Today’s program:
THURSDAY 6 OCTOBER
09:00-09:15
Opening and Reporting of Working Groups I and II
09:15-10:15
Preparatory Plenary Session for Working Group III
Women farmers: agent of change and development
Presenter: Ms. Eve Crowley. Principal Advisor Gender, Equity and Rural Employment Division. FAO Speakers: Ms. Elisabeth Atangana. President of PAFFO (Platform of Peasant Organizations in Africa). Africa.
Ms. Alessandra Da Costa. General Secretary of COPROFAM (Confederacy of Oragnizations of Familiar Producers of the MERCOSUR). America.
Ms. Teresa López. President of FADEMUR (Federation of Associations of Rural Women). Europe.
10:15-11:00
Preparatory Plenary Session for Working Group IV
Family Farming and access to resources (land, water)
Presenter: Ms. Edith van Walsum. ILEIA (Centre for learning on sustainable agriculture) The Netherlands. Speakers: Mr. David Nabarro. UN High Level Task Force for Global Food Crisis.
Mr. Parviz Koohafkan. Director of Land and water division. GIASH Coordinator (FAO).
11:00-11:30
Coffee Break
11:30-12:30
Preparatory Plenary Session for Working Group V
Family Agriculture: market access and agricultural market volatility (risks)
Moderator: Mr. Gonzalo Fanjul. Expert on Development Speakers: Mr. Maximo Torero. IFPRI (International Food Policy Research Institute).
Mr. Philippe Chalmin. Expert on international commodity markets. Paris-Dauphine University. Europe.
12:30-13:00
Express questions
Chairman: Ms. Teresa López-García Usach. IVIFA Foundation.
13:30-14:30
Lunch
14:30-16:30
Working Group III
Women farmers: agent of change and development
Chairwoman: Ms. Alexandra Spieldoch. Consultant on Gender and Food Systems
Working Group IV
Family Farming and access to resources (land, water)
Chairman: Mr. Galileo Rivas. CATIE (Tropical Agricultural Research and Education Centre). America. Working Group V
Family Agriculture: market access and agricultural market volatility
Chairwoman: Ms. Marlene Ramirez. AsiaDHRRA Secretary General. (Asian Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Asia). Asia.
16:30-17:30
Plenary Panel Session
Report from the Working Groups III, IV and V