Date

Apr 29 2021
Expired!

Time

3:00 pm – 4:30 pm

“REALIZING PEASANTS’ AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ RIGHT TO SEEDS”

Key issues and challenges for the implementation of farmers’ rights and international negotiations”

Program

Welcome and opening remarks: Ms. Alimata Traoré, Convergence des Femmes Rurales pour la Souveraineté Alimentaire (Mali)/IPC

Presentation of the new guide “Recovering the Cycle of Wisdom: Beacons of Light Toward the Right to Seeds.”

Panel discussion with:

• Mr. Michael Fakhri, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food

• Mr. Kent Nnadozie, ITPGRFA Secretary

• Ms. Modester Kachapila Milinyu, Malawi Plant Genetic Resources Centre

• Mr. Tanmay Joshi, La Via Campesina/IPC

• Mr. Mourtala Issa Zakari, National Institute for Agronomic Research of Niger

Q&A session

Moderator: Ms. Maryam Rahmanian, International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-Food)

Languages: English, Spanish, French