FAO World Food Security Summit: any positive results?

The FAO World Food Security Summit was held in Rome from 3 to 5 June 2008.
After three days of meetings, the delegates of the 181 countries taking part in the event have drawn up a final declaration calling on the right to food. But not everyone is completely satisfied about the results.

Although the financial resources to fight hunger and boost agriculture in the countries hardly hit by the food crisis have been renewed, NGOs organizations do not approve the declaration stating that it only re-confirms the commitment that governments had already agreed on, but does not provide any specific guidelines. As a matter of fact, it is not clear how the financial aid will be spent in order to contain the food and energy crisis.

GAS Forum I re-scheduled on 25 September 2008

The first edition of the Global Agricultural Safety Forum (GAS Forum I), sponsored by Enama, will be held at the Casa del Cinema in Rome on 25 September 2008, instead of 10 April. The event has been postponed because of the Italian political elections.

GAS Forum I at the Casa del Cinema (Rome, Italy)

Gas Forum I, the first Global Agricultural Safety Forum, will be held on 10 April 2008 in Rome, in the beautiful context of the Casa del Cinema, the first House of Cinema to be inaugurated in a Western capital city.

The Casa del Cinema is a 2,500 sq. m. venue hosted in the historical Casina delle Rose in Villa Borghese, one of Rome’s main parks, only 50 metres from via Veneto. The building has been entirely restored by the Municipality of Rome and boasts a superb 124-seat cinema theatre created by Deluxe and a smaller conference room (Sala Kodak, with 64 seats).

The Forum will take place in the Deluxe theatre and will be divided in two (morning and afternoon) sessions. The programme and speakers will be available soon on this site.

Casa del cinema website (in Italian)