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Coordinator:
Andre Leu [Regeneration International] GMT+12 Pacific Islands and Opening, Karen Mapusua

The virtual event will run for 1.5 hours from 7pm - 8.30pm Fiji time and will be conducted over Zoom. The dialogue is designed to be participatory and will include 2 panels and sharing of audio visual content on indigenous and local food system initiatives across the Pacific Islands.

The four key sessions are:

OPENING 7pm Fiji time 16 October
Session 1: Opening Welcome and Remarks, Regional Reflections on Food Systems
Session 2: GROW- From the land panel discussion.
Session 3: Audio visual break

CLOSING 6pm Fiji Time 17 October
Session 3: Audio Visual intro
Session 4: NOURISH - To the table panel discussion
Session 5: closing remarks

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Coordinator:
Andre Leu [Regeneration International] GMT+11  Brendan Hoare +11.30 Andre Leu
GMT+10 Helena, Norberg-Hodge, Tim Marshall.

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Brendan Hoare is the founder of  Buy Pure New Zealand™ and has almost three decades of experience in primary sector in NZ and internationally. He has held numerous leadership roles nationally and internationally since 1998 and is 100% passionate and committed to delivering  Aotearoa New Zealand’s opportune position globally and has demonstrated success in making that a reality. He brings a sharp mind, quick wit and unique blend of attributes that include: technical, cultural, practical, creative and collaborative big picture with an inclusive style.  Buy Pure New Zealand™ is a multi- platform company working in private-public relationships to grow New Zealand organic and natural brands nationally and globally with specific expertise in Asia, Australia and the USA.

Helena Norberg-Hodge is a pioneer of the new economy movement and recipient of the Alternative Nobel prize, the Arthur Morgan Award and the Goi Peace Prize for contributing to “the revitalization of cultural and biological diversity, and the strengthening of local communities and economies worldwide.” She is author of the inspirational classic Ancient Futures, and Local is Our Future (2019). She is co-author of Bringing the Food Economy Home and From the Ground Up, and producer of the award-winning documentary The Economics of Happiness. Helena is the founder and director of Local Futures and The International Alliance for Localisation, and a founding member of the International Commission on the Future of Food and Agriculture, the International Forum on Globalization and the Global Ecovillage Network.

Tim Marshall has been a leader in organic agriculture and certification in Australia for 45 years and a significant contributor to organic standards and certification in worldwide forums. Tim has worked with wine grapes, apples, mangoes, avocados, wool, beef, and nuts. He has worked with large cooperatives consisting of thousands of small-scale coffee, tea, cocoa, coconut, and spice producers.

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Coordinator, IFOAM Asia - Jennifer Chang, Vic Tagupa
GMT+09 Young Leaders
GMT+08 East Asia
GMT+07 South East Asia

(Asia Event) Moderator: Li Feng, Co-Chair, Young Organics Global Network
The Role of the Smallholders and the Youth in the Food Systems

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Coordinator, Regeneration International - Andre Leu
GMT+06 Indigenous forest dwellers, Biodynamics
GMT+05 Organic Sri Lanka
GMT+04 Vandana Shiva

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Coordinator, Regeneration International and GAOD - Precious Phiri & Jostein Hertwig
GMT+03
GMT+02
GMT+01
GMT+00
GMT -01

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Elizabeth Mpofu is an organic farmer and activist based at Shashe in Masvingo, Zimbabwe. She has dedicated her life to work tirelessly for the betterment of smallholder farmers and the rights of women in general. Elizabeth has held various leadership positions since the 1990’s. Currently, she is a member of the International Coordination Committee (ICC) and the General Coordinator of La Via Campesina, an international peasants’ movement with a membership of over 200 million farmers from about 164 local and national organizations in 73 countries from Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas. She is a founder member of two important small farmer organizations, one at national level and the other at regional. She was designated as the UN FAO Special ambassador for the International Year of Pulses 2016. At the national level, she helped establish the Zimbabwe Smallholder Organic Farmers Forum (ZIMSOFF), which promotes organic farming. At regional, she founded with others the Eastern Southern Smallholder Farmers’ Forum (ESAFF) which promotes sustainable farming practices. Currently, she serves as an advisor to the newly elected ZIMSOFF Board and she is still the Chairperson of the Association of Zimbabwe Traditional and Environmental Conservationists (AZTREC) Board and is a Steering Committee member of the Alliance for Food Sovereign Africa (AFSA). She presided as Chairperson of ESAFF from 2004 to 2011, later became vice-Chairperson (2012-2013) and is now a Board member. Elizabeth Mpofu is also a founding member of African Women's Collaborative for Healthy Food Systems which was launched in 2017 to address the continuing marginalization of peasant and indigenous women in Africa.

