Conference Proceedings

37th World Farmers' Congress and 60th Anniversary Celebrations

13-20 May 2006 , Seoul, Republic of Korea

“60 years of empowering farmers – for diversity, for sustainability, for health, for peace”

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• Officers of the 37th General Conference

• Preface

• Opening Plenary Session

• Policy Committee Sessions:

• Ambitions for agriculture in the Asian Region: Ministerial round table

• Agriculture and the WTO trade negotiations

• International Year of Deserts and Desertification

• Environment and natural resource management

• Food safety throughout the food chain: the role of farmers’ organisations

• Food labelling: a tool for strengthening the place of farmers in the food chain

• Farmers and health issues

• Public-private partnerships for sustainable agricultural development

• Closing Plenary Session

• Policy Statements:

• The role of farmers in combating desertification and land degradation

 

• Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change

 

• IFAP Dietary Guidelines

 

• World Farmers’ Charter

• Constitution and Membership Committee
  
• Specialised Committee Sessions:
  
• Development Cooperation Committee
• Committee on Agriculture in Developing Countries

 

• Agricultural Cooperatives Committee
  
• Women in Agriculture Committee

 

• Young Farmers Committee

• Group on Research

• Commodity Group Meetings:
  
• Dairy Products Group
  
• Grains and Oilseeds Group
  
• Meats and Feeds Group
  
• Tropical Commodities Group
  

• Regional Committee Sessions:
  
  • African Farmers Committee
    
  • Asian Farmers Committee
     
  • Latin American and Caribbean Farmers Committee
    
  • Mediterranean Farmers Committee

   

  • OECD Issues
     
• 60th Anniversary – History of IFAP, by the Secretary General David King 

• Keynote address by the IFAP President Jack Wilkinson

• Report of Activities by the IFAP Secretary General David King

• List of participants

• Member organisations of IFAP

• Photo Album