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The 2020
European agriculture: Long term challenges, new
public and private policies
The conference was held at Sciences
Po, on January 29, 2009, and January 30, 2009,
with the support or contributions of:
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the conference proceedings, click here
Programme
I – FARMERS CONFRONTED
BY SOCIETY’S CLAIMS: January 29, 2009
In 1957, the Treaty of Rome had
no difficulty assigning five goals to the CAP:
(i) to increase productivity, (ii) to ensure a
fair standard of living for farmers, (iii) to
stabilize markets, (iv) to assure the availability
of supplies, and (v) to ensure reasonable prices
for consumers. The mistake was to use one single
instrument (guaranteed production prices) to try
to reach all five goals—hence the CAP’s total
or partial failure in relation to the last four
goals.
Things are much more complex
nowadays. In particular, agriculture in Europe
and around the world has to face long-term challenges
that were unknown back in the 1960s—in particular,
climate change, and limited energy and water resources.
Session 1. Agriculture
and Climate Change
President Patrick MESSERLIN,
Groupe d’Economie Mondiale (GEM)
Wiseman Gerald NELSON, IFPRI
Discussants Nathalie GUESDON, Ministry of Agriculture
& Fisheries - Stéphane DE CARA, INRA AgroParisTech
Session 2. Agriculture
and Energy
President Ann TUTWILER,
Hewlett Foundation
Wiseman Michael LEVI, Council on Foreign Relations
Discussants Daniel BALLERINI, Institut Français
du Pétrole - Ronald STEENBLIK, OECD
Session 3. Agriculture
and Water
President Alexandre LE VERNOY,
Nestlé Waters & Groupe d’Economie Mondiale
(GEM)
Wiseman Bart SCHULTZ, UNESCO-IHE
Discussants Bernard BARRAQUE, CNRS - Daniel ZIMMER,
World Water Council - Jacques PASQUIER, Confédération
Paysanne
II – AGRICULTURE AND NEW
PUBLIC POLICIES: January 30, 2009
The coming years will be dominated
by three kinds of public policies which were relatively
unimportant a few years ago: structural adjustment
policies, policies dealing with agricultural and
food safety, and those ensuring “multifunctionality”.
These policies deal with
concerns that often nurture fears and protectionism.
However, it is worth recalling that Europeans’
diet—an essential component of health—has little
in common with what it was thirty or forty years
ago, and this is mainly due to international trade
of food products. As a result, the appropriate
question about the three policies is to know how
to develop them in a rapidly globalising world.
Session 4. Agriculture,
Food Security, and Food Safety
President Louis-Pascal MAHE,
INRA
Wiseman Jo SWINNEN, LICOS Leuven
Discussants Laurence ROUDART, AgroParisTech -
Aymard DE MONTIGNY, SAF-agriculteurs de France
Session 5. CAP and
Structural Adjustment
President Pierre BOULANGER,
Groupe d’Economie Mondiale (GEM)
Wiseman Catherine MOREDDU, OECD
Discussants Jean-Pierre BUTAULT, INRA - Bruno
LEDRU, Jeunes Agriculteurs
Session 6. Agriculture
and “Multifunctionality”
President Jean-Pierre BUTAULT,
INRA
Wiseman David HARVEY, Newcastle University
Discussants François LEFEBVRE, CNASEA - Louis-Pascal
MAHE, INRA - Thierry POUCH, APCA
Lunch/Buffet
Keynote speaker: Maria ROSANDER
: Permanent Representation of Sweden (EU)
III –AGRICULTURE AND
NEW PRIVATE POLICIES: January 30, 2009
Price fluctuations, climate risk
(apart from climate change), health crises, and
the like, also require new private policies, especially
those facilitating better risk management and
enhanced competition, from farm to consumer.
Session 7. Agriculture
and Risk Management
President Jean CORDIER,
INRA
Wiseman Per MOLANDER, MAPSEC
Discussants Jesus ANTON, OECD - Yves Salmon, Groupama
Session 8. Agriculture,
Agribusiness and Competition Policy
President Frédéric JENNY,
ESSEC
Wiseman David SPECTOR, Paris School of Economics
Discussants Jean-René Buisson, ANIA
Steering Committee
Pierre Boulanger
Louis-Pascal Mahé
Patrick Messerlin
Stefan Tangermann
Technical Assistance
Gabrielle Barraqué
Nicolas Berghmans
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