trade dialogues
Trade Dialogues on Food
As part of its Trade Dialogues initiative, the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ is launching Trade Dialogues on Food, with the aim of encouraging a debate on the role of international trade in food security. Experts from governments, non-governmental organizations, businesses, academia, think tanks and foundations will be invited to discuss the most topical issues in food trade. Each discussion can be watched live on this page. If you wish to participate in the debate, please email us your questions in real time at [email protected]. A recording will be made available after the event.
Full Catalogue of Episodes
Big Take-Aways (Volume I, 2020-2022)
Big Take-Aways (Volume II, 2023)
Introduction
The aim of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ Trade Dialogues on Food is to create a conversation around the role of international trade in food security. The Trade Dialogues on Food invite experts from governments, non-governmental organizations, businesses, academia, think tanks and foundations, to debate the most topical issues in food trade. Each year the international trading system moves enough wheat, maize, rice and soybean to feed approximately three billion people around the globe. Meanwhile, 190 million tons of fertilizer applied to farmland annually play a key role in helping us grow enough food to sustain our expanding population, with much of it traded on the international stage. Climate change will make international trade even more central to food security, acting as a vital conduit for food from food-surplus to food-deficit nations in the wake of natural calamities. The Trade Dialogues on Food are designed to shed greater light on the complexity of the food trade nexus, creating a safe space for public policy debate.
Wednesday 20 March - 14h - 15h30 C.E.T
"COP 28 and Food Trade – Second Edition" (C.E.T.)
Monday 29 January, 1-2.30 pm CET
"COP28 and Agriculture Trade" (C.E.T.)
Thursday 1 June, 2-3.30 pm CET
“The Black Sea Grain Initiative”
Thursday 16 February, 2-3.30 pm CET
“High Tech Foods and °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ Rules”
Thursday 22 September, 2-3.30 pm CET
“Improved Seed Trade; Unlocking Global Food Security”
Jeudi 30 juin, 14 heures-15h30 CET
“Parlons des Céréales”
Thursday 21 April, 2-3.30 pm CET
Agricultural Trade; The Chokepoints and the Suez Crisis
Special Edition of the Trade Dialogues on Food
Thursday 3 March, 2-5.15 pm CET
Combating Illicit Trade in Food and Food Fraud
14:00 - 15:30
Speakers in High Level Opening Panel
Anabel Gonzalez
Deputy Director General, World Trade Organization (°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ)
Maximo
Torero
Chief Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Jeffrey
Hardy
Director General, Transnational Alliance to Combat Illicit Trade (TRACIT)
Tarek
Sharif
Executive Director of the African Union Mechanism for Police Cooperation (AFRIPOL)
Antonia
Marie De Meo
Director, United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI)
Moderated by:
Doaa Abdel-Motaal
Senior Counsellor, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ Agriculture and Commodities Division
15:30 - 15:45
Transitional Break
15:45 - 17:15
Speakers in Technical Panel
Marco
Musumeci
Program Coordinator, UNICRI
John
Spink
Director, Food Fraud Prevention Academy & Assistant Professor, Michigan State University
Carmen
Bullon
Legal Officer, Development Law Service, FAO
Jan Mei
Soon
Senior Lecturer in Food Safety Management, University of Central Lancashire
Quincy
Lissaur
SSAFE Executive Director
Co-Moderated by:
Christiane Wolff
Counsellor, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ Agriculture and Commodities Division
Melvin Spreij
Head, Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF)
Thursday 20 January 2022, 2-4 pm CET
A Voice for the Future: Youth Engagement in Agricultural Trade
Speakers
Kourtney Hollingsworth
National Youth Coordinator for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of the Secretary
Claire Sterngold
Youth Entrepreneurship Community Manager at the International Trade Centre (ITC)
Luciano Loman
Board Member of the Youth Alliance for Zero Hunger, and Chairman of Nuffield Brazil International Farming Scholars Association
Helen Gyasi
Agribusiness Project Officer at the Netherlands African Business Council
Kathryn Lundquist
Economic Affairs Officer - Economics, Research and Statistics Division at the World Trade Organization (°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ) - MSMEs and E-commerce expert
Jim Leandro Cano
Philippines Country Representative for the Young Professionals for Agricultural Development and Director for Agritech at 8Layer Technologies
Moderator
Gloria Manu
Economic Affairs Officer, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ Agriculture and Commodities Division
Thursday 28 October 2021, 2-4 pm CET
Exploring the Nutrition and International Trade Nexus
Speakers
Chris Hegadorn
Secretary, Committee on World Food Security
Sumbue Antas
Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Vanuatu to the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ
Anne Marie Thow
Associate Professor, School of Public Health, University of Sydney
Charlie Worthington
Food Specialist, Consumers International
Rick White
Chair, International Agri-Food Network
Erik Wijkstrom
Counsellor, Trade and Environment Division, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ
Moderator
Doaa Abdel-Motaal
Senior Counsellor, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ Agriculture and Commodities Division
Tuesday 5 October 2021, 2-4 pm CET
'Food Miles': Do They Help or Hurt our Planet?
