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| Seminar: Right to Food: Strategies for Agrarian Reform & Food Sovereignty |
 The Trust for Community Outreach & Education (TCOE) and the Alternative Information and Development Centre (AIDC) invite you to a strategy seminar on the "Right to Food: Strategies for Agrarian Reform & Food Sovereignty".DATE: Saturday 14 August 2010 TIME: 9h00 - 17h00 VENUE: River Club, Observatory, Cape Town RSVP: 021 447 2525/ This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Speakers include: Gavin Joachims (Trust for Community Outreach and Education – TCOE), Renet Eunice (Mawubuye), Nombeko Nonti (Surplus People’s Project – SPP/Ithemba Farmers Association), Steven Greenberg (SJG), Andy Johnson (Artisanal Fishing Association), Mariam Mayet (African Centre for Biosafety – ACB), Dirk Troskie (Western Cape Department of Agricuture – DLA), Ruth Hall (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies - PLAAS), Bobby Peek (GroundWork), Fredson Guilengue (Via Campesina), Muna Lakani (Institute for Zero Waste – IZWA) REVISED DRAFT SEMINAR PROGRAMME: "The Right to Food: Strategies for Agrarian Reform and Food Sovereignty" SEMINAR DATE: 14 August 2010 9h00 ARRIVE & REGISTER 9h30 Welcome & Introduction - Gavin Joachims (TCOE) 10h00 Field Voices: The problem of food insecurity in SA - CHAIR: From WFP 1. Challenges of rural livelihoods, Nomvuzo/Adam 2. Challenges of emerging farmers, Nombeko Nonti 3. Challenges faced by Fishing Community, Andy Johnson 11h00 The industrial model of food production 4. Agriculture, Steven Greenberg 5. Promotion of GMOs/Agro Fuels, Mariam Mayet 6. Land Reform, Ruth Hall 13h00 LUNCH 14h00 Towards Food Sovereignty - CHAIR: Sthandiwe Yeni 7. Artisanal Fishing, Naseegh Jaffer 8. Climate Justice Now, Muna Lakhani 9. Climate Change, Bobby Peek 15h30 TEA 16h00 Campaigning for Food Sovereignty - CHAIR: From AIDC 9. Linkages with urban & rural struggles, Fredson Guilengue 10. Emerging Famers, Mawubuye Land Rights 17h00 Closure
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