Poverty eradication: tools and strategies to ensure access to land and access to food: Cremona Food Valley

World food production largely exceeds the quantity required for feeding the global population. Yet, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, 870 million people still suffer from hunger, the vast majority living in poor countries. Since most of them lives in rural areas and base their livelihood on agriculture and related activities, a sustainable growth of this sector is a priority in the international development agenda. Moreover, the unprecedented global competition for access to land and natural resources calls for urgent actions.

This executive course aims at providing a broad outline over land access, the competition for natural resources and the right to food, as well as at discussing realistic policy options and viable and sustainable solutions towards poverty eradication.

- Monday:

Land grabbing; Natural resources and conflicts

Women’s access to land

- Tuesday:

Voluntary guidelines on the responsible governance of tenure of land, fisheries and forests: the role of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and social movements

Rights dimension to development: from right to food to small scale fisheries and indigenous issues

- Wednesday:

Visit to EXPO Milano 2015

- Thursday:

Water politics and geopolitics of water - Cooperation and conflict

Water security: Water scarcity and Water footprint

- Friday:

Geopolitics of natural resources (with a focus on China)

Natural resources, armed conflicts and food/land insecurity

Scientific advisor

Simona Beretta Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Paolo Groppo UN FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Riccardo Redaelli Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Lecturers

Simona Beretta Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Paolo Groppo UN FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Sara Balestri Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Paolo Maggiolini Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Aldo Pigoli Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Riccardo Redaelli Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Ilaria Sisto Social Protection Division, UN FAO
Paolo Tedeschini Lalli Office for Partnerships, Advocacy and Capacity Development, UN FAO
Sisay Yeshanew Development Law Service, UN FAO

Participants profile

- Officials of participant Countries

- Business and NGOs executives

- Members of research institutions of participant Countries

- Others with a specific interest in the topics

Field Trips

· Practical application on Access to land for women

· Practical session on Indigenous peoples’ rights

· Practical session on Climate adaptation

· Geopolitical simulation/role playing analyzing a regional water conflict

. Practical session on Access to land, resources and conflicts

Registration for this course is now closed

Period

FromOctober 26^th 2015
ToOctober 30^th 2015

Location

CREMA
Convento di Sant'Agostino
Piazzetta Winifred Terni De' Gregori 5

Language

The course will be delivered in English. Upon request, this course can be repeated in another language.

Participation Fee

The participation fee is € 1,600.00.

If two or more members of an organization apply for the same course the first participant will pay the full fee, but additional members will have a reduced participation fee of € 1,200.00.

The application deadline for the course SEC02 is September 15th, 2015.

The participation fee includes:

- Tuition costs, including all training materials and use of the location’s training facilities and related services

- Participant costs, including the course field trips, transfer to and from EXPO Milano 2015 + entrance ticket, the lunches of Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and a final dinner.

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