Events

Second meeting of the Rapid Response Forum
20 February 2013
World Bank, Washington DC

Second meeting of the Global Food Market Information Group
2-4 October 2012
FAO Headquarters, Rome
The second meeting of the Global Food Market Information Group featured discussions with the private sector, reviewed the work plan for the second year of AMIS and included an in-depth examination of potential market and policy indicators.

AMIS Steering Commitee
1 October 2012
FAO Headquarters, Rome
The first meeting of the AMIS Steering Committee, a decision-making body for the AMIS Secretariat.

First meeting of the Rapid Response Forum
11 April 2012
Mexico City
The first meeting of the Rapid Response Forum discussed the Concept Paper of the Forum and considered the market situation and outlook for AMIS commodities.

First meeting of the Global Food Market Information Group
9-10 February 2012
FAO Headquarters, Rome
This first meeting aims to review procedures and tools that individual country members use for drawing national supply and demand balances for AMIS commodities and establish the bases for an agreed methodology.

AMIS Secretariat Expert Meeting on Defining Abnormal Market Conditions
19-20 December 2011
FAO Headquarters, Rome
A meeting of experts from international organisations was convened to work towards defining and developing a set of indicators to measure abnormal market conditions, alert processes and AMIS Outputs.

AMIS inception meeting
15-16 September 2011
FAO Headquarters, Rome
The first meeting of the AMIS secretariat discussed the mechanisms for setting up the Agricultural Market Information System.