The West African Forum on Precision Agriculture (WAFPA) was a 2-day event designed to bring together experts from universities, national agricultural research systems, international research centers, and the private sector to discuss the current state and future of precision agriculture in West Africa.
When: February 11-12, 2020
Where: University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana
The first day featured invited presentations from precision ag. experts representing Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, and Togo.
| 8:30 | Arrival and Registration of Participants | |
| 9:00 | Welcome and Opening Ceremony | |
| 9:20 | Opening Prayer | |
| 9:25 | Introduction of VIPs | |
| 9:30 | Welcome to UCC | Dr. Kwame Frimpong, UCC |
| 9:45 | Introduction to WAFPA (pdf) | Dr. Steve Phillips, APNI |
| 10:10 | BREAK / Group Photograph | |
| 10:30 | Precision Agriculture in Benin (pdf) | Dr. Nicodeme Fassinou, Univ Abomey-Calavi |
| 11:15 | Precision Agriculture in Burkina Faso (pdf) | Dr. Idriss Serme, INERA |
| 12:00 | Precision Agriculture in Cote d’Ivoire (pdf) | Dr. René Akanvou, CNRA |
| 12:45 | LUNCH | |
| 13:45 | Precision Agriculture in Ghana (pdf) | Dr. Martin Bosompem, UCC |
| 14:30 | Precision Agriculture in Nigeria (pdf) | Dr. Christogonus Daudu, Ahmadu Below Univ |
| 15:15 | Precision Agriculture in Senegal (pdf) | Dr. Alfred Tine, ISRA/CNRA |
| 16:00 | BREAK | |
| 16:15 | Precision Agriculture in Togo (pdf) | Dr. Jean Sogbedji, ESA – Univ Lomé |
| 17:00 | Closing Comments | |
| 17:30 | Adjourn |
The second day continued with invited presentations in the morning, while the afternoon program had facilitated, small-group activities (round-tables) designed to scope opportunities, challenges, and mechanisms needed to move from information availability to innovative, information-driven, transformative solutions for the West African smallholder farmer.
| 8:30 | Arrival and Registration of Participants | |
| 9:00 | Welcome | |
| 9:10 | Precision Agriculture for Cereal Crops (pdf) | Dr. Kwame Frimpong, UCC |
| 9:50 | Precision Agriculture for Perennial Crops (pdf) | Dr. Kokou Amouzou, APNI |
| 10:30 | BREAK | |
| 10:50 | Precision Agriculture Service in West Africa – Fasodrone | Mr. Thierry Bayala |
| 11:30 | Precision Agriculture Service in West Africa – Investiv | Mr. Aboubakar Karim |
| 12:10 | Precision Agriculture Service in West Africa – SyeComp (pdf) | Mr. Solomon Allavi |
| 12:50 | Conference Closing Comments | |
| 13:00 | LUNCH | |
| 14:00 | Group Discussions – Invited participants only | |
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| 15:30 | ||
| 16:00 | ||
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| 17:00 | ||
| 17:30 | Adjourn |
WAFPA is organized and hosted by the African Plant Nutrition Institute (APNI) in partnership with the University of Cape Coast (UCC).
Contacts Dr. Steve Phillips (s.phillips@apni.net) or Dr. Kwame Frimpong (kfrimpong@ucc.edu.gh)
