Complete Program:

Thursday October 25 th

Morning : Registration (Phare de la Méditerranée)

Afternoon :

- Welcome address

- Program presentation

- Agriculture in developement : the world development report 2008 (Book presentation)

- Sustainable Poverty Reduction in Less Favoured Areas (Book presentation)

Session 1 : Rural non-farm diversification and migration

Friday October 26 th

Morning :

Sessions 2 :

- Global Supply Chains, Standards and the Poor (Book presentation)

- Restructuring supply chains

Sessions 3 :

- The International agricultural markets regulation : a key challenge for development (Book presentation)

- Agricultural trade

Afternoon :

Session 4-1 : Natural resources : access, management, and conservation

Session 4-2 : Miscellaneous

Session 5-1 : Farmers in the chains

Session 5-2 : Miscellaneous 2

Evening : Dinner downtown in Montpellier (Hotel de Varennes : Salle Pétrarque)

Saturday October 27 th

Morning :

Session 6 : Productivity of Poor farmers and Food security

Closing session : Round table: lessons from the seminar and perspectives

Noon : Closure and departure