honorable Arancha González Laya, Minister of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, Spain