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SUMMARY:USDA Chief Economist Is Keynote Speaker At University Of Guelp
 h Conference In Ottawa
DESCRIPTION:Agri-food leaders from across Canada will gather in Ottawa
  on April 5 to hear United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Chi
 ef Economist Joseph Glauber offer his insights on international agri-f
 ood trade and the World Trade Organization (WTO).  Dr. Glauber’s pre
 sentation is part of a conference called Growing Our Future: Making se
 nse of national food strategies presented by the Institute for the Adv
 anced Study of Food and Agricultural Policy, based in the Department o
 f Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Guelp
 h.   Department chair Alan Ker says the conference will be a unique o
 pportunity to gain a sense of how Canada’s agri-food strategies stac
 k up.   “We’re fortunate that Dr. Glauber is willing to share his
  perspective on US trade and agri-food policy, given Canada’s depend
 ence on international markets,” says Dr. Ker.   As Chief Economist,
  Dr. Glauber is responsible for the USDA's agricultural forecasts and 
 projections and for advising the Secretary of Agriculture on the econo
 mic implications of alternative programs, regulations, and legislative
  proposals. He’s also responsible for the Office of the Chief Econom
 ist, the World Agricultural Outlook Board, the Office of Risk Assessme
 nt and Cost-Benefit analysis, the Global Change Program Office, and th
 e Office of Energy Policy and New Uses.   Other speakers at the confe
 rence will address specific issues regarding national agri-food strate
 gies. Their presentations will help attendees make sense of which stra
 tegies make solid economic sense and which are counter-productive to n
 ational fiscal growth.    “We have all these policy options on the
  table. It’s time to identify the options that don’t make sense ec
 onomically and move them off the table and into the trash can,” says
  Dr. Ker.   Some of the other topics and speakers at the Growing Our 
 Future conference include:   •    Biofuels and agricultural poli
 cy - Bruno Larue, Professor and Canada Research Chair in International
  Agri-food Trade, Laval University; and Director of the Center for Res
 earch on the Economics of the Environment, Agri-food, Transports and E
 nergy (CREATE)  •    The role of agri-food policy in shaping heal
 th - John Cranfield, Professor, Department of Food, Agricultural and R
 esource Economics, University of Guelph; and President, Canadian Agric
 ultural Economics Society (CAES)    •    Food security - Murray
  Fulton, Professor, Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy; 
 and
Associate Member, Department of Bioresource Policy, Business and
  Economics, University of Saskatchewan  •    Environmental benefi
 cial management practices, policies and outcomes - James Vercammen, Pr
 ofessor, Food and Resource Economics, Strategy and Business Economics,
  University of British Columbia; and Past President, CAES  The April 5
  conference will be held at the Westin Hotel in Ottawa. For a full age
 nda and more information on registration, go to fare.uoguelph.ca/insti
 tute/conference.html or contact Debbie Harkies at dharkies@uoguelph.ca
  or 519-824-4120 ext. 53625.  The Institute for the Advanced Study of 
 Food and Agricultural Policy is housed within the Department of Food, 
 Agricultural, and Resource Economics, Ontario Agricultural College, Un
 iversity of Guelph. The mission of the institute is to provide indepen
 dent, credible, and timely policy analysis with respect to socially si
 gnificant food and agricultural issues.\n\nFor more information visit 
 https://ontag.farms.com/events/usda-chief-economist-is-keynote-speaker
 -at-university-of-guelph-c
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LOCATION:The Westin
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