Cal-Med Consortium Workshop II

Domestic Policies and Mediterranean Products

Sponsored by the Farm Foundation, the Economic Research Service, and the Foreign Agricultural Service

Waugh Conference Room, USDA ERS, Washington, DC

Thursday December 7

8:30 am Welcome and Introduction to the Workshop

Neilson Conklin,USDA, Economic Research Service andTim Josling, StanfordUniversity

Session 1: Policy Change for Mediterranean Products in the EU

9:00 am-10:30Chair: Michel Petit, CIHEAM

  • Domestic Policy Reform in the EU: What is Ahead for Fruit and Vegetables?

Antonio Cioffi, University of Naples

  • EU Wine Policy Changes

Etienne Montaigne,AGRO-M, Ecole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique

Discussion openers:Giovanni Anania, University of Calabria; David Leishman, USDA, Foreign Agricultural Service-Brussels

Break 10:30am - 10:45 am

Session 2: Domestic Subsidy Programs and Mediterranean Products in the United States

10:45- 12:15Chair: Tim Josling, StanfordUniversity

  • The Farm Bill and Domestic Policy Reform Issues for Mediterranean Products: Jay E. Noel,CaliforniaPolytechnicStateUniversity
  • The Impacts of Planting Restrictions for Mediterranean Products in the US Context

C. Edwin Young,USDA, Economic Research Service

Discussion openers: Mechel Paggi, California State University, Fresno;Bruno Henry de Frahan, Université Catholique de Louvain, Robert Guenther, United Fresh Fruit and Vegetables

Lunch 12:15 – 1:15 pm

Session 3: Public Goods Policies to Support Mediterranean Products

1:15pm - 3:00pmChair: Dan Sumner, UC Davis

  • Research Policy and Mediterranean Products

Julian Alston, University of California, Davis

  • Food Assistance and Nutrition Policy

Tim Richards, ArizonaStateUniversity

  • Producer Organizations and Management of Mediterranean Product Policies Marc Duponcel (EU Commission)

Discussion openers:Jean-Marc Trarieux,EU Embassy;Joe Zanger, Casa de Fruta

Break 3:00 – 3:15

Session 4: International Relationships, Agreements and Comparisons

3:15 pm – 4:45 pmChair: Lee Ann Patterson, Agricola Trade

  • WTO, Bilaterals and Mediterranean Product Policy

Pierlugi Londero, EU Commission

  • Effect on Mediterranean Products of the Fall of Doha?

Tim Josling,StanfordUniversity

Discussion openers: Ann Tutwiler,Hewlett Foundation;Lashonda McLeod

Foreign Agriculture Service, USDA

Open Discussion on Day One proceedings:

4:45 – 5:30pmChair: Michel Petit, CIHEAM

6:30pm Workshop Reception and Dinner

Friday December 8

Session 5: Policy Considerations for Selected Mediterranean Products

8:30 – 10:00Chair: Lee Ann Patterson

  • EU Citrus,

José Maria Garcia Alvarez-Coque, Polytechnic University of Valencia

  • Processing Tomatoes

Brad Rickard,CaliforniaPolytechnicStateUniversity, San Luis Obsipo

Discussion openers: Fumiko Yamazaki, CaliforniaState University, Fresno; Larry Deaton, USDA, Foreign Agricultural Service

Break 10:15 – 10:30

Session 6: Implications of Policy for the Wine Industry

10:30 – 12:00 pmChair: Julian Alston

  • Policy Issues for the EU Wine industry

Luis Miguel Albisu, Centro Investigación Agroalimentaria de Aragón (CITA), Zaragoza;

  • U.S. Wine Policy Issues,

Daniel Pick, ERS

Discussants:Dan Sumner, UC Davis;Michel Petit, CIHEAM

Lunch 12:00 – 1:00

Session 7: Policy Forum

1:00 – 2:30 pmModerator: Giovanni Anania, University of Calabria

Tyson Redpath,Lesher and Russell, Inc.

Pierluigi Londero,EU Commission

Joe Zanger,Casa de Fruta

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