Trade, Land Acquisitions And The Right To Food . Expo Milano 2015 . High level debate

Companies have acquired more than 50 million hectares of land since the 2008 food crisis. The vast majority of these large-scale acquisitions took place in countries among the poorest. In most cases, plants grown on these lands are exported, contributing to the growth of international trade in agricultural products. This has important implications for small farmers and local people. Are international trade and land acquisitions threatening the right to food?

DEBATE
• JEAN ZIEGLER, Swiss writer, sociologist, Vice-Chair of the Advisory Committee of the UN Human Rights Council, former UN Rapporteur on the Right to Food, author of the book Betting on Famine: Why the World Still Goes Hungry (The New Press)
• VICTOR DO PRADO, Director of the Council and Trade Negotiations Committee, World Trade Organization (WTO)
• MARCO FERRONI, Executive Director, Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture
• SILVA LIEBERHERR, Agronomist and responsible for the issues of paradigm shift in agriculture and land grabbing at Bread For All
Moderator : Michel Cerutti (TV5 Monde, RTS)



Organized by at the Expo Milano 2015 (Swiss Pavilion) on September 28 by:
The International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH), Geneva
The City of Geneva

In partnership with :
The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
The Swiss Network for International Studies (SNIS)