opening ceremony

Remarks by Secretary Gereral of the Organization of American States (José Miguel Insulsa )   Remarks by Prime Minister of Jamaica (the Honourable Bruce Golding) - Only available in Spanish -

First Plenary Session – The Ministerial Meeting  in Context

Building Capacity for Enhancing Food Security and Rural Life in the Americas (Keynote Address by Alicia Bárcena - Executive Secretary, ECLAC)

Progress Achieved in Complying with the HMA Guatemala 2007 and Summit Mandates - Secretariat Report (Bernardo Badani - Director of Follow -up to the Summit of the Americas Process, IICA)

The Outlook for Agriculture and Rural Development in the Americas: A Perspective on Latin America and the Caribbean (James French - Director of Technical Leadership and Knowledge Management, IICA)

Private Sector Perspective: Investment, Value Chains, Agro Processing and Capacity Building Declaration of the Private Sector Forum Engaging the Private Sector Capacity building and investment (Miguel García - Director of Agrobusiness and investment,   IICA )

Second Plenary Session – Working Together for Food Security and Sustainable Development

Regional Perspective: Situation, Public Policies and Private Sector Contributions for Building Capacity for Enhancing Food Security and Rural Life                                          Caribbean Region - Neil Pierre, Director ECLAC Subregional Headwuarters for the Caribbean Andean Region  - Ramón Espinel, Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Aquaculture and Fisheries  - Only available in Spanish - Southern Region - Iván Nazif Astorga, Agricultural Policies and Studies Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture of Chile  - Only available in Spanish -   Central Region - Alberto Mora, Research Coordinator for the Regional Outlook Report on Sustainable Human Development  - Only available in Spanish - Northern Region - Alex McCalla, Professor Emeritusof Agricultural and Resource Economics,  University of California Davis

International Agencies´Perspective: Role in Building Capacity for Food Security in the Americas                                           FAO - Jose Graziano da Silva, Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean and Assistant Director - General                       IBD - Paul Trapido, Infraestructure and Environment Sector                                                                                                        World Bank  - Yurie Tanimichi Hoberg, Senior Agriculture Economist of the Latin America and Caribbean Region                                       WFP - Jaime Vallaure, Deputy Regional Director    Common Fund for Commodities - Ambassador Ali Mchumo, Managing Director

 

Third Plenary Session – Working Together for Food Security and Sustainable Development (Continuation)

A New Model of Development  - A Proposal for Building Capacity for Food Security in the Americas (Dr. Chelston W.D. Brathwaite - Director General, IICA )

IICA´s Perspective on Food Security (James French - Director of Technical Leadership and Knowledge Management, IICA)

Fouth Plenary Session – Hemispheric Ministerial Agreement - Jamaica 2009

Consensus Reached at the Ministerial Delegate´s Meeting (Donovan Stanberry - Chair of  GRICA 2009)   Closing ceremony of the Fifth Ministerial Meeting   Remarks by Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries of Jamaica  (Dr. Christopher Tufton)  Remarks by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica  (Dr. Kenneth Baugh)