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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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00153 Rome, Italy

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Rapid Response Forum

The Rapid Response Forum is composed of Senior Officials from countries participating in AMIS. It is designed to promote early discussion among decision-level officials about critical market conditions to encourage the coordination of policies and the development of common strategies. The Forum has one ordinary session per year and can meet at short notice when global market conditions warrant policy action.

Previous and upcoming events

12th session of the AMIS Rapid Response Forum
29 Mar 2023
Chandigarh, India
The AMIS Rapid Response Forum met for its 12th session on 29 March 2023 in Chandigarh, India. on the margins of the 2nd meeting of G20 Agriculture Deputies. The meeting [...]
11th session of the AMIS Rapid Response Forum
23 Mar 2022
Videoconference
Upon the invitation of the AMIS Chair, Ms. Adriana Herrera of Mexico, and hosted by the G20 Presidency of Indonesia, the 11th session of the AMIS Rapid Response Forum was [...]
Extraordinary meeting of the AMIS Rapid Response Forum
05 Mar 2022
In view of the abrupt escalation of developments in the Black Sea region, the AMIS Chair, Ms. Adriana Herrera of Mexico, convened an extraordinary meeting of the AMIS Rapid Response [...]
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National focal points

Argentina
Maximiliano Moreno
Ministry of Agriculture
Australia
David Garner
Assistant Secretary, Trade Market Access & International Division, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Brazil
Tiago Nunes de Freitas Dahdah
General Coordinator of Economic Analysis, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock
Canada
Donald Boucher
Director-General Sector Development and Analysis Directorate, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
China
Zhao Zhuo
Division Director, Department of Market and Informatization, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Egypt
Amera ElSayed Galal
Senior Specialist, Economic Affairs Sector, Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation
European Union
Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle
Director Strategy and Policy Analysis, Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
France
Philippe Duclaud
Director General, Economic and Environmental Performance of Enterprises (DGPE), Ministry of Agriculture and Food
Germany
Sebastian Graf von Keyserlingk
Director, Directorate "International Cooperation, Global Food Policy", Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL)
India
Saikat Sarkar
Adviser, Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare
Indonesia
Roby Darmawan
Director, Center for Agricultural Data and Information Systems (CADIS), Ministry of Agriculture
Italy
Graziella Romito
Head of the Office for International Affairs, Ministero delle Politiche Agricole, Alimentari e Forestali
Japan
Noriko Shimauchi
Deputy Director, International Organizations Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Kazakhstan
Shaimerden Akhmetov
Director, Processing and Agrofood Markets Department
Republic of Korea
Insun Hwang
Agricultural Commerce Division, Ministry of Agriculture
Republic of Korea
Youngsoo Ahn
Director, Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs (MAFRA)
Mexico
Adriana Herrera Moreno
Agricultural Counselor to Europe
Nigeria
A. Babandi
Director of Rural Development, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
Philippines
Noel A. Padre
Director, Policy Research Service of the Department of Agriculture
Russian Federation
Maxim Markovich
Deputy Director, Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture of Russia
Russian Federation
Arefeva Valeria
Consultant, Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture of Russia
Saudi Arabia
Naif Al Shamri
Ministry of Agriculture
South Africa
Sithembele Kelembe
Director: Marketing, Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Spain
Esperanza Orellana
Director General, Agricultural production and markets, Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente
Thailand
Pollachet Tracho
Deputy Secretary General of Office of Agricultural Economics
Türkiye
Hasan Gezginç
Head of Department, Directorate General of Agricultural Research and Policies
Ukraine
Oleksandr Zhemoyda
Director-General, Directorate of Strategy and European Integration, Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food
United Kingdom
Clemens Balendra-Matt
Deputy Director, EU and International Trade, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
USA
Seth Meyer
Chief Economist, US Department of Agriculture
Viet Nam
Nguyen Hoang Dan
Deputy Director of the Center for Informatics and Statistics, MARD