Programme – Agriculture and Rural Development Day 2010

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Morning Session
8.00 – 9.00	Morning coffee and registration
9.00 – 9.10	Introduction
9.10 – 9.30	Opening remarks
9.30 – 10.00	Agricultural development, food security and climate change: Intersecting at a global crossroads
10.00 – 11.00	Agriculture and food security under a changing climate: Regional perspectives Assessing regional risks and opportunities for agriculture in a changing climate Africa Asia Latin America OECD / North America and Europe
11.00 – 11.30	Question and answer
11.30 – 12.00	Break
12.00 – 13.30	Parallel Roundtables Knowledge sharing on better-practice approaches, joint visions and/or mechanisms – piloted, implemented and prospective – for building development synergies between the agriculture and rural development and climate change agendas
12.00 – 13.30	Roundtable 1 Agricultural intensification as a REDD strategy (thematic link to Forest Day 4)	Roundtable 2 Agricultural mitigation and carbon sequestration	Roundtable 3 Adaptation for food security and development outcomes	Roundtable 4 Capturing carbon finance, including through forestry, for agricultural development	Roundtable 5 What scientific, technological & methodological aspects need to be considered under a UNFCCC work programme on agriculture?
13.30 – 14.30	Lunch break

Afternoon Session
14.30 – 15.00	Ideas Marketplace // Session 1 Several organisations will present cutting edge pilot activities, innovative policies and promising technologies for maximising synergies between agricultural development, food security and climate change adaptation and mitigation
14.30 – 15.00	Thematic cluster I Seizing adaptation, mitigation and rural development co-benefits through sustainable agriculture	Thematic cluster II Identifying policy and technology options to meet climate change and rural development challenges	Thematic cluster III Practical, pro-poor climate change solutions through a more integrated approach to forestry and agriculture
15.10 – 15.40	Ideas Marketplace // Session 2
15.40 – 16.00	Break
16.00 – 16.40	Building on knowledge, enhancing synergies: Towards a vision of sustainable development Feedback from roundtables
16.40 – 18.00	Facilitated discussion – towards a joint statement Advancing agriculture and rural development climate synergies The multi-level governance approach to sustainable agricultural development and food security in a changing climate Government perspective Farmers’ perspective Private sector’s perspective Civil Society’s perspective Donors’ perspective
18.00 – 18.30	Delivery of ARDD 2010 statement and closing remarks
18.30 – 20.00	Reception Join us for networking and refreshments