Editorial note from the FOODSECURE coordination team
Just before the summer break, when everyone will hopefully be able to enjoy a good rest from all the hard work, we would like to give you an update of the state of play of the FOODSECURE project. We can look back at a very good consortium meeting in Bratislava, hosted by Jan Prokivcak and Artan Qineti from the Slovakian Agricultural University. In a nice setting we have been taking stock of the work done so far – quite impressive – and have benefited from the views of the review board members on the results presented. Anyone who would like to listen to one or more presentations again can do so here: [FOODSECURE Playlist at youtube]. The power-point presentations can also be found on the FOODSECURE website (project files - please log in). The FOODSECURE project is well on track. A set of new journal and working papers has been published in the project - based on a large number of project deliverables, several with skillful suggestions for improvement from the review board. The papers span a wide number of topics. (Read more about publications [below]).
Project progress: Positive assessment from European Commission
The progress report for the second period (1 Sep 2013 to 31 Aug 2014) has been approved by the EC without any modification and the project officer, Mr Zoltan Krasznai, has given a positive assessment of the advancement of the project. With the project already in its third year, we have started to plan ‘the last mile’. Key activities in the coming months will be: finalising the modelling toolbox and running different scenarios with divergent policies, developing the “Navigator” and organizing the final conference.
The FOODSECURE Navigator
Based on rigorous analyses and stakeholder participation, the project aims to support stakeholders in the design of consistent, coherent, long-term FNS strategies. To get the scientific messages across, the NAVIGATOR will play a key role. A pilot of the NAVIGATOR was presented at the consortium meeting. Briefs will play a key-role in the Navigator. Briefs are short, easy-to-read summaries for non-specialists, to inform visitors of the website about the contents of a deliverable and/or work package. In addition, we aim to develop policy briefs for a number of selected themes that are of key interest to policy-makers within the EU.
Final conference
The final conference will be held in Brussels in the autumn of 2016. Preparations for this conference have started by ZEF and LEI in consultation with the EC. To ensure an effective dialogue at the science-policy interface, the conference will gather EC policy-makers at both senior and technical levels, stakeholders of the EC’s policies on food and nutrition and FOODSECURE researchers around selected policy statements. The policy messages in the final conference will draw on the briefs and policy briefs developed in the project.
European Development Days
Prior to the final conference, we intend to have a number of key-presentations and/or meetings with stakeholders at and outside the EC. The first one took place last 3-4 June during the European Development Days, when a so-called Brainstorming Lab was held with the help of INRA, KUL, Prospex, ZEF and LEI. During this Lab a ‘visioning session with youth and EDD stakeholders’ took place, to hear their ideas on improving food and nutrition security. The lab was quite successful and received a lot of attention (see the summary here or more below under [news]). Further events planned are the conference on "Global Food Security challenges" at the Expo in Milano on 7-8 August, as well as a debate on CAP and food security with the Irish Presidency of the EC in October. We will keep you posted on any sessions to be organized in Brussels and elsewhere.
We wish you an inspirational summer break.
Best regards,
Hans van Meijl, Petra Berkhout and Thom Achterbosch
FOODSECURE coordination team
News
All about publications
A few new FOODSECURE Working Papers have been published and are accessible on the FOODSECURE Website. See [publications] below.
Journal papers
Several journal papers were published in high-quality journals, two of them freely available under open access:
- The paper "A Meta-Analysis of the Impacts of Genetically Modified Crops" by Wilhelm Klümper and Matin Qaim consolidates the evidence on the agronomic and economic impacts of GM crops [download]
- The paper “Worldwide Acreage and Yield Response to International Price Change and Volatility: A Dynamic Panel Data Analysis for Wheat, Rice, Corn, and Soybeans” by Haile et al. examines supply response to prices and price volatility. [download]
Popular articles
Inequality, not unavailability, is the main driver of food insecurity. Interview with Johan Swinnen in EU's Horizon 2020 magazine, see [here] and share the posts on Facebook and Twitter!
