Food and Agriculture
Committee


Chair
Metin Akman
Anako Yumurta ve Ürünleri Gıda San. İhr. İth. ve Tic. A.Ş. (Türkiye)

Lead
Rokas Morkūnas
Policy Manager and Strategic Member Engagement
Vice-Chair
Natasha Santos
Bayer AG (Germany)
Vice-Chair
Gabriela Wurcel
FMC Coporation (US)
Vice-Chair
Kristina Sermuksnyte-Alesiuniene
AgriFood Lithuania DIH (Lithuania)
Vice-Chair
Mark Ball
Syngenta (Switzerland)
Vice-Chair
Martin Schäfer
BASF SE (Germany)
Vice-Chair
Verónica Puente
Director of International Business Policy, Spanish Food and Drink Federation (FIAB)
Vice-Chair
Benjamin Rivoire
International Seeds Federation (Switzerland)
Vice-Chair
Paul Kelly
Ibec (Ireland)
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01.
Overview
Our Food and Agriculture Committee is the primary private sector channel through which to follow and contribute to the OECD’s wide ranging work on food and agriculture issues, such as: green growth and agriculture – including projects on private sector initiatives for improving energy efficiency in the agri–food chain–, nitrogen and farm–level innovation dynamics, transformation of global agri-food systems and work on promoting innovation in agriculture. The Committee also coordinates with the Business at OECD Health Committee on nutrition and obesity and with Environment and Energy Committee on sustainable farming practices and aligning agricultural policies with environmental goals.
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Business engagement at OECD
The OECD is a global leader of statistics, forecasts, and evidence–based policy recommendations in the area of food and agriculture. Its annual publications, such as Monitoring and Evaluating Agricultural Policies and the OECD–FAO Agricultural Outlook, are closely followed by policymakers and industry. The OECD’s policy work contributes to bettering food systems towards in pursuit of the Sustainable Development Goals. The OECD contributes actively to the G20, including on the Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS).
- OECD Committee on Agriculture
- OECD Committee for Fisheries
- OECD Working Party on Agricultural Policies & Markets
- OECD Joint Working Party on Agriculture and the Environment
- OECD Global Forum on Agriculture
- OECD Food Chain Network
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2023 priorities
- Sustainable food systems
- Agriculture resilience as part of a green, sustainable and inclusive recovery
- Agricultural policies and markets
- Trade and agriculture, including disruptions to supply chains
- Agriculture and the environment
- Agriculture and digital innovation, including promoting agricultural capacities, enabling digital infrastructure
- Agriculture and innovation, promoting an enabling policy and regulatory environment
- Food price inflation and reducing market uncertainty
Documents & Releases
11 May 2023
What’s next for Agriculture? Business at OECD (BIAC) Food and Agriculture Committee suggestions for shared action agenda for agribusinesses and governments.
11 April 2023
Key Messages from Business at OECD for the consideration of G7
21 October 2022
Peace for Food Synthesis Report
1 November 2021
Agriculture Recovery and Resilience - Business priorities for agricultural policy
2 August 2021
Key Messages on Digitalization of Agriculture
1 January 2022
Food and Agriculture Committee 2021 Annual Report
1 April 2020
Statement on the Food and Agriculture Policy Response to Covid-19