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The 2020 EU Agricultural Outlook conference

The sixth EU Agricultural Outlook conference took place on 16 and 17 December 2020 as an online conference.

  • rural development | common agricultural policy | agricultural market
  • Wednesday 16 December 2020, 13:30 - Thursday 17 December 2020, 13:30 (CET)
  • Online only
  • Live streaming available

Media

Watch the video highlights of the 2020 edition of the yearly Agricultural outlook conference, organized by the European Commission on 16 and 17 December 2020.

Recordings of the conference sessions

Digital gallery

Files

6 OCTOBER 2020
2020 EU Agricultural Outlook conference agenda
English
(1.89 MB - PDF)
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23 DECEMBER 2020
2020 EU Agricultural Outlook conference – Biographies of speakers
English
(2.84 MB - PDF)
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18 DECEMBER 2020
Day 1 session 2: Beth Bechdol (FAO)
English
(1.04 MB - PDF)
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18 DECEMBER 2020
Day 1 session 2: Lonneke Knipscher (Deloitte)
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(753.78 KB - PDF)
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18 DECEMBER 2020
Day 1 session 2: Marcel Weber (REWE Group)
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(641.92 KB - PDF)
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18 DECEMBER 2020
Day 1 session 3: Lone Andersen (Organic farmer)
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(646.93 KB - PDF)
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18 DECEMBER 2020
Day 1 session 3: Imke J.M. de Boer (Wageningen University and Research)
English
(863.51 KB - PDF)
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18 DECEMBER 2020
Day 1 session 3: Isabelle Laurencin (Triodos Investment Management)
English
(672.66 KB - PDF)
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18 DECEMBER 2020
Day 1 session 3: Wojtek Mejor (Dobrze Food Co-op, Warsaw)
English
(1.26 MB - PDF)
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18 DECEMBER 2020
Day 1 session 4: Anne-Katrin Bock, Maciej Krzysztofowicz, Jennifer Rudkin, Vera Winthagen (European Commission, JRC)
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(776.73 KB - PDF)
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20 DECEMBER 2020
Day 2 session 5: Marion Jansen (Trade and Agriculture Directorate, OECD)
English
(663.49 KB - PDF)
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20 DECEMBER 2020
Day 2 session 5: Tassos Haniotis (DG Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission)
English
(482.86 KB - PDF)
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20 DECEMBER 2020
Day 2 session 5: Richard Herbert (Europanel)
English
(593.37 KB - PDF)
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20 DECEMBER 2020
Day 2 session 5: Coline Laurent (Connecting Food)
English
(2 MB - PDF)
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21 DECEMBER 2020
Day 2 session 6: Barthélemy Lanos (DG Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission)
English
(529.01 KB - PDF)
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21 DECEMBER 2020
Day 2 session 6: Asbjorn Borsting (FEFAC)
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(1.06 MB - PDF)
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21 DECEMBER 2020
Day 2 session 6: Amparo Lobato (Kellogg Iberia)
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(420.81 KB - PDF)
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21 DECEMBER 2020
Day 2 session 7: Marijke van Schagen (Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission)
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(344.71 KB - PDF)
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21 DECEMBER 2020
Day 2 session 7: Beate Huber (FiBL)
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(437.32 KB - PDF)
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21 DECEMBER 2020
Day 2 session 7: Vincent Thoen (Ahold Delhaize)
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(822.16 KB - PDF)
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21 DECEMBER 2020
Day 2 session 7: Raphaël Martinez (Vergers)
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(82.94 KB - PDF)
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21 DECEMBER 2020
Day 2 session 7: Sophie Pallas (Oenologues de France)
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(866.15 KB - PDF)
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21 DECEMBER 2020
Day 2 session 8: Andrea Capkovicova (DG Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission)
English
(345.1 KB - PDF)
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21 DECEMBER 2020
Day 2 session 8: Robert Erhard (Nestlé)
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(2.18 MB - PDF)
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21 DECEMBER 2020
Day 2 session 8: Jean Luc Bordeau (Lactalis Ingredients)
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(622.28 KB - PDF)
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21 DECEMBER 2020
Day 2 session 8: Terro Hemmilä (HKScan)
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(661.78 KB - PDF)
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21 DECEMBER 2020
Day 2 session 8: Jan Huijgen (Farmer)
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(683.96 KB - PDF)
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21 DECEMBER 2020
Day 2 session 9: Dangiris Nekrasius (DG Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission)
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(566.87 KB - PDF)
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21 DECEMBER 2020
Day 2 session 9: Pascale Giry (CESF)
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(393.06 KB - PDF)
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21 DECEMBER 2020
Day 2 session 9: Geraldine Kutas (European Crop Protection Association)
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(242.62 KB - PDF)
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21 DECEMBER 2020
Day 2 session 9: Bernd Kuepker (DG Energy, European Commission)
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(405.67 KB - PDF)
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Programme

  1. 16 Dec 2020, 13:50 - 14:00 (CET)


    Day 1 – Next generation EU agriculture
    Introduction by moderator

  2. 14:00 - 14:30 (CET)

    Session 1 – Opening plenary
    Opening speeches
    Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission
    Janusz Wojciechowski, European Commissioner for Agriculture
    Video messages – the CAP co-legislators
    Julia Klöckner, Federal Minister for Food and Agriculture Germany, Council Presidency
    Norbert Lins, Member of European Parliament

  3. 14:35 - 15:40 (CET)

    Session 2 – Lessons learnt from the crisis: vulnerabilities and opportunities for the EU agri-food sector

  4. 15:40 - 16:45 (CET)

    Session 3 – A green recovery for the EU agricultural sector

  5. 16:45 - 16:50 (CET)

    Coffee break – Virtual networking break

  6. 16:50 - 17:50 (CET)

    Session 4 – Next generation EU farmers: the Farmers of the future foresight study results

  7. 17:50 - 17:55 (CET)

    Concluding remarks
    Wolfgang Burtscher, Director-General, Department for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission

  8. 18:00 - 19:00 (CET)

    Networking sessions

  9. 17 Dec 2020, 09:00 - 09:45 (CET)

    Day 2 – EU agricultural outlook 2020Session 5 – General situation
    Wrap up Day 1 and Outlook Day

  10. 09:45 - 11:00 (CET)

    Session 6
    The agricultural outlook for arable crops – cereals and oilseeds
    Session 7
    The agricultural outlook for specialised crops – wine, olive oil, apples, peaches, nectarines and tomatoes

  11. 11:00 - 11:15 (CET)

    Coffee break

  12. 11:15 - 12:45 (CET)

    Session 8
    The agricultural outlook for meat and dairy
    Session 9
    The agricultural outlook for sugar and biofuels

  13. 12:45 - 13:00 (CET)

    Concluding remarks
    María de los Ángeles Benitez Salas, Deputy Director-General, Department for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission

Practical information

When
Wednesday 16 December 2020, 13:30 - Thursday 17 December 2020, 13:30 (CET)
Where
Online only
Who should attend
AGRI stakeholders
Languages
English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Romanian, Spanish
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