Speeches & slides 2016

The annual Forum for the Future of Agriculture (FFA) returned on Tuesday, March 22, 2016 for another stimulating debate on the future of European and world agriculture. On this page you can find links to speeches and presentations from FFA2016.

Opening Statements (FFA2016)
Janez Potočnik, Chair FFA2016, Chairman RISE Foundation
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The environmental dimension of the new agenda for sustainable development (FFA2016)
Achim Steiner, Under Secretary General, United Nations (UN) and Executive Director, United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP)
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SDGs: Transforming the agricultural model: what needs to change and what are the solutions? A political debate (FFA2016)
José Graziano da Silva, Director General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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Phil Hogan, Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
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SDGs and the economic model: what needs to change? (FFA2016)
Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Director of The Earth Institute, Columbia University
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Disrupting and rethinking the innovation model to achieve the SDGs (FFA2016)
John Ingram, Food Systems Programme Leader, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford
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Closing statements (FFA2016)
Janez Potočnik, Chair FFA2016, Chairman RISE Foundation
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To view videos of any of the sessions above plus interviews visit the FFA2016 Videos page>