The agroforestry challenge - producing while safeguarding the environment
With the objective of improving the food and environmental security, both at the international and local level, the speakers at the regional event in Lisbon focused their attention on three main axes: Global vision: New forms of production and economic development; European vision: The CAP and the Food production and National vision: Sustainable production and use of resources.
Agenda
Oct 08, 2013
Opening
Thierry de l’ESCAILLE, Secretary General of the ELO
Representative of the Portuguese Government
Global vision: New markets, new forms of production and economic development
Moderator:
Francisco MANTERO, President of the Portuguese Association for Economic Development and Cooperation
Speakers:
Barun MITRA, Liberty Institute, New Delhi- Efficient use of water
José CONDUNGUA PACHECO, Minister of Agriculture of Mozambique
Joäo LÉ, Board Member of Portucel Soporcel Florestal
Vital MORGADO, Board Member of AICEP – Trade & Investment Agency
Questions & answers
Coffee
European vision: The new CAP and the future of agriculture and Food production
Moderator:
Thierry de l’ESCAILLE, Secretary General of the ELO
Speakers:
Eric PETERS, Adviser of the President of the European Commission (BEPA – Bureau of European Policy Advisers)
Eduardo DINIZ, Director of the Office of Planning and Policies/Ministry of Agriculture and Sea
Francisco AVILLEZ, Scientific coordinator of AGROGES
Allan BUCKWELL, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of European Environmental Policy and ELO’s expert for the CAP reform
Questions & answers
Lunch
National vision: Sustainable production and use of resources
Moderator:
Monica TEIXEIRA, Registration and Corporate Affairs Manager in Syngenta Crop Protection
Speakers:
António GONÇALVES FERREIRA, President of UNAC- Agroforestry systems
João COIMBRA, Vice-president of CAP – Major Crops
Paul DOLLEMAN, President of the Horticulturists Association of the Southwest Alentejo (AHSA) -Intensive Crops
João CARVALHO, Secretary General of ANPC – Wildlife Estates: Exploitation and conservation of natural resources
Questions & answers
Closure
Thierry de l’ESCAILLE, Secretary General of the ELO
Francisco GOMES DA SILVA, Portuguese Secretary of State of Forestry and Rural Development
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