Refocusing security on food and nature - CAP renewal for better farming
The conference addressed the state of Common Agriculture Policy, challenges that land managers currently face, and possible solutions to achieve better farming. In particular, the 4th Forum for the Future of Agriculture focused on: ‘Knowledge based Agriculture, Sustainability and environmental security in farming’, ‘Riches and servitudes of the food chain’ and ‘Rural areas: Are they losers of globalisation?’
Agenda
Mar 15, 2011
Opening statement on priorities for the CAP
Franz Fischler – Chair, FFA2011,
Chairman, RISE Foundation
Keynote: The CAP in the spotlight
Keynote Address: Commissioner Dacian Ciolos
Responses:
- Padraig Walshe – President, COPA
- Ken Ash – Director of Trade and Agriculture, OECD
- Lester Brown – Founder andPresident, Earth PolicyInstitute
Moderator: Stephen Sackur – BBC World
Coffee Break
Session I: Knowledgebased Agriculture
Opening Address:
Aalt Dijkhuizen – Chairman of the Executive Board Wageningen UR
Responses:
- Maurice Moloney – Director and Chief Executive, Rothamstead Research Institute
- Roel Bol – Programme Director, Biobased Economy, Dutch Ministry of Agriculture
- Christoph Büren – Vice President of SAF – agriculteurs de France
Moderator: Tim King – European Voice
Session II: Sustainability and environmental security in farming
Keynote address: Commissioner Janez Potocnik
Responses:
- Mairead McGuinness – MEP, EPP group and Member of the Agriculture and Rural Development Committee
- Jaqueline McGlade – Executive Director, European Environment Agency
- Carl-Albrecht Bartmer – President, DLG
Moderator: Stephen Sackur
Session III: Competition &sustainability, rewards & transparency along the food chain
Keynote speech:
- Lester Brown – Founder and President, Earth Policy Institute
Session IV: are rural areas the losers of globalisation?
Provocation Speech: Dirk Ahner – Director General, DG REGIO
Discussion:
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- Benoit Coppée – Président, la Foire de Libramont
- Allan Buckwell – Policy Director, CLA; Chairman, ELO Policy Group
- Hildegard Kuhlmann – Head of division “Farm diversification and regional marketing”,Chamber of Agriculture North RhineWestphalia
Moderator: Stephen Sackur
Coffee Break
Session V: CAP reform for better farming.
Panelists:
- Paolo De Castro – MEP, S&D, Chair Agriculture and Rural Development Committee
- Reimer Böge – MEP, EPP, Rapporteur multi-annual financial framework, Budget Committee
- George Lyon – MEP, ALDE, Rapporteur CAP post 2013, Agriculture and Rural Development Committee
- Corrado Pirzio-Biroli – President, ELO, Vice Chairman, RISE Foundation
Moderator: Tim King
Concluding remarks and conclusions from the student forum
Franz Fischler – Chair, FFA2011, Chairman, RISE Foundation
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