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Interview with Ken Ash, Director of the OECD Trade and Agriculture Directorate, on Re-energising Global Agricultural Productivity

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Category : EU Agriculture | Sub-Category : EU Food & Farming | Programme : Special Feature Week

Interview with Ken Ash, Director of the OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) Trade and Agriculture Directorate, on Re-energising Global Agricultural Productivity

At the G20 Summit in Cannes, world leaders agreed for the first time to commit to sustainably increase agricultural production and productivity in order to feed a world population expected to reach more than 9 billion people by 2050. To that end, they estimated that agricultural production will have to increase by 70% over the same period. In order to achieve this goal, agreement was reached to further invest in the agriculture sectors of the poorest countries. Furthermore, it was established that market information and transparency should improve in order to make international markets for agricultural commodities more effective and mitigate the adverse effects of excessive price volatility.

viEUws brings you in-depth and thorough analyses through a series of exclusive interviews with key stakeholders in this debate. Recorded at the G20 seminar jointly organized by the French Permanent Representation and the Australian Government in Brussels on 13 October 2011, titled: 'Re-energising Global Agricultural Productivity'.

Q1 - 0'24'' - What are the main obstacles to achieve global productivity and ensure food security?

Q2 - 1'22'' - Is there a policy coherence in the EU when it comes to the agriculture, trade and development policies?

Q3 - 2'09'' - Has the EU a role to play with regard to providing food security beyond its borders?

Q4 - 3'24'' - How shall smallhoders be helped?

Q5 - 4'26'' - Is there scope to improve synergies between the OECD, the FAO and the UN?

Q6 - 5'21'' - Has the June Agriculture Ministers G20 action plan felt short of expectations?

Q7 - 6'40'' - Is the Agricultural Markets Information System working?

Q8 - 7'13'' - What is preventing food for humanitarian aid from becoming reality?

Q9 - 7'52'' - The proposed CAP reform: is it a step in the right direction?

Posted on : 08/11/11

Hosted by : Rose O'Donovan

Tags : Agricultural Productivity, Common Agricultural Policy, food security, G20, OECD