World Urban Forum 5th session

• WUF 5 complete programme

Food for the cities multi-disciplinary group briefing on WUF5 to FAO Permanent Representatives, 17 March 2010

Before the WUF5, FCIT has been requested by Argentina on behalf of the "Group of Latin America and Caribbean Countries" to provide with a briefing in order to have further information on FAO's activities related to urban areas 

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Dialogue sessions

Dialogue 6 - Sustainable Urbanization: Cities in a Changing Climate. Thursday, 25 March 2010 / Room: W4-4

Relevant Networking Events:

• Urban Rural Linkages for Resilient Food Security and Vibrant Markets, 22 March 2010, 14:00 - 16:00, Room W3-5
• Cities, Governance and Climate Change in Asia, 24 March 2010, 12:00 - 13:30, Room W3-20
• Cities, Food and Agriculture: Towards sustainable and equitable urban food systems, 24 March 2010, 14.00-16.00, Room W3-1
  • The role of urban agriculture in enhancing urban food security and nutrition, Florence Egal FAO FCIT multi-disciplinary group
• Food security: bridging the Urban-Rural Divide, 24 March 2010, 16.30-18.30, Room W2-7
  • Introduction
  • Right to Food in Cities, Valéria Burity - ABRANDH
  • Local Food and Marketing : Urban Markets, the Key of Poverty Alleviation, Arthur Getz - Heifer International
  • Role of Forest and Trees for Disaster Mitigation and Poverty Reduction, Bruce Knight; Forests in Rio, Fernando Cavalieri
  • Urban Planning and Local Agriculture: Example of Paris Region, Iuli Nascimento - Région Île-de-France
  • IASC-TF on Humanitarian Challenges in Urban Areas: the Food and Agriculture, Florence Egal - FAO
• Nutrition in cities, 25 March 2010, 14.00-16.00 - Room W3-5
  • The impact of food and financial crisis on nutrition in urban areas, Florence Egal - FAO