When: Thursday, 24. March 2011 11:00 – 14:30
To: Thursday, 24. March 2011
Where: Oslo, Miljøhuset, Grensen 9
Host: FIAN Norway
Contact: Kristin Kjæret (post@fian.no)
Small scale agriculture provides livelihood for most of the world’s poor population, and produces 70 % of the food. Should sustainable agriculture be at the centre of all the discussions in Rio?
Programme:
11:00 Opening by Kristin Kjæret, Director of FIAN Norway.
11:10 professor hans Herren, President of the Millennium Institute and Biovision, co-chair of the International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD)
12:00 Lunch
12:30 Shannon Horst, CEO Savory Institute
13:00 Associate Professor Jens Aune, Noragric
13:20 Hege Herzberg, Director, Development Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
13:40 – 14:30 Questions and discussion
Light lunch will be served.
Organizers: Food Security Working Group of the Norwegian Forum for Environment and Development.
