More broadly, they will assess the place of research in the creation and application of the agricultural models of the future.
Expected outcomes
To contribute to:
- The ambitions of the International Year of Family Farming.
- The preparation of the 3rd Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD).
- The reflections and propositions for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference (COP21) in 2015 in Paris.
The consequences of major global changes on family
farming and its development.
- The contribution of family farming to major cultural, social, economic, political, environmental and food security challenges.
- How research and development can support family farming in facing these challenges.
Because Montpellier is a global centre for agricultural research and is home to numerous top quality, dynamic research institutes dedicated to agriculture, food and rural issues, many of them focusing on the development of agriculture in the South. Montpellier has acquired a great international reputation and, over the past two years, the city has played host to the headquarters of the CGIAR Consortium, whose new building on the Agropolis campus will be officially opened on June 2, 2014.
Objectives of the Encounters
For representatives of family farmers, decision makers from the political and private sectors, representatives of civil society, educators and researchers from around the world to exchange information and work together:
To question and enrich the research agendas relating to family farming and the related global challenges (society, environment, economy, food security, urbanisation, mobility and migration, nutrition and health, climate etc.).
A two-stage event
An evening conference and debate, open to all, will be held on Sunday June 1st 2014, at 7.30pm, Montpellier / Le Corum / Pasteur meeting room.
With: Hans Herren, former Director General of ICIPE and co-chair of the International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD), and currently President of the Millennium Institute; awarded the World Food Prize in 1995 and the Right Livelihood Award in 2013 (the 'Alternative Nobel Prize'). The conference will be followed by a round table debate featuring actors and prominent experts from around the world.
A two-day conference:
Researchers, educators, policy makers, representatives of family farmers and civil society will reflect, via major themes, on the needs and priorities of research concerning family farming and the means of delivering more efficient targeted research. It will include plenary sessions and thematic workshops, with presentations from representatives of major institutions, renowned scientists and recognised experts from rural societies.
Please click here for the event website.
For more information:
Sylvie Albert
or Bernard Hubert
Agropolis International
Tel.: + 33 (0)4 67 04 75 86
Email: albert@agropolis.fr