PROGRAM

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Sunday, September 2, 2012

Arrival / Registration of Participants

Monday, September 3, 2012

Morning Session

9:30-11:00am

Opening Plenary

Openings speeches by

  • Cao Duc Phat (Co-Chair), Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam
  • Hans Hoogeveen (Co-Chair), Vice Minister for Agriculture, The Netherlands
  • Alexander Müller, Assistant Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome
  • Vitoria Kwakwa, Country Director, World Bank, Vietnam

11:00-11:30am

Introduction to the Working Program of the Conference by the Co-Chairs

11:30am-12:30pm

Keynote Speakers

  • Mary Robinson (Video), Chair, The Mary Robinson Foundation for Climate Justice, former President of Ireland and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
  • Nguyen Van Bo, Commissioner on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change, and President, Vietnam Academy of Agricultureal Sciences
  • Yaya Adisa Olatan Olaniran, Chair of the Committee on World Food Security
  • Tony Simsons, Director General, World Agroforestry Center

12:30-2:00pm

Lunch/Side Events/Exhibition

Afternoon Session
2:00-3:30pm

 

 

 

 

 

3:30-5:00pm
Plenary Session: Food Security in a changing environment: progress since the 1st Global Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change
  • Evolution of the concept of climate-smart agriculture, links with greening the economies, and experiences in national implementation: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
    • Climate Smart Agriculture evolution and progress: Reuben Sessa
    • Greening the economy with CSA: Alexandre Meybeck, Vincent Gitz
    • A Framework for CSA National Implementation: Andrea Cattaneo
  • Smallholder farmer response to climate change: perspective and priorities for CSA adoption: Dyborn Chibonga (World Farmers Organization)
  • Vietnam experiences of putting CSA into practices: Pham Thi Sen (MARD, Vietnam)
  • Malawi CSA national implementation: Wilfred G. Lipita (Malawi)
Plenary Session: Food Security and Volatility in Markets and Food Prices
  • Video by David Nabarro, Coordinator of the UN System High Level Task Force on Global Food Security

6:00-8:00pm

Welcome diner in Crown Hotel

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Morning Session

9:00 -10:00am

Plenary Session: Introducing Sessions 1, 2, and 3

 Keynot Speakers: 

  • Hosny El-Lakany, Chair, Board of Trustees, Center for International Forestry Research
  • Dale Andrew, Head, Trade Policy Linkages and Services Division, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
  • Thomas Rosswall, Chair, Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
  • Ralph Ashton, Director, Australian Futures Project, La Trobe University and Convenor, Terrestrial Carbon Group
  • Brylene Chitsunge, Farmers perspective, South-Africa
10:00am-12:00pm
Session 1: CSA as a Driver for Green Growth – Water/Energy/Agriculture Linkage.

Stocktaking of Best Practices – Lessons Learned
Presentations of best practices from several countries followed by discussion

Working Group A

  1. Land and water management: Silvino Tejada, Executive Director, Soil and Water Management, Department of Agriculture, Philippines Agriculture and Natural Resources management.

  2. Capacity building towards a climate smart agriculture: Dinh Vu Thanh, Deputy Director General, Department of Science, Technology and Environment, Vietnam

  3. Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change: Mary Karanja, Assisstant Director, Ministry of Agriculture, Kenya

Working Group B

  1. Irrigated agriculture reform in the Murray-Darling Basin: Anna Roberts, Senior Research Scientist, Future Farming Systems, Australia.

  2. Comprehensive Disaster management Program (CDMP-II):Abu Wali Raghib Hassan,Project Director, Disaster and Climate Risk Management in Agriculture Project , Bangladesh.

  3. Climate Smart Agriculture from Ridge, River to Reef: Esteban C. Godilano and Norman R. Cajucom, The Philippines
12:00-1:30pm
Lunch/ Side Events/Exhibition 


Afternoon Session
1:30-3:00pm
Session 2: Agriculture-Forest Linkages – Towards a Landscape Approach.

Stocktaking of Best Practices – Lessons Learned:
 Presentations of best practices from several countries followed by discussion


Working Group A

  1. Forests, Agriculture and their linkages – an example of the Colombian Amazon: Rene Boot, Director, Tropenbos International.

  2. Elements of an integrated approach, for landscape management: Nurudin Chamya, Coordinator, National Forestry Resources Monitoring and Assessment, Tanzania

    Climate Change and Food Security: Bangladesh Perspective: M.A. Sattar Director General, Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA) Bangladesh

Working Group B

  1. Integrated watershed management, Turkey: Gursel Kusek, Director General, Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock, Turkey

  2. Sustainable land management and climate smart agriculture in Ethiopia: Melaku Tadesse National Coordinator, Sustainable Land Management Program. Ethiopia

  3. Planning-based Approach to REDD+ in Lam Dong: Pham Minh Thoa, VNFOREST, MARD, Vietnam
3:00-5:00pm
Session 3: Scenario for Policy: Transforming Food Systems, Landscapes and Farming for the 21st Century

Working Group A: Policies for Farming Systems and Landscapes

  1. Production systems for cereals: long-term adaptation in dryland climates and environments: Rachid Serraj, Director, Diversification and Sustainable Intensification of Production Systems Program, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas

  2. Major changes required in livestock systems for the green economy: Director, Research and Development Division, Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Centre.

