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The 2021 EU Agricultural Outlook conference

The 2021 EU Agricultural Outlook conference took place online on 9 and 10 December. The theme of this year’s event was ‘Fit for 2030 – resilient EU agri-food systems and rural areas’.

  • agricultural market | common agricultural policy | rural development
  • Thursday 9 December 2021, 10:00 - Friday 10 December 2021, 13:00 (CET)
  • Online only
  • Live streaming available

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4 DECEMBER 2021
2021 EU Agricultural Outlook conference agenda
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9 DECEMBER 2021
Day 1 session 4: Miranda Meuwissen (Wageningen University Research)
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9 DECEMBER 2021
Day 1 session 5: Christian Holzleitner (DG Climate Action, European Commission)
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9 DECEMBER 2021
Day 1 session 5a: Doris Letina (Farmer and Vice President CEJA)
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9 DECEMBER 2021
Day 1 session 5b: Barna Kovacs (BIOEAST)
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9 DECEMBER 2021
Day 1 session 5c: Peter Giørtz-Carlsen (ARLA Foods)
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9 DECEMBER 2021
Day 1 session 5c: Jürn Sanders (FiBL)
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9 DECEMBER 2021
Day 1 session 5d: Petr Havlik (IIASA)
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9 DECEMBER 2021
Day 2 session 6: Giampiero Genovese (European Commission, JRC)
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9 DECEMBER 2021
Day 2 session 7: Pedro Gallardo Barrena (Farmer and Vice-President Copa)
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9 DECEMBER 2021
Day 2 session 7: Dangis Nekrasius (DG Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission)
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9 DECEMBER 2021
Day 2 session 8: Marijke van Schagen (DG Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission)
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9 DECEMBER 2021
Day 2 session 9: Sinead Waters (TEAGASC)
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9 DECEMBER 2021
Day 2 session 9: Andrea Čapkovičová (DG Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission)
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Programme

  1. 9 Dec 2021, 10:00 - 10:05 (CET)
    Day 1 – A long-term vision

    Introduction by the Master of Ceremonies, Brian Maguire

  2. 10:05 - 10:30 (CET)
    Session 1 – OpeningThe CAP fit for 2030

    Janusz Wojciechowski, European Commissioner for Agriculture

    The future of Europe: which role for farmers and the rural areas?

    Dubravka Šuica, Vice President of the European Commission for Democracy and Demography

  3. 10:30 - 10:45 (CET)
    Session 2 – Making peace with nature: solutions for a planet in crisis

    Keynote speech

    Inger La Cour Andersen, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme

  4. 10:45 - 11:00 (CET)

    Coffee break

  5. 11:00 - 11:30 (CET)
    Session 3 – Setting the scene - the agricultural outlook in 2030

    Moderator: Tamsin Rose

    Presentation/Panel

    Highlights of the 2021 report "EU agricultural outlook for markets, income and environment 2021–31" and the global perspective

    Tassos Haniotis, Acting Deputy Director-General, Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission

    Beth Bechdol, Deputy Director General, FAO

  6. 11:30 - 13:00 (CET)
    Session 4 – Resilient EU agri-food systems: the farmers’ point of view

    Moderator: Tamsin Rose

    Setting scene presentation

    How do we measure resilience in agri-food systems?

    Miranda Meuwissen, Professor, Wageningen University Research

    Short presentations/videos/inspiring examples

    Sharing experiences to improve resilience of agri-food systems

    Simon Vetter, Farmer, Vetterhof

    Morgan Ody, Farmer, Via Campesina ECVC

    Edina Ocsko, Coordinator of the Horizon 2020 FARMWELL Thematic Network

    Panel discussion

    Which are the key drivers to improve resilience of agri-food systems in the EU?

    Mihail Dumitru, Deputy Director-General, Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission

    Agnieszka Maliszewska, General Director, Polish Chamber of Milk

    Cees Vermaan, Chair of the European Commission mission board ‘Soil, Health and Food’ and former Dutch Minister of Agriculture

    Francesca Hennig Possenti, Senior Lawyer at John Deere GmbH & Co. KG

  7. 13:00 - 14:30 (CET)

    Lunch break

  8. 14:30 - 16:15 (CET)
    Session 5 – Farming’s contribution to the “Fit for 55” package

    Moderator: Brian Maguire

    Setting the scene presentation

    14:30-14:45

    Farming and the climate neutrality objective

    Christian Holzleitner, Head of Unitat the European Commission, Directorate-Generalfor Climate Action

