Forest Conservation Programme

3rd Round Table Conference on Responsible Soy

"RESPONSIBLE SOY: FOOD, FEED AND FUEL TO A FUTURE WORLD" 23 - 24 April 2008 Hotel Hilton, Buenos Aires, Argentina

All interested stakeholders are invited to attend this meeting dedicated to exploring the future of responsible soy production and use. The first day’s session will focus on the development of the Round Table for Responsible Soy (RTRS) Principles and Criteria (P&C) and include a session where participants will have the opportunity to provide feedback to the current draft P&Cs. The second day’s programme explores in more depth the conference theme of “food, feed and fuel” with a plenary presentation by Peter Goldsmith of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Other presentations include consumer and retailer perspectives and an in-depth look at the Argentinean context for soy production.

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