Food Security and Trade in Asia Pacific

International Food and Agricultural Trade Policy Council

IPCSeminars

Charting the Course: Food Security & Trade in the Asia-Pacific & LAC Region

Co-hosted by IPC and the

Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

May 17 - 18, 2012

Washington, DC

Full Agenda [PDF]

See the slideshow of photos from the seminar

The broader Asia-Pacific region—encompassing countries in Asia, North, Central and South America, and Oceania—accounts for more than half of both global GDP and the world’s food supply, includes key food exporters and importers, and encompasses populations with rising incomes and transforming diets, alongside subsistence agriculture and urban poor. It is not surprising that food and agricultural policy issues have moved front and center on the agendas of the region’s policymakers, farm groups, food industry and civil society. Given its prominent role in both global food production and consumption, efforts to promote food security and forge new trade ties in the Asia-Pacific region will surely resonate around the world.

The IDB and IPC are pleased to convene a seminar to take stock of food policy related developments and initiatives in the region. High-level speakers will include policymakers, private sector representatives and academics from the region and feature discussions about a number of food security, trade and regulatory initiatives occurring in the region. Participants will actively engage in shaping recommendations aimed at promoting food security and a more open, productive and sustainable food and trade system.

Presentations and Remarks

Keynote Speakers:

The Honorable Tim Groser, Minister of Trade and Minister for Climate Change Issues, New Zealand

Read the Minister's remarks here.

Marcos Jank, President, Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association/UNICA (IPC Member)

See Marcos Jank's presentation here.

The Honorable Isi Siddiqui, USTR Chief Agricultural Negotiator

Read Ambassador Siddiqui's remarks here

James C. Borel, Executive Vice President, DuPont
Emery Koenig, Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer, Cargill

The Honorable Tim Groser

Panel I: National Views and Debates

Yasuo Watanabe: Outlook for Japanese Food Security and Trade Policies
Eugenia Serova: A View from Russia
Jikun Huang: Chinese Perspectives
H.S. Dillon: Tackling Food Insecurity in Indonesia
Alberto Valdés: Food and Agriculture in Chile
Antonio Ortiz-Mena: The Role of the G-20 in the Mexican Perspective

Panel II: Private Sector Perspectives

Raul Montemayor: Farmers' Priorities
Carlos Lozada: Peruvian Food Sector Priorities and Challenges Export to Asia
Malcolm Bailey: Dairy Policies and Politics
Hans Joehr: Prioritizing Food Safety
Marlynne Hopper: Public-Private Partnership to Enhance SPS Capacity

Panel III: Food Security

Hidenori Murakami: The APEC Agenda: The Niigata Action Plan for Food Security
Hans Klemm: The Newly Luanched APEC Policy Partnership on Food Security
Peter Timmer: What Role for ASEAN Rice Reserves?

A Primer on Food Price Volatility by Peter Timmer (background note)

A short interview with Peter Timmer on Reserves

Paolo Giordano: The Impact of Food Prices on Food Security and the Role of Latin America

Demonstration of IDB's trade database to keep track of SPS Challenges to Export Agricultural Product

Panel IV: Trade and Regulatory Policy

Robert Scollay: Treatment of Food and Agricultural Issues in trade Agreements and Negotiations
Clayton Yeutter: Food and Agricultural Trade in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiations
Grant Aldonas: Tackling Regulatory Convergence: APEC and the Trans-Pacific Partnership
James Bacchus: Which Road(s) to a Free Trade Area for the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP) and What About the WTO?
Andrew D. Powell: Regulatory Challenges and Opportunities for Agricultural BIotechnology

Press Release:

Food Security Requires National Efforts and International Coordination

Location:

Inter-American Development Bank:

1330 New York Avenue NW, Washington, DC

Enrique V. Iglesias Conference Centre

Full Agenda [PDF]