The External Cooperation Infopoint of the European Commission organizes a lunchtime conference on “Food, Farming & SDGs” on September 18, 2018 in Brussels.

At this session, it will be examined what the science has to tell us about the approaches to food and farming that will help meet the SDGs on food security, smallholder livelihoods, health, the environment and climate change.

The lunch conference takes place from 12:30 till 14:00 at the groundfloor of Rue de la Loi 43-45 in Brussels. PLease dwonload the flyer (PDF); you can register online here.

Introduction

Willem Olthof, Deputy Head of Unit, DEVCO C1- Rural Development, Food Security, Nutrition

Presentations

• Peter Stevenson, Chief Policy Advisor, Compassion in World Farming
• Olivier De Schutter, Co-Chair, IPES-Food

Infopoint conferences

The Infopoint organizes conferences on European external cooperation. Their aim is to tie in with topical events (visit to Brussels by a well-known figure in the field, International Days) by organizing conferences that will engage our partners in development and stimulate debate and different points of view. The conferences are aimed both at the general public, the development community and the staff of the European institutions. Interaction and exchange are key objectives of these sessions.