FOODSECURE participation in the International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE). The conference will be held in Milano, Italy, on 8-14 August, 2015. Please find a schedule of FOODSECURE's contribution at the end of this e-newsletter. [directly to the relevant news item]. Please watch and comment the video teasers of researchers presenting in the “Innovations for food and health” session (organized by Nicolas Gerber, ZEF) at ICAE Milano [more])
European Development Days, Brussels: On 4 June, 2015 the FOODSECURE team organized a brainstroming lab on “Visions for Food and Nutrition Security 2050”, where around fifty interested participants shared their ideas on how to achieve global food security in the future. Jill Adams (Prospex) moderated the workshop, while Thom Achterbosh introduced the FOODSECURE project. Watch the introduction [here]. After the working groups' sessions, Jules Seitz (DG Agri) and Jean-Pierre Halkin (DG DEVCO) shared their insights of the topic with the audience. Watch their comments here. Don't miss the views and comments of ZEF students who participated in the workshop, and listen to their video-recorded impressions here. You can read a summary of the workshop's main outcome and messages on the FOODSECURE Website.
EU-funding for new FNS projects
Several of the research teams in FOODSECURE have secured EU-funding to further explore food and nutrition in the European context, in relation to the global environment. The SUSFANS project, led by LEI Wageningen UR, will develop metrics, models and foresight for European diets and food systems that support nutrition and public health, the natural environment and enterprise in the EU agro-food and fishery sector (contact: susfans@wur.nl). The TRANSMANGO project, led by KU Leuven, aims to identify new transition pathways to improve food and nutrition security for Europe’s future.
Award. Andrea Guariso, Mara P. Squicciarini and Jo Swinnen received the “2014 Outstanding Journal Article Award” from the journal Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy for the paper “Food Price Shocks and the Political Economy of Global Agricultural and Development Policy”, Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy (2014) 36 (3): 387-415. [more]
JRC IPTS organized a workshop on EU agricultural domestic support in economic modelling. The one-day workshop gathered policy and data experts to discuss an accurate representation of EU domestic support for modelling purpose. Specialists from the European Commission, OECD, GTAP and academia shared expertise on new features, sources and methodologies: 3 June, 2015. [more]
Upgrated version of dataM. DataM is a tool for collecting and managing the most relevant datasets available worldwide on agriculture, trade and related models. You can find the improved version here: [website] [user guide].
Vacancy at the Joint Reasearch Centre IPTS: JRC IPTS is looking for a Researcher – Macroeconomic Analysis of Food Security Policies in African Countries (JN 231436), with reference 2015-SVQ-J4-FGIV-5455. Deadline to apply: August 4, 2015. [more] and [more]
Presentations, lectures, keynote addresses, and invited plenary presentations
(mid April-mid July 2015)
Daniel Mekonnen and Nicolas Gerber (both ZEF) presented on "Effect of Aspirations on Agricultural Innovations in Rural Ethiopia" at the Annual Conference of the German Economic Association: Research Group on Development Economics on 12-13 June, 2015 in Kiel, Germany. The paper will also be presented at the 13th International Conference on the Ethiopian Economy, organized by the Ethiopian Economics Association, on 23-25 July, 2015 in Addis Ababa.
Daniel Mekonnen, Julia Matz and Nicolas Gerber (all ZEF) presented on "Social Networks, Agricultural Innovations and Farm Productivity in Ethiopia" at the 2015 Nordic Conference in Development Economics University of Copenhagen, on 15-16 June, 2015. The paper will also be presented at the 13th International Conference on the Ethiopian Economy, organized by the Ethiopian Economics Association, 23-25 July, 2015 in Addis Ababa.
The following papers were presented at the EcoMod Conference on 15-17 July, 2015 in Boston, USA:
Jan Brockhaus and Matthias Kalkuhl (both ZEF) presented on "Drivers of private grain storage. A computational-economics and empirical approach".
Lukas Kornher, Matthias Kalkuhl and Irfan Mujahid (all ZEF) presented on "Food price volatility in developing countries – the role of trade and storage".
Marta Kozicka, Matthias Kalkuhl and Jan Brockhaus (all ZEF) presented their paper on "Food Grain Policies in India and their Implications for Stocks and Fiscal Costs: A Partial Equilibrium Analysis".
