6 December: Opening
Pioneering the agricultural future for Europe
Message by Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, on the occasion of the EU Agri-Food Days
Sowing the future: debating the future of agriculture
Welcome message for the 2023 EU Agricultural Outlook Conference and the launch of the first expanded EU Agri-Food Days.
6 - 7 December: Agricultural Outlook Conference
The medium-term outlook report covers the period until 2035 and looks at production, consumption and trade in the arable crop, dairy, meat, olive oil and wine sectors, in addition to agricultural income.
This edition also includes a chapter on apples, peaches, nectarines and tomatoes, analysed in detail in selected EU countries.
Session 2: Farmers – Mathieu Courgeau, Airi Külvet, Rūdolfs Pulkstenis
Session 2 breakout debate: The farmers of 2040 – Tessa Avermaete (Catholic University of Leuven)
Session 5: Water management, Climate adaptation & Biodiversity the Austria perspective – Miriam Augdoppler, Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Regions and Water Management, Austria
Session 5: Strategy of Latvia towards economic growth – Ilona Kromāne, Ministry of Agriculture, Latvia
Session 6: Presentation of the 2023 Medium-term Outlook report – Andrea Porcella Čapkovičová, Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
Session 7: Core message – Per Frankelius, Associate Professor, Linköping University, Sweden
Session 7.2: Farmer mental health
EU Agri Food Days 2023 
Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission 
Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski 
Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski 
Wolfgang Burtscher (Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission), students from Belgium and Spain 
Wolfgang Burstcher, Director-General Agriculture and Rural Development 
Andrea Porcella Čapkovičová, Outlook coordinator, Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development 
Kerli Ats, Beef farmer and Board member, Estonian Farmers’ Confederation 
Simona Caselli, President, Assembly of European Horticultural Regions (AREFLH) 
Alexandru-Valentin Tachianu, Crop farmer, Vice-president AFR-Pro Agro, Romania 
George Morrison, Director of Global Public Affairs, ARLA 
The Agricultural Medium-term Outlook report 
The Agricultural Medium-term Outlook report 
The Agricultural Medium-term Outlook - panel discussion 
Day 1, session 3 wrap-up session on EU agriculture of 2040 
Airi Külvet, Cattle breeder, Interest Group of Organic Farmers (IFOAM Organics Europe) 
Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle, Strategy and Policy Analysis Director, Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission 
Célia Nyssens-James, Policy Manager for Agriculture and Food Systems, European Environmental Bureau 
Will Surman, Deputy Director-General and Director, Strategic Communications, Public Affairs and ESG at FoodDrinkEurope 
Tessa Avermaete, Researcher, Catholic University of Leuven 
Session 2 - Charting the EU agriculture of 2040 
Rūdolfs Pulkstenis, Cereal farmer, Vice President at European Council of Young Farmers (CEJA) 
Peter Meedendorp, Arable farmer, President at European Council of Young Farmers (CEJA) 
Participitants 
Aminda Leigh, Master of Ceremony 
Isabelle Buscke, Head of the EU liaison office, Federation of German Consumer Organisations 
Fergal Monaghan, Programme Director, Hen Harrier Project, Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) 
Panel overview shot 
Constantin Schaefer - ifok 
Mathieu Courgeau, Dairy farmer, Via Campesina 
EU Agri Food Days - day 1 
EU Agri Food Days panel 
EU Agri Food Days - Day 1 
EU Agri Food Days 
EU Agri Food Days breakout session 
Elodie Lematte, Deputy Director Agri-food sectors, Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty, France 
Gijs Schilthuis, Head of Unit for Policy Perspectives, Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development 
asco Cordeiro, President of the Committee of the Regions 
Ilona Kromāne, Deputy Director of department and CAP Strategic Plan coordinator, Ministry of Agriculture, Latvia 
Miriam Augdoppler, Expert on Agri-Environment, Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Regions and Water Management, Austria 
EU Agri Food Days - conference hall 
Ali Al-Jaberi - moderator 
Participants 
Participants 
Participants at the exhibition 
Wolfgang Burtscher (Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, students from Belgium and Spain European Commission) 
The future of agriculture - exhibition 
The future of Agriculture exhibition - University of Valencia 
The future of Agriculture exhibition - University of Madrid - polytechnic 
The future of Agriculture exhibition - University of Louvain (UCL) / University of Gembloux 
The future of Agriculture exhibition - University of Cordoba 
The transition to the agriculture of tomorrow 
The transition to the agriculture of tomorrow 
EU Agri-food days - bookmarks 
Participants 
Claudia Merlino, Vice President, Employers’ Group of Professional Agricultural Organisations in the EU, GEOPA-COPA 
Session 7 - Ensuring food security - how will farmers live up to the challenge? 
Session 7 - Ensuring food security - how will farmers live up to the challenge? 
