Our friends at Farm Foundation hold another free forum … this time on global agricultural policies on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. The forum, entitled Perspectives on Global Agricultural Policies, will be from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. EDT at the National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW, Washington D.C. and will feature the official release of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) 2012 Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation Report.
Speakers at the Forum will include:
Frank van Tongeren, head of the Division of Policies in Trade and Agriculture at the OECD Trade and Agriculture Directorate, will provide an overview of the OECD report.
Keith Fuglie, Chief of the Resource, Environmental, and Science Policy Branch in the Resource and Rural Economics Division of USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS), will provide perspectives on productivity and innovation policies.
Riikka Rajalahti, Senior Agricultural Specialist at the World Bank, will offer perspectives from developing countries.
Farm Foundation President Neil Conklin will discuss U.S. farm policy issues.
After their brief presentations, the floor will be opened for discussion.
Register by noon Monday, Sept. 17. More information is available on the Farm Foundation website.