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>From: Thomas Forster <tforster>
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Subject: Schedule of Events for October Week in Washington DC
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1994 INTERNATIONAL SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY WEEK
People's Participation in Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development
October 23 - 31, 1994 Washington, DC
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SUMMARY CALENDAR OF EVENTS:
Sunday, October 23 Welcome Reception for Participants 4-6 pm
Monday, October 24 Daily Briefing for Participants 9-10 am
Monday, October 24 History and Future of FAO 12-5 pm
Tuesday, October 25 Daily Briefing for Participants 9-10 am
Tuesday, October 25 Ending Hunger in Brazil 10 am-12 pm
Tuesday, October 25 Working Session on CSD 1995 2-4 pm
Tuesday, October 25 Electronic Networking Workshop 6:30-8:30 pm
Wednesday, October 26 Daily Briefing for Participants 9-10 am
Wednesday, October 26 Women, Food and Agriculture 10 am-12 pm
Wednesday, October 26 Working Session on CSD 1995 2-4 pm
Wednesday, October 26 Indicators of Sustainability 6:30-8:30 pm
Thursday, October 27 Daily Briefing for Participants 9-10 am
Thursday, October 27 Urban Agriculture 10-11:30 am
Thursday, October 27 Working Session on CSD 1995 2-4 pm
Thursday, October 27 CGIAR Lecture & Reception 6-7 pm
Friday, October 28 Daily Briefing for Participants 9-10 am
Friday, October 28 NGO Regional Reports 10 am-4 pm
Saturday, October 29 Conclusion and Wrap-up 10 am
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FULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE & FOOD SECURITY WEEK
OCTOBER 23-31, 1994
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 6, 1994
EVENTS SCHEDULED AS OF 9/6/94. SEE LAST PAGE FOR ADDRESSES/DIRECTIONS
Multiple Day Events:
DATE: Daily (from Oct 24 to Oct 28) 9:00 AM
EVENT: Daily Briefings for Participants
CONTACT: Linda Elswick, WSAA
LOCATION: National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA)
DATE: Tuesday through Thursday, Oct 25 to Oct 27 2:00 - 4:00 pm
EVENT: Working Sessions on CSD submissions for 1995
CONTACT: Linda Elswick, WSAA
LOCATION: National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA)
Single Day Events:
DATE: Sunday, October 23, 1994 4:00 pm
EVENT: Welcome Reception for Participants in events during
International Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security Week
CONTACT: Linda Elswick, WSAA
LOCATION: TBA
DATE: Monday, October 24, 1994 12:00 (luncheon) - 5 pm
COST: $25.00 including luncheon
EVENT: History and Future of the Food & Agriculture Organization
(FAO)
Sponsored by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
CONTACT: Mark Ritchie, IATP, 1313 5th St. SE #303, Minneapolis, MN
55414 Tel. (612) 379-5980; Fax: (612) 379-5982;
Email:iatp@igc.apc.org
LOCATION: Dupont Plaza Hotel, 1400 New Hampshire Avenue NW,
Washington, Red Line on Metro, Dupont Circle Stop
BACKGROUND: Fifty years ago, nearly forth million people around the
world faced hunger, malnourishment, even starvation Equally important
was the memory of the inter-war period with its "Great Depression" where
misery was the breeding grounds of fascism. World leaders, wanting
desperately to end the cycle of economic crisis and war, worked to
create a system of global economic cooperation designed to ensure that
basic needs would be met for everyone, everywhere. A cluster of
international institutions was created to accomplish this goal. First,
and most important was the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy is sponsoring this
seminar featuring founders and early leaders of the FAO to honor their
original contribution and to get their insights into the challenges that
lie ahead.
DATE: Tuesday, October 25 10:00 am
EVENT: Ending Hunger, Sustaining Agriculture in Brazil
Sponsored by Institute for Food and Development Policy (Food
First)
CONTACT: John Gershman, IFDP/Food First, 398 60th Street, Oakland, CA
94618 Tel: (510) 654-4400; Fax: (510) 654-4551
email:jgershman@igc.apc.org
LOCATION: National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA)
BACKGROUND: The Brazilian Hunger Campaign, begun in 1993, has
reoriented the way food is produced and distributed in Brazil. It is
both an emergency food program and a larger social movement designed to
eliminate hunger through decentralized civic action at the grassroots.
The campaign's leading proponent, Herbert ("Betinho") De Souza, Director
of the Brazilian Institute for Social and Economic Analysis (IBASE),
recently spoke to delegates to the Social Summit at the UN. Sustainable
agriculture is key to such an effort. Panelists are Jean Marc von der
Weid, AS-PTA Consultants in Alternative Agriculture Projects, Rio de
Janiero; John Garrison, Inter-American Foundation, and Steve
Schwartzmann, Environmental Defense Fund. John Gershman, Research
Associate, IFDP/Food First, will moderate.
