The 17th Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) “Farming a Sustainable Bioeconomy“
January 15, 2025 @ 8:00 am - January 18, 2025 @ 5:00 pm UTC+0
The Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) is an international conference on central issues of vital importance for global agricultural and food policies. The 17th edition of the conference will take place from the 15-18 January 2025, in Berlin at the same time as the International Green Week (IGW). The GFFA is hosted by the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) in cooperation with the Berlin Senate and Messe Berlin GmbH.
The Bioeconomy will be focus of the 2025 conference. The global economic system is facing great challenges as it is largely dependent on non-renewable, fossil resources. It uses up finite resources, exacerbates the climate crisis and thus has a drastic impact on global food security. A sustainable, circular bioeconomy can play a key role in the further development towards a sustainable and resilient resource base.
Four central bioeconomy topics will be discussed:
- Sustainably producing biomass – Solving conflicts of interests
- Sustainably using biomass – Ensuring global food security
- Strengthening innovation – Promoting communication
- Providing fair framework conditions – Harnessing change
The GFFA is a unique platform for networking and dialogue: every year, the approximately 20 public events hosted within the scope of the GFFA attract up to 2,000 international actors from politics, civil society, industry and the scientific community. The political highlight of the GFFA is the largest Agriculture Ministers’ Conference in the world, which regularly brings together around 70 ministers who seize this opportunity for discussion and cooperation.
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