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Mobilizing Agriculture and Rural Development as an Adaptation Alternative to Climate-induced Migration
6 July 2017, Rome--- This side event provides opportunities for FAO to raise awareness on the role of ARD, and further define priorities for providing support to country-level interventions by facilitating climate change adaptation through ARD, with a view to preventing or mitigating the risks associated with distress rural out-migration. The objectives of the side event are to: Facilitate and contribute to a better understanding of the nexus between climate change and migration.
Opening remarks by Kostas Stamoulis, Assistant Director-General, FAO Economic and Social Development Department.
(00:00) Remarks by Federico Soda, Director, Coordination Office for the Mediterranean, IOM; (09:12) Presentation “Climate Change, Migration, Agriculture and Food Security Nexus and The Role of Agriculture and Rural Development (ARD)” by Junko Sazaki, Director, Social Policies and Rural Institutions Division, FAO.
Panel discussion and Interactive session - Panellists: Viam Pillay, Assistant Minister for Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture, Rural and Maritime Development and National Disaster Management of Fiji; Abdus Sobhan Sikder, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to FAO; Harriet M. Nduma, Chargée d’Affaires a.i.,Embassy of the Republic of Kenya; Louis Lahoud, Director-General of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture of Lebanon; Federico Soda, Director, Coordination Office for the Mediterranean, IOM.
Closing remarks by William Lacy Swing, Director-General, IOM and by José Graziano da Silva, Director-General, FAO.
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