On the 17th and 18th the Summit of Agriculture Ministers
On Thursday 16 September in Florence at 14.00 pm the G20 Agriculture will officially start, under the Italian Presidency, with the Open Forum on Sustainable Agriculture. A G20 event, organized by the Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies, which will see the participation of Agriculture Ministers and delegates from G20 and non-GXNUMX countries, representatives of farmers' organizations and international organizations and of entrepreneurs.
At the center of the debate at the Open Forum on 16 September, the themes of economic, social and environmental sustainability.
The event will consist of an introductory part and four separate sessions that will focus on: increasing productivity, employment and added value in agri-food systems; the improvement of living conditions and inclusive economic growth; environmental sustainability; the demand for food in Africa.
The opening and closing of the event will be entrusted to the Minister of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies, Stefano Patuanelli. The Forum will take place in the historic lyric theater of Florence, the "Teatro la Pergola" and will be fully streamed on the official G20 YouTube channel (https://youtu.be/lGJkCmWo31o)
The G20 Agriculture Summit of the G20 will open on September 17 at Palazzo Vecchio with the introductory speech by the Minister of Agriculture Stefano Patuanelli, the Minister of the Environment, Water and Agriculture of Saudi Arabia, Eng. Abdultahaman A. AlFadlley and by FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu.
The ministerial agriculture will focus on the issue of the sustainability of agricultural and food systems.
The day of 17 September will be divided into three ministerial sessions at the end of which (12.10) the Minister of Agriculture Stefano Patuanelli and the FAO Director General, Qu Dongyu, will release statements to the press.
The 18th and 4th G5 Ministerial Sessions will follow on 20 September. At the end of the meeting, the final communiqué of the G20 Agriculture Ministers will be adopted on the issues discussed during the Italian Presidency.
At 12.45 am the press conference of the Minister of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies Stefano Patuanelli will be held, which will officially close the G20 Agriculture under the Italian Presidency.
For the Open Forum on 16 September and the Summit of the G20 Agriculture ministerial days on 17 and 18 September, to access the La Pergola Theater and the G20 Media Center at the Uffizi Gallery, it will be necessary to register via the link https: / /g20italia2021.org/ or through the "accreditation" section of the G20 website https://www.g20.org/ no later than 23.59 pm today 14 September 2021 and follow the procedures indicated.
Below is the detailed program of the Open Forum on September 16:
The Minister of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies Stefano Patuanelli will open the Forum's proceedings at 14.00 pm. This will be followed by an introductory report by United Nations Deputy Secretary-General and President of the United Nations Group for Sustainable Development Amina J. Mohammed. Special guest of the introductory part Brunello Cucinelli, Executive President and Creative Director of Brunello Cucinelli Spa
At the center of the first session of the Forum (14.30 - 15.25), moderated by Marion Jansen, Director of the Trade and Agriculture Directorate - OECD, on the topic of increasing productivity, employment and added value in agri-food systems. Speakers Janusz Wojciechowski Commissioner for Agriculture - European Commission, Luis Planas Puchades Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food - Spain, Gerardine Mukeshimana Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources - Rwanda, Hamad Al Batshan Deputy Minister of Animal Resources, Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture - Saudi Arabia, Lim Kok Thai Chief Executive Officer of the Singapore Food Agency, Doaa Abdel Motaal WTO Councilor, Ettore Prandini, President Coldiretti and Franco Verrascina, President Copagri. The session will be closed by the testimony of the agricultural entrepreneur Serena Stefani.
La second session (15.25-16.30) will be dedicated to improving living conditions and inclusive economic growth. The debate was moderated by the Senior Director of the Strategic Partnerships Division - WFP Stanlake Samkange.
It will be discussed by Tereza Cristina Correa da Costa Dias Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply - Brazil, Bekir Pakdermirli Minister of Agriculture and Forestry of the Republic of Turkey, Nosipho Ngcaba, Ambassador of the Republic of South Africa, Cornelia Berns Deputy Director General, Ministry of food and agriculture - Germany, Adriana I. Herrera Moreno Agricultural Advisor of the Mexican Representation to the European Union - Mexico, Angelo Riccaboni Professor of Business Economics at the University of Siena, Federico Caner Coordinator of the Agricultural Policy Commission, Conference of the Regions, Giorgio Mercuri President of the Alliance of Cooperatives and Igor Boccardo, CEO of Genagricola. Following the testimony of the agricultural entrepreneur Valentina Stinga.
In third session (16.35-17.30) the theme will be that of environmental sustainability. Speakers Thomas J. Vilsack Secretary of Agriculture - United States of America, Victoria Prentis Secretary of State of the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - United Kingdom, Martien Van Nieuwkoop Director of Agriculture and Food - World Bank Group, Frédéric Lambert Director of the Department International and Europe, Ministry of Agriculture and Food - France, Johan Swinnen Director General - IFPRI / CGIAR, Federica Rossi Researcher of BioEconomy CNR-IBE, Massimiliano Giansanti President of Confagricoltura and Cristian Maretti, Vice President of Fruttagel. Moderated by Ismahane Elouafi, Chief Scientist - FAO. It will be Yuri Maggi, the agricultural entrepreneur, to illustrate his personal experience.
Finally in the fourth session (17.30 - 18.25) the theme of the demand for food in Africa will be addressed. Syahrul Yasin Limpo Minister of Agriculture - Indonesia, Celso Ismael Correia Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development - Mozambique, Andrei Kucherov Head of Marketing Department Fsbi Agroexport - Russia, Luca Maestripieri Director of the Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development (AICS ), Andrea Illy President of Illycaffè, Arianna Giuliodori Secretary General of the World Farmers 'Organization, Dino Scanavino President of the CIA-Italian Farmers, Luigi Scordamaglia Managing Director of Filiera Italia, Elizabeth Nsimadala Agricultural entrepreneur and President of the Pan African Farmers' Organization. Moderated by Ronald Hartman Director of Global Engagement, Partnership and Resource Mobilization - IFAD. Special guest the chef Filippo La Mantia.
The conclusions of the Forum, scheduled for 18.25 pm, will be entrusted to Stefano Patuanelli, Minister of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies.