Invited Panel Discussions

18 August, 16h00-17h30

  1. Global distortions to agricultural incentives: Lessons from the past 50 Years
    Organiser: Kym Anderson, Venue: 201A
  2. WDR 2008 - two years later
    Organiser: Julio A. Berdegué, Venue: 201B
  3. Gender and Assets: New empirical evidence from Africa, Asia and Latin America
    Organiser: Cheryl Doss, Agnes Quisumbing and Mary Bohman, Venue: 201C
  4. Modernizing the marketing of ruminant products and improving the livelihoods of smallholders in Western China
    Organiser: John Longworth, Venue: 301
  5. Food consumption, health and public policies: American, Asian and European perspective
    Organiser: Kyrre Rickertsen, Venue: 302
  6. Combating HIV and AIDS in rural areas
    Organiser: Hans Binswanger, Venue: 303
  7. A world without agriculture? Historical trends, statistical evidence and harsh reality: the challenge of structural transformation in a globalized economy
    Organiser: Bruno Losch, Venue: 305A
  8. Impact of the financial crisis on agriculture and rural development: Country perspectives
    Organiser: Dina Dumali, Venue: 305B

21 August, 13h30-15h30

  1. Progress and prospects for African agriculture
    Organiser: Alex Mcalla, Venue: 201A
  2. Convergence between social services provision and productive investments: How to accelerate progress toward MDG1 by maximizing the productivity impact of investment in health, education, and safety net services in rural areas
    Organiser: Ousmane Badiane, Venue: 201B
  3. Institutions of sustainability: The emergence of institutional resource economics
    Organiser: Konrad Hagedorn, Venue: 201C
  4. Agrarian Cooperatives and global agriculture
    Organiser: George Hendrikse, Venue: 301
  5. Agri-food trade between China and the EU - Situation and challenges for the future
    Organiser: Krijn Poppe, Venue: 302
  6. The new landscape and the agricultural economics data toolkit
    Organiser: Mary Ahearn, Venue: 303
  7. Biofuels - Global issues and impacts
    Organiser: Wally Tyner, Venue: 305A
  8. Global agricultural productivity (slowdown?) and R&D
    Organiser: Phil Pardey and Julian Alston, Venue: 305B