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Fighting food inflation through sustainable investment

10 March 2008, London

9.45 - 10.15Registration and coffee
  
10.15 - 10.30Opening remarks by EBRD President, Jean Lemierre, and FAO Director General, Jacques Diouf [Speech  (0.1Mb)]
  
10.30 - 11.00FAO: Unrealised agricultural potential in the region
EBRD: Rising food prices: causes, consequences and policy responses
  
11.00 - 11.30

Session I: What is needed to unleash the production potential?

  • How is food price inflation affecting people?
  • What policies need to be in place to incentivise production?
  
11.30 - 12.00Discussion
  
12.00 - 13.30Lunch
  
13.30 - 14:45

Session II: How can public and private sector work better together?

  • What makes a good investment climate?
  • What makes a good investor?
  
14.45 - 16.00

Session III: How can a sustainable agribusiness climate prevail?

  • What makes investment in agribusiness sustainable?
  • What are the responsibilities of the private and public sector?
  
16.00 - 16:30Coffee break
  
16.30 - 17.15

Session IV: What are the next steps?

Open discussion

  
17.15 - 17.30Closing remarks by Jean Lemierre and Jacques Diouf
  
17.30 - 19.00Cocktail Reception

 



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