International Conference Day 3 - Saturday, January 25, 2025

Session 5 : Driving food system change : Best practices in policies, partnerships, and knowledge exchange (Transformation level 5)

Sl No Time Programmes
1 09:30 - 09:50 The future of sustainable food value chains and clusters: Emiliano Duch, Trustee-Foundation Clusters and Competitiveness, Spain (virtual)
2 09:50 - 10:10 Indian’s state policies and schemes in agriculture - A critique from the transformation perspective: Ashwini Chandak, Ecociate, India
3 10:10 - 10:30 Challenges of large-scale organic conversion policies - lessons learnt from Bhutan: Christian Lippert, University of Hohenheim, Germany (virtual)
4 10:30 - 10:50 Concept, best practices and challenges of eco model regions to strengthen organic production and consumption - experiences from Germany: Claudia Heid, LfL, Germany (virtual)
5 10:50 - 11:10 Private to public partnerships for fostering resilient food systems in Karnataka: Saurabh, IDH, India
6 11:10 - 11:30 Foresight on food system transformation - recommendations and lessons learnt to scale up agroecology initiatives in India: Anne Sophie Poisot, FAO, Rome, Italy (virtual)
7 11:30 - 11:50 Knowledge Center for Organic Agriculture and Agroecology in Africa (KCOA) – experiences and lesson learnt: Stefanie Zeiss, GIZ, Germany (virtual)
8 11:50 - 12:20 Discussion and wrap up
8 12:20 – 12:30 Activity 3: Conference Evaluation

Session 6 : Transformation of agrifood Systems through agroecology in India: The Road Map Ahead

Sl No Time Programmes
1 12:30 - 13:15 Plenary Session – Summary of Key Takeaways and Way Forward: By: Jürgen Kroschel, UoH, Germany and Amritbir Riar, FiBL, Switzerland Panel Members:
  • 1. Y.S. Patil, IAS, Commissioner of Agriculture, GoK
  • 2. G.T. Puthra, Director of Agriculture, GoK
  • 3. Jitendra Singh Parihar, Dy. Director Department of Agriculture, Madya Pradesh
  • 4. Fergus L Sinclair, Professor, Bangor University, UK
  • 5. Namerta Sharma, State Implementation Lead, GIZ-SuATI
  • 6. Chandrashekhar Biradar, Founder and Director, GGGC
2 13:15 - 13:30 Vote of thanks by Namerta Sharma, State Implementation Lead, GIZ-SuATI