Committee on World Food Security
Making a difference in food security and nutrition
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CFS 40
7 - 11 October 2013
Monday 7th Afternoon Policy Convergence
State of Food Insecurity (SOFI 2013)
Biofuels and Food Security
The Panel:
- Prof. M. S. SWAMINATHAN, HLPE Chair - Founder of MSS Research Foundation
- Ms Mariam Rahmanian,HLPE Vice Chair - Researcher at CENESTA
Brave R. Ndisale,Round Table Chairperson - Ambassador of Malawi to the Rome Based Agencies - Harry De Gorter, Professor and Researcher on the applied welfare economics and political economy of agricultural trade policy at Cornell University
- John Wilkinson, HLPE Project Team Leader for the study on "Biofuels and food security" - Associate Professor and Director of the Social Science Graduate Center, “Development, Agriculture and Society” (CPDA) - Presentation
Rapporteur: Mr Mafizur Rahman (Bangladesh)
Tuesday 8th Morning Policy Convergence
Investing in Smallholder Agriculture for Food Security and Nutrition
The panel:
- Prof. M. S. Swaminathan, HLPE Chair - Founder of MSS Research Foundation
- Ms Mariam Rahmanian, HLPE Vice Chair - Researcher at CENESTA
- Lindiwe Sibanda, Round Table Chairperson - Chief Executive and head of mission of FARPAN
- Susana Marquez - Ministry of Agriculture of Argentina - Presentation
- Pierre-Marie Bosc, HLPE Project Team Leader for the study on "Investing in smallholder agriculture for food security" - Senior Researcher at the Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD) - Presentation
Rapporteur: Ms Florence Buchholzer (European Union)
Tuesday 8th Afternoon - V CFS Workstreams
Item Va Principles for responsible agricultural investments (rai) - Presentation
Item Vb Addressing Food Insecurity in Protracted Crises Situations - Presentation
Wednesday 9th Morning VI Coordination and Linkages with CFS
Theme: Multi-stakeholder Models that Promote Food Security, Nutrition and Sustainable Agriculture: Towards the Post-2015 Development Agenda
The facilitator:
David Nabarro - Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Food Security and Nutrition
The panels:
Global Initiatives: Post 2015 Development Agenda
- Ambassador Macharia Kamau -Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kenya to the United Nations in New York and Co-Chair of the Open Working Group on the Sustainable Development Goals
- Ambassador Néstor Osorio- Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations in New York and President of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
- Louise Kantrow - International Chamber of Commerce Permanent Representative to the United Nations- Presentation
- Flavio Valente - Secretary General of FIAN International (FoodFirst Information and Action Network) – a member of the CFS Civil Society Mechanism
Regional initiatives: The G8 New Alliance for Food Security & Nutrition in the context of CAADP
- Ambassador Yaya Olaniran - Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the Rome-based UN agencies and CFS Chair
- Tony Burdon - Head of the Growth and Resilience Dept. in the UK Department for International Development (DFID)
- Ruth Rawling - Vice President of Corporate Affairs, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Cargill - Presentation
- Mamadou Cissokho, Honorable President of the network of Peasant organizations and Producers in West Africa (ROPPA)
Country experiences and lessons learned:
- Brazil – The National Council of Food and Nutrition Security (CONSEA: Maria Emília Pacheco -President, National Council on Food and Nutrition Security (CONSEA), Brazil
- Thailand - Country Case Study: Kraisid Tontisirin -Professor, Senior Advisor of the Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University (INMU), Thailand
Wednesday 9th Afternoon V CFS Workstreams Continued
Item Vg The CFS Communication Strategy
Cordelia Salter, CFS Communications Coordinator - Presentation
Item Ve A framework for monitoring CFS decisions
H.E. M. Mubi, Zimbabwe, Monitoring OEWG Chair - Presentation
Mr Paul Munro-Faure, Deputy Director, NRC, FAO - Presentation
Ms. Sofia Monsalve Suárez FIAN International / CSM WG monitoring - Presentation
Mr Carlos Mário Guedes de Guedes, President, National Institute of Colonization and Agrarian Reform (INCRA) (portuguese: Instituto Nacional de Colonização e Reforma Agrária) - Presentation
Ms Katy Lee Stakeholder Relations Director International Agri-Food Network - Presentation
Item Vf Programme of Work and Priorities and emerging Issues
Christine Ton Nu, Chair of the PWP OEWG - Presentation
Friday 11th Morning Special Event with Zeinab Badawi
A multi-stakeholder discussion on natural resource management for food security in the context of the Post-2015 Development Agenda - Empowering small scale food producers and food insecure communities to be agents of change.
Moderated by BBC anchor Zeinab Badawi
Panelists:
Ambassador Macharia Kamau: Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kenya to the United Nations in New York and Co-Chair of the Working Group on the Sustainable Development Goals
Fatimatou Djibo Moumouni Hima:Adjunct Secretary General of the National Platform of Farmers in Niger and member of the international committee of La Via Campesina - Presentation
Gete Zeleke: Director of the Water and Land Resource Centre in Ethiopia and member of the International Resource Panel of the Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) - Presentation
Naya Sharma Paudel: Environmental Governance Specialist ForestAction Nepal - Presentation
Camilla Toulmin: Director of the International Institute for Environment & Development (IIED) - Presentation
Barrie Bain: Director in the INFORMA group and member of the Council of the International Fertilizer Industry Association - Presentation
