The overall theme is: “THE ROLE OF THE AGRIBUSINESS SECTOR IN THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF LATIN AMERICAN ECONOMIES.” However, Abstracts focusing on broader agricultural economics, sustainability and productivity topics are welcome. This collaborative effort seeks to provide an expanded...

This year’s conference will focus on the findings of the fi-compass study on the financing needs in the agriculture and the agri-food sectors in the EU Member States. The 24 country reports and their results will be shared with the fi-compass community allowing experts and practitioners to...

The World Cocoa Conference is designed for anyone with a stake in the industry. Covering the entire value chain from farmer to chocolate producer and every step in between, the World Cocoa Conference the event to attend if you are involved in the cocoa industry.

This international forum will certainly be a privileged moment to recognize the increasing importance of the social and solidarity economy in the development strategies of countries in the South and in the North. The creation of public policy in favour of its development has accelerated in Latin...

The different topics take into account the main factors (economic, geographic, social, political, technical, cultural etc.) influencing the localization and globalization of food production and the consequences in terms of sustainability and consumer welfare. The first topic analyses what is...

In this 1st International Forum on Insularity in the Mediterranean the main focus areas will be four especially sensitive issues for island territories: agriculture and industry, tourism, transportation and communications and global change.

Good Agricultural Practices are becoming more and more widely adopted with consumer demand for healthy safe and sustainably produced food driving their expansion. An ever increasing number of producers in more than 80 countries are choosing GLOBALGAP certification to fulfil this demand. The...

The goal of this conference is to bring together economists, social scientists working in the area of agricultural policy, policy makers and representatives of farms and food industries in order to discuss and assess the economic and policy implications of the design of pubblic support for...

The overall purpose of the High-Level Conference is to address food security issues in the face of soaring food prices and the new challenges of climate change and energy security. The objective is to assist countries and the international community in devising sustainable solutions to the food...

The Global Agro-Industries Forum (GAIF) will promote dialogue on strategies for developing competitive agro-industries that contribute to poverty reduction. It will thus build on success stories and winning strategies to develop competitive agro-industries in the developing world that include...