Inter-shore exchanges: cooperating to meet Mediterranean agricultural and food challenges

Event program:

Mistress of Ceremonies: Ghizlane Echchgadda, National School of Agriculture of Meknes

9:00 AM – 9:15 AM: Opening

• A representative of the Regional Directorate of Agriculture of Meknes
• Said Amiri, Director of ENAM

9:15 AM – 9:30 AM: Introduction

• Meriem Alaouri, meteorologist, interim head of the National Climate Center of Morocco (DGM)

9:30 AM – 9:45 AM: Session 1: Testimonies & feedback 

• Leila Masstouri, Tunisian farmer participating in the inter-river exchange
• Jean-Toussaint Cipriani, French farmer participating in the inter-river exchange
• Raouf Hasni, Tunisian farmer participating in the inter-river exchange

9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.: Round table 1 and Q/A – “Organizing to adapt: the collective lever”

Moderator :

• Mohamed Elamrani, lecturer-researcher at the Department of Development Engineering, ENAM

Speakers

• Habiba Ntourin, President of the women's cooperative of Safirate al Achab of Sekoura M'Daz, representative of the Boulemane living lab of the NATAE project
• Mohsine Abdelhakim, representative of AMAC (Moroccan Association of Conservation Agriculture) and agricultural consulting engineer at ONCA
• Fatima-Zahra Elmiri, National Coordinator of the IHYAE program and the DIAF project, Ministry of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development and Water and Forests

10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.: Coffee break

11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.: Session 2: Testimonies and restitutions

Speakers :

• Pierre Colin, French farmer participating in the inter-river exchange
• Fatiha Hassouni, Moroccan farmer participating in the inter-shore exchange
• Raouf Hasni, Tunisian farmer participating in the inter-river exchange

11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.: Roundtable 2 and Q&A – “Financing adaptation: analyzing the obstacles, sharing the levers”

Moderator :

• Juliette David, Managing Director, Horus Finance

Speakers

• Sara Belahsen, Director of the Environmental and Climate Risk Management Department, Crédit Agricole du Maroc (CAM)
• Molka Draoui, Development Program Manager, Advans Tunisia
• Timothée Ourbak, Head of Natural Resources Division, French Development Agency (AFD)

12:15 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.: Conclusion and perspectives

Nihal Bounaim, Project Manager at the Crédit Agricole du Maroc Foundation for Sustainable Development (FCAMDD)

12:30 – 12:45: Closing

• Matthew Brun, Scientific Director of the FARM Foundation

12:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.: Cocktail / Networking

Event program:

Mistress of Ceremonies: Elen Lemaitre Curri, Deputy Director of IAMM

2:00 PM – 2:15 PM: Opening

Speakers :

• Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty [to be confirmed]
• Isabelle Touzard, Vice-president of Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole
• Teodoro Miano, Secretary General of CIHEAM [to be confirmed]

2:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.: Introduction

• Elen Lemaitre Curri, Deputy Director of CIHEAM Montpellier

2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.: Session 1: Testimonies & feedback 

Speakers :

• Said Akkif, Moroccan farmer participating in the inter-shore exchange
• Alexandre Arnaudies, French farmer participating in the inter-river exchange

2:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. : Roundtable 1 and Q&A – “News sectors and regions: anticipating and planning adaptation”

Moderator :

• Nina Graveline, agricultural and water economist, coordinator of the TALANOA-Water France project, UMR Innovation, INRAE

Speakers

• Thomas Paul And Hugues Chaboud, Var winegrowers and pistachio growers who launched Pépistach', a pistachio nursery in Provence
• Bernard Ader, farmer and president of the National Council for Food Resilience
• Fabienne Bonet, President of the Pyrénées-Orientales Chamber of Agriculture and President of the Water-Climate Commission of the Occitanie Regional Chamber of Agriculture

3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.: Coffee break

4:00 PM – 4:15 PM : Session 2: Testimonies and restitutions

Speakers :

• Mohamed Haroun, Algerian farmer participating in the inter-shore exchange
• Yann Kalkan, Turkish farmer participating in the inter-shore exchange

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM: Round table 2: “What tools are available to better finance and ensure the adaptation of agriculture?”

Moderator : Agricultural finance consultant or institutional manager having led agricultural debates on climate and financial transition.

• Precila Rambhunjun, Geographer, coordinator of the AACC-Med project, FARM Foundation

Speakers :

• André Tomas, Head of Agriculture, Crédit Agricole Sud Méditerranée
• Jean-Michel Geeraert, Director of the Agriculture and Prevention market, Pacifica – Crédit Agricole Assurance
• Assawer Hedhli, Head of Agricultural Risk Management, CTAMA

5:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.: Conclusion and perspectives

• Paul Luu, Executive Secretary of the international initiative “4 per 1000”

5:30 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.: Closing

• Vincent Labarthe, Vice-President in charge of agriculture and agricultural education, Occitanie / Pyrénées-Méditerranée region
• Pascal Lheureux, farmer and President of the FARM Foundation

5:45 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.: Cocktail / Networking

Event program:

9:00 AM – 9:15 AM: Opening

Speaker :

• Representative of the Luxor Governorate [to be confirmed]

9:15 AM – 9:30 AM: Introduction

Speaker : Gamal Siam, Professor of Economics at Cairo University [to be confirmed]

9:30 AM – 9:45 AM: Session 1: Testimonies & feedback 

Speakers :

• Oumaima Jaoudi, Tunisian farmer from the AACC-Med inter-shore exchange
• Harun Sapli, Turkish farmer from the AACC-Med inter-shore exchange

9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.: Roundtable 1 and Q&A: “Market access: contractualization, impact measurement and labeling”

Moderator :

• Othmane Elshaikh, focal point, SupMed Project

Speakers

• Gaber Mohamed, Egyptian farmer and head of the Elboghdady water users association [to be confirmed]
• A representative of an agri-food/processing company [to be confirmed]
• Yaser Diab, Professor Emeritus, Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, Aswan University [to be confirmed]

10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.: Coffee break

11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.: Session 2: Testimonies and restitutions

• Aziz Bouhejba, Tunisian farmer from the AACC-Med inter-shore exchange
• Fatima Ezzahrae Lamnasra, Moroccan farmer from the AACC-Med inter-shore exchange

11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.: Roundtable 2 and Q&A: “Financing Adaptation: Accessing and Orienting Agroecology Funding” 

Moderator :

• May El Shafi, Egyptian journalist

Speakers

• A representative from National Bank of Egypt (credit conditions, targeted financing adaptation, indicators, consumer support) [to be confirmed]
• A representative of the program supported by Dutch cooperation and the Ministry of Agriculture [to be confirmed]
• Ibrahem Ramadan, agricultural attaché, Luxor Governorate [to be confirmed]

12:15 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.: Conclusion and perspectives

• Othmane Elshaikh, focal point, SupMed Project or Elen Lemaitre Curri, Deputy Director of IAMM [to be confirmed]

12:30 – 12:45: Closing

• Matthew Brun, Scientific Director of the FARM Foundation

12:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.: Cocktail / Networking