FAO Meeting on Voluntary Standards and Certification for Environmentally and Socially Responsible Agricultural Production and Trade
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Morning Session |
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9.00 - 9.10 |
Welcome and opening remarks |
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9.10 - 9.20 |
A brief overview of FAO initiatives in social and
environmental certification |
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Benefits of Certification: Does certification benefit
farmers and society as a whole? |
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9.20 - 9.35 |
What is the world market for certified products? |
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9.35 - 9.45 |
Discussion on market opportunities: how to expand the market? |
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9.45 -10.00 |
Farmer’s experience with certification |
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10.00 - 10.20 |
Benefits and constraints of certification: evidence from case
studies |
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10.20 - 10.45 |
Discussion on certification: distribution of benefits and constraints along the supply chain |
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10.45 - 11:15 |
Coffee Break in the Atrium, Ground Floor |
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Overcoming constraints of certification: facilitating
certification through NGO initiatives |
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11.15 - 11.40 |
International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements
(IFOAM) |
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11.40 - 12.00 |
Rainforest Alliance/Sustainable Agriculture Network
(SAN) |
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12.00 - 12.20 |
Fairtrade Labelling Organizations (FLO) |
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12.20 - 12.40 |
Social Accountability International (SAI) |
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12.40 - 13.30 |
Discussion: how to overcome the constraints of certification? |
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13.30 - 15.00 |
Lunch break |
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15.00 Afternoon Session |
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Building alliances to expand market opportunities for
responsible production |
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15.00 - 15.20 |
Presentation of the International Social and Environmental
Accreditation Labelling (ISEAL) Alliance |
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15.20 - 15.40 |
Certification: Adapting to the future |
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15.40 - 16.00 |
Building Alliances between responsible producers and
retailers |
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16.00 - 1620 |
Consumer Cooperatives - putting Fair Trade into the
mainstream. |
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16.20 - 17.30 |
Discussion: strategies to improve collaboration between stakeholders in the supply chain and to promote responsible production and trade |
Labeeb Abboud
Rainforest Alliance
labboud@earthlink.net
Tom Abila
Lango Co-operative Union Ltd.
Linda Admiraal
Wageningen
hemkelina.admiraal@wur.nl
Jenny Calabrese
CIHEAM
calabrese@iamb.it
Liviu Amariei
FSC
liviu@fsc.org
Mikkel Andersen
RUTA/FAO
mandersen@ruta.org
Dale Andrew
OECD
dale.andrew@oecd.org
Sibyl Anwander
COOP Switzerland
sibyl.anwander@coop.ch
Santiago Arango
Fundacion Natura
sarango@natura.org.co
Guillermo Belloso
SalvaNATURA
gebelloso@salvanatura.org
Coen van Beuningen
Hivos and IFOAM
coen.vb@inter.nl.net
Dorianne Beyer
SAI
dorianne@rcn.com
Sandy Brown
Swantonberry-USA
sandy@cruzio.com
Abra Brynne
ISEAL Alliance
secretariat@iseal.alliance.org
Eleonora Canigiani
IFAD
e.canigiani@katamail.com
Massimo Canossa
GVC
mcanossa@libero.it
