Pandemic, climate crisis, port blockades: Predictability in agricultural production - and thus, food security worldwide - is of outmost importance against the backdrop of ongoing global crises. Countries with great agricultural potential are challenged to produce reliably in the future, to ensure the supply of their own population and, at the same time, to close international supply gaps with exports.
Solutions that support farmers in producing in an ecologically and economically sustainable manner, are becoming increasingly important. For example, modern agritechnologies can help to reduce impact on soil and carbon capture capacities and thus support sound strategic decisions for cultivation.
Against the backdrop of the changing and perpetuating crises, central questions are pressing:
- How can national economies shape their agricultural economies so that they produce sustainably and as independently as possible from external factors?
- Which agricultural policy measures promise lasting success?
- Which concepts reduce susceptibility to crises, where does exchange make sense?
- And what form can international cooperation take that promotes sovereign agricultural production while ensuring that farmers benefit?
We will discuss these questions in a panel discussion on the example of the Eastern European/Central Asian region.
Panelists
Franziska Appel, Keynote-Speaker
Research assistant and head of junior research group / IAMO
Dirk Stratmann, Facilitator
Country spokesman for Ukraine and Central Asia / German Agribusiness Alliance
Markjan Dmytrasewitsch, Panellist
Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Ukraine
Mariya Yaroshko, Panellist
Project Manager / German-Ukrainian Agricultural Policy Dialogue (APD Ukraine)
Cornelia Horsch Panellist
Managing Director / Horsch Maschinen GmbH
Anastasiia Bilych Panellist
Chief Marketing officer / Arnika Organic Kyiv
The conference languages are German, English, Russian and Ukrainian.
The GFFA expert panel will take place in cooperation with the German Eastern Business Association.
Online registration is possible free of charge on the following website: www.gffa-berlin.de/en. Furthermore, a live stream in German and English will also be available on the website.
16. Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA)
“Food Systems for Our Future: Joining Forces for a Zero Hunger World!”
17 - 20 January 2024 ǀ CityCube Berlin ǀ Messedamm 26 ǀ 14055 Berlin, Germany
