Participants views
Dr Bob Watson, Chief Scientist of DEFRA on using scientific knowledge to respond to the challenges of today to achieve impact
Dr Rajinder Saini of ICIPE believes impact can be seen in how are we changing the life of farmers
Professor Isaac Akinyele of the Food Basket Foundation International gives his viewpoint on how researchers can achieve impact by clearly defining the social change they want to make
Joyce Kinabo of Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania on building capacity of people to do research to achieve greater impact.
Dennis Garrity, Director General of the World Agroforestry Centre, describes the multiple benefits of Evergreen Agriculture and its impact across sub-Saharan Africa.
Dr Akin Adesina, Vice-President for the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) highlights the need for home-grown African policies to take agricultural impacts to scale.
Professor Molly Jahn, Special Advisor to the Chancellor and Provost for Sustainability Sciences, the University of Madison-Wisconsin, emphasises the need to live within our means if we are to meet the challenges we face.
Professor Adewale Adekunle, of the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) emphasises the need for bringing different stakeholders together to achieve greater impact.