FOOD FOR EVERYONE – Dacian Cioloş; interview

‘Food for everyone – towards a global deal’ is the title of the 23 June 2011 conference held at the premises of the European Economic and Social Committee in Brussels. At the conference, farmers representatives from across the world, civil society leaders and policy makers from the European Union and United Nations met at the request of the French G20-G8 presidency in order to draw up a message to G20 farm ministers, due to meet in Paris at the end of June. That question was key to this debate among the 400 delegates present at this conference in Brussels. Among them, also representatives of farmers from Africa, South America, Asia and North America. Together with officials from the European Union and the United Naations, the delegates sought to make a recommendation to the G20 farm ministers who will meet at the end of June in paris. – Elisabeth Atangana, President, Sub-Regional Platform of Peasant Organisations of Central Africa (PROPAC), Cameroun – Ron Bonnett, President, Canadian Federation of Agriculture If there’s one thing that became clear at this conference at the European Economic and Social Committee, it’s that there is not one single solution to this problem of food security. – Staffan Nilsson, President, European Economic and Social Committee – Dacian Ciolos, European Commissioner for Agriculture Agricultural innovation has great potential to boost food production,. But reducing price volatility and granting proper market access are seen as equally important …