Alessandra Cappellari
TransFair Italy
pm@transfair.it
Jorge Casale
IFOAM
internacional@argencert.com.ar
Mariangela Cavallari
CIES
romascv@transfair.it
Thomas Cierpka
IFOAM
t.cierpka@ifoam.org
Louise Clark
Imperial College London
louise.clark@imperial.ac.uk
Jim Cochran
Swantonberry-USA
jimcochran50@hotmail.com
Michela Coli
ICEA
fo@icea.info
Ken Commins
IOAS
info@ioas.org;
Adriana Cortes
Intertek
adriana.cortes@intertek.com
Sasha Courville
SASA
sasha.courville@anu.edu.au
Sylvain Cuperlier
Dole Europe
communication@eu.dole.com
Cora Dankers
Consultant
coradankers@hotmail.com
Franco De Panfilis
Organic Sur/Daabon
francodepanfilis@organicsur.it
Noureddin Diouech
CIHEAM
driouech@iamb.it
Thomas Divney
Rainforest Alliance
tom_ra@racsa.co.cr
Erich Dumelin
Unilever R&D
erich.dumelin@unilever.com
Volkert Engelsman
Eosta BV/Nature & More
volkert@eosta.com
Fenny Eshuis
Max Havelaar Foundation
eshuis@maxhavelaar.nl
Christelle Esquirol
Intertek
christelle.esquirol@intertek.com
Emeline Fellus
SAI Platform
efellus@saiplatform.org
Andrea Ferrente
AIAB
aiab@aiab.it
Simon Ferrigno
PAN UK
simonferrigno@pan-uk.org
Irene Fisco
CIES
romascv@transfair.it
Tom Fox
IIED
tom.fox@iied.org
Kouduahou Fogue
CEAS
kfogue@hotmail.com
Nicole Franz
FAO-FIIU
Nicole.franz@fao.org
Maria Gardfjell
Coop Sweden
maria.gardfjell@coop.se
David Gibson
Chemonics International
dgibson@chemonics.net
Seth Gogoe
Agro eco
seth_gogoe@sgs.com
sgogoe@yahoo.co.uk
Susanne Gura
IFOAM
s.gura@ifoam.org
Thomas Harding
AgriSystems International
agrisys1@aol.com
M.Yousri Hashem
COAE
coae@tedata.net.eg
Andreas Heber
TopConsult Management
heber@andreas@tcbc.ch
Steve Homer
EUREPGAP
shomer@zwetsloots.co.uk
Rachelle Jackson
CSCC
rjackson@intlcompliance.com
George Jaksch
Chiquita
gjaksch@chiquita.com
Dorothee Jung
FLO International
d.jung@fairtrade.net
Detlef Kalus
IFOAM
d.kalus@ifoam.org
Jim Kleinschmit
IATP
jim@iatp.org
Karin Kreider
Rainforest Alliance
kkreider@ra.org
Michelle Lapinski
Business for SR
mlapinski@bsr.org
Pascal Liu
FAO-ESCR
Pascal.Liu@fao.org
Michele Maccari
MANI Onlus
michelemaccari@yahoo.it
Pat Mallet
ISEAL Alliance
pmallet@netidea.com
Alice Tepper Marlin
Social Accountability Intl.
alice@sa-intl.org
Anniek Mauser
Unilever
anniek.mauser@unilever.com
Francesco Meneghetti
Etimos
francesco@etimos.it;
Cynthia Mercer
Federacion nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia
cynthiamercer@cafedecolombia.com
Ermando Montanari
ermando.montanari@fastwebnet.it
Johan Murillo
Rainforest Alliance
jmurillo@ra.org
Maria-Isabel Ortega
Research center for food and development
iortega@cascabel.ciad.mx
Patrick Oryang
Lango Co-operative Union Ltd.
Louise Ousted Olsen
EURO COOP
lousted.olsen@eurocoop.org
Catherine Pazderka
FAO-ESCR
cpazderka@yahoo.ca
Gaetano Paparella
ICEA
cibibari@tin.it
Olaf Paulsen
FLO International
o.paulsen@fairtrade.net
Richard Perkins
WWF-UK
rperkins@wwf.org.uk
Piyaphan Phinthuphan
ACT
piyahphan.actc@actorganic.org
Paul Pilkauskas
FAO-ESCR
Paul.Pilkauskas@fao.org
Fabrizio Piva
CCPB
fpiva@ccpb.it
Anne-Sophie Poisot
FAO-AG
AnneSophie@fao.org
Thierry Pomerleau
Oregon Tilth
thierry@tilth.org
Jason Potts
IISD
jpotts@iisd.ca
Laura de Santis Prada
IMAFLORA
laura@imaflora.org
Rhiannon Pyburn
Wageningen Uni.,
rhiannon.pyburn@wur.nl
Guadalupe Quiroz Jimenez
UCIRI
uciri@prodigy.net.mx
Andre Raghu
Intertek
a.raghu@intertek.com
Romana Ranucci
Redattore Sociale
romanaranucci@hotmail.com
Taurino Reyes Santino
CERTIMEX
certimex@prodigy.neet.mx
Maarten Rijninks
Organic Retail Chain
mrijninks@denatuurwinkel.com
Nicola Rondol
RINA SPA
nicola.rondoni@rina.org
Ulrich Sabel-Koschella
GTZ
ulrich.sabel-koschella@gtz.de
Mariella Sandini
BIOS
Pilar Santacoloma
FAO-AG
Pilar.Santacoloma@fao.org
Michiel Schoenmakers
AgroFair
michiel.schoenmakers@agrofair.nl
Stephen Sellers
TransFair USA
steve@transfairusa.org
Hugo Skoppek
Eosta BV/Nature & More
hugo@eosta.com
Michael Sligh
RAFI
msligh@blast.net
Helga Stamm-Berg
GTZ
helga.stamm-berg@gtz.de
