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8 March 2004 (Monday) |
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· Arrival of Participants |
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9 March 2004 (Tuesday) |
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08.00-08.45 |
· Registration |
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08.45-09.45 |
Opening Session |
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Senior Gender and Development Officer |
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Welcome and opening remarks |
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Self-Introduction of participants and Secretariat team |
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Consultation focus in the context of the International Year of Rice |
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Revathi Balakrishnan |
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Senior Officer, Gender and Development |
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Election of consultation officers: Chair, Vice Chair and Rapporteur |
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09.30-10.00 |
Break |
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10.00-10.45 |
Chair: Consultation Elected |
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Technical Session |
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Resource Paper 1 and Discussion |
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Gender concerns in the rice-based livelihood systems in
India |
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10.45-11.50 |
Cambodia: Country Case and
Discussion |
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11.50-12.30 |
Indonesia: Country Case and Discussion |
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Gender dimensions in Indonesian rice livelihood systems in the changing milieu of technologies and economy |
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Ekawati S. Wahyuni, Director, Centre for Women Studies, Research Institute |
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Bogor Agricultural University, Bogor, Indonesia |
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12.30-14.00 |
Hosted lunch |
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14.00-14.45 |
Resource Paper 2 and Discussion |
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Globalisation, new technologies and rice livelihood-gender analysis versus opportunities for rural women |
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Revathi Balakrishnan, Senior Officer, Gender and Development |
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FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific |
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14.45-15.45 |
Invited Panel Session |
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Major challenges attributable to globalisation and new technologies to rice- based and rice-integrated livelihood system: Organic and fair-trade rice in the context of livelihood system |
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Vitoon R. Panyakul, Representative |
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Green Net Cooperative, Bangkok, Thailand |
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Rice and Culture in Thailand |
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Daycha Siripathra, Director |
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Khao Kwan Foundation, Suphanburi, Thailand |
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15.45-16.00 |
Break |
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16.00-16.15 |
FAO multimedia - women in rice production and food security |
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16.15-16.45 |
Resource Paper 3 and Discussion |
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Demographic changes and its implication to Asian rice-based livelihood system: Focus on rural women |
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Hana Kobayashi, Associate Professional Officer |
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FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific |
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10 March 2004 (Wednesday) |
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08.30-09.15 |
Bangladesh: Country Case and Discussion |
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Women and rice in Bangladesh |
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Farida Akhter, Executive Director, UBINIG, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
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09.15-10.00 |
Resource Paper 4 and Discussion |
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Gender dimensions in social capital formation with implications for |
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technology transfer |
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R. Padmaja, Scientific Officer |
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Global Theme on SAT Futures, ICRISAT, Hyderabad, India |
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10.00-10.30 |
Lao PDR: Country Case and Discussion |
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Gender dimensions in Lao’s rice livelihood systems in the changing milieu of |
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technologies and economy |
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Monthathip Chanphengxay, Deputy Director General |
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National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute (NAFRI), |
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Vientiane, Lao PDR |
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10.30-10.45 |
Break |
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10.45-11.40 |
Malaysia: Country Case and Discussion |
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Malaysia economic transformation rice paddies to cyber economy: Where do rural women work? |
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Jeriah Masud, Deputy Dean-Research |
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Graduate and Publication Faculty of Human Ecology, |
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University of Putra Malaysia |
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Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia |
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11.40-12.10 |
Nepal: Country Case and Discussion |
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Resource access to rural women’s production in rice-based and rice-integrated systems of Nepal |
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Ava Shrestha, Gender and Development Specialist |
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Nepal Resident Mission, Asian Development Bank, Kathmandu, Nepal |
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12.10-12.45 |
Pakistan: Country Case and Discussion |
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Gender dimensions in Pakistan’s rice livelihood systems in the changing milieu of technologies and economy |
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Muhammad Sharif, Director Social Sciences Institute, |
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Islamabad, Pakistan |
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12.45-13.45 |
Lunch Break |
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13.45-14.30 |
Sri Lanka: Country Case and Discussion |
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Gender dimensions in Sri Lankan rice livelihood systems in the changing milieu of technologies and economy |
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Rose Rupasinghe Samuel |
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Assistant Director of Agriculture (Extension and Training) |
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Department of Agriculture, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka |
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14.30-15.00 |
Thailand: Country Case and Discussion |
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Utilisation of rice by-products: potential enterprises for rural women in Thailand |
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Penkwan Chompreeda |
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Associate Professor Department of Product Development |
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Faculty of Agro-Industry, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand |
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15.00-15.30 |
Thailand: Government Presentation |
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Thai rice livelihood systems and government support to women in rice systems |
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Anan Polvatana, Rice Research Institute, Bangkok, Thailand |
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15.45-16.00 |
Break |
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16.00-16.45 |
Viet Nam: Case Study and Discussion |
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Viet Nam rural women’s access to land and implications for rice livelihood system |
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Nguyen Thi Van Anh, Researcher |
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Department of Population Studies, Institute of Sociology, |
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National Centre for Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi, Viet Nam |
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11 March 2004 (Thursday) |
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08.30-10.30 |
Facilitated general discussion on economic trends and changing technologies affecting rice-based and rice-integrated livelihood systems, with specific attention to gender differentiated implications |
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10.30-11.00 |
Break |
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11.00-11.15 |
Preparation for small group sessions |
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11.15-12.30 |
Small Groups Sessions |
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Creating gender equal opportunities: Asian rice-based and rice-integrated livelihood systems in the changing technological milieu |
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Creating gender equal opportunities: Asian rice-based and rice-integrated livelihood systems in the changing economic milieu |
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12.30-13.45 |
Lunch |
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13.45-15.30 |
Presentations: Small groups’ outcome with preliminary recommendations |
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15.30-15.45 |
Break |
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15.45-16.30 |
General session to develop recommendations |
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12 March 2004 (Friday) |
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10.00-12.00 |
Presentation of report and recommendations and adoption of the report |
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Elected Rapporteur assisted by FAO |
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12.00-12.30 |
Closing Session |
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Vote of thanks |
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H. Konuma, DRR FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific |
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12-13 March 2004 (Friday and Saturday) |
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Departure of participants |
