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Anna Locke

Head of Programme, Agricultural Development and Policy

Anna is an agricultural economist with 19 years of experience in development. She has in-depth experience of working with market-led agriculture, analysing and advising on how to develop agriculture in such a way as to promote sustainable growth and reduce poverty, based on principles of competitiveness, market access and inclusiveness. Her focus in recent years has been on biofuels, looking at the linkages between agriculture, energy and climate change, as well as issues of land governance.

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Food price dynamics: Where to now?

Event - Round-table - 7 October 2011 01:30 - 17:30 (GMT+01 (BST))

Where are prices of cereals headed over the next ten years? And what does this imply for policy?

These questions were addressed at a workshop with presentations from Merritt Cluff of FAO, Dirk Willenbockel from IDS and Chris Gilbert from Trento University. All agreed that prices are likely to fall a little in real terms, but will remain well above the levels seen in the early 2000s.

A panel of specialists chaired by Simon Maxwell, with Brendan Bayley from HMT, Bettina Prato from IFAD, Benoit Daviron from CIRAD, and Ruth Kelly from Oxfam, shared their views on the policy implications of a world facing sustained higher food prices and possible increased volatility.

A report of the event, a blog outlining key messages from discussion, as well as presentations and videos from key speakers can be found on this page.

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