The IFPRI 2018 Global Food Policy Report was officially launched in Washington, DC on 20 March. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature & Food Quality are organizing the launch event in the Netherlands in close cooperation with IFPRI and the Food & Business Knowledge Platform.

Shenggen Fan, Director General of IFPRI, will introduce the report and Reina Buijs, Deputy Director-General for International Cooperation at the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, will share her first impressions. The presentation of the report will be followed by a multi-stakeholder panel discussion.

Programme

14.00 Registration
Coffee / thee

14.30 Introduction
Moderator: Paul van de Logt, Head Food and Nutrition Security, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs

• Opening by Shenggen Fan, Director General, IFPRI
• First reaction by Reina Buijs, Deputy Director-General for International Cooperation at the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Q&A to Shenggen Fan and Reina Buijs

15.00 Panel discussion
Panel / react to the report:

• Marit Maij, Special Envoy Migration, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Meike van Ginneken, CEO, SNV Netherlands Development Organisation
• Remco Oostendorp, Professor of International Economics and Director of the Amsterdam Centre for World Food Studies, VU Amsterdam
• Atze Schaap, Corporate Director Dairy Development, Royal FrieslandCampina

16.00 Q&A General

16.15 Closing / wrap-up
Aldrik Gierveld, Dep Director General Agro and Nature, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality

16.30 Drinks

Registration

Please note that this event has place for a limited number of participants only. If you are interested to participate, please send an email to , so we can let you know if there are still places available.