TERM OF REFERENCE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
Foreword
At
the turn of the century, as we know, world leaders came together at the United
Nations and agreed on a bold vision for the future through the Millennium
Declaration. The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were a pledge to uphold
the principles of human dignity, equality and equity, and free the world from
extreme poverty. The MDGs, with eight goals and a set of measurable timebound
targets, established a blueprint for tackling the most pressing development
challenges of our time. The main goals is
we can end poverty in 2015. MDGs
have made a profound difference in people’s lives. Global poverty has been halved five years
ahead of the 2015 timeframe. There has
been important progress across all goals, with some targets already having been
met well ahead of the 2015 deadline. All stakeholders will have to intensify
and focus their efforts on the areas where advancement has been too slow and
has not reached all.
Substantial progress has been made in most
areas, but much more effort is needed to reach the set targets. Major trends that threaten environmental
sustainability continue, but examples of successful global action exist. Global emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2)
continued their upward trend and those in 2011 were almost 50 per cent above
their 1990 level. Millions of hectares of forest are lost every year, many
species are being driven closer to extinction and renewable water resources are
becoming scarcer. At the same time, international action is on the verge of
eliminating ozone-depleting substances and the proportion of terrestrial and
coastal marine areas under protection has been increasing.
Hunger continues to decline, but immediate
additional efforts are needed to reach the MDG target. The proportion of undernourished people in
developing regions has decreased from 24 per cent in 1990–1992 to 14 per cent
in 2011–2013. However, progress has slowed down in the past decade. Meeting the
target of halving the percentage of people suffering from hunger by 2015 will
require immediate additional effort, especially in countries which have made
little headway.
Member States are now fully engaged in
discussions to define Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which will serve as
the core of a universal post-2015 development agenda. Our efforts to achieve
the MDGs are a critical building block towards establishing a stable foundation
for our development efforts beyond 2015.
The struggles and upheavals around the
world have highlighted the lack of sufficient knowledge and a Global Services
Support for local people, local governments as well as those who actively work
toward sustainable and integrated development. Access to data, information,
funding, and tools for development are not enough to guarantee success of the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). A suitable social mechanism is necessary
to connect a global audience to necessary resources while providing a system to
translate these goals, data, information and knowledge into sustainable local
best practices. Sustainable development of our global society is possible, but
will require more than work.
Sustainable agriculture was highlighted at
the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD)
in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in June 2012 and the
annihilation of global poverty is a sustainability principle formally endorsed
in “The
Future We Want” Resolution 66/288. Sustainable
agriculture is one of plan for creating
sustainable agriculture as an integral part of global sustainability good for
business.
Sustainable
agriculture is the act of farming using principles of ecology, the
study of relationships between organisms and their environment. It has
been defined as “an integrated system of plant and animal production practices
having a site-specific application that will last over the long term.”Sustainable
agriculture ultimately it seeks to sustain farmers,
resources, and communities by promoting farming practices and methods that are
profitable, environmentally sound, and good for communities. Sustainable
agriculture fits into and complements modern agriculture and it rewards the
true values of producers and their products. Sustainable agriculture works on
farms and ranches large and small, harnessing new technologies and renewing the
best practices of the past.
Sustainable Agriculture is a) economically
viable, if it is not profitable, it is not sustainable, b) socially supportive,
the quality of life of farmers, farm families and farm communities is
important, c) ecologically sound, we must preserve the resource base that
sustains us all. Sustainable agriculture
as a system that can indefinitely sustain itself without degrading the land,
the environment or the people. It reflects our concern with the long-term
viability of agriculture.
The
challenges of sustainable agriculture Research and innovation to increase food
security and crop productivity is one of
the major challenges worldwide in the years ahead, with global food demand
forecast to rise by 70% by 2050, accompanied by the increasing demand for feed,
fibre, biomass, and biomaterial. However, this challenge is accompanied by a
slowdown in productivity growth and increased pressure on the environment and
our natural resources.
