Day 1 Presentations - Sept. 27

Opening Session

1. Opening Message by AHC
2. Hunger for Justice and the Struggle of Peasants for Land and Reform by Danilo “Ka Daning” Ramos, Secretary-General, Asian Peasant Coalition (APC)
3. Identity & Current Status of Nomadic / Sedentary Pastoral Tribes by MARAG (Maldhari Rural Action Group)
4. The Current Food and Agriculture Situation in Japan by Yosuke Ota, Agricultural policy department of the Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives (JA-ZENCHU)
5. Program Overview

Plenary Session 1: Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation through Sustainable Production Systems

1. Climate Change Impact on Food Sovereignty by Coastal Development Partnership (CDP), Bangladesh
2. Environment and Climate Change Policy of India by Lakshman Dass Ahuja, Officer on Special Duty, National Cooperative Union of India (NCUI); Network for Development of Cooperatives in Asia and Pacific (NEDAC)
3. CSO Analysis and Recommendations on ASEAN Policies and Programs on Food Security and Climate Change

Plenary Session 2: Facing the Challenges of Land Grabbing and Food Sovereignty: Empowering the rural poor through access and control of productive resources

1. Empowering Rural Poor Through Access and Control of Productive Resources by ANGOC
2. Landgrabs Vs. Food Sovereignty by Peoples’ Coalition for Food Sovereignty

Plenary Session 3: Trade and Investment

1. Emerging Issues on IPR, Seeds and Farmers’ Rights by Ditdit Pelegrina, SEARICE
2. IPRS, Seeds & Farmers’ Rights by Clare Westwood, PAN AP
3. Fisheries and Trade by Pepe Tanchuling, SouthEast Asia Fishers for Justice