RIO+20 Agriculture & Rural Development Day – Programme

As part of the Rio+20 activities, CGIAR and the ARDD consortium organised the Agriculture and Rural Development Day, on June 18 2012, in the Sul America Convention Center (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).

Here is the event programme:

Morning Programme
8.00	Registration
9.00	Introduction (Facilitator: Samantha Wade) Film: How to feed the world in 2050: actions in a changing climate
9.10	Framing the issues: Agriculture’s Journey From Durban to Rio+ and beyond Mendes Ribeiro Filho, Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply, Brazil Rachel Kyte, World Bank Vice President for Sustainable Development and CGIAR Fund Council Chair
9.40	How Agriculture will Address the Rio+20 Challenges? Marcelo Bezerra Crivella, Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Brazil Kanayo F. Nwanze, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Roberto Rodrigues, Coordinator of the Agribusiness Center Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV), former Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, and Supply, Brazil Jan L. McAlpine, Director, United Nations Forum on Forests Secretariat Anne Grethe Dalane, Regional Director of Latin America, Yara International Dyborn Chibonga, Chief Executive Officer, National Smallholder Farmers Association of Malawi (NASFAM) and World Farmers Organisation Chair: Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Chief Executive Officer and Head of Diplomatic Mission, Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN)
10.30	Can Agriculture Rise to the Global Challenges? Izabella Vieira Teixeira, Minister of Environment, Brazil
10.45	Introduction to the Learning Events
11.00	Coffee break
11.30	Parallel Learning Events: Integration and action for sustainable landscapes and livelihoods (Choice of one out of 13 learning events, each one 1.5 hours)

Afternoon Programme Science for a Food Secure Future
13.00	Lunch and networking
14.30	Science and technology: Brazilian Agriculture and Embrapa Pedro Antonio Arraes Pereira, President of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa)
14.45	Responding to the global challenges for a food secure future Frank Rijsberman, CEO of the CGIAR Consortium Invited panelists: Addressing gender equity in access to natural resources – Rajendra S. Paroda, Executive Secretary, Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (APAARI) Strategic partnership – Mark Holderness, Executive Secretary, Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR) Securing long-term funding – Jonathan Wadsworth, Executive Secretary of the CGIAR Fund Council and Head of Fund Office Agrobiodiversity – Alexander Mueller, Assistant Director General for Natural Resources, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Household nutrition security – Cristina Tirado, Director, Center for Public Health and Climate Change, Public Health Institute (PHI) Integration through a Landscape Approach – Frances Seymour, Director General, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
16.00	Coffee break
16.30	Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Chief Executive Officer and Head of Diplomatic Mission, Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN) introduces: Science for the people: the climate justice approach Mary Robinson, President, The Mary Robinson Foundation for Climate Justice (MRFCJ), former President of Ireland and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights:
17.15	Taking messages from the day forward to Rio+20 and beyond Synthesis of messages: Ann Tutwiler, Deputy Director General, Food andAgriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Panel response: Carl Hausmann, Vice Chair, CGIAR Consortium Board; Pedro Antonio Arraes Pereira, President of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa)
18.00	Closing and Reception