International Conference on World Food Policy
January 16-17, Bangkok, Thailand
2017 International Conference on World Food Policy
China and India's Agricultural and Food Policy Transformation
Conference Presentations
The Royal Society of Thailand (RST) together with the Committee on Foreign Affairs of National Assembly of Thailand and the Policy Studies Organization (PSO) organized the 2017 World Food Policy Conference during January 16-17 in Bangkok. The Conference on World Food Policy brought together policymakers and scholars to discuss and share relevant research findings on global and regional perspectives of food economy and policy, referring to the roles of China and India in the global food economy. The main theme is China and India's agricultural and food policy transformation – concentrating on the transformation as well as each component of the major transformation, consequences of transformation, and enabling factors.
Drivers of structural changes were discussed and include: climate change, consumption patterns (particularly growth of meat, fish and dairy consumption), and increasing pressure on water supply. Our discussions also covered the responses to drivers including: the impact of possible macroeconomic downturn on investments, investments in foreign sources of food, the research capacity, and concerns with food safety. In addition to the theme on China and India, the conference discussed global and regional perspectives of food economy and policy – referring to the roles of China and India in the global food economy. Concentrating further on the global and regional impact from sectoral perspectives – given the demand from China and India – the role of multinational corporations was discussed under the topics of production technology (i.e. research, GMO), retail, and food safety.
A full overview: 2017 Program
Global and Regional Perspectives of Food Economy and Policy:
Dr. Mark Rosegrant: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington DC
Carl E. Pray, Latha Nagarajan, and Anwar Naseem, Rutgers University
Tom Reardon, Michigan State University
Quantitative evidence on various drivers of structural changes:
Professor Jikun Huang
School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Peking University and
Professor Prabhu Pingali
Professor of Applied Economics and
Founding Director, Tata-Cornell Institute Cornell University
Climate Change:
Jinxia Wang
Professor School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences,
Peking Universty and Deputy Director of CCAP
Asha Sharma
Tata Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition, Cornell University
Consumption & Security:
Andaleeb Rahman, Prabhu Pingali, and Bhaskar Mittra,
Tata Cornell Institute
Junfei Bai
College of Economics and Management,
China Agricultral University
International Food Policy Research Institute
Sustainability:
K. Palanisami
International Water Manamgent Institute
Fusuo Zhang
China Agricultural University, Beijing
College of Agricultural Resources and Environmental Science
Economics:
Kevin Z. Chen, Ying Chen, and Shenggen Fan
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Sukhpal Singh
Center for Management in Agriculture
Indian Institute of Management
Prabhu Pingali
Professor of Applied Economics & Director of Tata-Cornell Institute
Farming:
Jikun Huang
China Center for Agricultural Policy, Peking University
Ashok Gulati, Shweta Saini and Stuti Manchanda
Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations
Research Capacity:
Ruifa Hu, Haiyan Deng, Beijing Institute of Technology
Jikun Huang, Peking University
Carl Pray, Rutgers Univeristy
Presented by Haiyan Deng
Suresh Pal
National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research
Food Safety and Security:
Yingheng Zhou
Nanjing Agricultural University
Associate Director
Tata-Cornell Agriculture and Nutrition Initiative (TCi), Mumbai
Tata-Cornell Agriculture and Nutrition Initiative (TCi), Mumbai
Samarendu Mohanty. Principal Scientist, Head, Social Sciences Division,
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)