World Food Day Colloquium 2018
Cooperatives: essential for food security?!
October 16th, 2018 | University of Hohenheim
This year’s World Food Day Colloquium, organized by the Food Security Center (FSC) in cooperation with the Baden-Württemberg Cooperative Association/ Baden-Württembergischer Genossenschaftsverband (BWGV), focused on cooperatives and their contribution to global food security.
Over 250 participants joint the event to learn more about positive achievements and challenges cooperatives do have to face regarding the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The World Food Day Colloquium offered a unique platform for international FSC-partners, invited stakeholders and scientists from Hohenheim to discuss institutional and political framework conditions as important prerequisites for the cooperatives’ success to improve the situation of global nutrition.
Invited experts from policy and business presented their perspective about cooperatives and their role in international development, shared best practice examples, outlined challenges and advanced approaches in cooperatives support and successful performance.
Particular resonance among Colloquium participants had the Memorial Lecture on ‘Rapid transformation of agrifood supply chains in Africa and Asia with implications of farming systems’ by Prof. Dr. Thomas Reardon, Professor in the Department of Agricultural, Food, and Recourse Economics, Michigan State University and AAEA Fellow.
The special occasion for this year’s WFDC was the 200th anniversary of the University of Hohenheim and the Raiffeisen Year 2018, in which the cooperative idea was celebrated on the occasion of the 200th birthday of its founder, Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen.
An extra conference location for video-transmission was offered in Aula for those, who was less lucky to get a place at the center of action at the Balcony Hall of the Hohenheim Palace. Interested persons outside the University could follow the World Food Day Colloquium even from remote areas via the live stream on the FSC page on Facebook.
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| 08:00 - 09:00 | Arrival & Registration | Foyer |
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Opening Session | Balcony Hall |
Welcome AddressProf. Dr. Stephan DabbertPresident, University of Hohenheim
Prof. Dr. Reiner Doluschitz Dr. Roman Glaser | ||
| 09:30 - 09:45 | Key Session | Balcony Hall |
Global Hunger Index 2018 - Forced Migration and HungerMathias MoggeSecretary General, Deutsche Welthungerhilfe, Germany
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| 09:45 - 11:00 | Key Session | Balcony Hall |
Cooperatives: Essential for Food SecurityMinDir. Gunther BegerDirector-General, Policy issues; private sector; trade; rural development, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Germany
Raiffeisen. Impact on Cooperatives in International DevelopmentDr. Eckhard OttPresident of the German Cooperative and Raiffeisen Confederation (DGRV), Germany
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| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee Break | Foyer |
| 11:30 - 12:15 | Hans Ruthenberg Memorial Lecture | Balcony Hall |
Moderation: Prof. Dr. Regina Birner
Rapid transformation of agrifood supply chains in Africa and Asia with implications for farming systemsProf. Dr. Thomas ReardonProfessor in the Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Michigan State University and AAEA Fellow
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| 12:15 - 13:15 | Lunch Break | Foyer |
| 13:15 - 13:45 | Young Scientists Session | Balcony Hall |
Approaches of young scientists from FSC, University of Hohenheim and the Center for Develoment Research (ZEF), University of BonnTheresa Bäuml, Rahel Deribe Bekele, Sebastian Forneck, Md. Fuad Hassan, Tessa Jensen-Auvermann, Olta Sokoli
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| 13:45 - 15:15 | View from Practice Session | Balcony Hall |
Cooperative Sector in Brazil: Challenges and Opportunities of Food Production and Food SecurityProf. Dr. Gilson MartinsCoordinator of the Center for Applied Economics, Cooperation and Innovation in Agribusiness (CEA), Department of Rural Economics and Extension, Federal University of Paraná, Brazil
Mother Teresa Rural Development Society (MTRDS) - a cooperative movement in India based on the Raiffeisen-ideaDr. Ewald GlaserCEO, ZG Raiffeisen eG, Germany
Catalyzing Agricultural Transformation through integrating Food Security, Income and Nutrition aspectsAnthony ChamangaChief Development Manager, Tanzania Horticultural Association (TAHA), Tanzania
Cooperatives are indispensable for cocoa farmersEberhard SchellCEO, Schell Schokoladen, Germany
Women and collective action: lessons from the Indian dairy cooperative sectorCarla DohmwirthDepartment of Agricultural Economics, Division of Economics of Agricultural Cooperatives, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
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| 15:15 - 15:30 | Coffee Break | Foyer |
| 15:30 - 16:15 | Panel | Balcony Hall |
Discussion with experts: Do cooperatives contribute to food security?Fukamusabe DieudonnéHead Manager Deputy, COCOCA Consortium of Coffee Cooperatives, Burundi Anthony Chamanga Eberhard Schell Dr. Ewald Glaser Prof. Dr. Reiner Doluschitz | ||
| 16:15 - 16:30 | Closing | Balcony Hall |
Dr. Andrea Fadani | ||
