Monday 26 May 2003
Session 1: Introduction (09:00-10:00)
Welcome addresses
Anne Bauer, Director, Emergency Operations and Rehabilitation Division, FAO
Arturo Martinez, Chief, Seed and Plant Genetic Resources Service (AGPS), on behalf of Mahmoud Solh, Director, Plant Production and Protection Division, FAO
Self introductions of participants
Introduction to the workshop
David Cooper, AGPS, FAO, and Dominique Burgeon, Emergency Operations Service (TCEO), FAO
Coffee Break
Session 2: Background presentations (10:30-12:30)
Chair: Arturo Martinez
FAO experience with seed relief
Fernanda Guerrieri, Chief, TCEO, and Danielle Donatti, TCEO, FAO
Understanding seed systems and stress
Louise Sperling, Senior Scientist, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
Promoting sustainability: linking relief, rehabilitation and development
Richard China, Coordinator, Rehabilitation and Humanitarian Policies Unit (TCER) and Erminio Sacco, TCER, FAO
Discussion
Lunch Break
Session 3: Country case studies (14:00-16:30)
Chair: Fernanda Guerrieri
Kenya
Paul Omanaga, Catholic Relief Services (CRS), Kenya and Paul Rossiter, FAO, Kenya
Mozambique
Sergio Gouveia, Ministry of Agriculture, Mozambique, and Carlos Dominquez, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Mozambique
Ethiopia
Christel Bultman and Felix Mathenge, FAO, Ethiopia
Burundi
Pégase Banyankeye, Ministry of Agriculture, Burundi, and Jean Alexandre Scaglia, FAO, Burundi
Steve Walsh, CRS, Burundi
Tea Break
Session 4: Plenary Discussion (17:00-17:45)
Chair: Kostas Stamoulis, Chief, Agricultural Sector in Economic Development Service, FAO
Review of lessons from the day
18:00: Reception offered by Ms Bauer and Mr Solh
Tuesday 27 May 2003
Session 5: Identification of general principles for strengthening seed systems and livelihoods through seed relief (08:30-09:45)
Chair: Cristina Amaral, Senior Officer, TCEO
Review of issues arising from background presentations and plenary discussion on day one
Session 6: Current practice, tools and needs in seed systems relief
Establishment of three working groups (09:45-10:00)
Coffee Break
Three working groups to review current practice and tools available and identify priority needs and gaps (10:30-12:30):
A. Preparedness and needs assessment
Facilitators: Richard China and Carlos Dominguez
B. Intervention options and implementation
Facilitators: Tom Osborn and Yon Fernandez
C. Evaluation and impact: building in a learning process
Facilitators: Rachel Bedouin and Wardie Leppan
Lunch Break
Report back from working groups to plenary (14:00-15:00)
Session 7: Perspectives and next steps
Establishment of three working groups (15:00-15:15)
Three working groups to review outstanding items and next steps from different perspectives (15:15-17:00):
1. Donor and policy-maker level
Facilitators: Cristina Amaral and Elizabeth Newell
2. Operational level
Facilitators: Olivier Cossee and Michael Larinde
3. Technical and implementation level
Facilitators: Leslie Lipper and Tom Remington
Report back from working groups to plenary (17:00-18:00)
Wednesday 28 May 2003
Session 8: Conclusion, recommendations, including next steps (09:30-11:30)
Chairs: Arturo Martinez and Richard China
Formulation of conclusions and recommendations, including next steps, based on the outputs of day one and day two
Lunch Break
Session 9: Closing session (14:00-15:00)
Chair: Fernanda Guerrieri
Presentation of conclusions and recommendations
Cristina Amaral and Tom Osborn
Closing remarks
Henri Carsalade, Assistant Director-General, Technical Cooperation
Department, FAO
Louise Fresco, Assistant Director-General, Agriculture Department, FAO
Banyankeye Pégase
Director of Seeds and Plants
Ministry of Agriculture
Bujumbura, Burundi
[email protected]
Paula Bramel
CARE-Norway
c/o CRS; PO Box 39063
Nairobi, Kenya
[email protected]
Christel Bultman
c/o FAO Representation
Addis
Ababa, Ethiopia
Francois Burgaud
Service of International Relations & General Communications
GNIS
44, rue du Louvre
75001 Paris, France
[email protected]
Joaquim Cunha
Unit for Coordination of Emergencies
in Agriculture
Ministry of Agriculture
Maputo, Mozambique
Bernard De Schrevel
First Secretary (Cooperation)
Representation of Belgium to FAO
Via Omero 8
00197 Rome, Italy
[email protected]
[email protected]
Tel. (+39) 06 3203903
Fax (+39) 06 3203992
Carlos Domínguez
Caixa Postal 1678
Maputo, Mozambique
[email protected]
Daniel Donati
c/o FAO Representation
Nairobi, Kenya
[email protected]
Graham Farmer
Emergency Coordinator for Southern Africa
FAO
Johannesburg, South Africa
[email protected]
Stefano Gasperini
c/o FAO Representation
Maputo,
Mozambique
Sérgio Gouveia
Unit for Coordination of
Emergencies in Agriculture
Ministry of Agriculture
Maputo,
Mozambique
Francois Grunewald
Groupe Urgence Réhabilitation
Développement
Paris, France
[email protected]
Toby Hodgkin
Principal Scientist
IPGRI
Via dei
Tre Denari, 472/a
00057 Maccarese (Fiumicino), Rome, Italy
Tel. (+39) 06
61181
Samuel Kugbei
International Center for
Agricultural
Research in Dry Areas
Aleppo, Syrian Arab Republic
Wardie Leppan
International Development Research Centre
IDRC
PO Box 8500
Ottawa, ON K1G 3H9
Canada
[email protected]
Felix Mathenge
Seed Expert
c/o FAO
Representation
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Carmen Mortensen
DGISP
Thorvaldsensvej 57
DK-1871 Frederiksberg C
Copenhagen, Denmark
[email protected]
Claude Nankam
Food Security Adviser
Agriculture Team Leader
World Vision, Inc.
