Global Forum for Food and Agriculture 2015 the Growing Demand for Food, Raw Materials and Energy: Opportunities for Agriculture, Challenges for Food Security?

PROGRAMME Global Forum for Food and Agriculture 2015 The growing demand for food, raw materials and energy: opportunities for agriculture, challenges for food security?

15 – 17 January 2015

GFFA Berlin e.V. 2 3

Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) Programme Overview

The Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) is an internation- Thursday, 15 January 2015 al conference that focuses on central questions concerning the 12:30 - 18:30 Business Lounge page 10 future of the global agri-food industry. It is held during Internation- CityCube Berlin, Cube Café - Level 2 al Green Week (IGW) and will be taking place in its current form for 13:30 - 15:00 Kick-off Event page 9 the seventh time. The forum gives representatives from the worlds CityCube Berlin, Hall A1 – Level 1 of politics, business, science and civil society an opportunity to 15:30 - 17:30 Expert Panel Discussions page 10 CityCube Berlin, M1-M8 – Level 3 share ideas and enhance political understanding on a selected topic From 18:00 Opening Event of the International of current agricultural policy within the context of food security. Green Week and GFFA 2015 GFFA is organised by the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture CityCube Berlin, Hall B – Level 2 (BMEL) in cooperation with the Senate of Berlin, Messe Berlin GmbH (by personal invitation only) and GFFA Berlin e.V.. From 20:00 Reception for foreign guests Exhibition grounds, Hall 23 a (by personal invitation only) Under the title “The growing demand for food, raw materials and energy: opportunities for agriculture, challenges for food security?”, the forum will discuss topics, such as the ever greater demand Friday, 16 January 2015 for resources and the changes in the roles played by producers and 09:00 - 19:00 Business Lounge page 11 processers in the food industry, formulate new challenges and CityCube Berlin, Cube Café - Level 2 identify future prospects. 10:00 - 12:00 Expert Panel Discussions page 11 CityCube Berlin, M1-M8 – Level 3 14:00 - 16:00 Working Meetings page 12 CityCube Berlin, Hall A1-A2 – Level 1

Saturday, 17 January 2015 09:00 - 15:00 Cooperation Market with Business Lounge page 13 CityCube Berlin, Hall A8 – Level 1 10:00 - 12:00 International Panel Discussion page 13 CityCube Berlin, Hall A6-A7 – Level 1 14:00 - 18:30 Berlin Agriculture Ministersʼ Summit page 14 Federal Foreign Office (by personal invitation only) 15:00 - 18:30 International Business Panel page 15 Deutsche Telekom Building (by personal invitation only) The participants of the Berlin Agriculture Ministers’ Summit 2014 From 19:00 Evening reception hosted by the page 15 German agri-food industry Deutsche Telekom Building (by personal invitation only) 4 5

Preface

Ladies and Gentlemen,

The world population is growing rapidly and hence the challenges that bioeconomy brings, based on the premise of demand for food, raw materials and energy supplies is also food security. growing. Agriculture plays a key role in this regard. Agricul- ture‘s first and foremost task is and continues to be to feed the The aim of the GFFA is, in a series of expert panel discussions, world‘s population. However, it has had to deal with a number working meetings and an international panel, to identify ways of new demands in recent years. Agriculture is now expected and means of sustainably meeting the diverse and growing to provide food security and also at the same time to meet in- demands that are being made of the agricultural sector. As in creasing needs for other resources, such as raw materials and the past years, the results of the various GFFA events will guide energy. the work of the Berlin Agriculture Ministers‘ Summit – the largest international conference of agriculture ministers in the Bioeconomy, a sustainable, bio-based and diversified form of world. Their decisions, formalised in the Final Communiqué agriculture, provides an approach that can meet these diverse of the 7th Berlin Agriculture Ministers’ Summit, will then demands. Bioeconomy makes it possible to increase food contribute to the international debate on agricultural policy. production efficiently, produce healthy and high-quality food, promote the use of bioenergy and protect the environment GFFA 2015 is organised by the Federal Ministry of Food and and the climate at the same time. In this context, conflict and Agriculture (BMEL) in cooperation with the Senate of competition regarding aims and the use of scarce resources Berlin, Messe Berlin GmbH and in close collaboration with must be reconciled. Closely interconnected trade flows and the the German agri-food industry, represented by GFFA demand for fair and just participation in global markets are Berlin e.V.. Representatives from politics, industry and society a challenge for all of us. We are faced with the task of finding in general will take on shared responsibility and make a contri- new approaches for a coherent agricultural policy. bution to solving central issues that are of vital importance for the future of the global agri-food sector. This is a challenge we wish to tackle at the 7th Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA). Under the GFFA‘s I would like to cordially invite you to join the discussions and heading “The growing demand for food, raw materials and the meetings and make your contribution to enrich GFFA with energy: opportunities for agriculture, challenges for food your ideas! security?”, the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture offers key stakeholders from politics, industry, academia and society Christian Schmidt, Member of the German Bundestag a platform to discuss the future opportunities, potential and Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture 6 7

