European Parliament "The transition towards sustainable agriculture and food consumption"
European Parliament "The transition towards sustainable agriculture and food consumption"
European Parliament "The transition towards sustainable agriculture and food consumption"
Date, lieu, heure :
3/2/2011
9h15
Parl. Eur. Room A1 G3, Altierro Spinelli Building, Rue Wiertz 60, Brussels
Programme
9.15-9.45 Reception
9.45-10.00 Welcome speech by the chairman of the conference Erik Mathijs Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics (K.U.Leuven)
10.00-10.30 The worldwide transition towards sustainable agriculture Robert Watson Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
10.30-11.00 Agro-ecology and the right to food Olivier De Schutter UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food
11.20-11.50 Transforming consumption practices : from moralisation to mobilisation and facilitation Unni Kjærnes Head of Research of the National Institute for Consumer Research of Norway
11.50-12.30 Debate moderated by Erik Mathijs
14.00-14.30 The role of farmers and citizens in sustainable agriculture Jan Douwe van der Ploeg Professor of Rural Sociology (Wageningen University)
14.30-16.30 Inspiration from existing transition examples
16.30-17.30 Debate : How to support the transition in the food and agriculture sector ? Jan Douwe van der Ploeg Piet Vanthemsche, Chairman of Boerenbond and AgriCord Kirtana Chandrasekaran, Food Sovereignty programme co-ordinator at Friends of the Earth International Moderator : Dirk Barrez, journalist
17.30-17.45 Conclusions by VODO and Terra Reversa
http://futurefarmsandfood.megasnort.com/FutureFarmsandFoodinEurope/pag72