Committee on World Food Security

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Rome, 11 - 14 & 16 October 2010

• CFS Post Session Media Release - 19 October 2010
• CFS Pre-Session Media Advisory - 11 October 2010

36th Session Presentations (available in Engish only)

Agenda Item III - State of Food Insecurity (2010)

• SOFI Presentation

Agenda Item IV Global developments relevant to food security and nutrition:

• Web Calendar of initiatives and events
• MDGs
• GAFSP
• AFSI
• CGIAR
• HLTF and CFA
• Standing Committee On Nutrition (SCN)

Agenda Item V Regional Initiatives:

Africa:

CAADP/NEPAD

Asia and South West Pacific:

• APEC
• ASEAN
• APRC
• Pacific Food Summit

Latin America and the Caribbean:

• MERCOSUR
• Hunger Free Latin America and the Caribbean

Near East:

• AOAD

Agenda Item VII - National Iniatiatives for Food Security and Nutrition - Case Studies

• Bangladesh
• Haiti
• Jordan
• Rwanda

Agenda Item VIII Policy Roundtables

Food Security in Protracted Crises

• SOFI Presentation
• Luca Ali Novi
• Barbara Stocking
• Deroe Weeks

Land Tenure and International Investment in Agriculture

• Madiodio Niasse
• Mahendra Shah

Managing Vulnerability and Risk

• Crispim Moreira
• Carmel Cahill
• Unni Karunakara

Agenda Item IX Global Coordination for food security and nutrition in support of national processes

• Development of a global strategic framework
• Mapping food security actions at country level

Agenda Items VII and VIII Part two

Reporting on Country Case Studies:

• Bangladesh
• Haiti
• Jordan
• Rwanda

Reporting on Policy Round Tables

• Round Table 1
• Round Table 2
• Round Table 3

Agenda Item X

  Programme of Work and Budget for CFS 2010-2013

The opening morning of CFS (9.30 - 12.30 CET) was webcast live and can be seen at this link http://www.fao.org/webcast/

Side Event Presentations

Forum of Global Associations of Regions (FOGAR)

  Anna Lisa Boni: Action plan for the development of regional actions and decentralized cooperation on food security

  Les projets de securite alimentaire dans le nord du Burkina Faso: quel role du Conseil Regional?

WOCAN (Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resources)

  Gertrude Kenyangi, Director of SWAGEN (Support for Women in Agriculture and Environment), Uganda

  Ambassador Patricia Haslach, Deputy Coordinator for Diplomacy of the U.S. State Department, Women Leaders' Dialogue on Investment in Agriculture

Responses to Food Price Volatility organized by FAO

  Carmel Cahill, Volatility in agricultural commodity markets:  Towards some policy responses

  The MOMAGRI analysis, Agricultural Market Volatility: Causes and impacts

  Sophia Murphy, Grain Reserves, Volatility and the WTO

"Food for Cities"

  Introduction

  Statement from the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food (French)

  Local Authorities in Action for Food Security