Agricultural Trade and Food Security in the Euro-Med Area

Akdeniz Ülkeleri Ekonomik Araştırmalar Merkezi İktisat Bölümü işbirliği ile 25-26 Eylül 2014 tarihlerinde “Agricultural Trade and Food Security in the Euro-Med Area” başlıklı uluslararası bir workshop (çalıştay) düzenlemiştir.

 

Workshop on Agricultural Trade and Food Security in the Euro-Med Area

Akdeniz University (Turkey), 25-26 September 2014

 

Jointly organised by the European Commission (EC) and Akdeniz University,

Department of Economics and Economic Research Center on Mediterranean Countries (CREM).

with support from Enlargement and Integration Action of the EC Joint Research Centre

 

Provisional agenda

Version 21 August 2014

 

 

Thursday 25 September 2014
09:15-09:30 Welcome tbd, European Commission

A. Ali Koç, Akdeniz University

9:30-13:00            Selected challenges:  trade, institutions, market information  
09:30-10:00 Measuring and Decomposing Cost of Agricultural Trade Between Turkey, the EU and MENA Countries Selim Çağatay,

Akdeniz University

 

10:00-10:30 Modelling trade facilitation in Euro-Med Area

 

Chahir Zaki,

University of Cairo

 

10:30-11:00 How Does Institutional Convergence Help Agricultural Trade in the Euro-Med Area? Suleyman Degirmen,

Mersin University

 

11:00-11:30 Coffee Break  
11:30-12:00 The impact of NTMs on agro-food trade between the EU and selected MENA countries A. Ali Koç,

Akdeniz University

 

12:00-12:30 Trade integration in North Africa and Food Security

 

Pierre Boulanger,

JRC IPTS

12:30-13:00 MED-AMIN:  a Mediterranean network on agricultural markets information for food security purposes Christine Ton Nu,

CIHEAM-IAMM

13:00-14:30 Lunch at Akdeniz Restaurant  
14:30-16:00            Selected challenges:  productivity, climate change, water  
14:30-15:00

 

Agricultural Productivity Growth in the Euro-Med region: empirical convergence? Mattas Konstadinos,

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

 

15:00-15:30 Climate change, agriculture and trade: impacts and dynamics for Turkey

 

Hasan Dudu,

JRC IPTS

15:30-16:00 Water policy, poverty reduction and food security: a comparative wide analysis for Morocco and Tunisia Chokri Thabet,

Higher Agronomic Institute of Chott Meriem

16:00-16:30 Coffee Break  
16:30-17:45            Panel Session: Policies and Investments

 

 
16:30-17:00 Policies and Investments for Poverty Reduction and Food Security in the MENA+TI Countries Clemens Breisinger,

IFPRI

17:00-17:45 General discussion

 

 
19:30 Dinner  
Friday 26 September 2014
9:30-11:00 Selected challenges:  food waste,  food chain, diets  
9:30-10:00 Food losses and waste in the MENA countries: status, prospects, and strategies for reduction Mohamed Yussuf Aw-Dahir,

FAO

 

10:00-10:30 Sustainability of food chains in the Euro-Med Area

 

Giulia Palma,

CIHEAM-IAMM

 

10:30-11:00 Changing Diets in the MENA Countries: Implications for Nutrition and Food Security

 

Fatima Hachem,

FAO

11:00-11:30 Coffee Break  
11:30-12:45            Panel Session: Projections and prospects

 

 
11:30-12:00 Food security in the Euro-Med Area in 2030 Anis Salem,

Development Works

 

12:00-12:45 General discussion

 

 
12:45-13:00 Concluding remarks tbd, European Commission

Ahmet Bayaner, Akdeniz University

13:00-14:30 Lunch at Akdeniz Restaurant  
14:30-17:30 Farewell social event – A tour in Antalya historic places  
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