20121015_EDD12_Full_Agenda

TUESDAY 16
HIGH LEVEL PANELS
WORLD FOOD DAY | HIGH LEVEL PANELS
16:30 – 18:00 Growing a Better Future for Farmers
Auditorium A
#Farmers
#EDD12
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José Graziano da Silva, Director General of the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations
PANEL
Christian Friis Bach, Minister for Development Cooperation,
Denmark
Isolina Boto, Head, Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural
Cooperation Brussels Office
Richard Greene, Mission Director in Bangladesh, United States
Agency for International Development
José António Pacheco, Minister of Agriculture, Mozambique
Ruth Rawling, Vice-President Corporate Affairs, Europe, Middle East
and Africa, Cargill
Elisangela dos Santos Arajo, National Federation of Workers
in Family Agriculture
Kristian Schmidt, Director, Human Development Department,
Directorate-General for Development and Cooperation – EuropeAid,
European Commission
Kalilou Sylla, Executive Secretary, Panafrican Farmer’s Organisation
– PAFO
Piet Vanthemsche, President of AgriCord
A wide range of policy factors influence agricultural production and the nutritional
status of the poor in developing countries, which constitute real challenges
for small-scale farmers who are expected to increase their productivity
to feed a growing population. The various food crises and the volatility of
commodity prices makes it necessary to look at the power relationships that
shape our planet, the economic drivers behind key policy decisions, the new
policy challenges affecting food production, and the role of traditional and
emerging actors in the food system. Various panellists will give their perspectives
on how they see the future of farmers in the context of new drivers affecting
food production, trade and the environment.
Organised by Agricord, Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural Cooperation – CTA,
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – FAO
36 | EDD 2012 | AGENDA | TUESDAY 16