Farmers' Parliament Congress

Congress venue: Ādaži Cultural Center, Ādaži, Gaujas Street 33 A

Date: March 2, 2015

Time: Registration of participants from 10:00, congress starts at 11:00

Agenda

From 10:00 Arrival, registration and morning coffee

11.00 -13.00 Opening of the Congress

Address by the Chairman of the Farmers' Parliament J. Lazdiņš

Speech by Prime Minister L. Straujuma

Speech by the Minister of Agriculture J. Dūklavas

Congress – Conference Part 1

"Expert's view on the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats to the Latvian agricultural sector", Pēteris Strautiņš, economic expert at DNB Bank

"Development trends and expected challenges in the dairy and meat production sectors", Rigonda Krieviņa, Deputy State Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture

Development trends and main expected challenges in the fruit and vegetable production sector, Edīte Strazdiņa, Chairwoman of the Board of KS Mūsmāju dāžeri

Development trends and expected challenges in the crop production sector.

13.00 -13.45 Lunch break

13.45 -15.30 Congress Part 2

Elections:

– Nomination and approval of the vote counting commission;

– Approval of the agenda and rules of procedure of the Congress;

– Board report on work to date (2014);

– Audit Committee report and its approval;

– Nomination and election of Board members;

– Nomination of candidates for the presidency;

– Review of candidates' work programs;

– Election of the President;

– Nomination and election of candidates for the Audit Committee;

– Presentation and approval of the 2015 work program of the Farmers' Assembly;

Announcement of election results

15:30 Closing of the Congress