Thursday, October 29th 2015
Biblioteca dell’Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL
Scuderie Vecchie di Villa Torlonia
Via L. Spallanzani 1/A, Roma
Poverty
Alleviation in
Family Farming:
the Role of
Agrobiodiversity
Family farming is the most widespread form of food production in vast areas of the world. In
such areas, food security is jeopardized by global phenomena like climate change, limited
access to land and resources, social conflicts and inequality, and rural abandonment.
Agrobiodiversity has an important role to play in the mitigation of and adaptation to climate
change and in making family farming sustainable.
This seminar, in line with the theme of the 2016 World Food Day, highlights the key role of
Agrobiodiversity – tackled at the genetic, species and habitat level – to address global
challenges for food production and family farming and to provide locally viable solutions. The
seminar draws upon the experience of the International PhD Programme on Agrobiodiversity,
run by Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa, Italy since 2004 in collaboration with
the National Academy of Sciences. Students from Asian and African countries will present the
state of family farming in their own countries and how their PhD project may help provide
tailor-made solutions based on Agrobiodiversity.
PROGRAMME
10.30 Welcome address
PROF. EMILIA CHIANCONE, President of the National Academy of Sciences
PROF. PAOLO BARBERI, Coordinator of the International PhD Programme in Agrobiodiversity,
Institute of Life Sciences, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy
10.40 Family farming and Agrobiodiversity:
DR. SHAKEEL BHATTI, Secretary of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for
Food and Agriculture, (to be confirmed)
11.00 Family farming and Agrobiodiversity: the case of Indonesia
POPI SEPTIANI, PhD student, International PhD Programme in Agrobiodiversity, Sant’Anna
School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy
11.20 Family farming and Agrobiodiversity: the case of Myanmar
AUNG KYAW LWIN, PhD student, International PhD Programme in Agrobiodiversity, Sant’Anna
School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy
11.40 Family farming and Agrobiodiversity: the case of Madagascar
ANTSA RAFENOMANJATO, PhD student, International PhD Programme in Agrobiodiversity,
Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy
12.00 Family farming and Agrobiodiversity: the case of Ethiopia
YOHANNES GEBRE, PhD student, International PhD Programme in Agrobiodiversity, Sant’Anna
School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy
12.20 Participatory Agrobiodiversity implementation in Ethiopia: a success story
CHIARA MANCINI, PhD student, PhD Programme in Agrobiosciences, Sant’Anna School of
Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy
12.40 Discussion and conclusions
PROF. ENRICO PORCEDDU, National Academy of Sciences