WTO Trade Dialogue on Food - COP 28 and Food Trade

29 January 2024. The aim of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Trade Dialogues on Food is to create a conversation around the role of international trade in food security. 

The Trade Dialogues on Food invites experts from governments, non-governmental organizations, businesses, academia, think tanks and foundations, to debate the most topical issues in food trade. 

• Each year the international trading system moves enough wheat, maize, rice and soybean to feed approximately three billion people around the globe. 
• Meanwhile, over 200 million tons of fertilizer applied to farmland annually play a key role in helping us grow enough food to sustain our expanding population, with much of it traded on the international stage. 
• Climate change will make international trade even more central to food security, acting as a vital conduit for food from food-surplus to food-deficit nations in the wake of natural calamities. 

The Trade Dialogues on Food are designed to shed greater light on the complexity of the food trade nexus, creating a safe space for public policy debate.

• Danielle Nierenberg President , Foodtank 
• Ackim Mwape Africa Programme Lead , The Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases 
• Hoe Lim Director , Trade and Environment Division, World Trade Organization (WTO) 
• Tatiana Campos Executive Director , International Fruit and Vegetable Juice Association 
  
  Tatiana referred to the Global Juice Sustainability Report 2023 # 36 p

The aim of this report is to serve as a repository of practical insights and real-world experiences that can be used by juice sector stakeholders to improve their sustainability initiatives and to collectively work towards a more sustainable and responsible future. The second edition of the juice industry report, serves as a valuable resource for monitoring progress and promoting successful practices in the industry. This report is part of an ongoing effort to enhance accessibility to effective sustainability strategies and best practices. The report is compiled by the members of the IFU and the Sustainability Working Group, who have shared examples of how various aspects related to sustainability are being addressed within the industry.

• Joseph Glauber Senior Research Fellow, Markets, Trade and Institutions Unit, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
• Moderator Doaa Abdel-Motaal Senior Counsellor, WTO Agriculture and Commodities Division