International Food & Agricultural Trade Policy Council

International Food & Agricultural Trade Policy Council (IPC) is an agribusiness front group that also counts among its leadership and members top government officials from countries around the world. Its board includes representation from John Deere, Bunge, and Unilever.

Here is how the organization describes itself:


 * "The International Food & Agricultural Trade Policy Council promotes the role of trade in creating a more open, equitable, productive and sustainable global food & agricultural system. IPC makes pragmatic trade policy recommendations to help solve the major challenges facing the global food & agricultural system in the 21st century—the need to promote global food security, to sustainably increase productivity, and to contribute to economic growth and development.


 * "IPC convenes influential policymakers, agribusiness executives, farm and civil society leaders, and academics from around the world in order to clarify complex issues, foster broad stakeholder participation in policy deliberations, and build consensus around pragmatic policy recommendations."

Board of Directors
Board of Directors:
 * Chairman: Carlo Trojan
 * Vice Chair: Carl Hausmann
 * Vice Chair: Carlos Perez del Castillo
 * Malcolm Bailey
 * Willem-Jan Laan
 * Raul Montemayor
 * JB Penn

Members
Members include:
 * Bernard Auxenfans
 * Malcolm Bailey
 * Debapriya Bhattacharya
 * Joachim von Braun
 * Piet Bukman
 * Pedro de Camargo Neto
 * Jason Clay
 * Csába Csáki
 * H.S. Dillon
 * Franz Fischler
 * Michael Gifford
 * Ashok Gulati
 * Carl Hausmann
 * Jikun Huang
 * Sarah Hull
 * Nicolas Imboden
 * Marcos Jank
 * Robbin Johnson
 * Hans Jöhr
 * Timothy Josling
 * Willem-Jan Laan
 * Gerrit Meester
 * Rolf Moehler
 * Raul Montemeyor
 * Hidenori Murakami
 * Namanga Ngongi
 * Joe O'Mara
 * JB Penn
 * Carlos Perez del Castillo
 * Michel Petit
 * Lord Henry Plumb
 * Marcelo Regúnaga
 * Roberto Rodrigues
 * Hiroshi Shiraiwa
 * James Starkey
 * Stefan Tangermann
 * Robert L. Thompson
 * Carlo Trojan
 * Ajay Vashee
 * Brian Wright

Contact Information

 * International Food & Agricultural Trade Policy Council
 * 1616 P Street, NW, Suite 100
 * Washington, DC 20036
 * Ph: 1.202.328.5056
 * Fax: 1.202.328.5133
 * Email: agritrade@agritrade.org
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