Food Reserves: Facing the Hunger Challenge

There are now over one billion people around the world who are hungry and volatile prices have hurt farmers' ability to make a living. Questions are being raised about the ability of liberalized global food markets to address supply shortfalls and stabilize prices. Countries, regions and international institutions are exploring the use of food reserves as one tool to address these challenges. On October 15, 2009, IATP and ActionAid USA hosted a public briefing in Washington, D.C., to review the use of food reserves.

Agenda

Overview of the international debate on the potential around food reserves as a means to promote food security and stable markets.
See our blog report.

Moderator: Alexandra Spieldoch, IATP

• Chris Moore, World Food Program
  powerpoint / video interview


• Sophia Murphy, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
  powerpoint / video interview


• Hui Jiang, U.S. Department of Agriculture
  powerpoint / video interview

Regional experiences on reserves—What has worked and what hasn't?
See our blog report.

Moderator: Monika Kalra Varma, RFK Center for Justice and Human Rights

• Saliou Sarr, West African Farmers' Network (ROPPA), Senegal
  powerpoint
• Celso Marcatto, ActionAid Brazil
  powerpoint
• Ian McCreary, former member of the Canadian Wheat Board
  video interview

Institutional mechanisms: What would be different?
See our blog report.

• Daryll Ray, Agricultural Policy Analysis Center
  powerpoint
• Robin Willoughby, Share the World's Resources
  powerpoint / video interview / presentation transcript

Politics and Mechanisms to Support a Strategic Grain Reserve in the U.S.—opportunities vs. pitfalls
See our blog report.

Moderator: Kathy Ozer, National Family Farm Coalition

• Roger Johnson, National Farmers Union
• Larry Mitchell, Family Farm Advocate
• Victor Suarez, National Association of Rural Commercialization Enterprises, Mexico
  video interview