Jo Swinnen (KU Leuven) chaired the panel discussion during a presentation about new data and highlights from OECD’s most recent work on measuring agricultural support and monitoring agricultural policy development on 6 July, 2015 at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) in Brussels. Speakers included Carmel Cahill (Senior Counsellor, Trade and Agriculture Directorate, OECD) and Václav Vojtech (Agricultural policy analyst, coordinator of the Monitoring and Evaluation report, Trade and Agriculture Directorate, OECD) and Tassos Haniotis (Director, DG Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission).
The following papers were presented at the FERDI conference on 24-25 June, 2015 in Clermont-Ferrand, France:
Lukas Kornher, Matthias Kalkuhl and Irfan Mujahid (all ZEF) presented their paper on "Food price volatility – the role of trade policies and storage". [download]
Hannah Pieters and Jo Swinnen (both KU Leuven) presented on "The Political Economy of Food Policy During Price Spikes". [download]
Christophe Gouel (INRA) presented on "Trade policy coordination and food price volatility". [download]
Maximo Torero (IFPRI) presented on "Consistency between Theory and Practice in Policy Recommendation by International Organizations for Extreme Price and Extreme Volatility Situations". [download]
Matthias Kalkuhl (ZEF) gave a lecture on “Determinants of food price volatility in developing countries” on 23 June, 2015 at the University of Göttingen, Germany.
Ayca Donmez, Hasan Dudu, Emanuele Ferrari and Alfredo José Mainar Causapé presented on "Analysis of the main ways of economic development of Kenya from linear multisectoral models based on Social Accounting Matrices", Oral presentation, 23rd International Input-Output Conference on 22-26 June, 2015 in Mexico City, Mexico. [more]
Marijke Kuiper, Michiel van Dijk, Lindsay Shutes (all LEI) and Diti Oudendag, ‘Exploring different food security futures – what might be in store for the poor?’. Presented at the 18th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis, 17-19 June, 2015, Melbourne, Australia.
Mekbib Haile and Matthias Kalkuhl (ZEF) presented on "Price Expectation Efficiency of Smallholder Farmers in Ethiopia: Theory and Empirics" at the 2015 Nordic Conference in Development Economics University of Copenhagen, on 15-16 June, 2015.
Lukas Kornher, Matthias Kalkuhl and Irfan Mujahid (all ZEF) presented on "Food price volatility – the role of trade policies and storage" at the Annual Conference of the German Economic Association: Research Group on Development Economics on 12-13 June, 2015 in Kiel, Germany.
The following papers were presented at the 4th AIEAA Conference, on 11-12, June, 2015 in Ancona, Italy:
Andrej Cupák, Jan Pokrivčák (both SAU Nitra) and Marian Rizov presented on "Food security and consumption patterns of households in Slovakia".
Andrej Cupák, Jan Pokrivčák (both SAU Nitra) and Marian Rizov (SAU Nitra) presented on "Demand for food away from home in Slovakia."
The following papers were presented at the 6th European Association of Agricultural Economist (EAAE) PhD Workshop, on 8-10 June, 2015 in Rome, Italy:
Irfan Mujahid and Matthias Kalkuhl (ZEF) on "Do the WTO and RTAs Promote Food Trade?".
C. Bellora, Jean Christophe Bureau (AgroParisTech) and Daniel Laborde (IFPRI) on "The indirect effects of greening EU agriculture".
Christophe Gouel and Nicolas Legrand (both AgroParisTech) on "Estimating the storage model with a statistical modeling of long-run trends in commodity prices".
Anais Maillet (AgroParisTech) on "Informational cascades in trade policies during food price spikes".
Anais Maillet (AgroParisTech) on "Food price volatility and farmers’ production decisions under imperfect information". The paper was also presented at the annual AES (Agricultural Economists Society) conference on 13-15 April, 2015 in Warwick, England.
Jean Christophe Bureau (AgroParisTech) spoke on "Assessing the impacts of a greener European agriculture".
