Web conference: Multidimensional resilience – smallholder producers managing risks
9-11 June, 10:00-16:00 (GMT+3)
- Results of global resilience survey, video, proceedings and detailed information on the conference are available here.
- Recommendations from the International web conference by FFPOs. Click here to access the document in French.
How to ensure resilience of smallholder production systems in times of crisis?
How farmers and forest producer organizations (FFPOs) maintain functionality during and after the disturbances, and mitigate potential losses in the smallholder value-chains?
What is the current and future FPPOs capacity to respond to climate hazards and non-climate stresses such as Covid-19 pandemic?
In the face of COVID-19 smallholder farmers and forest producers face the challenge of how to balance between short term shocks and longer-term risks such as climate change. One of the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis is the disruption of agricultural and forestry supply chains and a re-shuffling of actors. These critical issues will be discussed with forest and farm producer organizations (FFPOs) in an international web-consultation and conference organized on 9-11 June.
The event is hosted by Food and Forest Development Finland (FFD), AgriCord and the Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) in collaboration with the Asian Farmers’ Association (AFA) and the Pan-African Farmers’ Organization (PAFO). The conference includes a series of web-seminars with pre-recorded and live interactive consultations.
Objectives of the web-conference
- To gain understanding of FFPO responses and strategies (locally, nationally, regionally) in thriving greater resilience, with specific focus on climate change and Covid-19 responses.
- To engage institutional stakeholders on the agenda, increase their awareness in FFPO resilience, and to provide recommendations to these actors, and to exchange best practices and tools for increased resilience.
- To formulate common policy positions to promote resilient pathways to resilience, with specific focus on climate change and Covid-19.
Organization
The conference will be in English. Participants can send pre-registered material in French and Spanish.
Timing: 9-11 June 2020, 10:00-16:00 (GMT+3)
Place: Teams Live Event, Microsoft Teams
Pre-recorded presentations, small group live-consultations (e.g. country-specific, or regional), small panel-discussion, 2-3 hours interactive session in each conference day.
Registration links
- Register here for International web consultation and conference, 9 June: registration 9 June.
- Register here for International technical workshop, 10 June: conference registration 10 June.
- Register here for International web conference, 11 June: registration web conference.
Programme
International web consultation and conference, 9 June | |
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9:00 – 9:15 | Welcoming words (pre-recorded) |
9:15 – 9:20 | Objectives and programme of the conference (pre-recorded) |
9:20 – 9:40 | Keynote speeches (pre-recorded) |
9:40-10:00 | Break |
10:00 –10:30 | Introduction to resilience (pre-recorded) |
10:30 – 10:45 | Short speeches from FFPOs (pre-recorded) |
10:45 – 11:00 | Break |
11:00 – 12:45 | Regional consultations - 3 parallel sessions: Asia (English), Africa (English, French) |
12:45 –13:00 | Conclusions |
International technical workshop, 10 June | |
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9:00 – 9:15 | Welcoming words (pre-recorded) |
9:15 – 9:45 | Strength in diversity: a mosaic of services, culture and products contributing to resilience (pre-recorded) |
9:45–11:00 | Resilience case studies from FFPOs (pre-recorded) |
11:00–11:30 | Review of FAO-FFF Phase II papers on resilience |
11:30– 12:30 | Break |
12:30-13:15 | Technical workshop: Presentation of 2 tools (pre-recorded) |
13:15–14:30 | Concepts and elements of resilience from FFPO perspective |
14:30–14:45 | Conclusions |
International web conference, 11 June | |
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9:00 – 9:15 | Welcoming words |
9:15 – 9:45 | Managing risks and maintaining functionality of the smallholder production systems at times of crisis |
9:45 – 10:00 | Comment speech (pre-recorded) |
10:00 – 10:30 | Coffee break |
10:30 – 11:45 | Panel discussion 1: International responses to support resilience in short- and long-term shocks and stresses - how to engage farmers and their organizations?
Moderator: Jeffrey Campbell, Manager, FAO/Forest and Farm Facility |
11:45 – 12:20 | Panel Discussion 2: (pre-recorded)
Moderator: Antti Sahi, Chair, International Family Forestry Alliance |
12:20-12:30 | Comment speech (pre-recorded) |
12:30 – 13:15 | Case study from Vietnam: (pre-recorded)
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13:15 – 13:30 | Conclusions |