AGENDA
Bioenergy policy, markets and trade and food security |
Chair: Prof. M. Askew |
Day 1: Monday, 18 February 2008, morning
9.00 – 12.30
- Welcome (Ghanem, ADG-ES, FAO)
Session 1: What are the main long-term trends in agriculture, energy and food security?
- Setting the scene (Pingali)
- Long-term outlook for food agriculture (Schmidhuber)
- Long-term outlook for bioenergy (Malyshev)
- Long-term outlook for biofuel feedstock production and technologies (Flavell)
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch Break
Day 1: Monday, 18 February 2008, afternoon
14.00 – 17:30Session 2: Taking stock of biofuel policies: What, where, how, and why?
- What policies are driving the biofuel sector at present? (Runge)
- What are the economics of 1st generation biofuel feedstock production? (Zilberman)
- What do we know about transfer efficiency and effectiveness? (de Gorter)
- Panel presentation (Koizumi, Elbehri, Meyer, Mosoti)
Discussion leader: Sarris
18.00 – 19.00 Cocktail
Day 2: Tuesday, 19 February 2008, morning
9.00 – 12.30
Session 3: The impact of biofuel policies on agricultural markets: production, trade and prices
- Impacts of biofuel policies on markets, trade and prices (Cluff)
- Impacts of US biofuel policies on biofuel trade (Tyner)
- Impacts of EU biofuel policies (Banse)
Discussion leader: Zarrilli
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch BreakDay 2: Tuesday, 19 February 2008, afternoon
14.00 – 17:30Session 4: Implications of biofuels and climate change for the environment
- Impacts of biofuels on greenhouse gas emissions (Fritsche)
- Implications for land use change (Fischer)
- Impacts on water resources (Moreira)
Discussion leader: Parikh
Day 3: Wednesday, 20 February 2008, morning
9.00 – 12.30Session 5: The impact of biofuels and climate change/other long-term drivers on fuel and food security
- Implications for food availability, access, stability and utilization (Huddleston)
- Impacts on food security at global and regional levels (Msangi)
- Food security and bioenergy developments the country level (Maltsoglou)
- Impacts on fuel security (Jai-in)
Discussion leader: Ericksen
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch BreakDay 3: Wednesday, 20 February 2008, afternoon
14.00 – 17:30
Session 6: What are policy priorities to address impacts on fuel and food security?
- Chair's Summary
- Plenary discussion on key messages for the High-Level Meeting