Plenary Sessions
Tuesday, 13 May
| 08:30-09:00 | Speakers Welcome & introduction to the day |
| 09:00-11:00 | The Paradigm of DiversityParichart Suwanbubbha: The Spirit of Diversity - common and divergent ethical approaches Jacob v. Uexkull: Diversity and the right livelihood of future generations
Michael Ableman: Fields of plenty - a farmers journey to gardens of hope around the globe Hans Herren: Diversity and complexity - Small solutions, global visions, common knowledge
Suprabha Seshan: Take a walk on the wild side - reflecting diversity inside and outside
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| 16:30-19:00 | Diversity at Work: Food Sovereignty and Small Farmers' SuccessesIbrahim Abouleish: Greening the desert - an organic success story from Egypt
Miguel Altieri: Latin American biodiverse farms: an ecological planetary asset
Paulo Petersen: exchange of practical experiences in alternative agriculture, locally and globally Farida Akther: Village to village, step by step, seed exchange in Bangladesh |
Wednesday, 14 May
| 08:30-09:00 | Introduction to the day Günter Altner and Guests: The soul of diversity, a trans-religious exercise
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| 9:00-11:00 | Regional self-determination Local, Diverse, GMO-freeMaya Graf, Swiss Parliament & GM morat. initiative Switzerland: GMO-free by democratic vote Susanna Cenni, Agriculture Minister of Tuscany, Italy: European GMO-free Regions - a considered choice Edenia Montaño Salgado, Zenú Nation, Colombia: No transgenicos on our territory - in defense of sacred food and land
Dr. Amadou K. Coulibaly, Mali: Africa needs smart technologies, not GMOs
Dr. Vijayan, Kerala India: Why Kerala is a GMO-free State of India Lyudmilla Stebenkova, Moscow-Duma, Russia: GMO-free Moscow
Shinji Asada, former vice-governor of Hokkaido, Japan: How Hokkaido protects its farmers from GMOs
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| 16:15-18:00 | Seeds of hopeVictoria Tauli-Corpuz, Philippines: Indigenous seed development and sharing
Edith Lammerts van Bueren, The Netherlands: Organic breeding in Europe
Alejandro Argumedo, Peru: The Andean potato network
Jacob Nellithanam, India: Community rights and seed sovereignty in Andra Pradesh |
Thursday, 15 May
| 08:30-9:00 | Introduction to the day
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| 09:00-9:40 | Diversity and Climate ChangeHartmut Graßl: How to reduce agriculture's global warming impact Eric Holt-Giménez: Food First - campesinos, agro fuels and sustainability
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| 17:00-19:00 | Strategies for a Diverse FutureRepresentatives from movements to be decided, among them: Mamadou Goita, Mali: The small farmers' agenda Guy Kastler, France: The seed agenda P.V. Sateesh, India: The GMO agenda Diverse Women: The women agenda
Eric Holt-Giménez, USA: the Agrofuel Agenda Florianne Koechlin, Switzerland: Planet Diversity Demands
Christine von Weizäcker, Germany: Statement on MOP4 negotiations Michiyo Koketsu, Japan: Presentation and endorsement of a Planet Diversity Manifesto Pipo Lernoud: Wrap-up poem and take home message
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