The following papers were presented at the International Conference - Food in the Bio-based Economy; Sustainable Provision and Access, on May 27-29, 2015 in Wageningen, The Netherlands:
Andrej Cupák, Jan Pokrivčák (both SAU Nitra) and Marian Rizov presented on "Food Security and Household Consumption Patterns in Slovakia."
Andrej Cupák, Jan Pokrivčák (both SAU Nitra) and Marian Rizov presented on "Demand for food away from home in Slovakia."
Aurélie Level and Michel Trommetter (both INRA) presented on "New innovation and agricultural policies: which consequences on food security? A case study approach".
Nathalie Francken (KU Leuven) chaired the Launch of the 2014-2015 Global Food Policy Report of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) with Dr. Fan (Director General of IFPRI) and Prof. Em. Tollens (Bio-economics, KU Leuven) and Dr. Hailu (Director, ACP/EU Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation) on 16 April, 2015 at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) in Brussels.
Publications and book chapters
Anne-Célia Disdier, Lionel Fontagné and Olivier Cadot (2015). North-South Standards Harmonization and International Trade. The World Bank Economic Review, 29(2): 327-352.
Christophe Gouel and Sébastien Jean (2015). Optimal food price stabilization in a small open developing country. The World Bank Economic Review, 29(1): 72-101.
Jo Swinnen (2015). Changing Coalitions in Value Chains and the Political Economy of Agricultural and Food Policy. Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 31 (1): 90-115.
Harry de Gorter, Dusan Drabik and D.R. Just (2015). The Economics of Biofuel Policies: Impacts on Price Volatility in Grain and Oilseed Markets. Palgrave Studies in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy. Palgrave Macmillan, New York, ISBN: 1137414847.
Harry de Gorter, Dusan Drabik and Erika M. Kliauga (2015). The Role of Biofuel Policies on Grain and Oilseed Prices. In: Gillson, E., Fouad, A. (eds.), Trade Policy and Food Security. Improving Access to Food in Developing Countries in the Wake of High World Prices. World Bank Group: Washington D.C.
Jo Swinnen, Koen Deconinck, Thijs Vandemoortele and Anneleen Vandeplas (2015). Quality Standards, Value Chains, and International Development. Economic and Political Theory. Cambridge University Press: New York, ISBN: 9781107688865.
Mathias Kalkuhl, Mekbib Haile and Joachim von Braun (2015). "Worldwide Acreage and Yield Response to International Price Change and Volatility: A Dynamic Panel Data Analysis for Wheat, Rice, Corn, and Soybeans". American Journal of Agricultural Economics 2015. DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aav013
Albino Maggio, Tine Van Criekinge and Jean Paul Malingreau presented on "Global Food Security 2030: Assessing trends with a view to guiding future EU policies", JRC Science and Policy Report, Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. [download]
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FOODSECURE working papers
 FOODSECURE working paper no. 33.
Cost-benefit framework for policy action to navigate food price spikes. By Matthias Kalkuhl, Mekbib Haile, Lukas Kornher and Marta Kozicka.
WP33 develops a cost-benefit framework for evaluating the impacts of price spikes and price volatility in food commodities. Several policies to reduce volatility or its adverse impacts (e.g. trade policies, stocks and safety net measures) are evaluated for their strengths and weaknesses.
 FOODSECURE working paper no. 32.
The role of crop diversity in household production and food security in Uganda: A gender-differentiated analysis. By Katia Alejandra Covarrubias.
Based on data for Uganda, WP32 indicates that changes in crop diversity, measured in its different forms, can be powerful in contributing to higher or lower productivity for female-managed parcels. The important contribution of these parcels to household food security must be taken into account in policies that affect crop choice and the shift between mono- versus multi-cropping regimes.
 FOODSECURE working paper no. 31.
Food and nutrition security in the European Union: Overview and case studies.
By Lara Cockx, Nathalie Francken and Hannah Pieters.
This Working Paper provides a detailed overview of food and nutrition security in the European Union and presents results from an original analysis of household survey data. They observe that the availability of fruits and vegetables is insufficient in the EU, in particular in several East-European member states. The relatively large share of food expenditure in total household budgets impedes access to food and signals economic vulnerability.
