Online Press Room - CGIAR Audio Conference Press Briefing on Africa's Food Crisis

Thursday, 8 May, 2008
7:30 Hours GMT / 9:30 am Johannesburg / 10:30 am Nairobi

To RSVP or to arrange access to the teleconference, contact:

Jeff Haskins at +254 729 871 422 or jhaskins@burnesscommunications.com

To access the telephone briefing, reporters should dial:

U.S. Toll-free: 800 862-9098
South Africa Toll-free: 080-098-1020
From other locations: +1 785 424 1051
Conference ID: 7CGIAR

Program Title: Africa’s Food Crisis

Press Kit:

• Media Advisory: Leading Experts on African Agriculture to Address Key Issues Underlying Food Crisis – and Show a Way Ahead
  • English
  • French/ Français

• CGIAR Statement: Rising World Food Prices and the Way Ahead for Africa
• Speaker Bios: Dennis Garrity (World Agroforestry Centre), Papa Abdoulaye Seck (Africa Rice Center), Marianne Banziger (Global Maize Program/CIMMYT)
• Backgrounder Documents:
• World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF): Addressing Africa's Food Crisis from the Ground Up, Nairobi, Kenya
• Africa Rice Center (WARDA) statement on rising rice prices, Cotonou, Benin
• CIMMYT Statement on world food price crisis in Africa
• Global Maize Program of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Nairobi, Kenya

• Link to download audio recording of press conference (audio mp3 format file, 13 MB)
• In addition to the audio file on this website, a recording of the briefing will be available by telephone through Friday, 9 May, 2008. Call US toll-free at 800-839-1162, or +1 402 220-0398 to listen to the playback.

About the CGIAR

The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), established in 1971, is a strategic partnership of countries, international and regional organizations and private foundations supporting the work of 15 international agricultural research Centers. In collaboration with national agricultural research systems, civil society and the private sector, the CGIAR fosters sustainable agricultural growth through high-quality science aimed at benefiting the poor through stronger food security, better human nutrition and health, higher incomes and improved management of natural resources.