3rd Round Table Conference on Responsible Soy
RESPONSIBLE SOY: FOOD, FEED AND FUEL TO A FUTURE WORLD

Opening Session
  • Christopher Wells, ABN AMRO, Brazil, RTRS President. Welcome Address
  • Hans Hoogeveen, Director General, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, The Netherlands.
    Opening Speech
 
Plenary Session I
  • Presentation by Development group members
    • Civil Society
      • Karin Kachaele, Instituto Centro da Vida, Brazil 
      • Jan Maarten Dros, AIDEnvironment, The Netherlands.
    • Industry, trade and finance
    • Producers
      • Guillermo Prone, ACSOJA, Argentina
      • John Landers, Direct Seeding Association in Cerrado, Brazil
 

Group Session I

Group 1
Public Consultation Document of Draft Principles and Criteria
Includes discussion about labour conditions, land rights, community relations and responsible business practices + others.

Group 2
Public Consultation Document of Draft Principles and Criteria
Includes discussion about responsible water management, responsible soil management, protection of biodiversity, responsible establishment of infrastructure and new areas of cultivation + others.

Group 3
Public Consultation Document about Ideas For Implementation And Verification
Includes discussion about certification systems, supply chain verification options, and mechanisms for supporting farmers to improve economic, environmental and social performance.

ENGLISH Group Session 1 Comments
ENGLISH Group Session 1 Comments / Translated to Port
ENGLISH Group Session 1 Comments / Translated to Spa
 
PORTUGUESE Group Session 1 Comments
PORTUGUESE Group Session 1 Comments / Translated to Eng
PORTUGUESE Group Session 1 Comments / Translated to Spa
 
SPANISH Group Session 1 Comments
SPANISH Group Session 1 Comments / Translated to Eng
SPANISH Group Session 1 Comments / Translated to Port
 
Plenary Session II
 
Plenary Session III
RESPONSIBLE SOY: FOOD, FEED AND FUEL TO A FUTURE WORLD
 
Plenary Session IV

Expectations of Civil society and Retailer

 
Plenary Session  V

The soy sector in Argentina

 
Group Session II
Open Space Technology

Open Space 1: Food, Feed, Fuel debate

  • Moderator: Marcos da Rosa, APROSOJA, Brazil, RTRS member
  • Adriano Timossi, Switzerland
    Thematic: Challenges and Opportunities in the EU Market - A Global South Perspective
  • Carlo Lovatelli, ABIOVE, Brazil / Ardenson Orsi, Globalsat, Brazil
    Thematic: Soy Moratorium: A New Paradigm
  • Luis Laranja, WWF, Brazil
    Thematic: New pieces to the puzzle of global agriculture

Open Space 1 documents

Open Space 2: Expectations of Civil society and Retailers

  • Moderator: Jan Nicolai, NUTRECO, The Netherlands, RTRS member
  • Brigit Hofer, COOP, Switzerland.
    Thematic: Communicating to consumers about responsible soy
  • Yan Speranza, Fundación Moisés Bertoni, Paraguay
    Thematic: Value added in the three bottom line results. A succesful strategic alliance between civil society and the soy business.
  • Leonardo Sakamoto, Repórter Brasil, Brazil
    Thematic: The Brazil of Biofuels  - Impacts of crops on land farming, environment and people.

Open Space 2 documents

Open Space 3: The Soy sector Argentina

  • Moderator: Ulises Martínez Ortiz, Fundación Vida Silvestre Argentina, Argentina.
  • Néstor Gasparri, Tucuman University, Argentina
    Thematic: Soy expansion in Argentina and the consequences in deforestation

  • Speaker : Dr. Alberto Escande, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Argentina
    Thematic: Soy Production in Argentina

Open Space 3 documents

 
Closing Session
  • Debriefing to plenary: Marcos da Rosa, Moderator Open Space 1
  • Debriefing to plenary: Jan Nicolai, Moderator Open Space 2
  • Debriefing to plenary: Ulises Martínez Ortiz, Moderator Open Space 3
  • Final conclusions 3rd Conference RTRS: Christopher Wells, President RTRS
  • Closing Speech: Daniel Birchmeier, SECO, Switzerland
  • Closing speech: José María Musmeci, Subsecretary of Planification and Environmental Policy, Argentina