Global Food Security: Summit

The 1890 Universities Center of Excellence for Global Food Security and Defense

About the Conference

As part of the Center’s continuing effort to develop and implement impactful initiatives, CEGFSD is convening this Summit to bring together participants from across all the nineteen universities with selected food and nutrition security scholars, and stakeholders from key partner agencies. The discussions during the Summit will specifically focus on the following:

§ Strategic issues in the context of global food security, education and workforce development, agricultural development, new and emerging animal and plant pests, and agricultural disaster recovery.

§ Global public and private partnerships and engagement.

September 12 -14 2022

Embassy Suites, Atlanta Airport

ATLANTA, GEORGIA

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THEME:

Prioritizing and Refining the Agenda for Addressing Global Food Security within the 1890 Universities System

Agenda

Monday, September 12, 2022 – Room: Ambassador

10:00 am – 4:00 pm Registration
3:00pm – Health Break
4:00 – 6:00 pm Opening Session – Rooms: Ambassador/Diplomat
4:00 – 4:45 pm Facilitator: Dr. Mortimer Neufville, 1890 Universities Foundation President & CEO; Room: Ambassador
- Opening Remarks:
- Dr. Heidi Anderson, President University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES).
- Dr. Paul Jones, President Fort Valley State University and Chair of 1890 Universities Council President
- Dr. Venu Kalavacharla, Deputy Director, Institute of Youth, Family and Communities, USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
- Introductory Remarks:
- Dr. Moses T. Kairo, CEGFSD Director, UMES
4:45 – 5:30 pm Center of Excellence for Global Food Security and Defense (CEGFSD) in Action – Food Security and Workforce Development
- Show Case Examples from Three Clusters:
- East/Central Africa: Dr. Caleb Nindo
- West/Central Africa: Dr. Dovi Alipoe
- Latin America: Dr. Marikis Alvarez
5:45 – 6:30 pm Implementing International Activities in a Period of Uncertainties.
- Panel Discussion:
- Ms. Harriett Paul, East/Central Africa Cluster
- Dr. Lamin Drammeh, West/Central Africa Cluster
- Dr. Buddhi Gyawali, the Caribbean Cluster
- Dr. Ibrahim Katampe, Latin America Cluster
7:00 – 8:30 pm Dinner; Room: Diplomat
- Invited Speaker: Dr. Francisco Mello, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA).
- Latin America’s Approach to Global Food Security

Tuesday, September 13, 2022

7:00 – 8:00 am Breakfast: Hotel Restaurant
8:00 – 9:45 am Plenary Session – Framing the Challenges I; Room: Ambassador
- Moderator: Dr. Paul Jones, FVSU President and Chair of 1890 Universities Council President.
- Keynote Address: Ms. Neneh Diallo, Chief Diversity Officer, USAID
9:45 – 10:00am Health Break
10:00am – 12:00pm Framing the Challenges II – Targeted presentation
- Moderator: Dr. Alton Thompson, Executive Director of the Association of 1890 Research Director (ARD).
- Global Food Security – Dr. Felix Baquedano, Branch Chief, International Trade and Development, USDA Economic Research Service (ERS)
- Climate Change – Dr. Ali Fares, Professor of Water Security, Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU)
- Forestry – Dr. Zhu Ning, Professor of Urban Forestry/Ecophysiology and Climate Change and Department Chair; Dr. Yaw Twumasi, Associate Professor in Urban Forestry/GIS and Remote Sensing, Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch
1:30 – 2:15 pm Plenary Session – Framing the Challenges – III; Room: Ambassador
- Moderator: Dr. Paul Jones, FVSU President and Chair of 1890 Universities Council President.
- Keynote Address: Administrator Daniel Whitley, USDA Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS).
- Global Food Security: A Domestic and Global Perspective
2:15 – 3:45 pm Partnerships and Engagement; Room: Ambassador
- Engaging USAID Programs
- Ar’Tee Franklin, Senior Advisor, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA), USAID Bureau for Resilience and Food Security.
- Anupa Deshpande, Senior Strategic Planning Advisor and Team Lead within the Program Office’s Strategic Planning and Design Division, USAID Bureau for Resilience and Food Security.
- Noelle Ojo, Director, MSI Engagement, USAID.
- Engaging with NIFA Programs
- Dr. Venu Kalavacharla, Deputy Director, Institute of Youth, Family and Communities, USDA NIFA.
- Dr. Manoharan Muthusamy, National Program Leader USDA NIFA.
- Engaging with International Research
- Dr. Daniel Gilligan, Deputy Director of Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
3:45 – 4:00 pm Health Break
4:00 – 4:45 pm Resource Opportunities and Mobilization – Panel Discussion
- (USDA NIFA, USAID, US Forest Service, and IFPRI)
4:45 – 6:00 pm 1890 Universities CEGFSD Cluster Breakout Sessions (Open to Cluster Members only)
6:30 – 8:30pm Dinner – Invited Speaker: Ms. Beattra Wilson, US Forest Service
- Harnessing 1890 Universities’ Potential for the Greatest Impact.

