Pacific Economic Cooperation Council

Event

Title:: PECC Pacific Food System 2006-2007
When:: 17 May, 2006 - 19 May, 2006
Where:: Singapore - Singapore
Category:: PECC Events

Description

PACIFIC FOOD SYSTEM OUTLOOK

2006 - 2007

May 17-19, 2006
Orchard Hotel, Singapore

Program and Agenda

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A great uncertainty now facing the PECC food system are rising energy costs. Since 2003, real petroleum prices have risen more than 50 percent, peaking at more than $70/barrel in late 2005. Other energy prices have followed suit.

This year's Pacific Food System Outlook project will assess the general energy outlook and its implications for the many facets of the region's food system, including:

As one of the most energy-intensive sectors in the economy from spatially dispersed food production and increasingly concentrated urban demand, the food system faces more significant adjustments than other economic sectors.

The project's assessment will be released at the November 2006 APEC Ministerial in Hanoi.

Previous topics addressed will by the Food System Outlook are:

A Revolution in Food Retailing (2005)
Pacific Food System Outlook: A Revolution in Food Retailing (623.07 kB)
The Role of Transportation Infrastructure in a Seamless Food System (2004)
Pacific Food System Outlook: The Role of Transportation Infrastructure in a Seamless Food System (3.96 MB)
Where Demographics Will Take The Food System (2003)
Pacific Food System Outlook: Where Demographics will take the Food System (1.56 MB)
Making the Region's Food Supplies Safer (2002)
PFSO: Making the Regions Food Supplies Safer (1017.11 kB)
Meeting the Challenge of Water Scarcity (2001)
Pacific Food System Outlook: Meeting the Challenge of Water Scarcity (1.6 MB)

About PECC
Founded in 1980, the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council has 23 member committees, two associate members and two institutional members. It is the only non-government official observer of the APEC process and provides viral information and views on trade, finance, and sectoral issues to the region's governments.

The Council brings together leading thinkers, and decision makers from government and business in an informal setting to discuss and formulate ideas on the most significant challenges facing the Asia Pacific. In an increasing complex global world PECC provides and opportunity for greater understanding of the strategic business environment and the ability to influence thinking and policy across the region.

This year's Pacific Food System Outlook project will assess the general energy outlook and its implications for the many facets of the region's food system, including:

The longer-term viability of alternatives energy sources such as ethanol and other bio fuels that compete directly for food-producing resources;
The cross-regional impacts and farm-level adjustments strategies to rising fuel and other input costs;
The beyond-the-farm-gate supply chain impacts on a food system ever more dependent on processing and transportation services, and
The policy response in promoting food system efficiencies, energy conservation, and alternative energy sources.

