IPCSeminars
Sustainability in Food and Agriculture:
The Role of the Private Sector and Government
October 15-16, 2007
Stratford-Upon-Avon
England
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Agriculture requires water and healthy soil, both of which are threatened by inefficient practices, population growth, and changing food preferences. The agricultural sector is no longer providing only food, feed, and fiber, but increasingly also fuel. Rising temperatures and climate variability present additional challenges. While there is consensus that the aim of sustainability is to meet the needs of the present while also ensuring that future generations will have sufficient resources, less consensus exists on how to achieve it. How can we find a balanced approach that encompasses both conservation efforts and technological innovation, since both are crucial for sustainable production?
Consumers, producers, and retailers of food products and biofuels are keen to promote environmental sustainability, yet this means many things to different people. It is important to examine initiatives underway and determine what really makes sense at different stages of the supply chain. Governments are also active in promoting sustainability and food security, yet their agricultural support and trade policies are not always in sync with their environmental and development policies. How can environmental sustainability practices best be incentivised at the national and international level?
In October 2007, the International Food & Agricultural Trade Policy Council (IPC) held an international seminar which brought together international food and agricultural trade experts, environmental experts, farm leaders, government officials, and agribusiness and food retail executives to examine a range of pressing issues confronting the agricultural sector and food security. The seminar also focused on the role of the private sector and governments in addressing these challenges. Please refer to the full program below for the agenda and speaker lineup.
Sustainability in the Food and Agricultural Sector
October 15-16, 2007
Presentations and Speeches
- Robert L. Thompson, IPC Member, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign:
Challenges Facing the Food & Agricultural Sector
- Jikun Huang, IPC Member, Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy:
Opportunities and Challenges Facing the Food and Agricultural Sector
- Allan Buckwell, European Landowners Organization Policy Group:
Challenges Facing Food & Agriculture: The European Response?
- Klaus Schumacher, Toepfer International:
Biofuels Introduction
- Jason Clay, World Wildlife Fund:
Biofuels and Renewables: Sustainability and Bioenergy Standards
- HS Dillon, IPC Member, CAPS Center for Agricultural and Policy Studies:
Sustainability and Trade: A Different Perspective
- Maruli Gultom, ASTRA International:
Sustainability Issues Surrounding the Production of Palm Oil and Biodiesel
- Willem-Jan Laan, IPC Member, Unilever:
Biofuels from a Food Industry Perspective
- Alfred Szwarc, UNICA:
Biofuels
- Francois Falloux, Eco-Carbon:
Carbon Sequestration and Trading: Implications for Agriculture
- Franz Fischler, IPC Member, former EU Agriculture Commissioner:
The Role of Sustainability in Europe's Common Agricultural Policy
- Jon Ratcliff, Food and Agriculture Consultancy Services:
Best Practices Introduction
- Lord Jeff Rooker, DEFRA:
Prepared Remarks- Keynote Speech
- Moustapha Magumu, Health and Consumer Protection, European Commission:
Best practices / Sustainability along the Production Chain
- Mary Mehigan, ASDA:
Climate Change
- Meurig Raymond, National Farmers Union:
Sustainability along the Supply Chain: A British Farmer Perspective
- Hans Johr, IPC Member, Nestle:
Sustainability - Challenges in Sourcing Agricultural Materials
- Jerry Steiner , IPC Member, Monsanto:
Creating Sustainable Outcomes for Agriculture
- John Bensted-Smith, Directorate-General Agriculture, European Commission:
EU Agricultural Policy and Sustainability
- Tiku Shah, Fresh Produce Exporters Association of Kenya:
Kenyan Horticulture - The Challenges 50 Years Down the Line
- Harsha V. Singh, World Trade Organization:
Remarks on Sustainability and Trade
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