 FOODSECURE working paper no. 30.
The impact of culture, religion and traditional knowledge on food and nutrition security in developing countries. By Elena Briones Alonso.
This WP reviews case study literature on the role of culture, religion and traditional knowledge as drivers of food and nutrition security in developing countries. The knowledge embedded in traditional food systems and traditional medicine can contribute to the improvement of food and nutrition security and public health, but is currently under-researched and underutilized.
Further discussion papers and reports from FOODSECURE researchers
Elena Briones Alonso and Jo Swinnen (2015). A Value Chain Approach to Measuring Distortions to Incentives and Food Policy Effects (with application to Pakistan’s grain policy). LICOS Discussion paper series 366/2015. [download]
Joachim De Weerdt, Kathleen Beegle, Jed Friedman and John Gibson (2015). The Challenge of Measuring Hunger through Survey. LICOS Discussion paper series 365/2015. [download]
Olivia Riera and Jo Swinnen (2015). Cuba: Agricultural Transition and Food Security in a Global Perspective. LICOS Discussion paper series 361/2015. [download]
Marian Rizov, Andrej Cupák and Jan Pokrivčák (2015). Food security and household consumption patterns in Slovakia. LICOS Discussion paper series 360/2015. [download]
Calendar/upcoming events
26-28 July, 2015. At the AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting in San Francisco, USA, the following papers will be presented: Yang Guolei, Jikun Huang, Matthias Kalkuhl (ZEF), Joachim von Braun (ZEF) and Jiliang Hu will present on "Spatial price transmission under different policy regimes: the case of Chinese soy and maize market" [download]. Jan Brockhaus, Jikun Huang, Jiliang Hu, Matthias Kalkuhl (ZEF), Joachim von Braun (ZEF) and Yang Guolei will present on "Rice, wheat, and corn supply response in China" and Irfan Mujahid and Matthias Kalkuhl (both ZEF) will present on "Food Price Crisis in Indonesia: Alert from the Key Markets".
August-September 2015. Work package 7: (Virtual) meeting of LEI, IFPRI, IIASA and PBL to discuss the modelling of Food Security scenarios. Contact: Michiel van Dijk
7-8 August, 2015. World Expo Milano. Global Food Security Challenges. Organized by the European Commission. Pre-conference of the International Conference of Agricultural Economics (ICAE)
Friday, 7 August, 2015, 9:00 - 10:30 a.m. Session 1 "Global outlook: Setting the scene"
Hans van Meijl and Thom Achterbosch present ‘FOODSECURE: Exploring the future of global food and nutrition security.’
Saturday, 8 August, 2015, 9:00 - 10:30 a.m. Session 5 "Global challenges for food security: regional perspectives"
Session chair: Jo Swinnen. "Global challenges for food security: regional perspectives". What are the challenges of food security? What targeted responses are provided in terms of farm and trade policy?
Thom Achterbosch, Martine Rutten and Monika Verma present on ‘Impacts of reducing food loss and waste: lessons from economic theory & applications.’ [Sorry, exact time of this presentation unknown.]
8-14 August, 2015. International Conference of Agricultural Economics (ICAE). Several FOODSECURE members will participate in the conference. Please have a look at the schedule - based on the information available - below. Up-to-date information on the sessions here.
Sunday, 9 August, 2015
8:30 - 11:00 a.m. PL - 01: Opening Session, Location: Auditorium and Room 208
Presidential Address by Jo Swinnen (KU Leuven).
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Session CP(O) 01-01: Trade (1), Location: Room 208
Irfan Mujahid (ZEF) presents on "Do the WTO and RTAs Promote Food Trade?". Paper by Irfan Mujahid and Matthias Kalkuhl (both ZEF).
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Session CP(O) 01-02: Food Security (1), Location: Room 304
Rythia Afkar (ZEF) presents on "Cash transfer, In-kind, or both? Assessing Food and Nutrition Security Impacts of Social Protection Programs in Indonesia".
