This workshop will seek to explore how government policies can best address the opportunities and challenges for economic actors within the agro-food sector that are created by evolving patterns in the structure of GVCs, with special attention paid to China’s place within GVCs.
The sessions will discuss the policy options that allow for agro-food chain participants, including smallholder farmers, to benefit from their involvement in GVCs, while minimising any negative impacts. The event will be structured into two parts: the first exploring the international trade policy underpinnings of participation in GVCs, with the second exploring the role of domestic agro-food policy settings. It will bring together Chinese policy makers, agricultural policy researchers, representatives of the OECD Secretariat, ICTSD, and other international organisations and OECD member countries.
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