FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia

WEBINAR: Lifting lockdowns – what next for food systems?

Hybrid Event, 28/05/2020

As countries ease lockdown measures, a new set of challenges emerges for food production, processing, and logistics of supply chains. Some of these can provide opportunity for growth, given that policy-makers and value chain actors play their part. To mitigate COVID-19 impacts and to open new opportunities, countries need practical solutions on a range of issues including food supply, food and nutrition security, trade and markets.

The FAO webinar entitled “Lifting lockdowns – what next for food systems?” should serve as a platform for information sharing among countries and partners to address impacts of COVID-19 and challenges in the food and agriculture sector of Europe and Central Asia.

Please register to follow the virtual event through the Zoom conferencing platform, simultaneous interpretation in Russian is provided. The webcast will be streamed live on YouTube in English.

 

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  Thursday, 28 May 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. CET

Opening Remarks

Vladimir Rakhmanin
FAO ADG and Regional Representative for Europe and Central Asia

Speakers

Maximo Torero 
Chief Economist
FAO

Khatia Tsilosani
Deputy Minister,
Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture, Georgia

Taras Kachka 
Deputy Minister for Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine
Trade Representative of Ukraine

Arman Khojoyan
Deputy Minister
Ministry of Economy, Armenia

Tugomir Majdak,
State Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture,
Croatia

Paulo Gouveia
Chief Policy Advisor
Copa Cogeca