Nested markets and the question of trade (Workshop) - Friday (12.12.25)

Workshop: Nested markets and the question of trade. Modes, potentials and drawbacks of promoting sustainable agriculture in crisis.

The workshop “Nested markets and the question of trade” suggests that agroecological markets tend to be nested (territorial) markets, which thrive on (newly established) connections of stakeholders and follow a different logic and management approach than conventional, global agricultural markets. However, it seems difficult to scale these qualities and conditions in the context of standards and the governance of the global food system. The workshop aims to discuss recommendations for alternatives to the current normative and institutional parameters around which trade is structured and legitimized. It is to provide an outlook on potentials and hindrances of promoting agroecological nested markets in the context of the reconfiguration of trade regimes.

Program:

12. December, Friday (9:00 am - 13:00 pm)

• How can international agricultural trade contribute to protection of biodiversity, climate protection and food security? Towards coherent governance of consumption, production and trade – presentation of a discussion paper – edited by Leopoldina, German National Academy of Sciences (2025)
  Prof. Dr. Cathrin Zengerling, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg und Mitglied der Arbeitsgruppe Internationaler Agrarhandel an der Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften (via Zoom)

• An EU Perspective on nested markets, trade and economic security
  Dr. Bettina Rudloff, Senior Associate, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik - German Institute for International and Security, Berlin, Germany (via Zoom)

• Coffee break

• From crisis to transformation: can mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence legislations create fair conditions for sustainable and nested agri-food markets?
  Dr. Martina Bozzola, Head of Department Agricultural and Food Systems, Fibl Switzerland (via Zoom)

• Critique and alternatives for a trade regime
  Guus Geurts, Agricultural Trade Policy Analyst, Netherlands

• Potentials and issues of nested markets, trade and their reconfiguration: the Indian perspective 
  Prof. Praveen Jha, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India (via Zoom)
   
• Coffee break
   
• Concluding exchange
   

• Lunch
   

• End of workshop