Monday June 24th
General Assembly
Time
Session
Location
Event Registration
Capital Zimbali Conference Centre Foyer
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
General Assembly
Tea/coffee will be served beforehand from 3:30pm
Welcome Dinner
Tuesday June 25th
Field Visits
Time
Session
Location
08:00 am
Option 1: Sugarcane Farming with Illovo Sugar
Jobs Fund Project
Ashbrook Farm
SASRI
Dinner
Tightlines Restaurant
Full agenda details for each farm visit will be shared closer to the event and dinner will be provided by SAI Platform at Tightlines Restaurant from 6pm before the return to the Capital Zimbali Resort, Durban.
Please make the selection for your preferred farm visit when registering for the event here.
Wednesday June 26th
Morning Sessions from 9 am - 12:30 pm
Time
Session
Location
Registration and coffee
King Protea Room, Capital Zimbali Resort, Durban
9:00 am
Welcome, housekeeping & top line agenda
Sasha Twining, Master of CeremoniesKing Protea Room, Capital Zimbali Resort, Durban
9:05 am
An introduction to the key theme of the day: Building climate change resilience through regenerative agriculture.
King Protea Room, Capital Zimbali Resort, Durban
9:15 am
South Africa: A Country of Two Agricultures
Wandile Sihlobo, Chief Economist of the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa
Q&A with the audience
King Protea Room, Capital Zimbali Resort, Durban
10:00 am
What are the risks that keep smallholder farmers awake and how can the value chain support them?
Mike Ogg, Region Head for Africa and the Middle East, Bonsucro interviews a smallholder farmer
King Protea Room, Capital Zimbali Resort, Durban
10:30 am
Coffee Break
King Protea Room, Capital Zimbali Resort, Durban
11:00 am
South African farmers discuss how they build resilience through on-farm actions
Moderator: Andrew Cochrane, Group Head of Grower Agriculture, Illovo Sugar
Speakers: Ant Edmonds, Simon Miller, Micheon Ngubane, Silindile Gumede, Egon Zunckel
Q&A with the audience
King Protea Room, Capital Zimbali Resort, Durban
11:30 am
What solutions exist to build resilience in the domains of soils, water, and climate in agricultural supply chains in South Africa?
Moderator: Dominik Klauser, Regenerative Agriculture Director, SAI Platform
Panel: Dr Johann Strauss from the Western Cape Department of Agriculture, Dr Jacques van Rooyen from Herding 4 Hope, Jacques Smith from Yara International, Shahar Dayan from Netafim
Q&A with the audience
King Protea Room, Capital Zimbali Resort, Durban
Lunch Break
King Protea Room, Capital Zimbali Resort, Durban
Afternoon Sessions from 1:30 pm - 5:30 pm
1:30 pm
SAI Platform Debate: Our focus on sustainable agriculture principles and practices has failed. An outcome-based model is the only solution to building resilient food systems for the future.
Moderator: Sasha Twining
King Protea Room, Capital Zimbali Resort, Durban
2:30 pm
What can public-private partnerships do to build resilient farming systems and value chains?
Moderator: Kebba Colley, Global Director, Value Chains Transformation, IDH
Speakers: Bongiwe Njobe, Sustainable Agriculture Policy, Sue Viljoen from WWF South Africa, Sithembile Ngobese from Unilever South Africa, Christian Giesel from Syngenta Group.
Q&A with the audience
King Protea Room, Capital Zimbali Resort, Durban
3:00 pm
Coffee Break
King Protea Room, Capital Zimbali Resort, Durban
3:30 pm
What can be done to ensure viability for the next generation of farmers?
Moderator: Kathy Hurley, Women and Youth in Rural Entrepreneurship
Speakers: Keatlegile Muguni, Andile Ncgobo
Q&A with the audience
King Protea Room, Capital Zimbali Resort, Durban
4:00 pm
How can we better support farmers to adopt regenerative agriculture towards a more inclusive and resilient farming system
All guest speakers and panelists will also partake in breakout sessions to encourage diversity of perspective
Summary of breakout sessions to be sharedo
Various breakout rooms, Capital Zimbali Resort, Durban
5:30 pm
Closing and summary of key takeaways
Speaker: Sasha Twining
King Protea Room, Capital Zimbali Resort, Durban
7:30 pm
Drinks Reception
The Shell Room, Oyster Box Hotel
8:00 pm
Gala Dinner
The Pearl Room, Oyster Box Hotel
Thursday June 27th
Community Meetings
Time
Session
Location
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Community Meetings
King Protea Room, Capital Zimbali Resort
Friday June 28th
Field Visits
08:00 am
Option 1: Regenerative Agriculture with Yara International in the Western Cape
De Hoek Estate
Boland Landbu School
Fairview Wine & Cheese
08:00 am
Option 2: Low carbon livestock farming with Nestlé in George
Skimmelkrans Farm Dairy with beef
Outeniqua Research Farm
Please note that the Yara and Nestle field visits require an internal flight and accommodation in Stellenbosch and George respectively. Flights and accommodation are requested at time of registration and will be managed by our event agency in South Africa.
Full agenda details for each field visit will be shared closer to the event and lunch will be provided by SAI Platform.
Please make the selection for your preferred field visit when registering for the event here.