B20 Conference on Food Security and Nutrition Istanbul - May 8, 2015 Event-in-brief and goals As the world population is expected to hit 9 billion by 2050, global food security, food loss and waste, and overall sustainable food systems become increasing concerns. Not only world population is increasing, but also the consumption demand of the emerging middle class is rising. While estimates vary, around one-third of the food produced is lost or wasted along the food chain due to lack of infrastructure, among many. More and more families around the world are having difficult times in feeding their families and the number of hungry people around the world remains unacceptably high; estimates show that one in eight people go to bed hungry—in a world full of food. We need better use of our already-produced food with efficient data collection and investment in innovative mechanisms which would give a better role for the small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs) and with better trade practices. Weather fluctuations are altering what our farmers around the world grow, driving food prices upwards, and degrading the quality of our food worldwide. Our planet’s soil is under heavy pressure, since environmental degradation and unsustainable practices threaten where the food on our plates begin to grow. Water, the world’s most valuable, but equally threatened resource, will need to be given a more serious thought in future agricultural practices, for global community is ultimately responsible for the water supply of future generations. In order to ensure the well-being of the current and future generations, the world will need a truly global perspective for the challenges that lie ahead of us and future generations. The perspective needs to be bolstered by the practical publicprivate dialogue with corroborating best practices and policies. B20, as the world’s one of the most important players in the global business community, is placed in a strategic position to facilitate the process of taking active and productive steps towards these difficulties. B20, as the significant catalyst between public and private stakeholders and policy makers, will be in a unique position to obtain feedback on the current status of the sustainable food systems, challenges ahead of all of us, encourage a productive dialogue, motivating discourse, and convey these to policy makers around the globe. It will also receive its feedback from the prominent political leaders to attain a more continuous, inclusive, and global approach. 1 Consequently, B20 Turkey plans to hold B20 Conference on Food Security and Nutrition to focus on topics that highlight the critical importance of our vulnerable source of well-being—food—and issues that threaten its security. Sustainable global food security, food loss and waste, available best practices and innovative investments will be discussed. The event will feature senior government and G20 officials and global leaders of the B20 business community. B20 Turkey will establish the B20 Food Security Dialogue Platform to facilitate effective dialogue between the G20 ministers and the B20 community. There will be participants from around the world from various nongovernmental organizations, small and medium enterprises, multinational corporations as important players in the global food chain, and other business and nongovernmental institutions. Some of the questions the participants will be asked to consider are: • Global food security—sustainability for future generations, • Food loss and waste—the role of infrastructure and supply chain, defining the problems and ideas to develop methodologies for collecting data—best practices by them, • Efficient methods to address both loss and waste—infrastructure investments, efficient logistics, storage systems, etc. • Addressing food insecurity and hunger, • How to better trace produced food from farm to the table, • What initiatives are being taken by companies to mitigate impacts on farmers/the industry, better employment practices, and what better trade mechanisms implemented? • What are efficient roles played by the SMEs in both innovative solutions and employment to address unsustainable food practices? • Concrete suggestions for public sector actions which might ameliorate the negative impacts of food loss and waste (short-medium-long term), B20 Food Security Dialogue Platform B20 Turkey aims to establish the Food Security Dialogue Platform (FSDP) that will have around 25-30 business executives who will be tasked with facilitating development of ideas to be assessed and investigated by the B20 Conference on Food Security which will be held on May 8th, 2015. FSDP members will be actively involved from the outset in the discussions and will engage all stakeholders to steer the Food Security agenda towards B20 Turkey objectives with connectivity, inclusivity, and continuity principles. FSDP will have an overall responsibility of effective and productive dialogue between the prominent food and agriculture firms within the B20 community and the G20 governments. The FSDP will also take an active role in steering the B20 conference towards proactive discourse and towards actionable and implementable agenda. This initiative will also catalyze a series of unique and high-impact partnerships between business community and leaders in G20 countries. 2 FSDP will have an important role of facilitating recommendation discussions, conveying them to prominent political leaders and the G20 governments (e.g., Minister of Agriculture, Minister of Trade). It will also discuss objectives of the thematic conference and get their feedback so as to provide a venue for two-way effective communication and will work on implementable high priority objectives with these officials. The FSDP will have inclusive role bringing together all stakeholders from public and private parties, B20 and G20 alike. In addition, the FSDP will provide suggestions, improvements, and ideas for thematic conference material outputs. FSDP chairmanship will oversee that FSDP objectives are met and will coordinate FSDP members during the overall B20 Turkey process. The chairmanship will lead the FSDP in communicating the identified barriers regarding issues tackled at thematic conferences for implementation, and will be responsible for overall delivery of objectives, and transfer of knowledge and recommendations, mobilizing resources and investment commitments. Event Structure B20 Conference on Food Security and Nutrition will take place on May 8th 2015, when the G20 Agriculture Ministers also meet. Given the importance of this gathering, the B20 Conference would be an excellent opportunity to address challenging questions on food security, and agricultural policy making. This event will host five panels and keynote speeches. Each panel will aim to open constructive discourse on global sustainable food systems. Last but not least, there will be an interaction session between the participants and G20 Ministers during which B20 will bring business view on sustainable food systems to the G20’s attention. 3 B20 Conference on Food Security and Nutrition Istanbul - May 8, 2015 Draft Agenda (as of March 12 – all speakers tbd/tbc) 10.00 – 10.45 Opening Remarks M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, Chair, B20 Turkey WBG / FAO / IFAD/ OECD High-level Representative Mehdi Eker, Minister of Food Agriculture and Livestock, Turkey 10.45 – 11.45 Sustainable Food Security: Global Challenges and the Role of the G20 Moderator Panelists - tbd - tbd 11.45 – 12.45 Reducing Food Loss and Waste: from production to consumption Moderator Panelists - tbd - tbd 12.45 – 14.00 Lunch Break 14.00 – 14.20 Keynote Speech | Food for all: Nutrition and Hunger 14.20 – 15.20 Food Price Volatility and Trade Policies Moderator Panelists - tbd - tbd 15.20 – 16.20 Supply Chain Visibility and Innovative Solutions in Agriculture Moderator Panelists - tbd - tbd 16.20 – 16.40 Coffee Break 16.40 – 17.40 Sustainable Soil and Water Management Moderator Panelists - tbd - tbd 17.40 – 18.40 G20 – B20 Interaction: Business Views on Sustainable Food Systems 19.00 – 20.30 Gala Dinner – G20 and B20 Representatives 4
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