GFFA panel discussion “Conducting trade, delivering trust: Quality and transparency in the international agricultural trade with Eastern Europe and Asia” In the scope of the planned panel discussion, representatives from the worlds of politics, business and science discuss the perspectives...

This event as part of the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA). The expert panel focuses on how to sustainably drive the expansion of animal production using German expertise putting regional emphasis on Asia and Eastern Europe. It provides the opportunity to deepen the understanding of...

In 2015 China published its National Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Water Pollution. The intensifying conflicts over water use between sectors and regions as a result of increasing water demand in all areas also calls for China’s agriculture to adopt new strategies in the...

The conference will focus on the following themes: - Legal and institutional aspects of transboundary water cooperation - Balancing different interests and uses in transboundary basins, and the application of integrated water resources management - Protection of ecosystem and water quality,...

Forum Sessions: - Developments and trends in social security - Demographic challenges - Governance and management - Extension of social security coverage - Focus on Africa - Social Security Summit

The World Water Forum is the main water-related event in the world, aimed at putting water firmly on the inter- national agenda. A stepping stone towards global collaboration on water problems, the Forum offers the water community and policy-and-decision- makers from all over the world the...

Good Agricultural Practices are becoming more and more widely adopted with consumer demand for healthy safe and sustainably produced food driving their expansion. An ever increasing number of producers in more than 80 countries are choosing GLOBALGAP certification to fulfil this demand. The...

The subject of the conference is "The Right Policy for China's Continued Development." Topics: Health Care; Population Health; Energy; Environment; Agriculture and Food Security.

Asia has been the main driver of growth in world sugar consumption since the late 1980s. It is already the world's main deficit area and China is likely to become a major importer due to a shortage of suitable land. If Asia decides to use cane for ethanol, the supply gap will widen and Asia will...