Agricultural tariffs: cuts have to be made to feed world population, claims Pascal Lamy – former Director General of WTO

In an exclusive interview with viEUws, Pascal Lamy – former Director General of the World Trade Organisation and Honorary President of Notre Europe – Jacques Delors Institute – talks to AGRA FACTS journalist Rose O’Donovan about the agricultural dimension of trade at the Forum on the Future of Agriculture 2014.

Lamy claims in the interview that the biggest ​challenge for agriculture is to produce more and different food, addressing increasing demand for food quality and safety. Furthermore, food waste needs to be addressed: “the amount of food that is wasted along the production to consumer chain creates a huge pit of efficiency which is still unexploited”. However, the most important aspect – according to the former EU Trade Commissioner – is to continue the path towards a multilateral trade deal, which is “the most efficient and fairest” and would help to address food security related issues.