Platform Annual General Assembly, 26–27 January 2010, Rome:
Key Development Challenges and Opportunities
Co-hosted by IFAD and the Global Mechanism of the UNCCD
Drawing over 100 participants from the donor community, international financial institutions, foundations, farmers’ organisations and CSOs, the Assembly sought to advance the Platform’s strategic agenda through four thematic working sessions.
26 January
- Agriculture and Climate Change. This session took stock of agriculture in the post-Copenhagen climate architecture and assessed what this means for agriculture and rural development (ARD) and the Platform.
- Land and Development. Building on Platform Land Day on 24 January, this session updated participants on the large scale land investment debate and how the Platform and others should engage pertinent processes.
27 January
- CAADP: Delivering on Country-led H&A. Shared experiences on CAADP, its progress in 2009 and discussed donor engagement.
- Aid for Trade and Rural Development. Built awareness about the AfT process, explored cross sectoral linkages and identified possibilities to close gaps between trade and ARD donors’ agendas.
Several institutions presented their work in luncheon seminars and an “informal marketplace” around the meeting rooms.    
Minutes
 Meeting excerpts
Presentations
AGA objectives and overview
Samantha Wade, Platform
Session 1 – Agriculture and climate change
David Howlett, Platform
Nathalie Guesdon, MFA-France
Rodney D. Cooke, IFAD
Session 2 – Land and development
Andrea Ries, SDC
Luc Gnacadja, UNCCD
Session 3 – Learning from CAADP
Ousmane Badiane, IFPRI
Ousmane Badiane, IFPRI
Working Group 1
Working Group 2
Session 4 – Aid for Trade and rural development
Christian Mersmann, The Global Mechanism of the UNCCD
Luncheon seminars
T. van Rheenen, S. Babu, IFPRI
Prabhu Pingali, BMGF |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 24 February 2010 )
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