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THE 9th INTERNATIONAL PERMACULTURE CONFERENCE (IPC9)
DESIGNING SOLUTIONS FOR A SUSTAINBLE FUTURE:
PLAN AFRICA – FOOD & EMPOWERMENT
KUMBALI VILLAGE, LILONGWE, MALAWI. FRIDAY 6 NOVEMBER 2009
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Conference
overview
The IPC9
conference brings together Permaculture practitioners, the public and
relevant instituions to share on the inspirational stories from grass
roots people coming from all continents who have used Permaculture
and related approaches to transform their lives towards sustainable
living. The conference is an opportunity to build alliances and to
begin to shape strategies that can be used to mainstream functional
land design as a tool for sustainable development.
Conference
objectives
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To
bring together Permaculture practitioners, farmers, learners,
extensionists, members, the public and government and civil society
agencies to network and share knowledge and strategies
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To
provide a platform where ecologically sustainable initiatives,
projects, programmes, best practices are show cased and positioned
for scaling up through linkages
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To
build synergies towards a Plan Africa for the empowerment of African
communities for food sovereignity, nutrition security and improved
sustainable livelihoods.
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE (preliminary):
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07.30 to 08.00
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Registration
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08.00 to 08.30
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Opening remarks
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Rev.
Eston Pembamoyo, Permaculture in
Malawi;
Member,
International Permaculture Council;
IPC9 Coordinator
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08.30 to 09.10
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Permaculture –
The promise (A performance)
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John Wilson
and group
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09.10 to 09.50
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Yield in the
first year of a rainfed African multi-cropping design
system
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Kasisi
Permaculture trial plot team
representative
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09.50 to 10.05
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Permaculture as a strategy for
South African villages
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Dr.
Terry Leah,
Newcastle University, Australia
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10.05
to 10.30
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Plan Africa: Food &
Empowerment – Strategies from the convergence
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Rapporteur
from the convergence
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10.30 to 11.00
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Health break
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11.00 to 11.20
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Official
opening of the conference
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Guest of honour, Malawi Government
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11.20 to 12.00
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Keynote speech (to be announced)
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12.00 to 12.30
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Tree planting : IPC9 forest
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Kumbali staff village
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12.30 to 13.30
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Lunch break
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13.30 to 14.30
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Closing session
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14.30 to 16.30
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Markets and displays
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See also, CONFERENCE PRESENTERS
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