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Wednesday, June 18th
Coordinator: Cristina Grandi
Location: Chamber of Commerce (via Ganaceto 34, Modena)
Room: Sala Panini
Language: English
Simultaneous translation available: Italian
All over the world, women are playing a crucial role in the organic food chain. On the farm, women are very important for saving seeds, maintaining biodiversity, production of traditional crops and livestock, which in turn provides healthy and safe food, and saves the culinary culture; they take leading roles in ecotourism and didactic farm activities. In the cities, but also in rural areas, women decide what to buy for their families and they are leading the increasing consumer demand for organic products. They are asking for organic cafeterias in their children’s schools and rethinking maternity practices in relation to organic and biodynamic philosophy.
This module “Women in Organic Agriculture” will be dedicated to women and their role in organic activities.
Program:
9.00 - 10.45 am
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Within the Plenary session (Location: Parco Novi Sad)
Cultural event: Ceremony for illustrating, communicating and celebrating the power of the feminine side in all of us
Asha Kachru (Straniata - India) and 20 volunteers performing
Declaration of Modena organic farming women |
11.15 – 13.00 pm
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(Chamber of Commerce – room: Sala Panini)
Chair: Cristina Grandi
"How women are dealing with organic farming", will present stories on how organic agriculture are effectively improving the lives of women and their families and how women through organic agriculture are empowering their role in the society.
Introduction
Cristina Grandi (IFOAM)
Organic agriculture a worthwhile venture for women: the northern Uganda Shea Project experience
Edith Kunihira [pdf 14KB] (Agro Eco - Uganda)
The women role in the agroenvironmental activities of Amazon agroforest systems
Maria Aico Watanabe [pdf 14KB] (EMBRAPA - Brazil) (7 minutes)
Organic farming and Gender: An empirical perspective
Subrahmanyeswari Bodapti [pdf 14KB] (NTR College of Veterinary Science - India)
Organic fair trade a tool for women empowerment
Indira Franco (Transfair - Italy) (7 minutes)
Women image in organic milk market
Elin Rydström (Arla – Sweden) (7 minutes)
Peasant women - guarantors of agroecological commitment
Elba Rivera (La Esperancita - Nicaragua) (7 minutes)
Coming back to rural way of life
Lucia Dallari (Associazione delle biofattorie della Provincia di Modena - Italy)
Women in bioeducational farms and rural development
Elisabetta Pozzi (Moricelli farm - Italy) |
14.30 – 16.00 pm
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(Chamber of Commerce – room: Sala Panini)
Chair: Cristina Grandi
"Taking care of births, taking care of life in and on Earth". Female values, coming from women role in nature and society, made them more for harmony with nature, maintaining the quality of the environment, embracing the principle of care and caution, hence promoting biodiversity and all inherent values and principles of organic agriculture.
What is the future of a civilisation born by caesarean?
Michel Odent (Primal Health Research Centre - England)
Healthy mother and gentle birth for a peaceful future
Robin Lim [pdf 11KB] (Yayasab Bumi Sehat - Indonesia)
International women network for conserving biodiversity
Maria Grazia Mammuccini (ARSIA - Italy)
Women empowerment through organic food chain
Sue Edwards (Institute of Sustainable Development - Ethiopia) (12 minutes)
Women farmers and Organic agriculture in Ghana
Georgina Koomson (Ideal Province Farms – Ghana)
Chair: Cristina Grandi
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16.30 – 18.00 pm
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(Chamber of Commerce – room: Sala Panini)
"Proposals for actions".
Open forum discussion with the participation, among others, of women farmer organization and women experts as Gertrude Kenyangi Kabusimbi [pdf 13KB] (SWAGEN, Uganda), Adi Maimalaga (Women in Business Development - Samoa), organic agriculture leaders as Jacqueline Haessig Alleje (IFOAM World Board – Philippines) and Prabha Mahale (IFOAM World Board – India).
Women will exchange ideas and experiences and deliver recommendations to IFOAM General Assembly on the topic of Women and Organic Agriculture - how the Global Organic Movement can continue to work towards the realization of true empowerment and full participation of women in all spheres of society and parts of the world. |
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