Agribusiness and Food Security Summit - BusinessDay Conferences & Events

Now in its 3 rd year, the BusinessDay Agribusiness and Food Security Summit will convene thought leaders, policy makers and industry stakeholders to proffer solutions for advancing
agribusiness with a keen focus on generating ideas that have the potential to impact policy.

As in previous years, the discourse at the 2019 Summit will address the needs of farmers and corporations striving to guarantee a vibrant, and profitable agriculture sector.

Participants drawn from government, research institutions, banks, investors, project owners, project developers, commercial farmers, international partners, and the agro-processing industry, will dissect the real issues and recommend concrete steps that should be made so that Nigeria realize its full potential as the bread basket.

Jacquelyne Yawa

Head, Agribusiness, Nestle Nigeria

Hadiza Yaro

Business Development Manager, East West Seed

Mr. Sadiq Usman

Deputy Chief Operating Officer of the Agro-Allied Division, Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc.

Mr. Jamie Rixton

Chief Agronomist, Ellah Lakes Plc.

Dr. Olusegun Ojo

Director General, National Agricultural Seeds Council

Mr. Caleb Ojewale

Journalist, BusinessDay Newspaper

Dr. Ayoola Oduntan

Founder and Owner, Amo Farm Sieberer Hatchery Ltd

Dr. Franklin Ngwu

Senior Lecturer in Strategy, Corporate Governance and Risk Management, Lagos Business School, Pan-Atlantic University, Nigeria

Dr. Daniel Manzo Maigari

CEO, Agrolog Innovative Agriculture Ltd

Dr. Donald Madukwe

Senior Agronomist, OCP Africa

Mallam Sadiq Kassim

Group Executive Director, WACOT

Emmanuel Ijewere

Vice President, Nigeria Agribusiness Group (NABG), Chairman, Best Foods

Dr. Olurotimi Fashola, Ph.D.

Team Head, Projects, Elephant Group

Dr. Olajide Yakub Basorun

CEO, Rhyss Farms

Mr. Ayodeji Balogun

Country Manager, AFEX Commodities Exchange

Mr. Patrick Akinwuntan

Managing Director, Ecobank Nigeria

Mr. Wanger Barnabas Akaazua

Researcher/Agronomist at Afri-Agri Products Limited

Mr. Kabir Ademoh

Local Coordinator Seed for Change

Mrs. Peju Adebajo

Immediate Past Commissioner, Ministry of Agriculture, Ogun State

Alhaji M.D. Abubakar

Managing Director/ CEO, L & Z Integrated Farms Nig. Ltd

Aliyu A. Abdulhameed

Managing Director/ CEO, Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL)

Mr. Mauricio Alarcon

Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer, Nestle Nigeria Plc.

Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer, Nestle Nigeria Plc

July 18, 2019 8:15 AM
Registration
July 18, 2019 9:00 AM
Welcome and Conference Opening Address Frank Aigbogun,
Publisher, BusinessDay
July 18, 2019 9:25 AM
Background Briefing Representative of the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
July 18, 2019 9:50 AM
Sustainability Partner's Address Ms. Hadiza Yaro, East- West Seed
Speakers:
- Hadiza Yaro
  Business Development Manager, East West Seed
July 18, 2019 9:50 AM.
Presentation on Commodities Exchanges Ayodeji Balogun, Country Manager, AFEX Commodities Exchange Ltl
Panel 1: Risk Management Approaches and Solutions for the Agricultural
Finance and Trading
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes
Speakers:
- Mr. Ayodeji Balogun
  Country Manager, AFEX Commodities Exchange
July 18, 2019 10:00 AM
Keynote Address Godwin Obaseki, Governor, Edo State
July 18, 2019 10:30 AM
Panel 1: Risk Management Approaches and Solutions in Agricultural Finance and Trading
Moderator
Caleb Ojewale, Journalist, BusinessDay Media

Panelists
1. Ayodeji Balogun, Country Manager, AFEX Commodities Exchange Ltd.
2. Bode Abikoye, Executive Director, Bank of Agriculture
3. Aliyu A. Abdulhameed, CEO, NIRSAL
4. Patrick Akinwuntan, Managing Director, Ecobank Nigeria
5. Dr. Mudashir Olaitan, Director, Development Finance, Central Bank of
Nigeria
Speakers:
July 18, 2019 11:30 AM
Panel 2: Optimizing value by eliminating post-harvest losses
Moderator
Dr. Manzo Maigari, CEO, Agrolog Innovative Agriculture, Former Commissioner
of Agriculture, Kaduna State (2015 – 17, 2018 – 19)

Panellists
1. Alhaji M.D. Abubakar, CEO, L&Z Integrated Farms (Livestock and Dairy).
2. Mr. Emmanuel Ijewere, Nigeria Agribusiness, Group
3. Dr. Olurotimi Fashola, Team Head, Projects, Elephant Group
4. Jamie Rixton, Chief Agronomist, Ellah Lakes Plc.
Speakers:
July 18, 2019 12:40 PM
Coffee break and Exhibition Tour
July 18, 2019 1:15 PM
Panel 3: State of Agriculture in the States
Moderator
Dr. Olajide Yakub Basorun, CEO, Rhyss Farms, Former Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Lagos State

Panelists
1. Godwin Obaseki, Governor, Edo State
2. Dr. Manzo Maigari, CEO, Agrolog Innovative Agriculture, Former Commissioner
of Agriculture, Kaduna State (2015 – 17, 2018 – 19)
3. Dr. Mudashir Olaitan, Director, Development Finance, Central Bank of Nigeria
Speakers:
- Dr. Daniel Manzo Maigari
  CEO, Agrolog Innovative Agriculture Ltd
- Dr. Olajide Yakub Basorun
  CEO, Rhyss Farms
July 18, 2019 2:25 PM
Panel 4: Improving the attractiveness of local backward integration for mul tinationals in Nigeria
Moderator
Peju Adebajo, Immediate past Commissioner for Agriculture, Ogun State
(December 2016 – October 2018).

Panelists
1. Mauricio Alarcon, CEO, Nestlé
2. Sadiq Kassim, Group Executive Director (Grains), WACOT
3. Sadiq Usman, Deputy Chief Operating Officer of the Agro-Allied Division,
Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc.
4. Jacquelyne Yawa, Head, Agribusiness, Guinness Nigeria
Speakers:
July 18, 2019 3:30 PM
Fireside Chat: The Role of Quality Inputs
Moderator
Caleb O jewale, Journalist, BusinessDay Media.

Panelists
1. Dr. Olusegun O jo, National Agricul tural Seeds Council
2. Dr. Donald Madukwe, Senior Agronomist, OCP Af rica
3. Kabir Ademoh, Local Coordinator, Seed for Change
4. Wanger Barnabas Akaazua, , Operations Manager, Af ri Agri
Speakers:
July 18, 2019 4:30 PM
Closing remarks