Greeting

Dear Readers,

The State of Berlin has 33 agricultural enterprises, around 700 I am therefore delighted that this year Berlin is once again cows, 400 sheep and fewer than 100 pigs. I admit that we are hosting GFFA during International Green Week. With this now not a big producer, and we will not be able to solve the urgent being the seventh time, it is now a good and long-standing tra- problems of sustainable global food security with our limited dition. resources. I hope that all participants at GFFA enjoy an interesting debate However, this does not stop us from trying to develop intelli- and I am looking forward to the new approaches and ideas that gent solutions to these challenges. As the fair and just distribu- will be developed. tion of resources is one of our society‘s most important tasks. Achieving this will not be possible without modern agriculture Best wishes and agricultural experts.

Thomas Heilmann Senator for Justice and Consumer Protection 8 9

Impressions of GFFA 2014 Kick-off Event Thursday, 15 January 2015

13:30 – 15:00 CityCube Berlin, de/en/fr/es Hall A1 - Level 1

This time there will be again a kick-off event to mark the official opening of GFFA. The aim of the event is to present different facets of this year’s main theme “The growing demand for food, raw materials and energy: opportunities for agriculture, challenges for food security?”, highlight relevant problems which will be dealt with in the other GFFA events, and set the stage for GFFA 2015. Cooperation Market, Welcoming Address Peter Bleser GFFA 2014 Parliamentary State Secretary, BMEL, Germany

Sabine Toepfer-Kataw State Secretary, Senate Berlin, Justice and Consumer Protection

Panellists Tabaré Aguerre Agricultural Minister, Uruguay

Eduardo Trigo Impression Scientific Adviser at the International Relations of the Directorate of the Ministry of Science, expert panel Technology and Innovation, Argentina discussions, GFFA 2014 Manuel Lainez Director General, National Institute of Agricultural Research, Agriculture and Food Technology, Spain

Arrival of the Mmboneni Muofhe Ministers to the Deputy Director General, Department 6th Berlin of Science & Technology, South Africa (requested) Agriculture Ministers‘ Sum- Facilitator Prof. Dr. Dr. Joachim von Braun mit in the Welt- Director at the Center of Development Research saal of the at the University of Bonn Federal Foreign Office

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Expert Panel Discussions Expert Panel Discussions Thursday, 15 January 2015 Friday, 16 January 2015

12:30 - 18:30 CityCube Berlin, Cube Café - Level 2 09:00 - 19:00 CityCube Berlin, Cube Café – Level 2

Business lounge Business lounge

15:30 - 17:30 CityCube Berlin, Room M1 – Level 3 en 10:00 - 12:00 CityCube Berlin, Room M1 – Level 3 de/en

The Role of Satellite Information for Global Food Security More participation – better decisions! Participation enables Organiser German Aerospace Center people to have a stake in development, bioeconomy and in more food security! 15:30 - 17:30 CityCube Berlin, Room M2/M3 – Organiser Catholic Rural Movement Germany Level 3 de/en/ru 10:00 - 12:00 CityCube Berlin, Room M2/M3 – Level 3 en/de Value chain-driven development of rural areas in Eastern Europe – perspectives for food, fuel and fibre The chances of bioeconomy in the tension of food first, growth and Organiser German Agribusiness Alliance, Committee on transformation Eastern European Economic Relations Organiser Forum on Environment and Development Co-Organiser Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO) 10:00 - 12:00 CityCube Berlin, Room M4/M5 – Level 3 de/en

