6 Sep
2021
6 Sep
'21
10:47 a.m.
Fingo and FFD are organizing a webinar on Nature Positive Production in Developing
Countries on 21st of September at 9am - 11:45am.
The webinar continues the dialogue within the framework of the Food System Dialogue, a
process in which the UN gathers together a multitude of partners to debate and deliberate
on how to improve the present food system to be more sustainable and equitable. The
webinar aims at studying how Finnish actors could support their partners in global south
better when they transform their production systems to be more nature positive. The
webinar and group discussions will be held in English.
The webinar's keynote speaker Samuel Tumwesigye is a rural development professional.
He is currently a PhD Fellow at the Department of Earth and Environmental Studies KU
Leuven, Belgium researching on rural-urban interaction and land use changes. Samuel also
works as an Agriculture and Climate Change Adaptation Specialist at UNDP HQ, and was one
of the authors of Fingo's study on impacts of the EU's Green Deal and Farm to Fork
to Africa (2021). After the keynote speaker's presentation, participants will be
divided into small groups to discuss one of the following topics:
* Who should provide knowledge and extension on location-based nature positive
production mechanisms? How should this be done? Which institutions should be involved?
* How are we going to strengthen women's role in the development of nature
positive production methods?
* How can we strengthen advisory and training services to support the change process
and reduce risks? How can we improve learning, development and innovation capacity in the
local level/global South?
* How could nature positive production be better supported in global value chains?
What are the current challenges and barriers? How could we overcome these challenges and
barriers?
Agenda:
9:00am - 9:10am Introduction - Heidi Hautala, Member of the
European Parliament (tbc)
9:10am - 9:25am What is meant by nature positive production? - Juha
Helenius, Professor at Helsinki University and Research Director at Ruralia Institute
9:25 am - 9:45am Keynote speaker Samuel Tumwesigye, PhD fellow,
University of Leuven.
9:45am - 10:45am Discussion in small groups based on the questions
above
10:45am - 11:00am Break
11:00am - 11:30am Summary of group discussions (~5 min/group)
11:30am - 11:45am Final remarks - Juha Ruippo, Chairman of Fingo's
Food Security Group
All participants interested in food systems and nature positive production in developing
countries working with Finnish actors are welcome to join the webinar.
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Please register for the event via this link by 17th of
September.<https://www.lyyti.fi/reg/Nature_Positive_Production_in_Developing_Countries_1680>
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When registering, please select the discussion group which you would like to participate
in. After your registration, you will receive an e-mail with a link to the webinar.
Fingo is an umbrella organization for Finnish NGOs working in development cooperation and
global education. FFD (Food and Forest Development Finland) is a Finnish non-profit
organization supporting agricultural producer organizations and forest owners'
organizations and cooperatives in developing countries.
Kind Regards,
Kirsi Kaikkonen, FFD
Elina Mikola, Fingo
Kirsi Kaikkonen
Service Designer
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