Report of the
PANEL of EMINENT EXPERTS
on ETHICS in
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

Third session
14–16 September 2005

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Table of contents

Part I   [117kb]

Contents
Abbreviations

Part II   [109kb]

Introductory note
Panel considerations, conclusions and recommendations

Ethical issues in fisheries
The ethics of food safety
Ethical issues in food aid
Animal welfare and the intensification of animal production
The ethics of sustainable agricultural intensification
Hunger, malnutrition and the Right to Food guidelines
Globalization of food and agriculture
Global goods, gloal services and privatization
Intellectual Property Rights

Part III   [105kb]

Elaboration of the substantive issues

Ethical issues in fisheries
The ethics of food adequacy, including food safety
Ethical issues in food aid
Ethical perspectives on animal welfare and the intensification of animal production
The ethics of sustainable agricultural intensification
Ethics, nutrition and the voluntary guidelines on the Right to Food
Ethical perspectives on the globalization of food and agriculture
Global goods, global services and privatization
Ethics and Intellectual Property Rights in food and agriculture

Part IV   [105kb]

Additional issues and trends that give rise to concern

Broad patents on life forms
Data protection/Confidentiality

Future work of the Panel
Annexes

Terms of reference of the Panel of Eminent Experts on Ethics in Food and Agriculture
Biographices of the Panel of Eminent Experts on Ethics in Food and Agriculture
Agenda of the Panel of Eminent Experts on Ethics in Food and Agriculture
List of documents