In the face of COVID-19, smallholder farmers and forest producers face the challenge of how to balance short term shocks and longer-term risks such as climate change. One of the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis is the disruption of agricultural and forestry supply chains and a re-shuffling of actors. These critical issues will be discussed with forest and farm producer organisations (FFPOs) in an international web-consultation and -conference organised on the 9-11 June 2020.
The event is hosted by Food and Forest Development Finland (FFD), AgriCord, and the Forest and Farm Facility (a partnership between FAO, IIED, IUCN, and AgriCord) in collaboration with the Asian Farmers’ Association (AFA) for Sustainable Rural Development and the Pan-African Farmers’ Organization (PAFO). The conference includes a series of web-seminars with pre-recorded and live interactive consultations.
Objectives of the web-conference
The goals of the consultation and seminar are:
- To gain understanding of FFPO consultations and strategies (locally, nationally, regionally) in demonstrating greater resilience, with specific focus on climate change and Covid-19 responses.
- To engage institutional stakeholders around this topic, increase their awareness in FFPO resilience, to provide recommendations to these actors, and to exchange best practices and tools for increased resilience
- To formulate common policy positions to promote pathways to resilience, with a specific focus on climate change and Covid-19.
Organization
The conference will be in English. Participants can send pre-registered material in French and Spanish.
Timing: 9-11 June 2020, 10:00-16:00 (GMT+3)
Place: Zoom
Pre-recorded presentations, small group live-consultations (e.g. country-specific, or regional), small panel-discussion, 2-3 hours interactive session in each conference day.
Registration links
- Register here for International web consultation and conference, 9 June: registration 9 June.
- Register here for International technical workshop, 10 June: conference registration 10 June.
- Register here for International web conference, 11 June: registration web conference.
Programme
| International web consultation and conference, 9 June | |
|---|---|
| 9:00 – 9:15 | Welcoming words (pre-recorded) Jeffrey Campbell, Manager, Forest and Farm Facility, FAO Juha Marttila, President, Food and Forest Development Finland/MTK |
| 9:15 – 9:20 | Objectives and programme of the conference (pre-recorded) Tiina Huvio, Programme Director, Food and Forest Development Finland |
| 9:20 – 9:40 | Keynote speeches (pre-recorded) Esther Penunia, Secretary General, Asian Farmers’ Association (AFA) Fatma Ben Rejeb, CEO, Pan-African Farmers’ Organization (PAFO) |
| 9:40-10:00 | Break |
| 10:00 –10:30 | Introduction to resilience (pre-recorded) Prof. Markku Kanninen, Director of the Viikki Tropical Resources Institute (VITRI) |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | Short speeches from FFPOs (pre-recorded) Burundi, Nepal, Tanzania, Viet Nam (tbc) |
| 10:45 – 11:00 | Break |
| 11:00 – 12:45 LIVE SESSION | Regional consultations – 3 parallel sessions: Asia (English), Africa (English, French) Country and regional level findings from FFPO resilience consultations Formulation of policy positions and recommendations on climate change and covid-19 |
| 12:45 –13:00 LIVE SESSION | Conclusions Hannelore Beerlandt, CEO, AgriCord |
Watch the video of day 1 of the web conference:
Programme Day 2
| International technical workshop, 10 June | |
|---|---|
| 9:00 – 9:15 | Welcoming words (pre-recorded) Kati Partanen, Chair, WFO women’s committee Stefaan Bonte, Strategic Partnership Facilitator, AgriCord |
| 9:15 – 9:45 | Strength in diversity: a mosaic of services, culture and products contributing to resilience (pre-recorded) Anna Bolin, Senior Researcher, IIED/Forest and Farm Facility |
| 9:45–11:00 | Resilience case studies from FFPOs (pre-recorded) Kenya, Philippines, Togo, Zambia (tbc) |
