Kofi Annan, others to address 10th Forum for the Future of Agriculture

Kofi Annan, Founder and Chair of the Kofi Annan Foundation, 7th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1997-2006) and a Nobel Peace Laureate will on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 address the audience at the 10th Forum for the Future of Agriculture (FFA) 2017 in Brussels.
Kofi Annan, founder, Kofi Annan Foundation


Other confirmed speakers, panellists and respondents at the FFA2017 include Allan Buckwell, Director of the RISE study on CAP: thinking out of the box; Daniel Calleja Crespo, Director-General, Directorate-General for Environment, European Commission (EU); Franz Fischler, President of the European Forum Alpbach, Chair of FFA2008-2014 and Phil Hogan, Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission.

FFA Chair Janez Potočnik 
Jyrki Katainen, Vice-President for Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness, European Commission, Mari Kiviniemi, Deputy Secretary-General, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Giovanni La Via,Member of the European Parliament, former Chair of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, European Parliament will also attend the event as speakers, panellists and respondents.

The FFA will mark its 10th year by renewing its commitment to catalyse and pursue ideas that drive sustainability from the farm to the dinner table.

FFA2017 will be extending a broad-based call to action; a call to focus on the practical issues of implementation; a call for leadership from all stakeholder groups, including a commitment to cooperation and collaboration, which will deliver comprehensive benefits throughout the value chain.


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