Global Forum for Food and Agriculture 2020

GFFA – We provide a platform for world food affairs

The Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) is an international conference on agri-food policy issues.
Over three days at the GFFA, approx. 2,000 international visitors from politics, industry, science and civil society discuss a key topic.
In addition, the world’s largest informal Conference of Agriculture Ministers takes place on the third conference day as the highlight of the GFFA.
Approximately 70 ministers of agriculture from around the world and high-level representatives of international organisations adopt a joint political communiqué on the respective key topic.
The GFFA is held in Berlin in parallel with the International Green Week.

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The 12th Global Forum for Food and Agriculture will be held from 16 to 18 January 2020!

GFFA 2020 will examine the subject of trade from every angle. The event is to raise public awareness of the role played by trade and an integrated trading system for global food security. We aim to address the following issues:

What role does trade play in respect of food security?
How can we create fair rules for agricultural trade?
How can we make global supply chains inclusive, sustainable and safe?
How can we design trade to promote agricultural development?

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Our aim

Ensure global food security – end hunger
At present, almost 821 million people in the world are suffering from hunger and about 2 billion people are suffering from malnutrition. We intend to work together to find solutions for the farming sector in order to ensure global food security and to realise the right to adequate food at global level. We thereby hope to make a contribution to the implementation of the Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.

Make agriculture more sustainable
Agriculture is the largest employment sector worldwide and currently provides income for 40% of the world’s population. The global population is predicted to rise to around 10 billion by the year 2050. Providing these people with the available scarce natural resources will be the most urgent global challenge of our future. Our goal is to make smart, efficient and sustainable use of these resources around the globe and thus to increase agricultural productivity in a sustainable manner.

Provide a global platform
We provide an attractive platform to discuss the key issues for the future of the global food and agricultural sectors in an international context from different perspectives and to develop solutions.

GFFA 2019 – Overview of the most important events

“Agriculture Goes Digital – Smart Solutions for Future Farming”
Digitalisation can help make agricultural production worldwide more efficient and, at the same time, more environmentally and climate-friendly. Digital solutions enable us to use means of production such as fuels, fertiliser and pesticides more economically and in a more targeted manner, to detect animal diseases earlier and to achieve greater transparency for consumers. They open up easy and cost-effective access to advisory services and market information.

74 ministers of agriculture from around the world and twelve high-ranking representatives of international organisations met in the Weltsaal of the Federal Foreign Office and adopted a joint political communiqué on digitalisation in the agricultural sector.

“The fight against hunger will play a central role in the years to come.” Federal Chancellor Dr Angela Merkel attended the GFFA for the first time and addressed approx. 70 ministers and invited guests, as well as a large number of media representatives.

15 expert panels with approx. 150 participants each.
Representatives from politics, business, science and civil society discussed different perspectives and focuses of digitalisation in the agricultural sector.

Three high-level events with international experts, e.g. the European Commission, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

High Level Panels
WTO Side Event
Task Force Rural Africa