Global conference on agriculture, food security and climate change

The Government of the Netherlands, in close cooperation with the Governments of Ethiopia, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Vietnam, the World Bank and the FAO, is organizing the 2010 conference on agriculture, food security and climate change.

The conference where governments, international organizations, the private sector, non-governmental organizations, philanthropic foundations, local community producers and the scientific community, will together develop a roadmap with concrete actions linking agriculture-related investments, policies and measures, to the transition to lower carbon-emitting climate resilient growth. Sessions include climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies.

The conference will be chaired by the Dutch Minister of agriculture, nature and food quality.