15:30 - 17:30 CityCube Berlin, Boosting economic growth in rural areas in India through an Room M4/M5 – Level 3 de/en efficient agricultural and food value chain Organiser German Agribusiness Alliance at OAV – Sustainable supply of biomass for use in a growing bioeconomy – German Asia-Pacific Business Association Sustainability criteria from the perspective of industry, academia and NGOs, and possible application within existing certification 10:00 - 12:00 CityCube Berlin, Room M6/M7 – Level 3 de/en systems. Organiser Agency for Renewable Resources Primacy of food security in bioeconomies – an illusory precondition? 15:30 - 17:30 CityCube Berlin, Room M6/M7 – Level 3 en Organiser Welthungerhilfe / Center for Development Research Bioenergy in Brazil: Experience and way forward Organiser Ministry of Agriculture (Ministério da Agricultura, 10:00 - 12:00 CityCube Berlin, Room M8 – Level 3 en Pecuária e Abastecimento; MAPA) Co-Organiser English Brazilian Agribusiness Association Bio-economy: a solution for all? Associção Brasileira Agronegócio (ABAG) Organiser Fertilizers Europe

15:30 - 17:30 CityCube Berlin, Room M8 – Level 3 en/ru

Sustainable Bio-energy: implications for Climate Change and Food Security in ECA region Organiser Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (FAO)

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Working Meetings International Panel The international organisations FAO and the World Bank are Discussion holding their own working meetings during GFFA which will focus on specific aspects of this year’s main theme. The results Saturday, 17 January 2015 of the two working meetings will feed directly into the Berlin Agriculture Ministers’ Summit and the final communiqué. 9:00 - 15:00 CityCube Berlin, Hall A8 – Level 1

Cooperation market with business lounge

10:00 – 12:00 CityCube Berlin, de/en/fr/ru/es/zh Hall A1 – Level 1 Friday, 16 January 2015 International Panel Discussion

The growing demand for food, raw materials and energy: opportuni- 14:00 – 16:00 CityCube Berlin, Hall A1 – Level 1 de/en/fr/ru/es ties for agriculture, challenges for food security?

Working meeting of FAO The International Panel Discussion is a high-calibre discussion hosted by the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture. It involves representa- 14:00 – 16:00 CityCube Berlin, Hall A2 – Level 1 de/en/fr/ru/es tives from politics, industry, science and civil society along with appro- ximately 1,400 international guests. Working meeting of The World Bank Welcoming Address Christian Schmidt MdB Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture

Keynote speech Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Nigeria

Podium Dr. Evelyn Nguleka President of the World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO) Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Joachim von Braun Director at the Center for Development Research, University of Bonn Dr. Deon Nel Conservation Director, WWF Regional Office for Africa

Facilitator Dunja Hayali ZDF

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Berlin Agriculture Ministers’ International Summit Business Panel

Saturday, 17 January 2015 Saturday, 17 January 2015

14:00 – 18:00 Federal Foreign Office 15:00 - 18:30 Deutsche Telekom Building de/en

The Berlin Agriculture Ministers’ Summit (closed to the public) Food Security: Growing demand for food, fibre and energy: will again take place in the Weltsaal of the Federal Foreign Of- Opportunities for agriculture and industry; Challenges for food security and sustainability fice in 2015. It will bring together politicians from all over the world to discuss the subject of “The growing demand for food, Facilitator Rayul Pandya-Lorch Head of 2020 Vision raw materials and energy: opportunities for agriculture, chal- Initiative, International Food Policy Research lenges for food security?”. A final communiqué from the sum- Institute, IFPRI mit will formulate the Agriculture Ministers’ joint position and Panel I Growing demand for food, fibre and agricultural will feed into the international agricultural debate. raw material and the rising need for sustainable production. Challenges and opportunities Opening Statement Phil Hogan Commissioner for Agriculture (tbc) Panellists Prof. Joachim von Braun Chairman, Bio Economy Council of the Federal German Government Dr. J. B. Penn Chief Economist, John Deere & Company Ajay Vir Jakhar President, Farmers’ Forum India Panel II How can we produce more and better, while protecting the natural resources, the climate and the environment? Opening Statement José Graziano da Silva Director-General, UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) (tbc) Panellists Bernd Naaf Board of Management, Bayer CropScience AG Evelyn Nguleka President, World Farmers Organization (WFO) Jürgen Leiße Board of Management, Mondelēz Deutschland GmbH Federal Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich hands over the 2014 final communiqué From 19:00 Deutsche Telekom Building de/en

Evening reception hosted by the German agri-food industry Organiser GFFA Berlin e.V. Phone: +49 30 200 786 180 E-Mail: [email protected]

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