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 Information for Participants

• Agenda 
• List of participants

Objectives of the workshop

This workshop will explore the role of the private sector in fostering green growth in the agro-food chain. The following issues will be addressed:

• What is the role of private sector and joint private-public approaches in greening the agro-food sector?
• What potential do new technologies hold, including biotechnologies, in increasing productivity (and reducing waste) in the agro-food sector in a sustainable manner?
• What are the main obstacles to harnessing private-public partnerships and joint approaches?

Proposed sessions

For further details, see the draft agenda above.

• Session 1: Setting the scene
  
  David BLANDFORD
  Paper    Abstract     Powerpoint
  
  Thomas KIRCHBERG
  Paper      Abstract      Powerpoint
  
    
• Session 2: Improving productivity and resource efficiency in an environment of green growth
  
  Innovation in Plant Biotechnology for Green Growth
  Joachim SCHNEIDER
  Abstract      Powerpoint
  
  
  Nutrient Use Efficiency for Crops
  Koen VAN KEER
  Abstract      Powerpoint
  
  
  The Netherlands Agri-food Sector to-the-top by Sustainable Innovative Growth
  Martin KROPFF
  Abstract     Powerpoint
  
  
  
• Session 3: Tracking performance
  
  

  Report from the Green Growth Knowledge Platform Conference:
  Measuring and Reporting on Green Growth - Private Sector Initiatives
  Giuseppe NICOLETTI
  Powerpoint
  
  
  
  What's your Field-print? Tracking and Promoting Sustainable Development
  Fred LUCKEY
  Abstract      Powerpoint
  
  From Assessment to Continuous Improvement: An AgBalance Study on Soybean, Corn and Cotton Production in Brazil
  Markus FRANK
  Abstract      Powerpoint
  
  
  Life cycle and GHG analyses
  Simon AUMONIER
  Abstract      Powerpoint
  
  
  Discussion: 4 Measurement Perspectives
  Paul SCHREYER
  Powerpoint
  
  
  

• Session 4: Roundtable Discussion: The way Forward
  
  Richard PERKINS
  Powerpoint
  
  
• Session 5: Concluding remarks
  
  
  Moderators, Speakers and Discussants

 Luncheon: Side-event organized by the International Fertiliser Association and BIAC

We wish to draw your attention to a side-event hosted by the International Fertilizer Industry Association (IFA) and BIAC entitled “Fertilizing Crops to Improve Human Health”. This side-event, held over a luncheon in the OECD Chateau, will last a little over an hour and will take place during the lunch break of the OECD/BIAC workshop. It will feature presentations by three distinguished panel speakers:

• Ismail Cakmak (Sabanci University, Turkey),
• Patrick Heffer (IFA), and
• Andrew Green (International Zinc Association),

followed by a brief Q&A session.

Fertilizing Crops to Improve Human Health: a Scientific Review

Participants attending the OECD/BIAC workshop are invited to attend the side-event and luncheon. If you wish to attend the lunch, please inform Ms. Sophie Babeix (sbabeix@fertilizer.org) no later than 15 April 2013.

It is essential to register in advance in order to participate in this lunch event.

Related publications

• OECD Green Growth Studies: Food and Agriculture
  
  

• Environmental and Socioeconomic Indicators for Measuring Outcomes of On-Farm Agricultural Production in the United States   http://www.fieldtomarket.org/report/
  
  Welcome to the Fieldprint Calculator - a tool to help you analyze how your decisions relate to sustainability   http://www.fieldtomarket.org/fieldprint-calculator/

Contact

For further information on this workshop please contact:

• Dimitris Diakosavvas, Trade and Agriculture Directorate, OECD
  e-mail: Dimitris.Diakosavvas@oecd.org
• Jonathan Greenhill, Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD (BIAC)
  e-mail: greenhill@biac.org