Gareth Steel
EC
gareth.steel@cec.eu.int
Anne Tallontire
NRI
a.m.tallontire@gre.ac.uk
Davide Tassi
Fundacion Maquipucuna
amazonia@internet.lu
Jon Tugwell
Fyffes
jtugwell@fyffes.com
Herman uit de Bosch
ICCO
herman.uit.de.bosch@icco.nl
Helena van den Homberg
Novib, Oxfam Nthlds
heleen.van.den.hombergh@novib.nl
Bo van Elzakker
Agro eco
b.vanelzakker@agroeco.nl
Casper van Zijl
Ahold
casper-van.zijl@ahold.com
Murk Vlietstra
Eosta BV/Nature & More
Sven Walter
FAO-FOPP
Sven.Walter@fao.org
Jurg Weber
BioVision/TERRA VERDE
info@terraverde.tv
Chris Wille
Rainforest Alliance
cwille@racsa.co.cr
Rolf Willmann
FAO-FIPP
Rolf.Willmann@fao.org
Susan Burgess Wren
OPPAZ
susiewren@docbase.com
B.Michael Yanogo
CEAS
ceas-rb@fasonet.bf
Americo Zampetti
UNCTAD
zampetti@unctad.org
David Zweibel
SAI
dz.dz@verizon.net
Voluntary certification in Agriculture:
Environmental and Social Standards, Certification and Labelling for Cash Crops (2004)
Manual on certification for export (in Spanish only) (2003)
The WTO and voluntary certification in agriculture (2003)
Brochure "A golden fruit for all?" (Social and environmental certification of banana production and trade) (2001)
Report of the Third Expert Meeting on Responsible Horticultural Production and Trade (Feb. 2003)
Report of the Second Expert Meeting on Responsible Horticultural Production and Trade (Dec. 2001)
Comparative Analysis of the Main Environmental and Social Certification Programmes in the Banana Sector (Nov. 2001)
Conclusions of the First Expert Meeting on Responsible Banana Production and Trade (March 2000)
Background on Socially and Environmentally Responsible Banana Production and Trade (March 2000)
Voluntary certification in Fisheries:
Report of the Expert Consultation on the Development of International Guidelines for Ecolabelling of Fish and Fishery Products from Marine Capture Fisheries (October 2003)
Product certification and ecolabelling for fisheries sustainability (2001)
Organic fruit and vegetables:
Proceedings of the Seminar: Producing and Exporting Organic Fruit and Vegetables in Asia, 3-5 November 2003, Bangkok, Thailand
World Markets for Organic Citrus and Citrus Juices (2003)
The Market for Organic and Fair-Trade Bananas (2003)
Proceedings of the Conference on Supporting the Diversification of Exports in the Caribbean/Latin American Region through the Developments of Organic Horticulture (2001)
World Markets for Organic Fruit and Vegetables - Opportunities for Developing Countries in the Production and Export of Organic Horticultural Products (2001)
Economic Comparison of Organic and Conventional Citrus Growing Systems in Spain (2000)
The above publications can be viewed or downloaded from:
http://www.fao.org/es/ESC/en/20953/22218/highlight_44152en.html
Organic agriculture
(general):
The publications below can be viewed at: http://www.fao.org/organicag/frame2-e.htm
The Scope of Organic Agriculture, Sustainable Forest Management and Ecoforestry in Protected Area Management (November 2003)
Organic agriculture: a tool for sustainable rural development and poverty reduction (August 2003)
Communication and Natural Resource Management - Experience - Theory - (2003)
Market for organic products in Bolivia - The case of ASOPEC (2003)
Organic Agriculture: The Challenge of Sustaining Food Production While Enhancing Biodiversity (April 2003)
Awareness Folder on Organic Agriculture (March 2003)
Organic Agriculture (In World agriculture: towards 2015/2030. An FAO Perspective (see Chapter 11.3) (January 2003)
Training Manual: Quality Certification for Value-Added Products in Latin American Countries (Spanish only) (2002)
Interactive CD on FAO in Latin America in the New Millenium: Organic Agriculture (2002)
Organic Agriculture, Environment and Food Security (October 2002)
Organic Agriculture and Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (October 2002)
Traditional use and availability of aquatic biodiversity in rice-based ecosystems: I. Kampong Thom Province, Kingdom of Cambodia (October 2002)