Day 1 - May 17, 2006
0840-0900	Registration
0900-0915	Opening Address: Walter J. Armbruster, Chair, Pacific Food System Outlook, PECC; and President, U.S. Farm Foundation Welcome Address: Eduardo Pedrosa, Secretary General, PECC Secretariat Tan Teck Meng, Chair, SINCPEC, Singapore Assoc Prof Pang Yang Hoong, Dean, School of Accountancy SMU
0915-0945	Speech by Guest-of-Honour Choo Chiau Beng, Chairman & CEO, Keppel Offshore & Marina; Chairman, Singapore Petroleum Company and Singapore Refining Company
0945 - 1000	Coffee Break
1000 - 1015	Introduction Bill Coyle, Senior Coordinator, Pacific Food System Outlook, PECC
1015 - 1300	Session 1: The Outlook for energy and linkages to the food system Overview: General energy outlook Jason Feer, Vice President & Singapore Bureau Chief, Argus Media Ltd Global Energy Markets Overview (304.55 kB) Viability of alternative energy sources; e.g. ethanol and other biofuels and their potential impact on the food system Hosein Shapouri, The Office of Energy Policy and New Uses, US Dept of Agriculture Viability of Alternative Energy Sources; e.g. Ethanol and Other Biofuels and Their Potential Impacts (180.85 kB) Energy impacts on different parts of the food system: farm-level impacts and adjustments impacts beyond the farm, on the rest of the food supply chain impacts on food consumption Gary Blumenthal, President, World Perspective Inc. USA. Energy and Agriculture (963.8 kB) Long run linkage between fuel and commodities' prices - A co-integration approach Jaime del Rio, Fideicomisos Instituidos en Relación con la Agricultura (FIRA) (Trust Funds for Agriculture Development), Bank of Mexico Long-run linkages between fuels’ and commodities’ prices: A co-integrated approach (505.35 kB)
1300-1400	Lunch
1400-1530	Session II - Perspectives from East Asia Moderator: Ching-Cheng Chang, Research Fellow, The Institute of Economics Academia Sinica, Taipei Panellists China: Dinghuan Hu, Professor, Institute of Chinese Agricultural Economics, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Effect of Energy Price Rise on Agriculture in China (10.05 MB) Korea: Yong Sun Lee, Research Fellow, The Institute of Economics Academia Sinica, Taipei Impacts of Oil Price Hike on Greenhouse Farming in Korea (338.58 kB) Chinese Taipei: Ching-Cheng Chang, Reseatch Fellow, The Institute of Economics Academia Sinica, Taipei Energy Outlook and Impact of Energy price Hike on the Food System in Chinese Taipei (495.93 kB)
1530-1545	Break
1545-1730	Session III - Perspectives from Southeast Asia Moderator: Nasir Shamsudin, Professor of Food and Agricultural Economics, Department of Agribusiness, Universiti Putra Malaysia Panellists: Indonesia: Ronnie S. Natawidjaja, Director, Center for Agricultural Policy and Agribusiness Studies (CAPAS), Faculty of Agriculture - Padjadjaran University, Bandung, Indonesia Impact of Rising Energy Costs on the Food System in Indonesia (187.7 kB) Philippines: Salvador P. Catelo, Dean, College of Economics and Management University of the Philippines Los Banos, the Philippines Rising Energy Costs: Consequences for the Region’s Food System - the Case of the Philippines (526.11 kB) Thailand: Ruangrai Tokrisna, Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Faculty of Economics, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand General Energy Outlook: Implications on Food Production in Thailand (166.18 kB) Malaysia: Fatimah Mohd Arshad, Director, Institute of Agricultural and Food Policy Studies, University Putra Malaysia Implications of Oil Price Increase on the Malaysian Food System (426.17 kB) Vietnam: Pham Quang Dieu, Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agricultural and Rural Development (IPSARD), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Rising Energy Costs and Farm Economy (804.01 kB)
Day 2 - May 18, 2006
0930-1230	Session IV: Perspectives from North America, South America and Oceania Moderator: Don Gunasakera, Head, International Branch, Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economics Panellists: Canada: Pierre Charlebois, Research and Analysis Directorate, Agriculture and Agrifood Canada Rising Energy Costs: Consequences for the Region’s Food System (182.2 kB) Mexico: Juan Manuel Galarza, Director General, Servicio de Informacion y Estadistica Agroalimentaria y Pesquera Secretaria de Agricultura, Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y Alimentacion (SAGARPA) Rising Energy Costs: Consequences for the Region’s Food System: Perspectives (575.08 kB)
1100-1115	Break
	Session IV: Perspectives from North America, South America and Oceania (cont'd) Panellists: Australia: Don Gunasakera, Head, International Branch, Australia Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economics Production and Use of Biofuels: Australian Perspective (439.66 kB) New Zealand: Frank Scrimgeour, Acting Dean, University of Waikato Management School Rising Energy Costs and the Food System: The Case of the New Zealand Dairy Industry (454.62 kB) United States: Matt Shane, Senior Economist, Market and Trade Economics Division, Economic Research Service, US Department of Agriculture The Implications of High Energy Prices on U.S. Agriculture (170.33 kB)
1230-1430	Lunch
1430-1700	Meeting Wrap up Don Gunasakera, Head, International Branch, Australia Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economics
	Future directions Bill Coyle, Senior Coordinator, Pacific Food System Outlook, PECC Walter J. Armbruster, Chair, Pacific Food System Outlook, PECC; President, U.S. Farm Foundation
	Closing Remarks Eduardo Pedrosa, Secretary General, PECC Secretariat Walter J. Armbruster, Chair, Pacific Food System Outlook, PECC; President, U.S. Farm Foundation

Venue

Venue:: Singapore
City:: Singapore