Cairns
Group Farm Leaders Meeting
Santa Cruz, Bolivia
17 - 21 October 2002
Seminar
Program
Saturday
19 October – Day 1
09:00
Farmers’ Statement to Ministerial
Opening
10:00
Welcome to Seminar
Dr Juan Armando Antelo Parada, Chairman,
National Agriculture Confederation, Bolivia
10:30
Overview of Bolivian Agriculture
11:00
Panel Discussion – Global Advocacy to
promote
Agricultural Trade Reform
Dr Marcos Jank, Inter-American Development Bank
Mr Jason Haftmeister, Office of the U.S. Trade
Representative (Invited)
Dr Andy Stoeckel, Centre for International Economics
12:30
Lunch
14:00
Global Advocacy for Sugar Trade Reform
Eduardo Carvalho, Brazil
Bruce Vaughan, Chairman, Global
Alliance for Sugar Trade
Reform
15:15
Afternoon Tea
15:45
Global Beef Liberalisation Magellan
Project Phase 2
Daniela Alfaro, Direccion Estudios
Agroeconomicos ion Rural de
Uruguay
Dr Peter Barnard, Meat & Livestock Australia
17:00
Close
19:00
Seminar Dinner
Sunday
20 October 2002 - Day Two
09:00
Opening Remarks
Dr
Juan Armando Antelo Parada
Chairman, National Agriculture Confederation, Bolivia
09:10
Alliance for Global Dairy Reform
Ricardo James, Brazil Dairy
Alejandro Delfino, Sociedad Rural Argentina
Peter Gallagher/John McQueen, Australian Dairy Farmers
Federation
10:15
Morning Tea
10:45
Discussion on US Ag
Negotiating Proposal in the WTO
USDA/USTR spokesperson
12:00
Lunch
13:00
Discussion on Cairns
Group Farm Leaders Strategy in the WTO
15:00
Afternoon Tea
15:30
Discussion on Cairns
Group Farm Leaders Strategy in the WTO
16:45
Closing Remarks
Program
Thursday
17 October
Farm Study Tour
Agricultural tour around Santa Cruz
Friday 18 October
Farm Leaders Meeting
Preparation
of Joint Statement
Cocktail Reception with Ministers, 6:00pm
Saturday
19 October
Farm Leaders Meeting
Attend
Ministers Opening Ceremony
Seminar Program
Sunday
20 October
Farm Leaders Meeting
Seminar
Program
Monday 21 October
Farm
Leaders Meeting with Ministers, 9:00am
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