220 "I" Street NE, Suite 270
Washington, DC, 20002
USA
Tel. (+1) 202 5726361
Fax (+1) 202 5474834
[email protected]
www.worldvision.org
Elizabeth Newell
US Agency for International Development
Washington, DC
USA
Tel. (+1) 202 7120462
[email protected]
Paul Omanga
Catholic Relief Servcies, Kenya Office
PO Box 39063,
Nairobi, Kenya
[email protected]
Anne Onyango
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development
PO Box 30028
Nairobi, Kenya
Tel. (+254) 2718870
[email protected]
Tom Osborn
c/o Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Private Mail Bag
Suva, Fiji
[email protected]
now: Agricultural Of.cer (Seed Security)
FAO Seed and Plant Genetic Resources
Service, Rome, Italy
Elobeid Ibrahim Osman
c/o FAO Representative in
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tom Remington
Catholic Relief Services
PO Box 49675
Nairobi, Kenya
[email protected]
Antoine Renard
Attaché
Food Aid Unit (D52)
Belgian Development Cooperation
Rue des Petits Carmes 15
B-1000 Brussels, Belgium
[email protected]
Paul Rossiter
c/o FAO Representation
Nairobi,
Kenya
Ana Salomão
Department of Studies and
Evaluation
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development
Luanda,
Angola
J. A. Scaglia
Emergency Coordinator
FAO
Burundi
Louise Sperling
Senior Scientist
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
c/o "Le Ginestre"
Lucio Volumnio 37
00178 Rome, Italy
Tel. (+39) 06 7185454
[email protected]
Jeroen T.M.G. Steeghs
Deputy Permanent Representative,
Counsellor
Permanent Representation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations
Via delle Terme Deciane 6
00153 Rome, Italy
[email protected]
Mohammed Tazi
Directeur du Centre de Production des Semences Pastorales
BP 79
El Jadida, Morocco
[email protected]
Innocent Uwimana
National Seed Service
Kigali, Rwanda
[email protected]
Steve Walsh
Catholic Relief Services
Av. Muyinga N5 BP 665
Bujumbura, Burundi
[email protected]
Edward Dalitso Zulu
Regional Coordinator
SADC Seed Security Network
PO Box 4046, Harare
43 Robson Manyika Avenue
Harare, Zimbabwe
[email protected]
FAO headquarters staff
E-mail: [email protected]
Agriculture Department
Louise
Fresco
(Assistant Director-General)
Secretariat, Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and
Agriculture
Alvaro Toldeo
Seed and Plant Genetic Resources Service
Arturo
Martinez (Chief)
Michael Larinde
Nuria Urquia
David Cooper
Stefano
Diulgheroff
Murthi Anishetty
France Lamy
Karling Tao
Plant Protection Service
William Settle
Technical Cooperation Department
Henri
Carsalade
(Assistant Director-General)
Alessandra Basilico
Field Operations Division
Andrew MacMillan
(Director)
Kevin Gallagher
Technical Cooperation Programme Service
Dominique
Bordet
Emergency Operations and Rehabilitation
Division
Anne Bauer (Director)
Rehabilitation and Humanitarian Policies
Unit
Richard China (Coordinator)
Patrick Jacqueson
Erminio
Sacco
Emergency Operations Service
Fernanda Guerrieri
(Chief)
Dominique Burgeon
Cristina Amaral
Yon Fernandez de
Larrinoa
Angela Hinrichs
JeanFrancois Gascon
Daniela Mangione
Toni
Ettel
Ariella Glinni
Economic and Social Department
Hartwig de
Haen
(Assistant Director-General)
Agricultural Sector in Economic Development
Service
Kostas Stamoulis (Chief)
Leslie Lipper
Romina
Cavatassi
Global Information and Early Warning Service
Ahmed
Shukri
Office of Programme, Budget and Evaluation
Evaluation Service
Masa Kato (Chief)
Olivier
Cossee
Rachel Bedouin
Daniel Shallon
Adminstration and Finance Department
Administrative Services Division
Procurement Service
Regina Gambino