Day 4 – Opening

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Opening of the day

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HIGH LEVEL PANEL: SCALING UP THE UN DECADE OF FAMILY FARMING

Welcome

Mr. Martin Uriarte, WRF President
Moderated by: Ms. Marcela Villarreal, Director of FAO's Office for Partnerships, Advocacy and Capacity Development

Emerging opportunities for the success of the Decade of Family Farming. Introduction to the Family Farming Coalition

  • Ms. Pilar Cancela Rodríguez, Secretary of State for International Cooperation of the Government of Spain
  • Mr. Jose Bernardo Gonzalez, National Director of Rural Development, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development from Panamá
  • Mr. Mario Arvelo, Ambassador of the Dominican Republic to the Rome-based UN Agencies
  • Ms. Josyline C. Javelosa, Ph.D., Agriculture Attaché and Deputy Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the Rome-based International Organisations
  • Ms. Esther Penunia, Secretary General of AFA
  • M. Nathanael Buka Mupungu, President of PAFO (Organisation Panafricaine des Producteurs Agricoles) and PROPAC (Plateforme Régionale des Organisations Paysannes d’Afrique Centrale)
  • Ms. Laura Pacheco Ovares, Vice-Minister of Agriculture and Livestock of Costa Rica

Dialogue: priority actions for scaling up the UNDFF

Moderated by Ms. Marcela Villarreal

Conclusions and closing

Mr. Gabriel Ferrero, Ambassador-at-Large for Global Food Security at Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, Spain, and Chairman of the Committee on World Food Security