The
concept of sustainable agriculture embraces a wide range of techniques, from
organic to low-input, from holistic to biodynamic. The common thread among
these methods is an embrace of farming practices that mimic natural ecological
processes.The key challenge for agriculture is not only to produce in a
sustainable manner, but also to produce more. These challenges will not be
resolved without a major push towards embracing research and innovation. The
challenge is to bring researchers, farmers and other players closer together so
that we can accelerate the speed of technological transfer from science to
farming practice, and provide more systematic feedback about practice needs
from farming to science.
The term Green Growth signifies an
alternative development path that simultaneously pursues socio-economic
progress and environmental conservation.
Green Growth is a 'hot topic' and now a paper is linking it to climate
change and agriculture. As a national
development model that simultaneously pursues socio-economic progress and
environmental conservation, the Green Growth concept has been tested in countries around the world through
context-specific policies and projects.
Green Growth strategies. As national strategies evolve into
on-the-ground practice, robust
investment in climate-smart agriculture will be essential to achieving real sustainability.
THEME AND SUB-THEMES
The
theme of the international conference is divided into seven sub-themes related
to the main theme : ”Driving Sustainable
Agriculture through Developing Green Growth Strategies”.
The Sub-themes are
1. Plant Production and
Food Technologies
2. Sustainable Veterinaries
and Fisheries
3. Forest Sustainability and Biodiversity
4. Environmental Biotechnology, Organic Farming and Biological
Control
5. Managing crop diversity for contributing nutritious diets and enhancing livelihoods
for
farming
communities
6. Enhancing environmental quality and agriculture resources for managing climate
change and
economic development
7. Developing
local market and smallholder
farmer to increase food security
KEYNOTE
SPEAKER DAN INVITED SPEAKERS
1.
Keynote Speaker :
THE
MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, REPUBLIC OF
INDONESIA
2.
Invited Speaker :
Dr.TERESITA
L. CAMBEL
President of SultanKudarat State University– Philippines
Prof.HUBERT
GIJZEN (Environmental BiotechnologyExpert)
Director UNESCO Regional
Office in Jakarta.
Prof. TAKUYA SUGAHARA
Food and Health Scientist
at Research Center Ehime University, Japan
Dr. INOCENCIO E. BUOT Jr.
Dean of Faculty of Management & Development Studies University of the
Phillippines,
Los Banos
TARGET PARTICIPANTS
1.
Researchers and
lecturers from universities
2.
Graduate
students from Indonesia and overseas universities, especially from developing
countries
3.
Representatives
of Government, related to agriculture, animal husbandry, fisheries and marine,
and other ministries
4.
Research
institutions both government and private in agriculture field
5.
Agricultural
industries
6.
Professional
organizations
7.
Non Government
Organizations (NGOs) in the field
of Agriculture.
DATE AND
VENUE
The
international conference will be held on August 6-7th, 2015 and will
be conducted in Technopark
in the Campus of University of Pembangunan Nasional "Veteran" (UPN)
East Java, Surabaya Indonesia.
REGISTRATION
Participants may register starting
November 2014, by sending the registration form via e-mail, faximile, and
website http: //www.icaina2015.com.
Prospective authors of oral presentation or poster are invited to submit
abstracts of not more than 250 words for consideration before April 15,
2015. The abstract will be reviewed,
and a final decision for presentation
will be announced by April 30, 2015.
Full papers should be submitted
by June 30, 2015.
The paper size of the abstract should be 21 x 29,5 cm (A4) with margin
of 4 cm of the left, 3 cm of the top, the bottom and the right. The abstract should be formatted using Time
New Roman font throughout, single spaced paragraph, capitalized titles using 14
pts font size and 12 pts font size for the body text. The abstract should be submitted as a
Microsoft Office Words, file by e-mail attachment to the secretariat, and will
be printed as received.
Regristration Fee
No.
|
Participants
|
Registration Fee
|
1.
|
Student
|
500,000 (IDR) *
|
2.
|
Indonesian Delegate
|
600,000 (IDR) *
|
3.
|
ISSNAT Members
|
500,000 (IDR) *
|
4.
|
Overseas Delegate
|
250 (USD)
|
5.
|
PSSN Members
|
200 (USD)
|
Note:
1. For speakers there
will be an additional cost in the amount of
150,000 IDR *
2. The member of ISSNAT and PSSN have to show the ID card
3. The fee includes city tour
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