Tuesday, 6 May, 2008
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Rural Development and Agriculture
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The morning session dealt with rural development topics.
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Ambassador Olivier Belle (Belgium).
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Taghi Farvar (IUCN).
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Jeanette Gurung (WOCAN).
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Margaret Mukahanana-Sangarwe (Zimbabwe).
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Naresh Singh (Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor)
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Yacine Diagne (ENDA Tiers Monde)
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The afternoon session dealt with agriculture and rural development.
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Christopher Leaver (Oxford University).
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Malawi said it has provided seeds to the rural poor and trained farmers.
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Piragibe dos Santos Tarragö (Brazil).
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Christine McMeckan (Workers and Trade Unions).
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John Pender (International Food Policy Research Institute).
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Israel.
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Regional Perspectives
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Regional perspectives on Asia and the Pacific.
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Sanjay Kumar (India).
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Athili Anthony Saprüna (Indigenous Peoples).
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Meena Bigli (WOCAN).
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Regional perspectives from Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Ana Bianchi (Argentina).
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Juan Carlos González (Venezuela).
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Sergio Zelaya (UNCCD focal point).
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Regional perspectives on the UNECE region.
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Violeta Ivanov (Moldova).
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Jiri Hlavacek (Czech Republic).
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Nadine Gouzee (Belgium).
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Dragica Iskrenovič (Slovenia, for the EU).
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Elfriede More (Austria).
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Christine Jakobsson (Baltic 21).
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Dialogue with Major Groups
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Hama Arba Diallo (Local Authority).
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Henrike Peichert (Germany).
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Women.
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Learning Centre and Partnership Fair
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Participants at a course in the Learning Centre on "How to effectively manage food production systems under water and land constraints."
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Participants at the Partnership Fair session on "why partnerships are critical in addressing desertification and drought."
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Side Events
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At lunchtime, UNCCD and Italy presented a side event, "The Right to Food and Water Implies the Duty to Conserve the Land."
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Israel presented a lunchtime side event, "From Arid Regions to Agricultural Oasis."
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In the evening, the Swiss Federal Office for Agriculture and Adelboden Group presented a side event, "Main challenges for sustainable agriculture and rural development in mountain regions."
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The International Federation of Business and Professional Women presented an evening side event, "Mobilizing Communities for Reforestation and Water Protection: 'Tree is life'."
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An evening side event by the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions addressed "Secure Land Rights in Africa Grassroots and 'Legal Empowerment' Strategies."
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Around CSD-16
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