1. Key Deliberations & Way Forward:
So what next?

2. Key Deliberations
Session 1: Setting the Scene: Megatrends and Recap of last Year´s Key Messages
ReNAPRI´s approach to shaping the future of Africa’s food system is based on anticipation of changes and provision of information to public and private sector stakeholders in order to inform their strategic investments
Session 2: Unfolding Agricultural Transformation in Africa
Rise of emergent investor farmers and big buyers
They here to stay
They are changing grain markets
Their further is yet to be determined…!
Session 3: Public and private sector response
Policy environment matters when navigating climate change
For example - collaboration to remove trade restrictions
Strengthen early warning systems

3. Key Deliberations
Session 4: Market –oriented & sustainable intensification strategies for Addressing Climate chance
Extreme weather events are here to stay (climate change?)
The extreme weather impact
crop revenue and livelihoods
poses risks to trading systems and aggravates the effects of bad policies, trade bans, lack of adequate infrastructure!
Session 5: Wrap up
Key messages were presented

4. Key Deliberations Session 6: Global outlook and scenarios
Slow down in biofuels and china demand  global commodity prices down back to the long run trend
Growing net trade deficits in key commodities of SSA
Opportunity for Africa but need to increase productivity is important for growth in SSA  appropriate policy action is key
Session 7: ReNAPRI Regional & Scenarios
Consistent with Global Outlook, but prices in Africa remain higher
ReNAPRI model can be used to simulated various scenarios related to key uncertainties including exchange rate risk, climate change, etc

5. Way Forward ReNAPRI: Keep up the good work But…
How change comes about? ReNAPRI needs to focus on action as we go forward
Need to innovate to better communicate policy message to farmers, private sector and policy makers.
Social Vs Commercial policy: Show the losses associated with social policy crowding out commercial policy
So need to continue to improve data systems

6. Thank You