Course on Food Policies: International Issues Designed by Mário Presser and Luciana Togeiro de Almeida for a Graduate Module of 16 hours at the Faculty of Food Engineering/UNICAMP

DAY 1. THE BASIC ECONOMICS OF FOOD PRODUCTION  Materials from UNCTAD: Data and Characteristics of the International Trade and FDI in Food Products 1. Export diversification, market access and competitiveness, Report by the UNCTAD secretariat, TD/B/COM.1/54 2. World Commodity trends and prospects, A/57/ Brazil: High-level meeting for foreign investors, UNCTAD/PRESS/PR/2004/002/Rev., 28/01/04 4. Commodities Market Information (Info Comm)

DAY 2. BRAZILIAN AGRIBUSINESS AND THE WORLD MARKETS  Materials from UNCTAD 1. UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics On- line 2. Commodity Yearbooks 3. Economics of international trade (VI) 4. International trade relations (VI)

DAY 3. AGRICULTURE AGREEMENT  Materials from UNCTAD: 1. Economics of international trade (VI)

DAY 4. FOOD SECURITY  Materials from UNCTAD 1. Enhancing productive capacities: the agricultural sector and food security, UNLDC III - Summary of Interactive Thematic Session, Brussels, May 2001 A/CONF.191/L.4 -, 16/05/01

DAY 5. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY  Materials from UNCTAD 1. Science and technology (VI) 2. International trade in GMOs and GM products: national and multilateral legal frameworks, Policy Issues in International Trade and Commodities, Study Series No. 29 UNCTAD/ITCD/TAB/30 - E.04.II.D.41, 01/03/05

DAY 6. FOOD QUALITY STANDARDS  Materials from UNCTAD: 1. Food quality standards: definitions and role in international trade, UNCTAD/DITC/COM/34 2. Organic fruit and vegetables from the tropics: market, certification and production information for producers and international trading companies, UNCTAD/DITC/COM/2003/2, 12/09/03 3. Training module on SPS measures (VI)

DAY 7. ADDING VALUE TO AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS  Materials from UNCTAD: 1. Ways to enhance the production and export capacities of developing countries of agriculture and food products, including niche products, such as environmentally preferable products, Note by the UNCTAD secretariat, TD/B/COM.1/45, 04/12/01 2. Strategies for diversification and adding value to food exports: a value chain perspective, Nov UNCTAD/DITC/COM/TM/1 - UNCTAD/ITE/MISC.23 14/11/00

DAY 8. CASE STUDIES  Materials from UNCTAD 1. Organic fruit and vegetables from the tropics: market, certification and production information for producers and international trading companies UNCTAD/DITC/COM/2003/2, 12/09/03