The following sequences are available: Introductory remarks Isolina Boto and Dr. Hansjörg Neun, CTA Welcome remarks by organizers Klaus Rudischhauser, DG Development, European Commission Cecile Riallant, EC-UN Joint Migration and Development Initiative Panel 1: Exploring the links between migration and rural development H.E. Girma Asmerom Tesfay, Ambassador of Eritrea to the EU Tamara Keating, … Continue reading Video material from the eighth briefing
11 December 2008 – How does international migration affect ACP rural development?
CTA in partnership with the European Commission-DG Development and EuropeAid, the EU Presidency, the ACP Secretariat, Euforic, Concord and IPS Europe organized the 8th Brussels Development Briefings on 11th December 2008. The Briefing discussed the issue of : "How does international migration affect ACP rural development?". Two panels discussed benefits and challenges that migration can … Continue reading 11 December 2008 – How does international migration affect ACP rural development?
Long term investments in agriculture essential to grasp and sustain opportunities
Brussels, 16 October 2008: After a welcome by Dr Hansjörg Neun, Director of CTA, Lluis Riera Figueras from European Commission DG Development and Sir John Kaputin, Secretary General of the ACP Secretariat appreciated the good timing of this 7th Brussels Development Briefing. FAO Director General Jacques Diouf addressed the audience by video from Rome. Lluis Riera Figueras opened arguing … Continue reading Long term investments in agriculture essential to grasp and sustain opportunities
The food crisis: What needs to be done
In his concluding remarks to the 7th Brussels Development Briefing on food prices, Professor Eric Tollens from the Catholic University of Leuven underlined that this crisis is an urgent wake-up call. Agricultural supply has been proven to have a low price elasticity; in other words the huge price increases only led to a low increase … Continue reading The food crisis: What needs to be done
Rising food prices: An opportunity for change? – Audience reactions
What did participants at the October Briefing think of the discussions? We asked for some reactions: Pierre Berthelot, Director of the Coordination Unit for the All ACP Agricultural Commodities Programme, underlined three main points. First, even if it's clear that we are seeing an increase in food prices, agricultural prices are actually declining over the … Continue reading Rising food prices: An opportunity for change? – Audience reactions
Regional cooperation: A solution to Africa’s food crisis?
Brussels, 16 October 2008: In the 7th Brussels Development Briefing on rising food prices, Cris Muyunda presented how COMESA aims to improve food security in Eastern and Southern Africa. He argued that the current high food prices pose a heavy burden on COMESA Member States. Studies show that a 10% increase in food prices lead … Continue reading Regional cooperation: A solution to Africa’s food crisis?
Technology the solution to the food crisis?
Brussels, 16 October 2008: In the 7th Brussels Development Briefing on rising food prices, Dr Mike Bushell from Syngenta provided a private sector perspective on how to feed the world. He argued that good technologies to increase yields already exist, but we have to deploy this technology safely in local sustainable agricultural systems. In the … Continue reading Technology the solution to the food crisis?
The EC response to the food prices crisis
Brussels, 16 October 2008: Speaking to participants at the 7th Brussels Briefing on rising food prices, Philip Mikos, Head of the Environment, Food Security, and Rural Development Unit of the European Commission's DG Development set out the main ways that the Commission is responding to the food price crisis. He referred participants to two recent EC communications: … Continue reading The EC response to the food prices crisis
Food prices: More than food production
Brussels, 16 October 2008: In the 7th Brussels Development Briefing on rising food prices, Stineke Oenema representing the CONCORD European Food Security Working Group called for sufficient policy space of developing countries to make independent decisions on protecting their markets. While there seems to be a general consensus that smallholder agriculture needs a boost to … Continue reading Food prices: More than food production
Farmers essential to address the food crisis
Brussels, 16 October 2008: In the 7th Brussels Development Briefing on rising food prices, Renwick Rose from WINFA, the Caribbean, passionately underlined the need of a frank and serious dialogue with the farmers on the ground. He highlighted that there have been very many food initiatives in the last decades, but why did they all … Continue reading Farmers essential to address the food crisis
