CIHEAM Zaragoza, the Agri-Food Research and Technology Centre of Aragon (CITA), the Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Zaragoza and the AgriFood Institute of Aragon (IA2), organize the XIV Congress of the Spanish Association of Agrifood Economists (AEEA), to be held in Zaragoza on 6, 7 and 8 September.
Under the theme “Strategies for agrifood systems in the face of global challenges”, congress delegates will gather at the venues of the organizing institutions to address research topics of significant national and international importance in the field of agrifood economics.
More than 200 participants and over 350 contributions will pay special attention to the topics of food geopolitics, governance of sustainable agriculture and food systems, and the development of new tools to promote sustainable consumption.
CIHEAM’s Secretary General, Teodoro Miano, will take part in the first plenary session of the congress and will share CIHEAM’s 60-year experience in overcoming the challenges for agriculture and food in the Mediterranean. This session, under the title “Food geopolitics: global challenges, local impacts”, will also count on the participation of:
- Javier Sierra, former Director of CIHEAM Zaragoza and current Counsellor of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food at the Permanent Mission of Spain to the United Nations Office in Geneva;
- Gabriel Trenzado, Director General of Agrifood Cooperatives in Spain;
- Nuria Arribas, Managing Director of the Interprofessional Dairy Organization;
- and Jesús Barreiro-Hurle, economist at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, who will be moderating the debate.
CIHEAM’s Secretary General, Teodoro Miano, will take part in the XIV Congress of Agrifood Economics.
The congress will be inaugurated on 6 September at CIHEAM Zaragoza by representatives of the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, the Government of Aragon, the AEEA, Cajamar, the University of Zaragoza and CIHEAM Zaragoza. Prior to the official opening, the venue will host an encounter between the associations of agricultural economists from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Portugal, Spain and Uruguay.
The following sessions can be followed via streaming by registering at the links below:
Wednesday, 6 September | 12:00 – 14:00 h.
Wednesday 6 September | 16:30 – 17:30 h.
Wednesday 6 September | 18:00 – 19:30 h.