CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR LATIN AMERICAN AGRICULTURE
October 10th: Global Outlook and Policy Responses
08:30 Registration
09:00 Welcome Remarks
• G20 AMIS Chair - Marcelo Fernandes Guimarães
• OECD Head of Agro-food Trade and Markets Division - Jonathan Brooks
• FGV/GV Agro Coordinator - Roberto Rodrigues
• Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply of Brazil - Tereza Cristina Corrêa da Costa Dias (tbc)
09:30 2. Keynote Address: Global Economic Outlook
• FGV/Brazilian Institute of Economics (IBRE) Director - Luiz Guilherme Schymura - Presentation
10:00 3. Latin American Agriculture in a Global Context
• Global Market Situation
10:00 International Grains Council (IGC) Executive Director - Arnaud Petit - Presentation
10:15 AMIS Secretary - Abdolreza Abbassian - Presentation
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 FAO Economist - Peter Thoenes - Presentation
11:15 FAO Economist - Shirley Mustafa - Presentation
• The Medium-Term Outlook for World Agricultural Markets
11:30 OECD Head of Agro-food Trade and Markets Division - Jonathan Brooks - Presentation
11:45 FAO Senior Economist - Holger Matthey - Presentation
• Agricultural Prospects for Latin America
12:00 OECD Head of Agro-food Trade and Markets Division - Jonathan Brooks - Presentation
• Moderator
12:15 Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) Deputy Director, Grains and Oilseeds Division - Tony Mc Dougall
12:45 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 4. Challenges for Latin American Agriculture
• Maintaining productivity growth and export performance
14:30 Ministry of Agroindustry of Argentina Under Secretary for Agricultural Markets - Jesús Silveyra
• Climate change and its synergies with sustainable business in the Brazilian agricultural sector
14:45 Embrapa Coordinator of Climate Change - Giampaolo Queiroz Pelegrino - Presentation
• Moderator
15:00 Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) Deputy Director, Grains and Oilseeds Division - Tony Mc Dougall
15:15 5. Policy Responses in the Latin America Region
• Evidence from OECD evaluations of agricultural policies - Presentation
15:15 OECD Senior Economists - Jesús Antón and Florence Bossard - Presentation
• An Inter-American Development Bank’s studies perspective
15:30 Inter-American Development Bank Economist (IDB) - Paolo De Salvo - Presentation
• Moderator
15:45 Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply of Brazil - Secretary for Agricultural Policies - Eduardo Sampaio Marques
16:00 6. Trade Prospects and Tensions: Implications for Latin American Agriculture
• The EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement
16:00 EU Delegation to Brasil - First Councilor - Luis Araque de Juan - Presentation
16:15 Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI) - Trustee Emeriti - Ambassador Marcos Azambuja
• The US-China Trade Negotiations
16:30 USDA Senior Policy Adviser to the Chief Economist - Joseph Cooper - Presentation
16:45 International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Director of Markets, Trade and Institutions Division - Rob Vos
• Moderator
17:00 WTO Agriculture & Commodities Division Counsellor - Majda Petschen
17: 30 7. Concluding Remarks: the Ways Forward.
• 17:30 FGV/GV Agro Coordinator - Roberto Rodrigues
• 17:45 OECD Head of Agro-food Trade and Markets Division - Jonathan Brooks
• 18:00 (MAPA) - Secretary for Agricultural Policies - Eduardo Sampaio Marques
18:15 Closure of work day
October 11th: Domestic Policy Priorities
09:00 1. Opening Remarks
• 09:00 Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply of Brazil - Secretary for Agricultural Policies - Eduardo Sampaio Marques
• 09:15 FGV/GV Agro - Angelo Gurgel
09:30 2. Sustainable Development of Biofuels in Latin America
• Sustainable Biofuels as an Efficient Option for Mobility
09:30 DATAGRO CEO - Plínio Nastari - Presentation
• Biofuels in Latin America: Current Situation and Perspectives
09:45 Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) - Biofuels International Specialist - Augustín Torroba - Presentation
• Moderator
10:00 State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) Professor - Antônio Salazar Brandão
10:15 - 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 3. The Role of Technological Innovation in the Latin American Agriculture
• Practical Examples of Low-cost Agriculture in Latin America
10:45 Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) - Representative to Brazil - Hernán Chiriboga - Presentation
• Public Research Institutions and Technological Innovation in the Brazilian Agriculture
11:00 Embrapa Researcher - Elísio Contini - Presentation
• Innovation, Productivity and Sustainability in Brazil
11:15 OECD Senior Economist - Jesús Antón - Presentation
• Moderator
11:30 State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) Professor - Antônio Salazar Brandão
11:45 4. Logistics and Infrastructure in Brazil: the Eternal Challenge
• The State of the Art and Recent Developments
11:45 Brazilian Soybean Producers Association (APROSOJA) Logistics Consultant - Edeon Vaz Ferreira - Presentation
• Foreign Investments in Logistics & Infrastructure for the Farm Sector
12:00 Brazilian Confederation of Agriculture and Cattle Raising (CNA) Logistics Consultant - Luiz Antonio Fayet - Presentation
• Moderator
12:15 State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) Professor - Antônio Salazar Brandão
12:30 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 5. Rural Credit in a Context of Changes in Brazil
• Rural Credit and Agricultural Policies
14:30 Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply of Brazil Director of Rural Credit and Information - Wilson Vaz de Araújo - Presentation
• A New Pattern of Funding
14:45 Ministry of Economy of Brazil Under-Secretary for Agriculture and Environment - Francisco Erismá - Presentation
• The Role of Cooperative Banks
15:00 Bancoob Superintendent of Business and Development - Luciano Machado - Presentation
15:15 Sicredi Cooperative Bank Executive President - João Francisco Sanchez Tavares - Presentation
• Moderator
15:30 State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) Professor - Antônio Salazar Brandão
15:45 6. Concluding Remarks and Take Away Messages
• 15:45 FGV/GV Agro - Angelo Gurgel
• 16:00 Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply of Brazil (MAPA) Secretary for Agricultural Policies - Eduardo Sampaio Marques
• 16:15 G20 AMIS Chair - Marcelo Fernandes Guimarães
16:30 Closure of the Seminar