Kiyimba Mugagga. I am the National Coordinator for SCOPE Uganda. We have grown SCOPE from a small organisation that started in 2015 and now it has become a fully functioning network of 22 organisations spread in all major regions across Uganda. I also founded Treasure Foundation, an organisation that hosts a demonstration center with a community seed bank (Treasure seed center) plus a micro finance (Treasure Financial Services): This micro finance enables small holder farmers to access credit so that they improve their income. I also wrote a book entitled:- the key to prosperity which helps young people to have entrepreneurship knowledge and improve their incomes without depleting the environment. The work about treasure Foundation can be found on www.treasurefoundation.org

Gertrude Pswarayi-Jabson is the Country Coordinator for the Participatory Ecological Land Use Management (PELUM) Zimbabwe. For the past 15 years, she has been working with Civil Society Organisations to raise consciousness on agroecology, food systems, gender, information and communication technologies and livelihoods on practical and political intervention level. She holds a MSc. degree in Development Studies and a BSc. Degree in Journalism and Media Studies. Gertrude is a social entrepreneur, an award winning journalist and an Earth Jurisprudence graduate. She has extensive experience on diverse issues working with marginalized groups in Southern Africa.

Dr. Plaxedes T. Chitiyo is a lecturer and Associate Director for Environment and Sustainability Program in the Department of Geography, Environment, and Sustainability at University of North Carolina at Greensboro North Carolina USA. She specializes in sustainable agriculture in developed and developing regions, exploring how it can meet our current societal needs as well as creating systems that sustain future generations. Her previous work includes collaborative work with urban community gardens and farms as well as non-profit organizations to address food insecurity and food apartheid issues in Pittsburgh inner city neighborhoods. She was part of the steering committee involved in developing the Food Action Plan for Pittsburgh and Greater Pittsburgh area, an initiative led by the Pittsburgh Food Policy Council. Her research interests include environmental policy, food justice, environmental justice, urban agriculture, sustainability,  and green space development.

Mamadou Fall. With a Master's degree in natural resource management and an engineering degree in planning and rural economy, Mamadou Fall is a specialist in sustainable development and natural resource governance. He has participated in and coordinated various regional programs and action research projects on the issues of natural resource governance, sustainable agriculture, rural economy, climate change and green economy. He has almost 2 decades of experience in rural development, 10 of which were with the NGO IED Africa where he worked on the promotion of agroecology and family farming. He is now Executive Director of IED Afrique, an NGO that works on sustainable development and citizenship issues in Africa, focusing on methodological and participatory innovations".

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Coordinator, Regeneration International - Ercilia Sahores
GMT-02
GMT-04
GMT-05
GMT-06

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Javier Carrera. Autor, educador y activista. Experto en sistemas de vida regenerativos, con énfasis en sistemas alimentarios. Fundador y Coordinador Social de la Red de Guardianes de Semillas. Responsable de contenidos, Plataforma Educativa Madre Semilla http://www.madresemilla.com y podcast Radio Semilla; editor, Revista Allpa (www.allpa.org), líder del capítulo Quito de la Fundación Weston A. Price.

Nina Duarte. Ingeniera forestal M.Sc. en agroforesteria tropical. Neocampesina y amante de las plantas, practica la agricultura orgánica hace más de 10 años en la Biorregión del Chocó Andino. Hace algunos  años conduce una importante investigación sobre plantas alimenticias no convencionales (PANC) en la Reserva Intillacta, donde produce y consume estas plantas diariamente. Busca a través de la investigación y cultivo de las PANC aportar a la soberanía alimentaria del territorio y fortalecer la integración de los seres humanos con las plantas y los bosques. Nina es parte de la Red de Guardianes de Semillas de Ecuador, la Red de Bosques Escuelas del Chocó Andino, y la Comunidad  Slow Food del Alimento Sostenible.

Thais Corral is a social innovator, ecologist and women’s leader. She is the Founder of Sinal do Vale Institute, a Brazilian integral organization, located near Rio de Janeiro, in the Mata Atlantica. Sinal do Vale serves as a regeneration campus for individuals, ecosystems and communities. It is deeply engaged in reforestation, food security and sustainability education. 

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Coordinator, Regeneration International, OCA - Alexis Baden-Mayer

GMT-07 - Organic Dairy Farm Crisis - Panel
GMT-08 - Black Farmers Fighting Land Theft - Panel
GMT-09 - DIY Regenerative Organic Agriculture in Your Community - Panel
GMT-10 - Meat: From Climate Pollution to Climate Solution - Panel

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Coordinator, Regeneration International - Andre Leu
GMT-11, Karen Mapusua

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