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Food and Agriculture Policies for a Sustainable Future
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Responding to Global Challenges and Opportunities
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OECD Conference Centre, Paris, 25-26 February 2010
In the coming decades, the global food and agriculture system will have to provide sustainably for billions more people and meet greater demands on quality, affordability and availability. Farming will be competing with other sectors for land, water and investment, while climate change adds a new unknown to the equation.
Ministers from OECD member countries and key emerging economies met in Paris on 25-26 February to identify action that best responds to the needs of a rapidly changing world. |
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News
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Press conference with the OECD Secretary-General, co-chairs and Director
 Video of the press conference
Communiqué from the Ministers
Summary by the co-chairs of the meeting
From left: Nikolaus Berlakovich (Austria), Minister and co-chair; Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General; David Carter (New Zealand), Minister and co-chair; Ken Ash, Director, OECD Trade and Agriculture Directorate. More photos from the meeting...
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Video
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Comment
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| Farmers should go green
Kevin Parris of the OECD explains how climate change means farmers will have to be more efficient in their water use.
More OECD videos
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Join the debate! (OECD Insights blog)
We want your opinion on food security, meat production and the main challenges facing the food and agriculture sector.
Have your say by leaving a comment!
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Resources
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Background notes
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Programme
Who's who
Information by country
Information for journalists
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Find out about the issues that informed the discussion, such as climate change, food security, policy reform and the economic situation. More...
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Themes of the meeting
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Focus on...
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Providing for demand
Population growth, changes in eating habits... how can the food and agriculture system best respond to our needs? |
A need for reform
Farm support policies should be better targeted at issues such as the environment, says an OECD report. More... |
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Preparing for the future
Climate change, water shortages... how should agriculture face new challenges and opportunities?
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A positive outlook
Agriculture is more resilient than other sectors to the economic crisis, a joint OECD-FAO report finds. More... |
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Related links
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 OECD Agriculture and Fisheries home page
Berlin Agriculture Ministers' Summit, 16 January 2010 (external link)
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