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Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA)

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Overview

We provide a platform for world food affairs · The Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) is an international conference on agri-food policy issues organised by the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture. · For the past fifteen years it has been held at the beginning of the International Green Week in Berlin. · Around 2,000 international visitors from politics, industry, science and civil society discuss a central topic/theme. · On the last day of the conference, the world’s largest informal Conference of Agriculture Ministers takes place – a highlight of the GFFA. · Approximately 70 agriculture ministers from around the world as well as high-level representatives from more than ten international organizations adopt a joint political communiqué on the respective central theme. · High-ranking guests, such as King Charles, Ban Ki-moon, Angela Merkel and Josefa Sacko have in recent years contributed to GFFA with keynotes speeches. · 146 countries with their delegations have previously participated in the GFFA.