Agriculture: Nourishing people without biting the climate

On 17th March 2009, Hans Herren and Hannes Lorenzen discussed the results and recommendations of the Ecofair Trade Dialogue and of the International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD). Hundred participants followed the presentations and discussed the recommendations.

Conference: “The Global Food Crisis, one year one. How to achieve food security for all?”

On 4th March 2009, Glopolis and the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung convened a conference entitled “The global food crisis, one year on. How to achieve food security.” The program was focused particularly on those structural causes of the food crisis related to the areas of agriculture and trade. Leading experts from the Czech Republic and abroad gave their views of the current global food situation, the quality of agricultural policies, and the operations of the global trade in agricultural commodities.

Regional meeting Beirut, Lebanon

Food Sovereignty vs. Free Trade: Towards an Alternative Multilateral Agricultural Framework
From 5th to 7th December 2008, a regional meeting of civil society in West and Central Asia and North Africa has been organised by Greenline with the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty (IPC)

Paris Workshop about the future of the Agriculture Policy in Europe

On 11th an 12th December 2008, a strategic workshop about a social, fair and sustainable Common Agriculture Policy was organised in collaboration with the French CAP platform. The Civil Society workshop aimed to define areas of convergence and divergence, and debate how the impact of the results of the CAP 2013 agenda could be improved. five perspectives of the civil society were presented: Agriculture, Environment, Rural Development, Development and Consumption
The opportunity to have an European exchange e.g. between sectoral farmers organisations like the European Milk Board and rural development stakeholders like the PREPARE network was appreciated by the participants. On hot point in the debate was the future of the market policy in the EU. How do fair incomes for farmers, accessible food prices for consumers and building stable markets interfere with environmentally sound farming? In the end the Environmental NGOs as WWF and Friends of the Earth were eager to deepen this point and the debate how market policy governs the land use.

Doha at 7: age of reason? - Trade rules that make sense in a new global context

Thursday 27th November 2008, World Meteorological Organization

While global food systems are confronted with new and far-reaching challenges, epitomized in 2008 by skyrocketing food prices and associated hunger riots, the Doha Round is in a stalemate. The role of trade in creating or solving the current food crisis is extensively debated. The FAO, the IAASTD (International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development), the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) and the Ecofair Trade Dialogue have all put forward proposals for how to adapt trade rules to the new global challenges. The purpose of this session is to discuss those, and identify whether and how they could be fed into current negotiations at the WTO.
With: Jamie Morrison, FAO
Prof. Hermann Waiber, contributing author, International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD)
Sophia , Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) and Ecofair Trade Dialogue Murphy, expert

Conference FAO/NGOs-CSOs

The Regional FAO-Civil society Consultation for the European Region was held on 23th and 24th June 2008, in Innsbruck. More than 40 participants from 17 countries (old and new EU members, but also from Georgia, Turkey and Armenia) discussed the 3 following issues: how to face the food prices crisis in the Region and in the world; the climate change and agriculture; and the contribution of regional traditional food and agricultural products to the development of the Region. Thanks to the Heinrich Böll Foundation and miseror seven experts from the EcoFair Trade dialogue entered the FAO consultation process thus expanding our regards.

Italy 

Flyer "Comercio e Agricoltura"

Conference "Comercio uguale sviluppo: il futuro del comercio equo e solidale" - from 10th to 13th 2007, Rome

 WTO PUBLIC FORUM 2007 - GENEVA
Time: 4th October 2007, 16:15 to 18:15 hours
Place: WTO Building Geneva
Topic: Slow Trade – Sound Farming: A Multilateral Framework for Sustainable Markets in Agriculture
Speakers: Ms. Alicia Kolmans – MISEREOR
Mr. Wolfgang Sachs - Wuppertal Institute
Ms. Aileen Qwa - Member of the EP EcoFair Trade
Moderator: Ms. Christine Chemnitz - Heinrich Boell Foundation
Organizers: Heinrich Boell Foundation and Misereor 

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Latin Launch of the Eco Fair

8th October EcoFair Launch in Mexico City
12th October Presentation in El Salvador
15th and 16th October presentation in Nicaragua

Download Spanish Version "Comercio sano - Agricultura sostenible"

For further informations please contact:
Fundación Heinrich Böll, Oficina Regional CAMEXCA, Directora: Ingrid Spiller
Calle José Alvarado 12, Colonia Roma Norte, CP 06700 México D.F.
Tel. +52-55-5264 1514, Fax.+52-55-5264 2894
mailto: Ingrid.Spiller@boell-latinoamerica.org.mx 

Workshop Bangkok - Thailand

Slow Trade – Sound Farming
A Framework of Trade Rules in Support of Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods

Time: 1st October 2007
Place: Singh Dam Café - Chulalongkorn University - 254 Phayathai Road, Bangkok
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Open discussion moderated by
Surat Horachaikul / Faculty of Political Science Chulalongkorn University
Closing Words
Kristin Funke / Heinrich Boell Foundation South East Asia Regional Office
Surat Horachaikul / Faculty of Political Science Chulalongkorn University


Workshop Indonesia
Jakarta 04th October 2007

Workshop Philipines
Manila 16th October 2007