Tuesday July 5th, 2022

The fifth edition of the Global Agribusiness Forum (GAF) – one of the main agribusiness meetings in the world – will take place on July 25 and 26, 2022, in São Paulo, at the Sheraton WTC Hotel. The biannual event with free online broadcast will be jointly promoted by the Brazilian Rural Society – SRB, Association of Corn Producers of Brazil – ABRAMILHO, International Corn Alliance – MAIZALL, Association of Zebu Cattle Breeders – ABCZ, Brazilian Association of Producers Exporters of Fruits and Derivatives – ABRAFRUTAS , the National Sugar-Energy Forum, the National Union of Ethanol and Corn – UNEM, the Brazilian Association of Animal Protein – ABPA and DATAGRO, an agricultural consultancy in Brazil.

The 2022 edition, which integrates agribusiness efforts to overcome the challenge of feeding the global population in the coming decades, will have the theme “Food Security, Climate Change and Sustainability”. Under these three main fronts, the event will bring panelists and national and international authorities, such as Ambassador Alexandre Parola, Permanent Representative of Brazil to the WTO; Ambassador Roberto Carvalho de Azevêdo, former Director General of the WTO and Director of Corporate Affairs and President of the PepsiCo Foundation; Dr. Seth Meyer, Chief Economist – USDA; Dr. Edwini Kessie, Director of the Agriculture and Commodities Division, WTO – World Trade Organization; Pablo Di Si, Executive President of Volkswagen Latin America; Giulia Di Tommaso, President and CEO CropLife International; Janelle Meyers, Kellogg Company Sustainability Director, Arnaud Petit, Executive Director IGC – International Grains Council; Hsia Hua Sheng, Vice President, Bank of China, among others.

Specialists will promote major debates and topics such as: The world’s agricultural challenges; The challenge of feeding the world by 2050; Biotechnology, food safety and sustainability; Circular economy and food waste reduction; Business environment and market access; Global perspective until 2050; The challenge of sustainable production in a time of conflict; The future of world trade; Biofuels and the future of mobility; The complementarity between family and business agriculture.

In 2018, at the last meeting before the Covid-19 pandemic, the Global Agribusiness Forum brought together more than 3200 participants from 62 countries, 73 international speakers, 13 ministers of state for agriculture and two former ministers. In addition, it had the support of 103 class entities and governments, and distinguished itself for promoting debates and raising issues of great importance for the development and growth of the sector.

In past editions, the GAF also had the presence of exponents such as Michel Temer, former president of the Republic of Brazil; Al Gore, former Vice President of the United States and Nobel Prize winner; Lawrence Summers, former US Secretary of the Treasury; businessman Abílio Diniz, chairman of the Board of Directors of BRFoods; among other distinguished representatives and experts from the public and private sectors of world agribusiness.

GAF SERVICE 2022

Global Agribusiness Forum 2022 – Free online event
Date: July 25 and 26, 2022
Time: 08 AM – 08:30 PM – BRT (Brasilia Time) UTC/GMT -3 hours
Official website: https://www.globalagribusinessforum. com/
Schedule : https://www.globalagribusinessforum.com/events/gaf2022/
Registration: https://www.globalagribusinessforum.com/signup/
Hashtag: #GAF22