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Session CP(O) 01-11: Bio-Fuel Markets (1), Location: Room 422
Olivia Riera (LICOS) presents on "Household Level Spillover Effects From Biofuels". Paper by Olivia Riera and Jo Swinnen (both LICOS).
2:00 - 4:00 p.m. PL - 02: Plenary 2, Location: Auditorium and Room 208
A Text Message Away: ICTs as a Tool to Improve Food Security by Maximo Torero (IFPRI)
4:00 - 6:00 p.m. Session CP(O) 02-06: Commodity Price Behaviour (1), Location: Room 510
Nicolas Legrand (INRA) presents on "Estimating the Competitive Storage Model with Trending Commodity Prices". Paper by Christophe Gouel and Nicolas Legrand (both INRA).
4:30 - 6:00 p.m. Session CP(O) 02-15: Trade (2), Location: Room 208
Anais Maillet (INRA) presents on "State Trading Enterprises And Price Stabilization". Paper by Jean-Marc Bourgeon (INRA), Sébastien Jean (Ecole Polytechnique) and Anais Maillet (INRA).
Alexandre Gohin (INRA) presents on "The impact of an EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement on Biofuel and Feedstock Markets". Paper by John Beghin (Iowa State University, USA), Jean Christophe Bureau (AgroParisTech) and Alexandre Gohin (INRA).
4:30 - 6:00 p.m. Session CP(O) 02-17: Research and Development, Location: Room 420
Zuzana Smeets Kristkova (LEI) presents on "The impact of R&D on factor-augmenting technical change – an empirical assessment at the sector level". Paper by Zuzana Smeets Kristkova, , Michiel van Dijk, Hans van Meijl (all LEI), Koos Gardebroek (Wageningen UR)
Monday, 10 August, 2015
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Session CP(O) 03-12: Agri-Environmental (1), Location: Room 211
Hans van Meijl (LEI) presents on "REDD policy impacts on the agri-food sector and food security". Paper by
Andrzej Tabeau (LEI), Hans van Meijl (LEI), Koen P Overmars (Koen Overmars Consultancy) and Elke Stehfest (PBL).
1:30 - 3:00 p.m., Session OS 01-16: Symposia 1, Location: Room 109
Topic: The growing demand for building resilience: How should agricultural economists respond?
Panelists: Joachim von Braun (ZEF), Augustine Langyintuo, Shenggen Fan, Prabhu Pingali and Linxiu Zhang.
3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Session IP 01-01: Invited panel 1, Location: Room 208
Saule Burkitbayeva (KU Leuven) presents on "A Black (White) Hole in the Spread of GM Cotton". Paper by Saule Burkitbayeva and Jo Swinnen (both KU Leuven).
3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Session IP 01-02: Invited panel 1, Location: Room 410
Topic: Inclusive and efficient food systems: A pathway to global food security
Panelists: Jo Swinnen (KU Leuven), Maximo Torero (IFPRI), Shenggen Fan, Per Pinstrup-Andersen, Giovanni Anania.
5:10 - 6:40 p.m., Session OS 02-07: Symposia 2, Location: Room 302
Matthias Kalkuhl (ZEF) chairs the session on "The role of regional storage and trade cooperation to reduce food price volatility and increase food security".
Jan Brockhaus (ZEF) presents on "Grain emergency reserve cooperation – a theoretical analysis of benefits from a common emergency reserve". Paper by Jan Brockhaus and Matthias Kalkuhl (both ZEF).
Lukas Kornher (ZEF) presents on "Assessing costs and benefits from regional storage cooperation – evidence from West Africa and ASEAN+3". Paper by Lukas Kornher and Irfan Mujahid (both ZEF).
5:10 - 6:40 p.m., Session OS 02-09: Symposia 2, Location: Rappresentanza Room
Hannah Pieters and Jo Swinnen (both KU Leuven) present on "Trading-off volatility and distortions? Economics and politics of food policy during price spikes".
5:10 - 6:40 p.m., Session OS 02-17: Symposia 2, Location: Room 420
Nicolas Gerber (ZEF) chairs the session on "Agricultural and rural innovation for food and health – from macro-level pathways for diffusion to farm-level behavioral change for creation and adoption". You can watch video teasers of researchers presenting in this session [more].
