Beyond the Crossroads: New Issues, Persistent Problems. Linking food security, sustainability science and sustainability politics

-and interested fellow citizens,

below you find academic articles, position papers and further material dealing with the topics of the conference, as well as background papers the conference speakers have kindly made available to provide a common ground of discussion during the conference workshops.

• Christopher B. Barrett et. al.: Misconceptions about food assistance
• Mark A. Sutton, Hans van Grinsven: Summary for policy makers - Nitrogen in agriculture
• Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development: Rural development and its contribution to food security. Strategy
• William C. Clark et. al.: Boundary work for sustainable development: Natural resource management at the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
• European Commission - SCAR: Sustainable food consumption and production in a resource-constrained world
• Christopher B. Barrett et. al.: Smallholder Participation in Agricultural Value Chains: Comparative Evidence from Three Continents 
• Christopher B. Barrett, Andrea Binder et.al.: Uniting on food assistance. Action paper
• WBGU, German Advisory Council on Global Change: World in Transition. A Social Contract for Sustainability. Summary for policy-makers

Conference materials provided by Ms. Elba Rivera Urbina:

• El Nuevo Diario - ¿Educación para pobres
• El Nuevo Diario - Carta a jóvenes en edad de estudiar y a sus padres
• Montreal Speech
• El Pais - La crisis viene del norte

Conference materials provided by Ms. Anita Idel:

• Cows are no climate killers

Conferece materials provided by Ms. Caroline Kruckow:

• Land ist Leben

Conference materials provided by Ms. Constance Neely:

• Capacity development for environmental management
• Review of evidence on dryland pastoral systems

Conference materials provided by Mr. David Segovia:

• Pedro Paez Interview english
• Pedro Paez Interview spanish

Conference materials provided by Ms. Haiyan Peng:

• Top 10 Chinese Food Scandals

Conference materials provided by Mr. Markus Arbenz:

• Food insecurity 2011
• Food Security Ecology Farming
• Food Security IFOAM
• Position Paper Smallholders 2011
• Report Shutter 2011
• Seed Position Paper
• UNCTAD policy brief LDC
• Via campesina feed the world

Conference materials provided by Mr. Sergey Alexanian:

• Description and overview
• Management, conservation
• Genetic Resources Poster

Conference materials provided by Ms. Ellen Messer:

• Conflicts, food insecurity, globalization
• Oxfam - climate change and violent conflict
• Rising food prices NAPA Bul. 

Conference materials provided by Mr. Sisira Saddhamangala Withanachchi:

• Green consumption beyond mainstream economy
• Peer reviewed journal article: [Link]

CONFERENCE DOCUMENTATION

Wednesday, 9th November 2011

• Global Food Security: How to get the camel through the eye of the needle
• Hans Herren, Millennium Institute, USA. Part 1a, Part 1b, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 

• IAASTD, MDGs and sustainability politics.
• Achim Steiner, UNEP. Written Greeting

• Scientific, traditional and local knowledge. Paradigms and organization of sustainability oriented R&D for food security.
• Janice Jiggins, Wageningen University, Netherlands.

• Human rights, food security and conflicts.
• Ellen Messer, Brandeis University, USA.

Working Groups

• Working Group 1. Important Issues - old and new. Anita Idel; Markus Arbenz; Constance Neely (part1, part2, part3); Volkhard Isermeyer.
• Working Group 2. A Plethory of conflicts.
• Working Group 3. Receptions and perceptions of the IAASTD-Reports. Benedikt Härlin (part 1, part 2, part 3); Sébastien Treyer; Rudolf Buntzel.
  
• Working Group 4. Green Economy: Challenges for Agriculture.
  

Thursday, 10th November 2011

• Building a global assessment cluster for sustainability politics.
• Hartmut Grassl, World Climate Research Program, Germany.

• Listening to the voices of the future: presentation of young academics from the "Future of Food" Summer School.
• Haiyan Peng, China. -- Sisira Saddhamangala Withanachchi, Sri Lanka. 
• Presentation of summer school findings

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• Linking food policies to sustainable agriculture.
• Alexander Mueller, FAO. 

• Core strategic issues.
• Hartmut Vogtmann, German League for Nature & Environment, Germany.
  

Public Event at City Hall Berlin

Key note speeches were held by:

• Hartmut Grassl
• Elba Rivera Urbina (part 1, part 2, part 3)
• David Segovia
• Judi Wakhungu