Wednesday, 17 February 2010

9:30-11:30 - Inaugural ceremony

• Message of His Excellency Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, President of the United Republic of Tanzania, delivered on his behalf by the Honourable Mizengo Peter Pinda, Prime Minister of the United Republic of Tanzania
• Welcome address from His Excellency Giorgio Napolitano, President of the Italian Republic
• Statement of His Excellency Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, delivered on his behalf by the Chairperson of the Governing Council
• Statement of the President of IFAD
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• Statement of the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Dr Jacques Diouf
• Message of Ms Josette Sheeran, Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP), delivered on her behalf by Mr Amir Mahmoud Abdulla, Deputy Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer, WFP

11:30-1:30 - Agenda items and general statements
A synthesis of deliberations of the third global meeting of the Farmers’ Forum

15:00-17:30 - High-level panel: "From summit resolutions to farmers' field: Climate change, food security and smallholder agriculture"

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Thursday, 18 February 2010

9:00-10:00 - Agenda items and general statements

10:00-12:00 - Parallel side events

• natural resource management in sub-Saharan Africa
  
• smallholder agriculture and family farming in Asia and Latin America with options for South-South cooperation
  
• adapting management of water resources to climate change in the Near East, North Africa and Central and Eastern Europe
  
• highlights from the IFAD Rural Poverty Report 2010 and feedback on work in progress
• update on IFAD's response to the Haiti earthquake and coordinated efforts for rehabilitation of agricultural areas
  

12:00-12:50 - Agenda items and general statements

12:50-13:00 - Closure of the session