1504. Announcement of the Policy Research Institute Seminar: “Current Situation and Future Outlook for Global Agricultural Supply and Demand”

The Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI), headquartered at the University of Missouri-Columbia in the United States, collaborates with other universities to publish medium- and long-term outlooks for global agricultural supply and demand, with a particular focus on U.S. agricultural markets.

At this seminar, Dr. Seth Meyer, Director of FAPRI and former Chief Economist of the USDA, together with Dr. Wyatt Thompson, who specializes in U.S. and global agricultural supply-demand and policy analysis, will provide analyses of current agricultural supply, demand, and trade conditions in the United States and globally. They will also discuss future outlooks for global agricultural markets, as well as uncertainties and key risk factors.

In addition, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has had major impacts on Ukrainian agricultural production and exports, with repercussions for global food supply. In this context, Mr. Pavlo Martyshev of the Kyiv School of Economics Center for Food and Land Use Research will present the current state of Ukraine’s agricultural production and agricultural supply-demand situation, while also discussing prospects for the recovery of agricultural production and exports and the implications for international markets.

Furthermore, Mr. Hubertus Gay, the OECD lead responsible for the OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook, will provide comments based on these presentations.

1. Date and Time

Friday, 5 June 2026, 14:00–17:00 (Japan Standard Time)

2. Venue

Seminar Room, Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (PRIMAFF)
3-1-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan, https://www.maff.go.jp/primaff/e/about/access.html
Registration: Please register via the link on the seminar information webpage by 17:00 on Friday, 29 May.
< Seminar Information >　https://www.maff.go.jp/primaff/koho/seminar/2026/20260605.html

3. Theme

1)  U.S. and Global Agricultural Market Outlook 
Presenters: 
・    Dr. Seth Meyer, Director, Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI), University of Missouri–Columbia
・    Dr. Wyatt Thompson, Professor, Agricultural and Applied Economics, Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI), University of Missouri–Columbia

2)  Current Situation and Future Outlook of Food and Agricultural Markets in Ukraine
  Presenter:  
・    Dr. Pavlo Martyshev, Senior Researcher, Center for Food and Land Use Research, Kyiv School of Economics, Ukraine

3) Discussants: 
・    Dr. Stephan Hubertus Gay, Acting Head of the Agro-Food Trade and Markets Division, The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

•    Moderators:
o    Tatsuji Koizumi (Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; Graduate School of Tohoku University, Japan)
o    Gen Furuhashi (Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; Open University of Japan)

4. Format

•    Keynote presentations (approximately 70 minutes in total)
•    50 minutes open discussion with discussants and participants
•    One-hour closed-door discussion with WOC participants and invited guests