The world's water resourcessituation is characterized by a very uneven distribution in relation to theneed and demand for food. These circumstances make it necessary and rational totrade agricultural products between areas and groups of people where theresource endowment makes it possible to produce a surplus and areas andsocieties where import is the only, or the best, option for food security.Variation in terms of technological and governance capacity to produce, processand market agricultural commodities also contribute to trade. The scope andscale of the evolving trade is unlike anything seen before. Farmers,communities and a number of intermediaries between producers and consumers inthe food supply chain are now increasingly involved in trading activities.Added to the open trade is the 'silent trade' where land - and water - isacquired by foreign governments and companies, in countries with a relativeabundance of resources.

This workshop willinvestigate the flows of food products and the opportunities and threatspresented through trade. The need and rational for an expansion of trade willbe scrutinized with reference to differences in water resources, but also thevariation between countries in terms of technologies, and governance capacityto produce, process and market agricultural commodities.The roles of nationaland local governments, private companies and civil society and the localimplications from this trade, including the acquisition of land and water inother countries, will be addressed.

Chairs:

Mr. Julian Lampietti, World Bank and Prof. Antony Allan, SOAS/University of London, UK

Moderator: Mr. Dominic Waughrey, WEF

Rapporteurs:

Prof. Pieter van der Zaag, UNESCO-IHE

Prof.Jan Lundqvist, SIWI

Mr.Ertag Ercin, University of Twente, theNetherlands

Programme:

09:00 – 09:05 Purpose of Workshop –chairs

09:05 – 09:20 Trade, water, climatechange and food security in MENA.

Dr. Julian Lampietti, World Bank

09:20 – 09:35 Food Security and WaterDeficits: How the Private Sector Helps.

Mr. Carl Haussman, BungeLimited

09:35 – 09:55 Dr. Charlotte deFraiture, UNESCO-IHE

09:55 – 10:30 Questions and Responsesmoderated by Dominic Waughray

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 – 11:15 The Water-Agriculture andTrade Nexus - When Self-sufficiency is not an Option

Dr. Mohamed Ait Kadi

11:15 – 12:25 Panel discussionmoderated by Dominic Waughray

Panellists:

· Speakers

· Prof.Joachim von Braun, ZEF

· Dr. TaysirAl-Ghanem (tbc), Qatar National FoodSecurity Conference

· Prof. AntonyAllan, SOAS/University of London, UK

· Prof. ErikGawel, UFZ

12:25 – 12:30 Summingup by chairs – End of Workshop

Posters:

  · Prof .Marissa Cloutier

Prof-University of Hartford; Student - Harvard School of Public Health

Global Virtual Water Content ofthe American Diet, Average Per Capita, in 2000

· Ms. Kulawal Supesuntorn

LeuphanaUniversität Lüneburg

SustainableUse of Water in the Food and Beverage Sector through Product Water FootprintLabeling (PWFL) with empirical evidence from Thailand

· Mr.Fitzgerald Temmerman

WorldTrade Institute

Access to fresh water andinternational trade law

· Mr. UsmanBustaman

BPS- Statistics Indonesia

Water Management: Export-Importand Food Security

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