Programme Water and Food – Africa in a Global Context Workshop 23-24 October, 2014 in Uppsala Understanding water and food in Africa in a historic and comparative context may enable new insights into the evolution of food systems from the early humans to today’s challenges in the global world. The ecological variation from extreme deserts to rainforests enables unique comparisons of food systems, adaptations and technological innovations at different points in history. Throughout history, too much or too little water for food production at the right time for cultivation has been a matter of plenty or famine, and life or death. Thursday 23 October: Geocentrum, conference hall Småland, Villavägen 16 0900-0930 Welcome and introduction Terje Oestigaard & Terje Tvedt Paul Lane Part 1: Water and early food systems 0930-10.00 Semi-permanent foragers in North Africa – An archaeological perspective Elena A.A. Garcea 10.00-10.30 Origin of domestication and aquatic adaptation – the Nile valley in comparative perspective Randi Håland 1030-11.00 How did the Nile water system impact swine husbandry practices in ancient Egypt? Louise Bertini 11.00-11-30 A regional breadbasket? The socio-politics of food production in the Nile Delta from Antiquity onwards Katherine Blouin Part 2: Irrigation pre-independence and post-independence 11.30-12.00 Pre-Colonial Irrigation in Southern Africa: Water and agriculture in a historic perspective Johann Tempelhoff 12.00-12.30 Water and rural-urban relations in the Maghreb Brock Cutler 12.30- 14.00 Lunch 14.00-14.30 Do Not Imagine that Every Cloud will Bring Rain: A History of Irrigation on Kilimanjaro, Tanzania Matthew Bender 14.30-15.00 An end has a start. Colonial and post-colonial irrigation efforts in Africa, 19002000 Maurits W. Ertsen Part 3: Seasonal variation, climate changes and adaptation in diverse ecosystems 15.00-15.30 Dying cows due to climate change? Drought can never finish the Maasai cattle, only the human mouth can Marcel Rutten 15.30-1600 Coffee 16.00-16.30 Water, labour and land: Agro-pastoral dynamics in the Sahelian zone in Mali Tor Benjaminsen 16.30-17.00 Food production in the Niger basin: coping with hydrological changes Andrew Ogilvie (presenter), Jean Charles Clanet, Georges Serpantié & Jacques Lemoalle 17.00-17-30 Water-Food Security System Analysis in the Context of Climate Change in the Congo Rainforest Raphael Tshimanga Friday 24 October: Geocentrum, conference hall Hamberg, Villavägen 16 09.30-10.00 Managing the Commons with Floods: The role of institutions and power relations for water governance and food resilience in African Floodplains Tobias Haller 10.00-10.30 Food and Environmental Security in African Wetlands Dalitso Kafumbata 10.30-11.00 New perspectives on Saharan mega-aquifers: Their history, economic value and sustainability Fridtjov Ruden 11.00-11.30 Fishers, herders and rice-farmers communities of the Inner Niger Delta facing the huge challenge of adaptation to weakened floods Pierre Morand (presenter), Famory Sinaba & Awa Niang-Fall 11.30-12.00 Food from water – Small-scale inland fisheries in Africa: dynamics and importance Jeppe Kolding (presenter) and Paul van Zwieten 12.00-13-30 Lunch Part 4: Globalisation of water and food 13.30-14.00 Emerging water frontiers: Agricultural FDI, large-scale land deals and food security in Africa Atakilte Beyene, Emil Sandström & Kjell Havnevik 14.00-14.30 Land for drug – cash for food: Khat Production and Food Security in Ethiopia Gessesse Dessie 14.30-15.00 Flowers or food? Kenyan conflicts of water use Alfred Anangwe