FAO: CFS 37

CFS 37 - FAO, Rome, 17 - 22 October 2011

CFS 37 Media Coverage

CFS 37 presentations and photos (where available)

Presentations are in the original language

The Thirty‐seventh Session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) opened at 14.30 hours on Monday, 17 October 2011, at FAO headquarters.

Setting the Stage for CFS 37

Statement by the UN Secretary General delivered by David Nabarro
Statements by the heads of FAO, IFAD, WFP, and from the Chair of the High‐Level Panel of Experts Steering Committee
Highlights of the State of Food Insecurity(SOFI) 2011 by ADG ES, FAO Hafez Ghanem

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Updates on Global and Regional Initiatives and Linkages with CFS

This agenda item is intended to provide a platform for discussion to strengthen coordination and collaborative actions at the global and regional level amongst a wide variety of stakeholders.

Global:

G20 - Bruno Le Maire Minister of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries, Rural Affairs and Spatial Planning, France
AFSI - Sujiro Seam Deputy Assistant Secretary for Food Security and Economic Development, French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs
SCN - Denise C Coitinho Delmuè Executive Secretary, UN Standing Committee on Nutrtition
CGIAR - Carlos Pérez del Castillo Chair of the Consortium Board of CGIAR Centers
HLTF - David Nabarro, Special Representative, High Level Task Force
Right to Food - Oliver de Schutter, Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food
WTO - Clem Boonekamp Director of the Agriculture and Commodities Division, World Trade Organization

Regional:

NEPAD - Dr Tobias Takavarasha Senior Officer for Agriculture Policy and Investment
CPLP - Domingos Simões Pereira, Secretary General, Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa
CILSS - Alhousseini Bretaudeau Executive Secretary, Comité permanent Inter-Etats de Lutte contre la Sécheresse dans le Sahel
Yukata Sumita - APEC
IGAD - Samuel Zziwa, Programme Manager, Intergovernmental Authority on Development
APEC - Yutaka Sumita Deputy Director General, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation for International Affairs - Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries,Japan

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Policy Roundtables

This session aims to support the Committee’s role to promote greater policy convergence and coordination. This includes the development of international strategies and voluntary guidelines on food security and nutrition on the basis of best practices, lessons learned from local experience, inputs received from the national and regional levels, and expert advice and opinions from different stakeholders.

The objective of the Policy Round Tables is to arrive at concrete recommendations for consideration by the Committee. Invited panellists presented their perspectives on the topic, followed by an open discussion with a view to the formulation of actionable recommendations for approval. Key findings and recommendations from each policy round table were presented by a Rapporteur in Plenary.

How to Increase Food Security and Smallholder-Sensitive Investment in Agriculture

Langa Zita Director General, Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, South Africa (Chair)
Bruce McNamer, President and CEO, Technoserve
Camilla Toulmin, HLPE Team Leader, Investment in Agriculture
Mamadou Cissokho, Honorary President, ROPPA, African Smallholder Farmers Association
Jan Douwe Van Der Ploeg, Professor of Rural Sociology, Wageningen University
Carlos Sere, Chief Development Strategist, IFAD

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Gender, Food Security and Nutrition

Josette Sheeran, Executive Director, WFP (Chair)
Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director, UN Women
Barbara Stocking, Director, Oxfam
Jean Pierre Halkin, Head of the Unit on Rural Development, Food Security and Nutrition, European Commission
Mark Cackler, Mark Cackler Sector Manager, Agriculture and Rural Development, World Bank
Charles Ogang, Farmer and President of Uganda National Farmers Federation
Elisabeth Atangana, PAFFO/PROPAC

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Food Price Volatiilty

Eric Allain General Director for Agriculture - Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Fisheries, Rural Development and Territorial Planning, France (Chair)
Ken Ash Director of Trade and Agriculture - OECD
Ibrahima Coulibaly President - Coordination Nationale des Organisations Paysannes, Mali
Romeo Recide, Department of Agriculture, Philippines
Romeo Recide Assistant Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Philippines
Tim Andriesen Managing Director, Agricultural Commodities, CME Group
Benoit Daviron HLPE Team Leader

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Global Coordination and Support for National Processes

In this session the Committee addressed ways to strengthen collaborative action, improve coordination and guide synchronized action among a wide ranging group of stakeholders.

Mapping Food Security and Nutrition Actions at Country Level – The Way Forward

Consider the process to map food security and nutrition actions at country level including the outcome of the technical consultative workshop with concerned stakeholders and a review of existing systems, tools and practices

Be presented with specific country case studies highlighting experiences of mapping food security and nutrition actions