ISARA - Annual training module since 2002 on "Economy and Agricultural and food exchanges: international issues"
Partners
Main goals
In-depth knowledge of 4th year engineering students on:
- Global trade in agricultural and food products
- Strategies and the role of large firms at the international level
- The agricultural policies of the main countries or groups of countries and their consequences on international markets
- International negotiations and conflicts, modes of regulation at the world level (notably in the context of the WTO)
Beneficiaries
Étudiants de 4e année
Results
R1. Design of a module for 5 weeks of training
R2. Speakers identification
R3. Coordination of external speakers, trainers, teachers
R4. Training Interventions
R5. Supervision of student work
Activities
A1. Interventions by experts Nitidæ - Rongead and external speakers (in French and English) on:
- World Market, WTO and agricultural policies
- Market risk coverage in agricultural products trade
- Public policies, the CAP and the WTO: stocktaking and prospects for agricultural holdings (application to the milk / meat sector)
- From Commodities Pool to Sovereign Wealth Funds: The Issue of Access to Natural Resources and Food
- Intellectual property and geographical indications in commercial exchanges
- The cotton crisis in Central Asia and trade policies
- Kosovo: the implementation of agricultural policies in a regional context of crisis and competition
- Algeria: staying out of the WTO to develop its agriculture?
- Social Responsibility of Organizations (RSO) in the international trade of agri-food products
- Major international retail groups
- EU / ACP agreements in the agricultural field
- Animation of the educational role play (editor: RONGEAD) on the rice sector
- ...
A2. Supervising groups of students for the preparation of presentations on the different themes.
Related people
Pierre Ricau
Holder of a Master Degree in "Agricultural Development and Economic Policies" from the Institute of Development Studies (IEDES), Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne University and AgroParisTech. He brings his expertise in agricultural market analysis (especially cashew, sesame, shea, cocoa, hevea, corn, rice and onion), development of agro-food sectors, training engineering and consultancy on public agricultural/agro-industrial policies
See moreCédric Rabany
Holder of a Master of Science, "Agricultural Engineer and territories development" from the Institut Supérieur d’Agriculture (ISARA Lyon), he brings his expertise in agro-food/agricultural sectors' analysis and development, strengthening of supplychain actors (producers, private/public actors, agro-food industries...), socio-economic analysis of agricultural chains and his great knowledge of companies in these markets
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