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 It’s Down 2 Earth - Global Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change
31 October - 5 November 2010 | The Hague, Netherlands
Highlights for Thursday, 4 November 2010 |
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L-R: Kofi Annan, Chairman, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, and HRH Princess Máxima of the Netherlands, UN Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development, at the plenary session. |
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 On Thursday morning, participants met in a plenary session to hear four keynote presentations. HRH Princess Máxima of the Netherlands, UN Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development, emphasized that financial services underline and accelerate rural development, and that financial services will only be effective within a broader enabling environment. Kofi Annan, Chairman, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, expressed optimism that Africa, which is hardest hit by climate change and food insecurity, can be part of a global solution to combat climate change, for example by transforming carbon sources to carbon sinks. He shared the work of the Alliance, which focuses on smallholder farmers and provides access to new crops and knowledge, reliable weather information, better land and water management programmes, and investment. Jeffrey Sachs, Director, Earth Institute, the United States, by video message, highlighted the need for financial means for impoverished farmers to purchase quality fertilizers and seeds and a second green revolution to address environmental problems. Feike Sijbesma, CEO, DSM, stressed the potential of biotechnology, particularly for waste utilization, to support a shift from fossil fuel use and the need for stronger private-public partnerships for knowledge and technology sharing.
Michael Jenkins, CEO, Forest Trends, reported from Wednesday’s Investment Fair discussion on whether large-scale commodity production can be turned from a leading cause of deforestation to a driver of sustainability.
Chair Bleker presented the draft roadmap for action and participants made comments and provided elements for further elaboration.
Two parallel Ministerial Roundtables discussed the draft roadmap throughout the day.
The Investment Fair focused on public-private partnerships. |
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The dais during the morning plenary session. L-R: Feike Sijbesma, CEO, DSM; Kofi Annan, Chairman, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa; HRH Princess Máxima of the Netherlands, UN Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development; Chair Henk Bleker, Minister for Agriculture and Foreign Trade, the Netherlands; and Hans Hoogeveen, Director General, Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation. |
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| Harald Jahn, European Investment Bank |
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