Side Event at the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28)

A Farmer-Driven Agenda to Advance Climate Action and Food Security Through Cooperation and Innovation

WEDNESDAY, 6 DECEMBER 2023, 11:30-13:00, SE Room 8, COP28 Blue Zone

CO-ORGANISERS

• World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO)
• CropLife International (CLI)
• International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
• Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)
• International Meat Secretariat (IMS)
• Shan Shui Conservation Center (Shan Shui)
• China Association for NGO Cooperation (CANGO)

OVERVIEW

Farmers want to work and live in harmony with nature and tackle climate change through context-specific, science-based, and results-oriented regenerative approaches tailored to their experience and needs. Farmer-driven initiatives can inform policymaking and pave the way to sustainable food systems.

SPEAKERS

• Mr Arnold Puech d’Alissac, President, World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO)
• Ms Elizabeth Nsimadala, President, Eastern African Farmers’ Federation (EAFF) and Board Member (Africa), World Farmers’ Organisation
• Ms Emily Rees, President & CEO, CropLife International (CLI)
• Mr Lloyd C. Day, Deputy Director General, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)
• Mr Felix Sum, Kenyan Farmer, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
• Dr Sue Ogilvy, Program Director, Farming for the Future, Macdoch Foundation
• Dr Zhou Jiading, Program Director, Shan Shui Conservation Center, People’s Republic of China (Shan Shui/Cango)

INTERVENTION FROM THE FLOOR

• H.E. Mr Saboto Scofield Caesar, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, Rural Transformation, Industry & Labour, Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Prof Xu Yinlong, Chief Scientist, Innovative Research Team, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) (virtually)
• Mr Bernard Kimoro, Head of Climate Change and Livestock Sustainability, Kenya Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development

MODERATOR

Ms Sophie Beecher, Director General, Sustainable Development Policy Directorate, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada