Federal Minister Aigner: "Agriculture must ensure that enough food is produced for everyone and reaches everyone"
"Global Forum for Food and Agriculture" (GFFA) in Berlin discusses the challenges of global agricultural and food policy
The "Global Forum for Food and Agriculture" (GFFA) will be held during the International Green Week from 19 to 21 January 2012 for the fourth consecutive year. This forum will bring together government representatives, international business experts, experts from the development sector and researchers in Berlin to exchange views on global agricultural and food policies.
Experts from across the world will gather at more than 20 GFFA expert panels to discuss how various areas and disciplines can together contribute to achieving food security. While events at the global forum in previous years focused on agriculture, climate change, trade and global food security, the motto of this year’s conference is "Food Security through Sustainable Growth - Farming with Limited Resources". The objective is to provide important contributions to the global debate in the lead-up to the UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro (Rio+20) in June 2012.
"Our shared ambition is to ensure that the agricultural sector produces enough food for everyone and that the food reaches everyone. In view of a rapidly growing world population, sustainable farming has a key role to play in all countries," Federal Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner emphasised. According to estimates by the FAO, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, food production must be increased by 70 percent by 2050 compared with 2009 and by 100 percent in developing countries. However, regionally-specific approaches for agriculture must take into account economic, ecological and social aspects. "There will be no global, one-size-fits-all solution for this. It is therefore essential to discuss the new challenges at international level and engage with the business and science sectors and with civil society", said Aigner.
The political highlight of the GFFA will be the 4th Agriculture Ministers’ Summit on Saturday 21 January which will be staged by the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (BMELV). The participating States, which include China, Brazil, Russia, sixteen States from Africa, and a large number of other countries that are not members of the G20, will discuss new ways to achieve food security.
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