Right
to Food and Food Sovereignty Thematic Forum - Niamey, Nov. 16-18
After
50 years of independence, the Sahel countries are keep tortured by a
chronicle food insecurity. In 30 years, a country like Niger
registered 16 harvest losses, and only 5 years after the food crisis
in 2005, which affected 3,6 million people, one of greater size is
currently plaguing 7 million people. It reminds us once more of the
fragility of the pastoral and agricultural systems of this region.
With the general objective of contributing to a greater mobilization of people and decision-makers in favor of making Right to Food and Food Sovereignty come true in Sahel up until 2015 it is why the Forum for the Right to Food and Food Sovereignty will take place in Niamei (Nigeria), on October 16-18 2010. This initiative is destined to offer actors of civil society and social movements of Sahel a space for prospective reflection, promotion of synergy of actions and formulation of recommendations and alternative proposals, aiming to guaranteeing this right.
The
venue will be the Martial Arts Academy (Seyni Kountché General
Stadium) with the following schedule:
October 16th 2010
Morning: Participants registration
Afternoon: Opening March
Evening: Film exhibitions and cultural activities
October 17th 2010
Morning: Plenary Session on thematic axes 1 and 2.
Afternoon: Thematic Workshops
Evening: Film exhibitions and cultural activities
October 18th 2010
Morning: Plenary Session on thematic axes 3 and 4
Afternoon: Workshops/Synthesis of works – Ending session.
Plenary
sessions and thematic workshop will be held in French, Hausa and
Zarma.
The
choice of the general theme, Democracy
must feed the citizens, is
important due to the necessity of placing this right enforcement in
the center of the democratic process. Activities will be distributed
along four thematic axes:
Thematic axis 1: Promoting the right to food and making food sovereignty come true.
Thematic
axis 2: Pastoralism to the test of environmental crisis.
Thematic
axis 3: Women confronting food crisis in Sahel countries.
Thematic
axis 4: Preventing and generating food crisis in
Sahel
Contacts
A.T.
Moussa Tchangari, Secretary general AEC, Coordinator
E-mail
: tchangari@yahoo.fr;
tchangari@gmail.com
T:
+227 96 97 84 90, +227 20 74 24 39
Niamey
(Niger)
Ibrahim
Diori
E-Mail
: ibdiori@yahoo.fr
T:
+227 96 94 81 91, +227 20 74 24 39
Niamey
(Niger)