MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11 

Introduction

-     Mr. Enrique V. Iglesias, President of the Interamerican Development Bank (IDB) .

-      Mr. Jacques Diouf, Director General, Food and Agricuture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Exchange of Ideas with Mr. E. V. Iglesias and Mr. J. Diouf  on Objectives of the Meeting
Moderator:  Miguel E. Martinez, Manager Region 2, IDB

Comments from Heads of Agencies of the Inter-Agency Group for Rural Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

-      Mr. J. Michael Deal, Deputy Administrator, US Agency for International Development

-   Mr. Chelston Brathwaite,  General Director, IICA

-      Mr. John Redwood, Director, Environmentally & Socially Sustainable Development Sector Management Unit, LAC, World Bank

CORECA-CAC Presentation and the Food Security Situation in Central America
Moderator: Bob Kaplan, Divison Chief, Environment & Natural Resources Mexico, Central America, Dom. Republic and Haiti, IDB

Presenters:

-      Mr. Róger Gillén, Secretary General of the Regional Council on Agricultural Cooperation(CORECA) and the Agricultural Council of Central America (CAC)

-      Mr. Rodolfo Coto Pacheco, Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Costa Rica

-      Mr.  Edin Raymundo Barrientos, Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Guatemala

-   Mr. Antonio Ruiz, Under-Secretary or Rural Development, Mexico

Commentator:

-      Mr. Esteban Brenes, Professor of INCAE and former minister of agriculture of Costa Rica

CARICOM-CARIFORUM Presentation and the Food Security Situation in  the Caribbean
Moderator: Mr. Richard Fletcher, Principal Advisor, Strategic Planning and Budget Department, IDB

Presenters:

-      Hon. Louis Straker, Minister Responsible for CARIFORUM, St. Vincent and the Grenadines

-   Mr.  Sam Lawrence, Director of Agriculture, CARICOM

Commentators:

-   Mr. Percival Marie, Head of the CARIFORUM Secretariat

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12 

CAN Presentation and the Food Security Situation in the Andean Zone
Moderator: Mr. Gabriel Montes, Principal Agriculture Specialist, Andean Zone Region, IDB

Presenters:

-      Mr. Alfredo van Kesteren, Coordinator, Andean Community

-      Mr. Ricardo Sánchez, Policies Director, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Colombia

-   Mr. Eduardo Zegarra Mendez, Director General of  Agricultural Information, Ministry of Agriculture, Peru

MERCOSUR Plus Presentation and the Food Security Situation in the Southern Cone
Moderator: Mr. Juan Notaro, Executive Director Uruguay, Bolivia, Paraguay, IDB

Presenter:

-      Mr. Paul Lewin, FAO, Chile

-      Mr. Carlos Mermot, Uruguay

-   Mr. José Graziano da Silva, Brasil

Rural Development and Food Security Strategies in the Region
Moderator: Gustavo Gordillo, Assistant Director General y Regional Representative of  FAO, Latin America and the Caribbean

Presenters:

-      Mr. Antonio Ruiz, Viceminister for Rural Development, Mexico

-      Mr. Ricardo Sánchez, Policies Director, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Colombia

-      Mr. Eduardo Zegarra Mendez, Director General for Agriculture Information, Peru

-      Mr. José Graziano da Silva, Brasil

-      Mr. Benito Rodriguez, Under-Secretary of Research and Training, Dominican Republic

-   Mr. Percival Marie, Head of the CARIFORUM Secretariat

Conclusions
Moderator: Ruben G. Echeverría, Chief Rural Development Unit, IDB