To mark its 35-year anniversary, AVSF had the pleasure of organizing a round-table discussion entitled, ”Agro-ecology: just a dream?” The event took place on June 28, 2013, and turned out to be a great success. More than 300 people were in attendance at the Hôtel de Ville in Lyon.
Check out the following videos from the event:
Agro-ecology explained in 5 minutes
Animated video: ”Agro-ecology vs. Industrial Agriculture”
Testimonial: Dacian Ciolos, European Commissionner for Agriculture and Rural Development
The discussion featured:
- Pascal Canfin, Deputy Minister for Development under the Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Véronique Moreira, Vice-President of the Rhône-Alpes Region, delegated to solidarity-based cooperation
- Hubert Julien-Laferriere, Vice-President of Grand Lyon – City Councillor, delegated to international cooperation and solidarity
- Dacian Ciolos, European Commissionner for Agriculture and Rural Development (participated via video)
- Françoise Reiller, farmer who raises organic dairy cows in the Isère department, former President of CORABIO (Rhône-Alpes Organization of Organic Farming)
- Marc Dufumier, Professor of comparative agriculture and agricultural development at AGROPARISTECH
- Sarah Metais, AVSF coordinator in Bolivia
- Jean-Luc Francois, Head of the French Development Agency’s Division of Agriculture, Rural Development, and Biodiversity
- Frédéric Apollin, Director of AVSF
For those of you who were unable to attend the discussion, the notes will be made available soon.