Wednesday, September 14, 2022

7:00 – 8:00 am Breakfast: Hotel Restaurant
8:00 – 12:00 pm Plenary Session – Room: Ambassador
8:00-8:30 Developing a Framework for Impact in International Development by 1890 Universities – Dr. Mortimer Neufville, President & CEO.
8:30-9:00 Building upon the ARD’s CEGFSD Special Session: Lessons Learned – Dr. Stephan Tubene, Professor and CEGFSD Associate Director.
9:00-9:15am Health Break
9:15am – 10:45am Four Breakout Sessions – SWOT Analysis Identifying the Pillars of a Dynamic Action Plan for the CEGFSD
- Moderators:
- Dr. Julie Shortridge, Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist, Virginia Tech.
- Dr. Albert Essel, Executive Administrator, Association of Extension Administrators (AEA).
- Mr. Bryan Norrington, Director, Office of International Research Engagement and Cooperation, Agricultural Research Service (ARS).
- Dr. Antonio McLaren, Vice President for Program Innovation and Implementation, The 1890 Universities Foundation.
10:45 – 12:00pm Reporting on Breakout Session – Moderators
12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 – 3:00 pm Breakout Sessions – Action Plan
- Identifying the pillars of a dynamic Action Plan for the CEGFSD
3:00 – 3:15 pm Health Break
3:15 – 3:45 pm Synthesis, Next Steps and Closing; Room: Ambassador
- Mr. Quintin Gray, President & CEO, Q. Gray & Associates
- Dr. Moses Kairo, CEGFSD Director, UMES.
3:45 – 4:45 pm Advisory Council (AC) Annual Meeting
6:30 – 8:30 pm Networking Dinner; Room: Diplomat
- Remarks – Dr. Moses Kairo, CEGFSD Director, UMES.

Adjourn/Safe Trip Home

Center’s Purpose

The Center of Excellence for Global Food Security and Defense (CEGFSD) is one of six centers of excellence at 1890 universities identified in the 2018 Farm Bill. The Center is supported with funds from the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). CEGFSD builds on the work initiated through the 1890 Universities Center of Excellence for International Engagement and Development (CEIED), which was one of three Anniversary Centers of Excellence established by the USDA/1890 Taskforce to commemorate the 125^th Anniversary of the signing of the Second Morrill Act of 1890. The Center focuses on implementing projects designed to supply the country with a globally educated workforce and address critical needs in the area of global food security and defense. The Center fosters international partnerships that strengthen agricultural development in developing countries; addresses new and emerging animal and plant pests and diseases; and addresses agricultural disaster recovery. While the Center is hosted at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES), it serves all nineteen (19) 1890 institutions.

Keynote: Ms. Neneh Diallo_Chief Diversity Officer, USAID

What We Do

The CEGFSD, leverages expertise from across the 1890 land-grant universities to foster international partnerships that strengthen agricultural development in developing countries; address emerging animal and plant pests and diseases; and addresses challenges with agricultural disaster recovery.

CEGFSD aspires to be a national model for advancing the long-term prosperity of the U.S. through global food security and defense initiatives in collaboration with international partners by addressing eight interlinked priorities including (1) Agricultural productivity; (2) Reduction of global poverty; (3) Enhancement of global food supply chains; (4) Improving food safety; (5) Impacts of trade on food availability, access, use and stability; (6) Advancement of long-term prosperity of the U.S. through global food security and defense initiatives; (7) Global climate change; and (8) Emerging technologies.