The relationship between trade and food security has gained attention on both the trade and development agendas, with trade recognized as one of the means for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and for ending hunger and all forms of malnutrition by 2030. Understanding agricultural and trade policies' dietary and health implications is crucial to improving nutrition and combating malnutrition globally. Trade rules and policies could play a positive role in addressing nutrition objectives. Trade could help increase the diversity of food supplies and improve access to nutritious foods and healthy diets. At the same time, imports of low-price foods, such as those of high energy density and high in fats, sugars and/or salt could increase malnutrition.
This edition of FAO in Geneva Agriculture Trade Talks will provide an opportunity to elaborate on the trade policy space for better nutrition and explore how domestic support, trade policies and related policy instruments can contribute to enabling the consumption of healthy diets and improve nutrition.
Speakers
James Breithaupt, Agriculture Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Canada to the WTO
Marcy Vigoda, Director, Scaling Up Nutrition Movement Secretariat
Fatima Hachem, Senior Nutrition Officer, FAO Food and Nutrition Division
Andrea Zimmermann, Economist, FAO Markets and Trade Division
Anne Marie Thow, Associate Professor, Public Policy and Health, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, School of Public Health, University of Sydney
Other speakers (TBC)
Moderator
Dominique Burgeon, Director, FAO Liaison Office in Geneva