DATE: Tuesday, October 25 6:30 - 8:30 pm
EVENT: Electronic Networking for Partnerships in Sustainable
Agriculture and Food Security Policy and Programs
Sponsored by the NGO Working Group on Sustainable
Agriculture/INFORUM
CONTACT: Thomas Forster (contact information below)
LOCATION: TBA
BACKGROUND: Electronic communications serving groups involved in
sustainable agriculture have evolved in many directions in the past few
years. This workshop will feature access to agricultural databases
and email newsgroups providing information and networking valuable
to farmers, scientists, NGOs and policymakers. Additional hands-on
workshops for those interested in the basics of computer based
communications will also be scheduled.
DATE: Wednesday, October 26, 1994 10:00 am
EVENT: Women, Food & Agriculture: Grassroots Models & Policy
Alternatives, sponsored by the Women, Food and Agriculture
Working Group
CONTACT: Kathy Lawrence, 10 Prospect Place, Brooklyn, NY 11217;
Tel: (718) 622-0746; Fax: c/o Citizens Network (212)
431-4427; Email: klawrence@igc.apc.org
LOCATION: National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA)
DATE: Wednesday, October 26 6:30 - 8:30 pm
EVENT: Indicators of Agricultural Sustainability Workshop
Sponsored by the NGO Working Group on Sustainable
Agriculture
CONTACT: Thomas Forster (contact information below)
LOCATION: TBA
BACKGROUND: Government agencies, the research community and NGOs are
actively engaged in processes of identifying indicators of agricultural
sustainability and unsustainability. This work is adirect consequence of
mandates for sustainability in agricultural research and development at
national and international levels. This workshop will present an
overview of the different processes underway and ways to participate.
Indicator development at local, national and international levels will
be featured and discussed as they relate to both community and
institutional level efforts to understand the complexities of
sustainability in agriculture.
DATE: Thursday, October 27 10:00 - 11:30 am
EVENT: Urban Agriculture: A Crucial Factor in Sustainability and
Food Security, sponsored by the Urban Agriculture Network,
Washington, DC
CONTACT: Jac Smit (202) 483-8130; fax (202) 986-6732;
email:72144.3446@compuserve.com
LOCATION: National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA)
DATE: Thursday, October 27 7 - 8 pm
EVENT: Sir John Crawford Memorial Lecture presented by Mr.
Alexander McCalla
CONTACT: Further information available at Daily Briefing
LOCATION: Assembly Room JB1-080, the World Bank, Washington. DC
BACKGROUND: This annual lecture is an event open to the public during
International Centers Week. The Consultative Group on International
Agricultural Research (CGIAR) holds its annua1 meetings in Washington at
this time each year, and will be discussing avariety of topics,
including proposed system-wide reforms to help promote sustainable
agricultural reagricultural research at the CG Centers, as well as work
already in progress.
DATE: Friday, October 28 10:00 - 4 pm w/ Catered Buffet Lunch
of Locally Grown/Organic Foods as Available
COST: $10/person/Reservations necessary by Tuesday, October 25.
EVENT: Regional Reports: Progress Towards SARD and the 1995
Commission on Sustainable Development, sponsored by the
World Sustainable Agriculture Association
CONTACT: Linda Elswick, WSAA
LOCATION: National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA)
BACKGROUND: Representatives from or knowledgeable about sustainable
agriculture and food security issues will speak about regional progress
towards sustainability. There will be a special emphasis on work done
since the Earth Summit (UNCED) in light of the upcoming UN Commission on
Sustainable Development focus on the implementation of Agenda 21 on the
critical elements of sustainability.
DATE: TBA
EVENT: FAO at the Crossroads
Sponsored by Consumer Policy Institute, Pesticide Action
Network of North America and the Rural Advancement Fund
International
CONTACT: Monica Moore, PANNA, 116 New Montgomery St., #810, San
Francisco, CA 94105; Tel: (415) 541-9140; Fax: (415) 541-
9253; Email: panna@igc.apc.org
LOCATION: TBA
DATE: Saturday, October 29 10 am
EVENT: Wrap Up and Next Steps: Reports from participants on tasks
and timetables for participation in CSD 1995 activities
CONTACT: Linda Elswick, WSAA
LOCATION: TBA
ADDRESSES OF MEETING LOCATIONS:
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), 1800
Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. Two blocks from south exit at
Dupont Circle Metro stop on the Red Line. Two rooms accommodating up to
50 people have been reserved for the entire week. They are located one
level down from main entrance. Follow the signs to Rooms CC 1-2. The
telephone number of the receptionist is (202) 857-9500.
For further information, contact:
Linda Elswick, World Sustainable Agriculture Association (WSAA), 1331
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 907 North, Washington, DC 20004 Tel.
(202) 347-0637, Fax. (202) 347-0654, Email wsaa@igc.apc.org
PLEASE NOTE: OUR ADDRESS WILL BE CHANGING AS OF OCTOBER 1. AFTER THAT
DATE, please call (202) 347-0637 for a forwarding message with the new
telephone number.
Mark Ritchie, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), 1313
5th St. SE #303, Minneapolis, MN 55414 Tel. (612) 379-5980; Fax: (612)
379-5982; Email:iatp@igc.apc.org
Thomas Forster, NGO Working Group on Sustainable Agriculture, P.O. Box
128, Olga WA 98279 Tel. (206) 736-3663, Fax. (206) 376-5610, Email
tforster@igc.apc.org