    14:45-15:45

    Parallel Sessions

    5a) Climate neutral farming systems

    Moderator: Dave Keating

    Alan Belward, Head of Unit, Joint Research Centre, European Commission

    Doris Letina, Farmer and Vice President CEJA

    Katja Seidenschnur, Sustainability Director Europe, Middle East, North Africa at Nestle

    Pierre Bascou, Director at the European Commission, Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

    5b) Bioeconomy

    Moderator: Tamsin Rose

    Barna Kovacs, Secretary General, BIOEAST

    Johanna Routa, Research Manager, Senior Scientist at LUKE, Natural Resources Institute Finland

    Carla de Carolis, International Biomass Expert, ITABIA – Italian Biomass Association

    Oana Neagu, Director of the General Affairs team at Copa Cogeca

    5c) Organics

    Moderator: Brian Maguire

    Jürn Sanders, Head of the Socio-Economic Department, FiBL

    Nathalie Sauze-Vandevyver, Director at the European Commission, Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

    Kurt Sannen, Farmer and Chair of IFOAM Organics Europe’s Interest Group of Organic Farmers

    Peter Giørtz-Carlsen, Executive Vice President & CCO Europe, ARLA Foods

    5d) The role of trade

    Moderator: Shada Islam

    Petr Havlik, Research Leader, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

    John Clarke, Director at the European Commission, Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

    Ailish Campbell, Ambassador of Canada to the EU

    Marcel van der Vliet, President CELCAA

    Angus Woods, Irish beef farmer

    15:45-16:15

    Report from the 4 parallel sessions and panel discussion

    "Which contribution from the farming sector to the FIT for 55 package?"

    Moderator: Brian Maguire

    Commented by Pierre Bascou, Director at the European Commission, Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

  9. 16:15 - 16:30 (CET)
    Concluding remarks

    Wolfgang Burtscher, Director-General at the European Commission, Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

  10. 10 Dec 2021, 09:15 - 09:20 (CET)
    Day 2 – EU Agricultural Outlook by 2030

    Introduction by the Master of Ceremonies, Brian Maguire

  11. 09:20 - 10:20 (CET)
    Session 6 – General market situation

    Moderator: Brian Maguire

    Giampiero Genovese, Head of Unit, Joint Research Centre, European Commission

    Ondina Afonso, Chair of Continente Producers Club, Sonae

    Iulia Sima, Vice-President of Cooperative Agroplant Bio Grup de Producatori

    Sławomir Juszczyk, Professor, Warsaw University of Life Sciences

  12. 10:20 - 11:30 (CET)
    Session 7 – The agricultural outlook for arable crops and sugar

    Moderator: Tamsin Rose

    Pedro Gallardo Barrena, Farmer and Vice-President Copa

    Dangis Nekrasius, Economic and Policy Analyst at the European Commission, Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

    Jaana Kleinschmit von Lengefeld, Chairwoman of the Management Board, ADM

    Jérôme Bignon, Trade & Economic Affairs Manager, Cristal Union

    Hémeline Macret, Oilseed desk manager, stratégiegrains/TALLAGE

    Session 8 – The agricultural outlook for specialised crops

    Moderator: Brian Maguire

    Frederic Rosseneu, Corporate Business Development Manager, Greenyard group

    Marijke van Schagen, Socio-Economic Analyst, Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission

    Mireia Torres, Familia Torres, President Plataforma Tecnológica del Vino

    Franz Ennser, CEO, Austria Juice

    Juan Vilar Hernández, Strategic Consultant, Grupo Oleícola Jaén

  13. 11:30 - 11:45 (CET)

    Coffee break – Virtual networking break

  14. 11:45 - 12:55 (CET)
    Session 9 – The agricultural outlook for meat and dairy

    Moderator:Tamsin Rose

    Sinead Waters, Research Officer, TEAGASC

    Andrea Čapkovičová, Socio-Economic Analyst at the European Commission, Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

    Frédéric Chausson, Director of Public Affairs and External Relations, Sodiaal

    Miguel Angel Higuera, Director, Anprogapor

  15. 12:55 - 13:00 (CET)
    Concluding remarks

    Tassos Haniotis, Acting Deputy Director-General at the European Commission, Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

Practical information

When
Thursday 9 December 2021, 10:00 - Friday 10 December 2021, 13:00 (CET)
Where
Online only
Who should attend
Agriculture stakeholders
Languages
English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish
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