The following presentations given during the first day (Sept. 27) of the CSO Parallel Meeting to the 30th FAO-APRC held in Gyeongju, Korea are now available for download over at the event website http://csomtgfaoaprckorea.blogspot.com/
Opening Session
- Opening Message by AHC
- Hunger for Justice and the Struggle of Peasants for Land and Reform by Danilo “Ka Daning” Ramos, Secretary-General, Asian Peasant Coalition (APC)
- Identity & Current Status of Nomadic / Sedentary Pastoral Tribes by MARAG (Maldhari Rural Action Group)
- The Current Food and Agriculture Situation in Japan by Yosuke Ota, Agricultural policy department of the Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives (JA-ZENCHU)
- Program Overview
Session 1
- Climate Change Impact on Food Sovereignty by Coastal Development Partnership (CDP), Bangladesh
- Environment and Climate Change Policy of India by Lakshman Dass Ahuja, Officer on Special Duty, National Cooperative Union of India (NCUI); Network for Development of Cooperatives in Asia and Pacific (NEDAC)
- CSO Analysis and Recommendations on ASEAN Policies and Programs on Food Security and Climate Change
Session 2
- Facing the Challenges of Land Grabbing and Food Sovereignty: Empowering Rural Poor Through Access and Control of Productive Resources by ANGOC
- Landgrabs Vs. Food Sovereignty by Peoples’ Coalition for Food Sovereignty
Session 3
- Emerging Issues on IPR, Seeds and Farmers’ Rights by Ditdit Pelegrina, SEARICE
- IPRS, Seeds & Farmers’ Rights by Clare Westwood, PAN AP
- Fisheries and Trade by Pepe Tanchuling, SouthEast Asia Fishers for Justice
