Introduction to the 7th Brussels Development Briefing: Food prices

Brussels Rural Development Briefings A series of meetings on ACP-EU development issues
Briefing session n° 7:
Rising Food Prices: an opportunity for change?
Brussels, 16 th October 2008
8h30 – 12h30
http://brusselsbriefings.net
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Rising Food Prices: an opportunity for change?
Introductory remarks
Dr Hansjörg Neun, Director of CTA
Prof. Lluis Riera, Director, DG Development, European Commission
Sir John Kaputin, Secretary General of the ACP Secretariat
Jacques Diouf, Director -General FAO from Rome
Programme and Objectives of the Meeting, Ms Isolina Boto, CTA
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Context – Alarming signs for ACP
The world food prices have doubled in the past 3 years, while witnessing alarming peaks
A lthough more cereal per capita is produced, some one billion people can no longer afford it
Competition between food and fuel and combined effects of climate
We face a global fuel, food and financial crisis and financial crash could deepen food crisis
Will support measures/safety be in place?

Context – New threats
According to FAO, countries most affected,
especially in Africa, will need at least a total of
US$1.7 billion to start reviving agricultural systems
that have been neglected for several decades. And
this amount is just for immediate and short term
measures during 2008-2009.
Will funding follow?

New Opportunities?
Reversing the decades-long decline in investment in agriculture
Pushing for investment in agriculture and irrigation, access to technology and well-functioning marketing and credit systems
Strengthening the key role of information and cooperation related to food and markets
Will political will follow?

Objectives of this Briefing
To raise awareness on key challenges
To promote exchange of information and expertise
To feed in the debate on food crisis by bringing various perspectives

Programme
Panel 1: Rising food prices: trends and impacts
What are the causes, trends and impacts of the
food prices crisis with a special focus on ACP
countries and on the small-scale farmers.
What are the immediate actions taken or needed
to respond to the most urgent needs?

Panel 2: Food for all: achieving a long term resiliency
What are the best policy options and actions at
international, regional and national level for the
medium and long term to ensure food security for
the most vulnerable households and market stability
for ACP economies?

Target group
145 ACP-EU policy makers, representatives of EU
and ACP Member States, European Parliament,
civil society groups, researchers and development
practitioners, international organisations based in
Brussels.

Participants

Inputs/Outputs
A Reader/Resources on Food crisis
Summary of key issues
Documents available online
Websites
Acronyms
Glossary
… To be complemented and further developed

Online resources
Read presentations, consult documents,
listen to interviews, view videos, make
comments before, during and after
the meetings at:
http://brusselsbriefings.net/ (English)
http://bruxellesbriefings.net (French)

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