1. implications for ACP countries
Brussels Rural Development Briefings A series of meetings on ACP-EU development issues
Briefing session n° 21:
Geopolitics of Food:
implications for ACP countries
Brussels, 2nd February 2011
8h30 – 13h00

2. Brussels Rural Development Briefings A series of regular meetings
on ACP-EU development issues
since 2007

3. Half a day ACP-EU policy-dialogue meetings held every two months
Targeting Brussels based development community: ACP-EU policy makers, representatives of EU and ACP Member States, European Parliament, civil society groups, researchers and development practitioners, international organisations

4. Aimed at sensitising, promoting information sharing and networking
Bringing different perspectives around the table
Multiactors partnership: CTA, the EC/DG Development and EuropeAid, the ACP Secretariat, Concord

5. Holistic approach to rural development
Food security and food crisis
Trade and development
Environment and climate change
Aid effectiveness and rural governance
Migration and development
Health and safety in agriculture
Cross-cutting issues: gender, ICTs for development, research, youth

6. Michael Hailu, Director, CTA
Programme and Objectives of the Meeting
Ms Isolina Boto, Head of CTA Brussels Office
Introductory remarks
Michael Hailu, Director, CTA
Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Secretary-General of the ACP Group

7. Objectives of this Briefing
To raise awareness on key challenges
To promote exchange of information and expertise
To feed in the debate by bringing various perspectives

8. Moderator: Jean-Pierre Boris, Journalist, Commodities specialist, RFI
Panel 1: New challenges in the global food system and ACP agricultures
This session will review the complexity of the
global food system in the context of the crises, the
effects of climate change, the global agricultural
and trade policies and the consequences for the
ACP agriculture and small farmers.

9. Panel 2: What policy options and future
governance to secure food for all?
This panel will explore how will farming systems be
in future, especially in ACP countries and the
policy actions and changes able to promote food
security and resilient food systems that generate
growth in the poorest countries while protecting and
empowering small-scale farmers

10. Target group 200 ACP-EU policy makers, representatives of EU
and ACP Member States, European Parliament,
civil society groups, researchers and development
practitioners, international organisations based in
Brussels and some ACP researchers and farmers
coming from ACP countries.

11. Inputs/Outputs A Reader/Resources on Financing Agriculture
in ACP countries
Summary of key issues
Documents available online
Websites
Acronyms
Glossary
…To be complemented and further developed

12. Online resources Read presentations, consult documents,
listen to interviews, view videos, make
comments before, during and after
the meetings at:
(English)
(French)

13. Water Scarcity: how much water we eat?
Next Briefing:
Water Scarcity: how much water we eat?
6th April 2011
Centre Borschette