  3. Carbon trading in intensive cropping systems of the tropics: hope or hype?: Reiner Wassmann, Coordinator, Rice and Climate Change Consortium, International Rice Research Institute, Philippines.

Working Group B: Policies for Food Systems and Institutions

  1. Accelerating adaptation: today's priorities for preparedness in 2030: Andrew Jarvis Postdoctoral Fellow, International Center for Tropical Agriculture

  2. Future food systems: policies and programs to assure food for the poorest under climate change: Carlo Scaramella, Coordinator, Office for Climate Change, Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction, World Food Program

  3. Sustainable food solutions: a portfolio of "wedges" to sustainably feed the planet: Timothy Searchinger, Research Scholar, Princeton University, New Jersey.

5:00-7:00pm

Side Events/Exhibition

 

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Morning Session
9:00 -9:30am
9:30-11:00 am
Plenary Session - Feedback from Tuesday, Sessions 1, 2 &3

Panel Dialogue: How to unlock private sector capital for CSA, moderated by: Rupert Edwards, Head of Strategy Development, Climate Change Capital.
  • Cao DucPhat, Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam
  • Carlos A. Klick, National Secretary for Climate Change, Ministry of Environment, Brazil
  • Rashid Qureshi, Managing Director, Nestlé Vietnam
  • Lakeesha K. Ransom, Principal, Mariposa Global, Assumption University Thailand
  • Cristina Rumbaitis, Associate Director, Rockefeller Foundation
11:00am-12:30pm
Session 4: CSA and the Role of the Private Sector.

Stocktaking of Best Practices – Lessons Learned
Presentations of best practices from several countries/private sector followed by discussion

Working Group A

  1. The role of private capital in sustainable agricultural investment: Renatto Barbieri, Galtere Ltd, New York

  2. The role of plant science in climate change mitigation and adaptation: Robert Hunter, Communications Director, Croplife International, New York

  3. The Role of Policy in Agricultural Production and Climate Change Adaption: Everlyn Namubiru-Mwaura, AGRA

Working Group B

  1. Climate impacts in the lower Mekong: implications for the private sector:  Jeremy Carew-Reid and Tarek Ketelson, Mekong ARCC project.

  2. Sustainable Tea Sourcing – Unilever Case Study: JV Raman, Chairman Unilever, Vietnam.

12:30pm

Departure for Field Trip

Thursday, September 6, 2012
Morning Session
9:00 -10:15am
Plenary Session - Ministerial Roundtable/High Level Meeting

Plenary Remarks by Co-Chairs: Cao Duc Phat and Hans Hoogeveen
  • Feedback from Wednesday, Panel Dialogue and Session 4
  • Keynote speech by Viorel Gutu, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry of the Republic of Modovia
Presentation of Draft Key Messages
10.15-10.30am
10.30-11:30am
Coffee break
Ministerial Rountable/High-Level Meeting - Opening Ceremony
  • Welcome Remarks by Cao Duc Phat, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Viet Nam
  • Remarks by Hans Hoogeveen, vice Minister of Agriculture, The Netherlands
  • Remarks by Alexander Müller, Assistant Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome
  • Remarks by Chris Delgado, Agriculture Strategy and Policy Adviser, World Bank
  • HRH Prince of Wales (video)
  • Official Opening Speech Ministerial Roundtable/High-Level Meeting by Nguyen Tan Dung, Prime Minister of Vietnam

Group photo
11.30am-1.00pm
1:00-3:00pm
Ministerial Roundtable/High-Level Meeting
and Parallel Working Groups A and B

Lunch Ministerial Roundtable/High Level Meeting
Afternoon Session
3:00-5:00pm
Ministerial Roundtable/High-Level Meeting (cont.)
and Parallel Working Groups A and B (cont.)
6:30pm
Dinner, Hanoi Daewoo Hotel

 Friday, September 7, 2012
Morning Session

10:00 -10:30am

Plenary Session

  • Feedback by Co-Chairs of the results of Ministerial Rountable/High Level Meeting – Hanoi Communiqué
10:30am-12:00pm
Working Groups A and B
  • Refection on Hanoi Communiqué

12:00-2:00pm

Lunch
2:00-3:00pm

 

3.00-4.00pm
Plenary Session
  • Presentation of the final Hanoi Communiqué
  • Official Closing of the 2nd Global Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change
Press Conference Co-Chaired by Cao Duc Phat and Hans Hoogeveen