PROGRAMME FULL VERSION: PDF file 26 JULY 2011 10:30 - 12:30 Parallel 2: INNOVATIVE BUSINESS PRACTICES FOR AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY AND FOOD SECURITY Objectives: To identify the key challenges and opportunities for business to expand sustainable agricultural production and meet food security and safety needs Moderator: Mahbubur Rahman, President, ICC Bangladesh Speakers: Tony Zola , Senior Researcher, Mekong Environment and Resources Institute Kit Chan, Director, K Farm Sdn Bhd. Purushottam Mudbhary, Coordinator of Economic, Social and Policy Assistance Group, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Pornsri Laorujisawat, Vice President, Office of the Economic Adviser, Charoen Pokphand Group Questions: • What are the causes of the current spate of increased global and regional food prices and what lessons learned from the 2007 / 2008 food-fuel-financial crisis could have / should have been adopted to prevent this re-occurrence? • What concrete policies / measures are needed to improve food security / safety in the region? • How can business positively contribute to the restructuring and improvement of the agricultural sector in the region? • What are the issues related to transferring and utilizing technologies that could help reduce food losses as commodities move from production to market? • What are the issues related to (bio) technology development and transfer that could alleviate food shortages (e.g. bio-plastics, bio-fuels)? • What actions could help small and disadvantaged agricultural businesses continue to be profitable under fluctuating food price conditions? Last update: 29 JULY 2011