- 1 -

Committee on Trade and Development9 March 2010

Aid for Trade

DRAFT AGENDA

MAINSTREAMING AID FOR TRADE AT A THEMATIC LEVEL

WORKSHOP ON AID FOR TRADE AND AGRICULTURE[1]

Wednesday, 17 March 2010 – WTO, Room W

10 a.m. – 10.05 a.m.Chair introduction

SESSION 1: AID FOR TRADE AND AGRICULTURE – CONTEXT AND CHALLENGES

10.05 a.m. – 11.30 a.m

FAO: Aid for Trade and the agriculture sector: Meeting the challenge

  • What role can agriculture play in achieving the Millennium Development Goals?
  • What role can agriculture play as a motor for economic growth?
  • What actions were agreed at the November 2009 World Food Summit?
  • What is the status of the Global Partnership for Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition?

World Bank: Aid for Trade and the agriculture sector – Addressing the legacy of

underinvestment

  • What has been the cause and effect of underinvestment in the agriculture sector?
  • What is the outlook for investment and donor support to the agriculture sector in developing countries?
  • What does research tell us about the impact of mainstreaming trade into agricultural development on economic growth and poverty alleviation?

IFAD: Aid for Trade and the Agriculture sector: Evaluating the impact of investment in the agriculture sector

  • Integrating smallholder farmers into local, regional and global supply chains: challenge or opportunity?
  • What role can agricultural investment play in climate change adaptation and mitigation?
  • How is IFAD responding to the development effectiveness agenda?

OECD: Aid for Trade support to the agriculture sector: past experience and future outlook

  • Where is Aid for Trade funding to the agriculture sector going and what is it being spent on? What is the outlook for Aid for Trade to the agriculture sector?
  • What does research tell us about promoting pro-poor growth through agricultural development?

Discussion

SESSION 2: AID FOR TRADE AND AGRICULTURE – NATIONAL AND REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES

11.30 a.m. – 1 p.m.

This session will allow Members, Observers and Observer Organizations to discuss their experiences of mainstreaming trade into national and regional agricultural development strategies, the role of trade in new initiatives for food security and on-going Aid-for-Trade activities directed at the agriculture sector, as well as evaluations of the impact and effectiveness of Aid for Trade in the agriculture sector.

Members are encouraged to submit background documents to the Secretariat in advance of the workshop. Submissions received will be issued as CTD documents Members are requested to provide this information by Friday, 5 March 2010to .

______

[1]The Workshop will be followed by the Fourteenth Session of the Committee on Trade and Development on Aid for Trade, which will be held in the afternoon of 17 March. Interpretation will be provided in English, French and Spanish.