Handling and Processing of Organic Fruits and Vegetables in Developing Countries (September 2002)
Agenda 21: Fulfilling FAO's Commitments (August 2002)
Food Security and the Environment (August 2002)
Symposium on Organic Meat and Dairy Products (August 2002)
The Promise of Organic Agriculture (In World Agriculture: Towards 2015/2030. Summary Report) (July 2002)
Biodiversity and Organic Agriculture: an Example of Sustainable Use of Biodiversity (May 2002)
On-farm composting methods (May 2002)
Organic Agriculture and Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development (May 2002)
Report of NGO/CSO Study Tour on Organic Agriculture, Uruguay, Chile (March 2002)
Organic Agriculture and Soil Biodiversity (March 2002)
International Harmonization and Equivalence in Organic Agriculture (February 2002)
Report of the Electronic Conference on Quality Certification of Foods in Latin America (Spanish only) (December 2001)
Good Practice Guidelines for Agricultural Leasing Arrangements (November 2001)
Biodiversity and Organic Agriculture (November 2001)
Organic Agriculture Perspectives (October 2001)
Agriculture biologique au Sénégal (August 2001) (French only)
Organic Agriculture: A Thousand-Year-Old Answer to the Problems of a New Era? (August 2001) (Spanish only)
Production and Trade Opportunities for Non-Wood Forest Products, Particularly Food Products for Niche Markets (July 2001)
FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission Guidelines for Production, Processing, Labelling and Marketing of Organically Produced Foods (July 2001)
New and Emerging Issues Affecting Commodity Markets (March 2001)
Sustainable, organic and speciality coffee production, processing and marketing (February 2001)
FAO Perspectives on Future Challenges for the Organic Agriculture Movement (August 2000)
Factors Influencing Organic Agriculture Policies with a Focus on Developing Countries (August 2000)
Opportunities and Constraints of Organic Agriculture: a Socio-Ecological Analysis (July 2000)
Food Safety and Quality as Affected by Organic Farming (July 2000)
Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems - Combined Texts (2000)
Guideline and reference material on integrated soil and nutrient management and conservation for farmer field schools (2000)
Small ponds make a big difference (2000)
Research methodologies in organic farming: on-farm participatory research (2000)
Research Methologies in Organic Farming Download PDF (December 1999)
Producing and Marketing Quality Organic Products: Opportunities and Challenges (October 1999)
FAO/Netherlands Conference on the Multifunctional Character of Agriculture and Land (12-17 September 1999)
(May 1999)
Organic Agriculture at the Committee on Agriculture (January 1999)
Spotlight on Organic Agriculture (January 1999)
Non-wood forest products and income generation: K. Dürbeck. Green trade organizations: striving for fair benefits from trade in non-wood forest products, Unasylva, Vol. 50, No. 3 (Issue No. 198) (1999)
The use of species and medicinals as bioactive protectants for grains (1999)
FAO Policy and Strategy for Cooperation with Non-Governmental and Civil Society Organizations (1999)
Evaluating the Potential Contribution of Organic Agriculture to Sustainability Goals (November 1998)
FAO/IFOAM Meeting on Organic Agriculture (19-20 March 1998)
Biological Farming Research in Europe (June 1997)
Recent Research and Development on White Clover in Europe (1996)
Trade restrictions affecting international trade in non-wood forest products (1995)
The Green Revolution Revisited: New Needs, New Strategies (1995)
Working out the Links: Labor in Sustainable Agriculture (July-August 1994)
Low Input Farming: Merits and Limits (November-December 1993)
White Clover in Europe: State of the Art (August 1993)
Biological Farming in Europe - Agriculture Biologique en Europe (28-31 May 1990)