Speakers
Tara Garnett
Director of Table, Oxford Martin Program on the Future of Food
Tim Benton
Director, Environment and Society Programme, Chatham House
Alexander Kasterine
Senior Advisor, Sustainable and Inclusion Value Chains Section, International Trade Center
Yi Fan Jiang
Head of Science and Regulatory Affairs, Food Industry Asia
Gabrielle Marceau
Counsellor for Research on Legal Policy, Economic Research and Statistics Division, World Trade Organization
Moderator
Doaa Abdel-Motaal
Senior Counsellor, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ Agriculture and Commodities Division
Thursday 1 April 2021, 2-4 pm CET
Enabling Agricultural Trade; An Independent United Nations Food Systems Summit Dialogue by the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ Secretariat
Speakers
Marion Jansen
Director, Trade and Agriculture Directorate, OECD
Geeta Sethi
Advisor and Global Lead for Food Systems, World Bank
Arianna Giuliodori
Secretary-General, World Farmers' Organisation
Boubaker Ben-Belhassen
Director, Markets and Trade Division, FAO
Robbert de Vreede
Executive Vice-President Global Foods, Unilever
Berry Marttin
Member of Managing Board, Rabobank (responsible for International Rural and Retail Banking, Leasing, Sustainability)
°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ Representatives on Episode
Michael Roberts
Head, Aid-for-Trade Unit, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ
Melvin Spreij
Head, Standards and Trade Development Facility
Moderator
Doaa Abdel-Motaal
Senior Counsellor, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ Agriculture and Commodities Division
Thursday 25 February 2021, 2-3.30 pm CET
The Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor; What Next for the African Continent?
A joint event by °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ-IFPRI-IISD
For the Background Documents for the Dialogue click below:
Speakers
Chahir Zaki
Associate Professor of Economics (and Co-Editor of the Trade Monitor), Cairo University
Halima Noor
Senior Trade Advisor at the African Union
Elizabeth Nsimadala
President of the Pan-African Farmers Organization and the Eastern Africa Farmers Federation
Xolelwa Mlumbi-Peter
Ambassador of South Africa to the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ
Edwini Kessie
Director, Agriculture and Commodities Division, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ
Moderators
Doaa Abdel-Motaal
Senior Counsellor, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ Agriculture and Commodities Division
Jonathan Hepburn
Senior Policy Advisor, International Institute for Sustainable Development
Thursday 19 November 2020, 2-3.30 pm CET
The AOA@25, Teaser for °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ Agriculture Symposium 2020
Speakers
Sunanta Kangvalkulkij
Ambassador of Thailand to the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ
Xolelwa Mlumbi-Peter
Ambassador of South Africa to the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ
Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla
Head of Latin American and Caribbean Program, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Robert Koopman
Director, Economic Research and Statistics Division, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ
Edwini Kessie
Director, Agriculture and Commodities Division, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ
Moderator
Doaa Abdel-Motaal
Senior Counsellor, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ Agriculture and Commodities Division
5 November 2020, 2-3.30 pm CET
The Future of Food, Digitalization, Automation and COVID-19
Speakers
Maximo Torero
Chief Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Sean de Cleene
Head of the Future of Food, World Economic Forum
Emma Weston
CEO & Co-Founder, AgriDigital
Oswaldo Loor
Founder and CEO, Shenzhen Drones
Ulla Kask
Counsellor, Agriculture and Commodities Division, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ
Moderator
Doaa Abdel-Motaal
Senior Counsellor, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ Agriculture and Commodities Division
1 October 2020, 2-3.30 pm CET
Food Trade Policy, the G20, and COVID-19
Opening Remarks
Alan Wolff
Deputy Director-General of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ
Speakers
Saad Abdullah Khalil Esa
Economic Advisor, Ministry of Environment, Water, Agriculture (MEWA) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Randal Giroux
Chair of The Grain and Feed Trade Association (GAFTA) Global Trade Policy Committee, and Vice President - Global Regulatory Leader at Cargill