Daniel Ayalew Mekonnen (ZEF) presents on "Aspirations, adoption of agricultural innovations, and household food security in Ethiopia".
Wednesday, 12 August, 2015
5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Session OS 04-04: Symposia 4. Location: Rappresentanza Room 90
Session Chair: Jo Swinnen (KU Leuven). The Political Economy of the 2014-2020 Common Agricultural Policy. [more]
3:30 - 5:30 p.m. Session CP(O) 04-03: Food Security (3), Location: Room 309
Marian Rizov (Middlesex University Business School, United Kingdom) presents on "Food security and household consumption patterns in Slovakia". Paper by Andrej Cupák (SAU Nitra), Marian Rizov (Middlesex University Business School, United Kingdom) and Jan Pokrivčák (SAU Nitra).
Thursday, 13 August, 2015
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Session OS 05-13: Symposia 5, Location: Room 309
Seneshaw Tamru (KU Leuven) presents on "Transforming staple food value chains in Africa: The case of teff in Ethiopia". Paper by Bart Minten (IFPRI), Seneshaw Tamru (KU Leuven), Ermias Engida (EDRI-ESSP), Tadesse Kuma (EDRI).
4:00 - 6:00 p.m. Session CP(O) 05-03: Food Security (4), Location: Room 304
Session Chair: Michiel Van Dijk (LEI)
Pierre Boulanger presents on "Options to improve food security in North Africa. A CGE modelling of deeper trade and investment integration with the European Union". Paper by Pierre H. Boulanger, Aikaterini Kavallari, Robert M'barek, Marie-Luise Rau and Martine Rutten.
Lukas Kornher (ZEF) presents on "ASEAN Food Reserve and Trade: Review and Prospect". Paper by Irfan Mujahid, Lukas Kornher and Matthias Kalkuhl (all ZEF).
Michiel Van Dijk (LEI) presents on "Scenarios to explore global food security up to 2050: Development process, storylines and quantification of drivers". Paper by Michiel Van Dijk (LEI), Marc Gramberger (Prospex), David Laborde (IFPRI), Maryia Mandryk (PBL), Lindsay Shutes (LEI), Elke Stehfest (PBL), Hugo Valin (IIASA) and Katharina Zellmer (Prospex).
Friday, 14 August, 2015
8:00 - 10:00 a.m. Session CP(O) 06-04: Technology Adoption (5), Location: Room 302
Joachim Vandercasteelen (LICOS) presents on "The effect of technology promotion on farmers' adoption decision: The case of row planting teff in Ethiopia". Paper by Joachim Vandercasteelen (LICOS), Mekdim Dereje, Bart Minten and Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse.
8:00 - 10:00 a.m. Session CP(O) 06-07: Gender (3), Location: Rappresentanza Room
Astrid Sneyers (KU Leuven) presents on "A Gender Gap in Agricultural Productivity? Evidence from the Dairy Sector in India". Paper by Astrid Sneyers and Anneleen Vandeplas.
8:00 - 10:00 a.m. Session CP(O) 06-01: Food Security (5), Location: Room 304
Hannah Pieters (KU Leuven) presents on "Political Reforms, Food Security and Health: Evidence from child mortality rates". Paper by Hannah Pieters (KU Leuven), Daniele Curzi (DEMM), Alessandro Olper (KU Leuven), Johan Swinnen (KU Leuven)
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Session OS 06-01: Symposia 6, Location: Room 311
Elena Briones Alonso (KU Leuven) presents on "Distortions to agricultural incentives and rent distribution: A value chain approach". Paper by Elena Briones Alonso and Jo Swinnen (both KU Leuven).
11-14 October 2015, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA. 2nd International Conference on Global Food Security. Martine Rutten and Thom Achterbosch (both LEI) will present on: ‘Metrics, models and foresight for sustainable European food and nutrition security’. Daniel Mekonnen (ZEF) will present his paper on "Aspirations and food security in rural Ethiopia".
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