When: 19 April 2022 | 12:30 –14:00 CEST
Where: Online, register here
Since its launch in 2018, the Scaling up Agroecology Initiative seeks to mobilize dialogue, cooperation and investment within and beyond the United Nations (UN) system, to bring agroecology to scale and achieve multiple sustainable development goals through sustainable agriculture and food systems. Different UN Agencies are progressively supporting agroecology across their respective mandates in partnership with governments and key actors across the food system.
Three years into the implementation of the Initiative (2019-2021), this webinar aims at sharing initial achievements, success stories and collective understanding of the enabling environment that takes agroecology forward on the ground, in different contexts and at different levels.
The event is jointly organized by the UN advisory mechanism of the Initiative, composed by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), World Food Programme (WFP), Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and World Health Organization (WHO).
Interpretation in English, French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic and Chinese will be provided.
Check out the programme and register here or follow via webcast.
Speakers
- Ms Beth Bechdol, Deputy Director-General, FAO
- Mr Víctor Suárez Carrera, Undersecretary of Food Self-sufficiency, Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Government of Mexico
- Mr Vijay Kumar Thallam, Executive Vice-chairman, Farmer Empowerment Organisation, Adviser to the Government of Andhra Pradesh for Agriculture and Cooperation
- Mr Saliou Ngom, Director of Plant Protection, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Equipment of the Government of Senegal
- Ms Chukki Nanjundaswamy, Member, International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty
- Mr Etienne Hainzelin, Adviser to the President, The French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development
- Ms Jane Maland Cady, Director of the International Programme at the McKnight Foundation
- Mr Jingyuan Xia, Director of FAO’s Plant Production and Protection Division
- Ms Siham Drissi, Programme Management Officer, Biodiversity People and Landscapes Unit, UNEP (Moderator)
