Global Food Systems Institute

Global Food Systems Institute

This summit was an opportunity to meet with experts to discuss the challenges faced by West African pastoralists and to share experiences and initiatives aimed at providing viable solutions to those challenges.

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Time	Topic
8:30 – 9:00 am	Arrival and registration
9:00 – 9:15 am	Welcome: Leo Villalón, Professor of Political Science and Coordinator of the Sahel Research Group (SRG), and Interim Director of the Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida Why this summit? Gbola Adesogan, Associate VP and Director of Global Food Systems Institute, UF/IFAS
9:15 – 10:15 am	Session 1: Challenges facing Sahelian pastoralists Chair: Renata Serra, Instructional Professor, Center for African Studies at University of Florida *The Nigerian situation (via Zoom): Alhaju Baba Ngelzarma and or Alhaji Bello Gotomo, President, Myetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria The Senegal situation*: Abdoulaye Kane, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Florida
10:15 - 10:45 am	Coffee break
10:45 - 12:00 pm	Session 2: Solutions from the past and present Chair: Leo Villalón, Sahel Research Group/Center for Latin American Studies *Why grazing reserves failed and how they can be effective (via Zoom)* Junaidu Maina, former Chief Veterinary Officer, Nigeria Lessons from the past: “How the US 19th - 20th century Range Wars ended” Todd Thrift, Professor, Dept. of Animal Sciences, University of Florida *Preventing Farmer-Herder Conflicts and Deaths with Strategic Supplementation and Milk Collection from Pastoralists (via Zoom)* Muhammadu Damakka Abubakar, L&Z Integrated Farms Nig Ltd., Nigeria *AI tool to reduce farmer-herder conflicts (via Zoom)* Winners of the Nigerian Livestock Transformation Hackathon *The Nigerian Presidential Livestock Reforms Implementation Committee recommended solutions to the farmer-herder conflicts (via Zoom)* Professor Demo Kalla, member of the committee and professor at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Nigeria
12:00 - 12:30 pm	Discussion and final reflections led by Leo Villalón, Professor of Political Science and Coordinator of the Sahel Research Group, and Interim Director of the Center for Latin American Studies at UF.

More resources

Crop-Livestock Herder Conflicts in Ghana – The way forward, E.L.K. Osafo & Abdul Aziz Yunus, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology (KNUST)
Investment Opportunities for the Pastoral Sector, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN)