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Global food sufficiency - A global conference on food sufficiency

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Global Food Sufficiency: Towards sustainable food production and consumption


Videoconference
European Parliament - Brussels

Wednesday 29 April 2009 9:30-18:30

European Parliament - Room JAN 2Q2 - 60, rue Wiertz - 1047 Brussels - Belgium

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    PROGRAMME

     

    Wednesday 29 April 2009

     

    09:30

    (Brussels 9:30, Dakar 7:30, Manila 15:30)

    Welcome by the co-president of the Green Group in the European Parliament Monica Frassoni and Friedrich Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf, Vice-President of the Committee on Agriculture at the European Parliament

    09:45

    (Dakar 7:45, Manila 15:45)

    Key note message from Mamadou Cissokho, farmer leader, facilitator of the Pan African Platform of Farmers organizations

    10:00

    Manila(16:00)

    An Asian perspective on food sufficiency
    (With specific comments on food governance, local food stocks, farmers empowerment and rural development infrastructure and environmental sustainability)

    10:30

    (Dakar 8:30, Manila 16:30)

    Comments from Dakar and Brussels

    10:45

    Feedback from Manila

    11:00

    (Dakar 9:00)

    An African perspective on food sufficiency
    (With specific comments on domestic and regional food culture and market; sustainability and sufficiency criteria; food stocks and food supply management including the regional and domestic agriculture and trade policy)

    11:30 Comments from Manila (17:30) and Brussels
    11:45

    Feedback from Dakar (9:45)

    12:00

    Welcome of the participants from Brasilia

    12:00

    (7:00 Brasilia)

    A Latin-American perspective on food sufficiency
    (With specific comments on the "zero hunger" program in Brazil: Challenging the agro-industrial model: perspectives to increase food security from sustainable family farming, how to link urban food sufficiency with family farming and rural development)

    12:30 Comments from Dakar (10:30) Manila (18:30) and Brussels
    12:45 Feedback from Brasilia (7:45) and final comments before leaving the conference from Manila
    13:00 Lunch break
    15:00

    Dakar  13:00, (Washington 9:00), Brasilia 10:00

    Welcome of the participants from Washington
    Short summary of results of the morning session

    15:15

    Brussels

    A European Perspective on food sufficiency
    (Imports of feedstuff and re-integration of crop and meat production, food sufficiency and agro-fuels, food waste,  sustainability and sufficiency criteria for public support; reconnection of farmers and consumers; food stocks, strategic reserves and supply management as agricultural policy tools to manage price levels and volatility)

    15:45 Comments from Washington 11:30 and Dakar 13:45 Brasilia 10:45
    16:15 Feedback from Brussels
    16:30

    (Washington 11:30)

    A US-American perspective on food sufficiency
    (With specific comments on promoting a multi-functional approach to agriculture, commodity regulation, competition reform and aid reform)

    17:00 Comments from Brasilia 12:00, Dakar 15:00, Brussels
    17:15 Feedback from Washington
    17:30

    Towards a global action plan to achieve global food sufficiency

    Final round of debate with regional conference participants

    18:15 Conclusions
    18:30 End of video conference


    Simultaneous interpretation will be provided in English, French, Portuguese.

     


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