Maximo Torero
Chief Economist and Assistant Director-General of the Economic and Social Development Department of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Edwini Kessie
Director, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ Agriculture and Commodities Division
Moderator
Doaa Abdel-Motaal
Senior Counsellor, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ Agriculture and Commodities Division
25 June 2020, 2.00 - 3.30 pm CET
The Disruptors: A Conversation with the Technology Giants Revolutionizing African Agriculture
Speakers
°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ participants
Emmanuelle Ganne
cAnalyst, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ Economic Research and Statistics Division
“Blockchain, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises and the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ”
Gabrielle Marceau
Senior Counsellor, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ Economic Research and Statistics Division
“Innovation and the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ Rule-Book”
Moderator
Doaa Abdel-Motaal
Senior Counsellor, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ Agriculture and Commodities Division
11 June 2020, 2.00 – 4.00 pm CET
Food Trade Logistics, Navigating the Risks of COVID-19
Joint °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ - World Economic Forum (WEF) Webinar
Speakers
Siddharth Adya
Vice President, Group Cargo Solutions and Platform Development, PSA International
Ertharin Cousin
CEO and President, Food Systems for the Future (former Executive Director of the World Food Programme)
Allan Lerberg Jørgensen
Head of Sustainable Trade, Maersk
Arnaud Petit
Executive Director, International Grains Council
Sheri Rosenow
Counsellor, Market Access Division, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ Trade Facilitation Section
Lisa Sweet
Head of Future of Protein, COVID Response, and Food Health of the World Economic Forum
Moderator
Doaa Abdel-Motaal
Counsellor, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ Agriculture and Commodities Division
28 May 2020, 2.00 - 3.30 pm CET
COVID-19, Flattening the Food Insecurity Curve in Africa
Speakers
Trudi Hartzenberg
Executive Director TRALAC (Trade Law Center, South Africa)
Theo de Jager
President, World Farmers Organization
Junior Davis
Head of Policy Analysis and Research Branch, Division for Africa and LDCs at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Edwini Kessie
Director, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ Agriculture and Commodities Division
Halima Noor
Senior Trade Advisor, African Union
Moderator
Doaa Abdel-Motaal
Counsellor, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ Agriculture and Commodities Division
14 May 2020, 2.00 - 3.30 pm CET
Global Value Chains in Agriculture and Food, in an Era of COVID-19
Speakers
Caroline Emond
Director-General, International Dairy Federation
Paolo Giordano
Principal Economist, Inter-American Development Bank
Charlotte Hebebrand
Executive Vice-President and Chief Sustainability Officer at Nutrien, and former Director General of the International Fertilizer Association
Edwini Kessie
Director, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ Agriculture and Commodities Division
Matt Kovac
CEO of Food Industry Asia
Daniel Njiwa
Head of Regional Food Trade, Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa
Moderator
Doaa Abdel-Motaal
Counsellor, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ Agriculture and Commodities Division
Webcast
30 April 2020, starting time 2 pm CET
International Trade and Food Security in the Era of
COVID-19
Speakers
Shenggen Fan
Senior Chair Professor, College of Economics and Management, China Agriculture University, and former Director General of International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Andrea Gruber
Head Special Cargo, International Air Transportation Association (IATA)
Maximo Torero
Chief Economist and Assistant Director-General of the Economic and Social Development Department of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Alan Wolff
Deputy Director-General of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ
Virtual Remarks
Moderator
Doaa Abdel-Motaal
Counsellor, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ Agriculture and Commodities Division
Disclaimer
The opinions expressed in the Trade Dialogues on Food do not in any way reflect the official position of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ or its members.
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