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FAO and OECD to launch Agricultural Outlook 2019-2028
New projections on agricultural production, expected developments in the global commodities and food trade, with a feature on the Latin America and the Caribbean region
8 July 2019 | FAO, Rome
The OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2019-2028 will provide consensus assessments of the prospects over the next 10 years for agricultural and fish commodity markets at national, regional and global levels. The report also covers animal feed, biofuels and agriculture's direct greenhouse gas emissions.
This year's Special Feature will focus on farming, trade and food security developments in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will launch the report at a press conference at FAO's Rome headquarters starting at 11:30 CET (09:30 GMT) on Monday, 8 July.
The report will be available to registered journalists on OECD's password-protected website at 11:30 CET (09:30 GMT) on Monday 8 July, for immediate release.
Journalists can receive advanced access to the electronic version of the report by e-mail - by request only the day before release, and under embargo until 15:00 CET.
Requests to receive the report under embargo or obtain a password to access the website should be sent to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>.
Angel Gurría, Secretary General, OECD and José Graziano da Silva, Director-General, FAO, will present their messages via video at the launch of the report, which will feature special remarks by Máximo Torero, Assistant Director-General, Economic and Social Development for FAO, and Ken Ash, Director, Trade and Agriculture Directorate for OECD followed by a technical presentation and a question-and-answer session.
The event will be webcast live here<http://www.fao.org/webcast/home/en/> with interpretation provided in English, French, Italian and Spanish.
For further information on the OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2019-2028, to attend the launch or to arrange interviews with OECD officials, contact Lawrence Speer<mailto:[log in to unmask]> (+33 1 4524 7970) in the OECD Media Office<mailto:[log in to unmask]> (+33 1 4524 9700).
To arrange interviews with FAO officials, contact the FAO Newsroom<mailto:[log in to unmask]> (+39 06 570 53168).
Information and data from the report, including the main conclusions, will be freely accessible on the OECD's web site at: www.agri-outlook.org<http://www.agri-outlook.org>. You are invited to include this Internet link in reports on the Outlook.
RESOURCES
Event website<http://www.agri-outlook.org/>
Webcast<http://www.fao.org/webcast/home/en/>
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ACCREDITATION
To attend the press conference and presentation, please email - by 5 July 2019, with "FAO-OECD"" in the subject line, the following to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>:
· a copy of a valid press card (or) letter of assignment on company stationery
· a copy of a valid ID (passport, identity card)
Please have all ID materials with you to gain access to FAO premises.
EMBARGO
Journalists will be allowed advance access to the electronic version of the report, by e-mail and under embargo, and by request only the day before release.
In asking to receive the report under embargo, journalists undertake to respect the OECD's embargo procedures. Requests to receive the report by e-mail under embargo or to obtain a password to access the website should be sent to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
FOR MORE INFORMATION
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OECD Media Office
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