2008 Latin America Regional Meeting São Paulo, Brazil April 2-4, 2008 Farm Development Meeting April 7-8, 2008 Supply Chain Meeting Agenda

People from all over Brazil and Latin America gathered in Quixada and Sao Paulo, Brazil in April for the Organic Exchange Farm and Regional Supply Chain Meetings. With these meetings, Organic Exchange (OE) aimed to grow the Latin American organic cotton supply chain by connecting its elements - farmers, researchers, processors, manufacturers and brands - and by providing key resources and knowledge to enable the conversion to organic cotton. Belolw you will find presentations and press coverage from the meeting..

Wednesday, April 2

• Estado actual del algodón orgánico en América Latina
Alfonso Lizárraga, Organic Exchange

• Agroecosistemas, desarrollo rural y agricultura orgánica en el contexto brasileño
Maria Celia de Souza, IEA

• Experiencia del proceso productivo en la experiencia Paraguay
Celia Roa, Aratex Organica

Thursday, April 3

• La experiencia de agricultores y agricultoras familiares en la producción de algodón
Pedro Jorge B. F. Lima, Esplar

• Experiencias en Perú y Nicaragua
Rodolfo Piscoya, APAEM
Raúl Machín, Coproexnic

• La experiencia de Instituto Maytenus en Paraná, Brasil
Jair Pellegrin, Maytenus

• Experiencias de agricultores/as familiares en el semi-árido de Paraiba, Pernambuco y Rio Grande do Norte en la producción de algodón orgánico
Melchior N. Batista da Silva, Embrapa Algodão, Campina Grande

• El algodón agroecológico y el rol de la investigación pública en Brasil
Reginaldo R. Luders, Instituto Agronómico de Campinas

Friday, April 4


• El algodón de color en Sudamérica
James Vreeland, Peru Naturtex Partners (ppt)
Maysa Motta Gadelha, Coopnatural – Paraíba

• Principales cadenas de algodón agroecológico y/o orgánico en Brasil
Thomas Favennec, Tudo Bom

• Resultados y Conclusiones de los grupos de trabajo
Alfonso Lizárraga and Doraliz Aranda, Organic Exchange

• Closing
Final Report

Monday, April 7

• Welcome and Opening
Maria Cox, Organic Exchange

• Market and Overview of Organic Cotton
Doraliz Aranda, Organic Exchange
Simon Ferrigno, Organic Exchange

• Vision of the Farmers
James Vreeland, Naturtex (.ppt)
Olga Segovia, Aratex Orgánica

• Certification and Integrity
Daniel Schuppli, IMO Control

Tuesday, April 8
• Brazilian Market Overview
Maysa Motta Gadelha, Natural Fashion

• The Synergy Between Organic and Fairtrade: Addressing Challenges and Creating Value
  Olga Segovia, Aratex Orgánica
  Thomas Favennec, TUDO BEM?
  
• Telling the Story: Track & Trace and Consumer Education
Ana Cândida Zanesco, Ecotece (.ppt)

• Meeting Wrap-Up
Alfonso Lizårraga and Doraliz Aranda, Organic Exchange

Press
www.algodao.agr.br
www.ecotece.org.br
www.ecotece.org.br