Rising Food Prices: an opportunity for change? Opportunities and Challenges European food security group

This presentation Food prices crisis EFSG statement Challenges: trade and agriculture Opportunities: Right to Food

Food prices crisis

EFSG statement

Challenges: trade and agriculture

Opportunities: Right to Food

EFSG Statement Review of other papers Analysis of proposed actions Challenges Governance of aid Trade policies Agricultural policies

Review of other papers

Analysis of proposed actions

Challenges

Governance of aid

Trade policies

Agricultural policies

CHALLENGES Boost to smallholders agriculture new green revolution ? biologically agro-ecological agriculture? Programmes designed in collaboration with farmers’ organisations

Boost to smallholders agriculture

new green revolution ?

biologically agro-ecological agriculture?

Programmes designed in collaboration with farmers’ organisations

CHALLENGES Trade policies Liberalisation? Protection of own (agricultural) sector Is quick liberalisation compatible with increased agricultural production by small farmers??

Trade policies

Liberalisation?

Protection of own (agricultural) sector

Is quick liberalisation compatible with increased agricultural production by small farmers??

CHALLENGES Trade policies Bolivia example Cameroon, chicken case Countries need protection in order to strengthen their own production sectors

Trade policies

Bolivia example

Cameroon, chicken case

Countries need protection in order to strengthen their own production sectors

CHALLENGES Yes, there is protection, is this enough?

Yes, there is protection, is this enough?

CHALLENGES We need to ensure sufficient policy space in countries to decided on their own food security strategies Both intensification of small holders agriculture and sufficient border protection are needed

We need to ensure sufficient policy space in countries to decided on their own food security strategies

Both intensification of small holders agriculture and sufficient border protection are needed

OPPORTUNITIES Food prices crisis: Brings people together to tackle the crisis and protect the vulnerables Start of a new food system? Right to food should be central

Food prices crisis:

Brings people together to tackle the crisis and protect the vulnerables

Start of a new food system?

Right to food should be central

OPPORTUNITIES Every man, woman, child has the right to adequate food World Food Day 2008 Launch of Richt to Food Watch

Every man, woman, child has the right to adequate food

World Food Day 2008

Launch of Richt to Food Watch

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