Wednesday 29 April 2009

(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

Feedback from Manila

(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)

Feedback from Dakar (9:45)

Welcome of the participants from Brasilia

(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)

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

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

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)

(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)

Towards a global action plan to achieve global food sufficiency

Final round of debate with regional conference participants