Global Food Sufficiency: Towards sustainable food production and consumption
Wednesday 29 April 2009 9:30-18:30
Videoconference
Wednesday 29 April 2009
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| 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.
