FAO in Geneva Agriculture Trade Talks: The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets (SOCO)

At this event, FAO presented the main highlights of the 2022 edition of its flagship report, The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets (SOCO), under the theme ‘The Geography of Food and Agricultural Trade: Policy Approaches For Sustainable Development’.
Trade policies play an important role in shaping food and agricultural markets and have significant influence on trade flows. Trade policies in food and agriculture should aim to safeguard global food security, address tradeoffs between economic, social and environmental objectives, and strengthen the resilience of the global agrifood system to shocks, such as conflicts, pandemics and extreme weather.
This session explored how trade policies, based on both multilateral and regional approaches, can address today’s challenges for sustainable development by focusing on the geography of trade, analysing food and agricultural trade and its patterns across countries and regions, its drivers, and the trade policy environment.

Presentation made y FAO:
* Ms Andrea Zimmermann, Economist – Markets and Trade Division, FAO

Panelists:
* H.E. Mrs Pimchanok Pitfield, Permanent Mission of Thailand to the WTO
* Mr Marcel Vernooij, Chair of the WTO Committee on Agriculture, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Netherlands to the WTO
* Ms Michelle Bielik, Acting Executive Director, Strategic Trade Policy Division at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Presentaitons and more related information will be posted shortly in this webpage.