Louise McHugh, Professor University College Dublin, Member of Agri Mental Health Research Group 
Session 7 - panel discussion 
Per Frankelius, Associate Professor, Linköping University, Sweden 
Valters Zelčs, Young crop farmer, Latvia 
Gabriele Corsi, Italian TV presenter of “Il contadino cerca moglie” 
Karine Le Marchand, French TV presenter of “L’Amour est dans le pré" 
Vappu Pimiä, Finnish TV presenter of “Maajussille morsian”
Video messages
The following video messages of the presenters of the 'farmer wants a wife' television programme in France, Italy and Finland were shown at the end of session 7 titled "Ensuring food security - how will farmers live up to the challenge?".
Karine Le Marchand, French TV presenter of 'L'Amour est dans le pré'
Gabriele Corsi, Italian TV presenter of 'Il contadino cerca moglie'
Vappu Pimiä, Finnish TV presenter of ‘Maajussille morsian’
8 December: Agri-Digital Conference
This JRC report on digital transition explores the interplay between digital transition, policies and the resilience of the agricultural sector and rural areas, against the backdrop of potential disruptive and transformative changes.
Related information
Digital transition: Long-term Implications for EU Farmers and Rural Communities
Session 2: Max Schulman – farmer and Senior Advisor at Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners (MTK), Finland
Session 2: Maria José Hernández Mendoza – President of the Spanish Agrarian Guarantee Fund (FEGA), Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Spain
Session 2: Kristina Šermukšnytė-Alešiūnienė – CEO, AgriFood Lithuania (Digital Innovation Hub), Lithuania
Session 2: Pierre Sultana, Public Affairs Director, AnimalhealthEurope
Session 3: Inspirational speech – Sjaak Wolfert, Senior Scientist, Wageningen University & Research
Session 4: Jolita Butkeviciene – Director, Innovation in Science and Policymaking, Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission
Session 4: Yulia Barabanova – Policy Officer, EU Policy Lab, Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission
Agri-Digital Conference 
Opening address by Wolfgang Burstcher, Director-General Agriculture and Rural Development 
Wolfgang Burstcher, Director-General Agriculture and Rural Development 
Conference participants 
Aminda Leigh, Master of ceremony 
EU Agri-Food Days 
Kristina Šermukšnytė-Alešiūnienė, AgriFood Lithuania (Digital Innovation Hub) 
Kristina Šermukšnytė-Alešiūnienė, AgriFood Lithuania (Digital Innovation Hub) 
Maria José Hernández Mendoza, Ministry of Agriculture, Spain 
Ali Al-Jaberi, moderator 
Session 2 panel discussion – Maria José Hernández Mendoza and Max Schulman 
Max Schulmam, MTK 
Pierre Sultana, Public Affairs Director, AnimalhealthEurope 
EU Agri-Food Days – Postcards 
Participants 
Session 3 panel discussion with Christiane Lambert, President, COPA 
Sjaak Wolfert, Senior Scientist, Wageningen University & Research 
Sjaak Wolfert, Wageningen University & Research 
Genevieve Savigny, European Coordination Via Campesina (ECVC) 
Agri-Digital Conference 
Gianluca Feligini, Case New Holland Industrial 
Session 3 panelists – Gianluca Feligini, Bjoern Juretzki, Geneviève Savigny 
Gianluca Feligini and Bjoern Juretzki, Agri-Digital Conference 
Michael Pielke, Acting Director for Sustainability, Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development 
Agri-Digital Conference 
Conference participant 
Jolita Butkeviciene, Director, Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission 
Yulia Barabanova, Policy Officer, Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission 
Session 4 panelists and conference participants 
Rudolfs Pulkstenis, Vice-President at European Council of Young Farmers (CEJA) 
Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle, Director, Strategy and Policy Analysis, Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission 
Gianluca Brunori, Full Professor of Food Policy, University of PisaA) 
EU Agri-Food Days – Agri-Digital Conference 
Conference participant postcards for 2040 
Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle, Director, Strategy and Policy Analysis, Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission 
Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle - Closing address
Session recordings
EU Agri-Food Days 
EU Agri-Food Days: Day 1, Session 2 
EU Agri-Food Days: Day 1, Session 3 
EU Agri-Food Days: Day 2, Session 4 
EU Agri-Food Days: Day 2, Session 5 
EU Agri-Food Days: Day 2, Session 6 
EU Agri-Food Days: Day 2, Session 7.1 
EU Agri-Food Days: Day 2, Session 7.2 
EU Agri-Food Days: Day 2, Session 8 
EU Agri-Food Days: Day 3, Session 1 
EU Agri-Food Days: Day 3, Session 2 
EU Agri-Food Days: Day 3, Session 3 
EU Agri-Food Days: Day 3, Session 4 
EU Agri-Food Days: Day 3, Session 5
