Location:
International Food Policy Research Institute
2033 K Street, NW, Washington, DC
Fourth Floor Conference Facility
Thursday, October 9, 2003
9.30 am - 12.30 pm
followed by buffet lunch
R.S.V.P.

Abstract

Growing crises and controversy are plaguing the fish industry worldwide. With more people consuming more fish than ever before, the world's oceans are being overfished and fish farming is threatening surrounding waters and even wild fish stocks. Given this troubling picture, what is the outlook for fish in the global food system over the next two decades? What are the key food safety and trade issues influencing the supply and demand for fish? Can an environmentally sustainable fish industry that also serves poor people be developed? Can new technologies and improved policies in both developed and developing countries help create a thriving and sustainable fish industry?

To address these and other pressing questions, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and The WorldFish Center have jointly undertaken, using a state-of-the-art model of the world food system, a comprehensive, first-of-its-kind, economic analysis of world fish markets and their interactions with pressing trade, health, poverty alleviation, technology, and sustainability issues through the year 2020. Please join the authors and other distinguished experts in an informative and rich panel discussion that vividly illuminates the challenges and the opportunities that lie ahead for the world fish industry and fish consumers.

Copies of the book and accompanying summary report and issue brief will be available at the event.

Overview of Issues, Trends, Scenarios, and Projections to 2020
Christopher L. Delgado, director of the Joint ILRI-IFPRI Program on Livestock Market Opportunities and senior research fellow at IFPRI
Environment, Technology, and Small-Scale Fishers
Nikolas Wada, senior research assistant in the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division of IFPRI
Trade, Food Safety, and Food Security
Mahfuzuddin Ahmed, leader of the Policy Research and Impact Assessment Program and principal scientist at The WorldFish Center
Conclusions
Christopher L. Delgado, director of the Joint ILRI-IFPRI Program on Livestock Market Opportunities and senior research fellow at IFPRI
Discussion Session on Environment, Technology, and Scale Issues
Discussant - Rebecca Goldburg, senior scientist at Environmental Defense
Discussion Session on Trade, Food Safety, and Food Security Issues
Discussant - Cathy Roheim, Associate Director of the Rhode Island Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Rhode Island
Discussion Session on Policy Reforms in Developed and Developing Countries
Discussant - David Freestone, Chief Counsel for the Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development and International Law Division, The World Bank
Buffet Lunch