A Sustainability Challenge Food Security for All: Report of Two Workshops (2012) / Chapter Skim
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[Part II]: WORKSHOP AGENDA
[Part II]: WORKSHOP AGENDA
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However, availability of sufficient food for current and future generations is critical and must be based on sustainable methods of production and distribution that is, using resources available now in such a way that their availability for production and distribution in the future is not compromised or precluded. Recent and current debate surrounding recent food price volatility and the impact of climate change on the future food supplies make the topic very timely and important.
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The second day of this second workshop will then explore several of the policy, market, and governance approaches currently thought to be needed to resolve the constraints posed by natural resources to food availability at various scales: global, regional, and local. The third day will engage participants in consideration of what changes (in public policy and regulatory institutions, markets and other economic institutions dominated by the private sector, and social and cultural institutions)
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10:00 AM Are New Agricultural Paradigms Needed to Facilitate Sustainable Food Security in the Context of Uncertainties and Risks Marco Ferroni, The Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture Climate Change, Technology Choices, Biofuels, Energy Prices, and Shifting Markets for Resources 10:30 AM Q&A and Discussion with the Audience 11:00 AM BREAK 11:20 AM The Natural Resource Constraints to Sustainable Increases in Food Production Moderator: Jason Clay, World Wildlife Fund These presentations should assess the constraints, the challenges and the opportunities for removing the constraints to achieve sustainability. Each presentation should make global and regional assessments and identify the regions where the constraints are most critical and where the challenges are the greatest.
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8:30 AM Conclusion of Dinner Discussion and Recommendation for Follow-up Prabhu Pingali, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 9:00 AM Farm-level Sustainability Intensification Mike Bushell, Syngenta Farm level sustainable intensification through farm-focused management improvements, supported by S&T. 9:30 AM Food Value Chains Leading to Sustainable Intensification Maximo Torero, IFPRI Enable smallholder farmers to link into markets through commodity value chains, institutional innovations, incentives and credit to achieve sustainable intensification.
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or some other way? 2:30 PM Q&A and Discussion with the Audience 3:00 PM BREAK 3:20 PM Global Public Goods: Natural Resources Nancy McCarthy, FAO Managing natural resources for sustainable food availability and food security must go beyond national boundaries.
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4:20 PM Discussion, Wrap Up and Summary 5:00 PM END of DAY TWO Wednesday, May 4, 2011 TAKING ACTION: POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND INSTITUTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND BARRIERS TO CHANGE 8:30 AM Endogenize the Social Costs of Natural Resource Degradation and Climate Change Jason Clay, World Wildlife Fund Introducing the concepts of full costing, PP, PES, multiple wins and application to natural resource management and climate change to strengthen the resource base and achieve a sustainable future food supply. 9:00 AM Political Economy Issues, Priorities and Political Will Rob Paarlberg, Wellesley College Consider both national and international issues including national and international agricultural and trade policies.
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