| 11:00–11:30 | Review of FAO-FFF Phase II papers on resilience Svea Senesie, Forestry Officer, FAO/Forest and Farm Facility |
| 11:30– 12:30 | Break |
| 12:30-13:15 | Technical workshop: Presentation of 2 tools (pre-recorded) AgriCord Building Resilience Toolkit Part I, FOs assessing climate risks and designing adaptation Noora Simola, Climate and Forest Expert, Food and Forest Development Finland FAO-FFF: Access to Climate Finance Prof. John Kerr, Department of Community Sustainability, Michigan State University Jose Díaz Díaz, Forest Producer Organizations Officer, FAO |
| 13:15–14:30 LIVE SESSION | Concepts and elements of resilience from FFPO perspective Open discussion, including questions and answers on resilience case studies and tools Facilitators: Sophie Grouwels, Forestry Officer, FAO/Forest and Farm Facility Pauline Buffle, Programme Officer, Global Forest and Climate Change Programme, IUCN/ Forest and Farm Facility |
| 14:30–14:45 LIVE SESSION | Conclusions Duncan Macqueen, Principal researcher and leader, IIED/Forest and |
| International web conference, 11 June | |
|---|---|
| 9:00 – 9:15 LIVE SESSION | Welcoming words Jeffrey Campbell, Manager, FAO/Forest and Farm Facility Juha Marttila, President, Food and Forest Development Finland/MTK Arianna Giuliodori, Secretary General, World Farmers’ Organisation |
| 9:15 – 9:45 LIVE SESSION | Managing risks and maintaining functionality of the smallholder production systems at times of crisis Summary of AgriCord and FAO-FFF findings on smallholder resilience Duncan Macqueen, Principal researcher and leader, IIED/Forest and Farm Facility Farmers and forest producers organisations’ (FFPOs) mitigating risks and building resilience. Synthesis of responses and policy recommendations gathered from regional (Africa, Asia, Latin America) FFPO consultations Esther Penunia, Secretary General, Asian Farmers’ Association (AFA) |
| 9:45 – 10:00 | Comment speech (pre-recorded) Satu Santala, Director General, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Department for Development Policy |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Coffee break |
| 10:30 – 11:45 LIVE SESSION | Panel discussion 1: International responses to support resilience in short- and long-term shocks and stresses – how to engage farmers and their organizations? Panelists: Arif Husain, Chief Economist, WFPHannelore Beerlandt, CEO, AgriCordAdriano Campolina, Senior Policy Officer, FAOElizabeth Nsimadala, President, PAFOPaul Winters, Strategy and Knowledge Department, IFADCarla Montesi, Director/Planet and Prosperity, EU DevcoModerator: Jeffrey Campbell, Manager, FAO/Forest and Farm Facility Questions and answers related to the panel discussion |
| 11:45 – 12:20 | Panel Discussion 2: (pre-recorded) Covid-19 affecting forest producers and forest value-chains in Africa, Asia and Europe Panelists: Ellen Alfsen, Norwegian Forest Owners’ FederationSatu-Marja Tenhiälä, MTKCharles Nyanjui, Farm forestry smallholders producers association of KenyaJog Raj Giri, Association of Family Forest Owners, NepalModerator: Antti Sahi, Chair, International Family Forestry Alliance |
| 12:20-12:30 | Comment speech (pre-recorded) Petri Sarvamaa, MEP, Rapporteur on the European Parliament´s Own-Initiative Report on the new EU Forest Strategy |
| 12:30 – 13:15 | Case study from Vietnam: (pre-recorded) Presentations on national policy framework and farmers organizations: Supporting resilience of farmers and forest producers in Viet Nam Panelists: Dr. Tran Lam Dong, Vietnam Academy of Forest ScienceDr. Le Van Binh, VN Forest – Ministry of Agricultural and Rural DevelopmentVu Le Y Voan, Vietnam Farmer’s UnionNgo Sỹ Hoai, Vietnam Timber and Forest Products AssociationDr. Pham Thi Hong Yen, VCA’s International Cooperation Department Moderators: Hoang Van Long, Vietnam Cooperative Alliance, Chi Bui, (FFD) |
| 13:15 – 13:30 LIVE SESSION | Conclusions Tiina Huvio, Programme Director, Food and Forest Development Finland Jeffrey Campbell, Manager, FAO/Forest and Farm Facility |
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