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19 - 21
March 2024
VITORIA-GASTEIZ
Reading by the Bishop of Vitoria-Gasteiz, Monsignor Juan Carlos Elizalde
President, World Rural Forum
Confirmed
General Deputy, Provincial Council of Alava
Confirmed
Mayoress, Vitoria-Gasteiz
Confirmed
Secretary of State for Agriculture and Food, Government of Spain
Confirmed
Vice-minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Policy, Basque Government
Confirmed
Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture of the African Union
Video message. Confirmed
President, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Confirmed
Director, Partnerships and UN Collaboration Division, FAO
Confirmed
Economy Specialist for Sectoral Policies Department, ILO
Video message. Confirmed
Executive director, PAFO
Confirmed
Former President of Uruguay.
Video message. Confirmed
Director, Institute for Agricultural Development (INDAP), Chile
Confirmed
Lead of Food Systems, Consumers International
Confirmed
Director of Evaluation, Global Alliance on the future of Food
Confirmed
FADEMUR
Confirmed
FADEMUR
Confirmed
President, Eastern and Southern Africa small-scale Farmers Forum (ESAFF)
Confirmed
Food Systems lead, Global Strategic Communications Council
Confirmed
Minister of Equality, Justice and Social Policies, Basque Government
Confirmed
Gender Team Leader, FAO
Confirmed
Confirmed
Confirmed
Program Manager, PIFON
Confirmed
Former Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change, UN
Video message. Confirmed
Secretary General, AFA
Confirmed
Climate Change Specialist, FAO
Confirmed
Coordinator, Agroecology Coalition
Confirmed
Vice-minister of Agrarian Development and Family Agriculture, Brazil
Confirmed
President, REFACOF
Confirmed
Vice-minister for Family Farming, Paraguay
Confirmed
Vice-minister of Agrarian Development and Family Agriculture, Brazil
Confirmed
Head of Unit Sustainable Agri-Food and Fisheries Systems, DG INTPA, European Commission
Confirmed
Ambassador for Food Security, Government of Spain
Confirmed
President, General Director, PIFON
Confirmed
Journalist, Food Tank
Confirmed
With concrete commitments from the different actors present to place family farming within the sustainability of the planet.
The final declaration of the Conference "Sowing Sustainability: Scaling up
The Conference was inaugurated with a message from Pope Francis
Whilst family farming provides 80 per cent of the world's
