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4th Study Visit to Italy

ORGANIKO LIFE+ PROJECT

Revamping organic farming and its products in the context

of climate change mitigation strategies

Rome, 05 – 08 December 2018

Wednesday, 05 December 2018

Arrivals.

19:30 Meeting point: Kyoto Club – via Genova 23 – Rome

Welcome dinner.

Thursday, 06 December 2018

08:30 Departure from Rome – Kyoto Club office – via Genova 23 - to Orte – about

1 and a half hours’s drive.

10:00 Arrival in Orte – Biobagnolese – Organic and agrituristic farm –

Coordinate GPS per il navigatore: N 42.40948; E 12.38881

Agroecology, bio-districts experience and sharing the Organiko preliminary results

10:30 – 11:30 Agroecology - Barbara Vitali, Coordinator – the Schola Campesina

– http://www.scholacampesina.org/who-are-we/

11:30 – 12:30 The bio-districts experience: Sandra Gasbarri – Director - The Via

Amerina e delle Forre bio-district - http://biodistrettoamerina.com/

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13:40 Travel back to Rome

15:45 FAO Headquarters – viale delle Terme di Caracalla - Rome

16:00 – 17: 00 Presentation of the Organiko studies’ results

FAO participants:

Beate Scherf, Animal Production Officer, Strategic Programme 2 on Sustainable Agriculture (SP2) Anne Mottet, Livestock Development Officer, Animal Production and Health Division (AGA) Dario Lucantoni, Agroecology and Livestock Specialist, Animal Production and Health Division (AGA) Soren Moller, Agroecology Consultant, Plant Production and Protection Division (AGP) Martial Bernoux, Natural Resources Officer, Climate and Environment Division (CBC) Maryline Darmaun, Climate Change Adaptation Consultant, Climate and Environment Division (CBC) Florence Tartanac, Senior Officer, Nutrition and Food Systems Division (ESN)

17:30 – 19:30 Partners’ meeting – Kyoto Club – via Genova 23 – Rome

Agenda:

A. Approval of the agenda and agreement on who takes the meeting’s

minutes.

B. Round table of partner progress so far.

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C. Economic and admin issues.

D. Remaining tasks until the final report.

E. Next partners’ meeting.

Friday, 07 December 2018

09:30 Departure from Kyoto Club office – via Genova 23

10:00 – 11:00 Meeting at the Agriculture Ministry - Via Venti Settembre, 20, Rome – 3rd Floor – Room 5 - with Mr. Franco Manzato State Secretary responsible for organic farming (OF) policies and his staff to present Organiko’s research results, discuss possible cooperation between the Organiko Partners and the Italian Agriculture Ministry and the participation in the Climatico 2019 conference.

11:00 – 12:30 OF updates in Italy and the Organiko research results - at CREA, Council for agricultural research and economics – Room 54, ground floor – Palace B - Via Po, 14 – Rome - https://www.crea.gov.it/en – with Danilo Marandola, Laura Viganò and Guido Bonati, Phd, with invitation to attend Climatico 2019.

14:30 – 17:00 Meeting with Giacomo Franceschini, in charge of the Presidential

farm estate and Riccardo Salvati, Technical scientific official, guided visit of the

Castelporziano Italian Head of State countryside farm estate, using also organic

techniques and sharing of the Organiko results there:

http://palazzo.quirinale.it/residenze/c_porziano_en.html

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18:30 – 20:00 Kyoto Club office – via Genova 23.

Meeting to present the Organiko results and discuss future cooperation between

the Organiko Partners and the participating NGOs, also with regard to Climatico

2019 – with Irene Piccini, Legambiente and Franco Ferroni, WWF Italy.

Saturday, 08 December 2018

Departures.