Thank you to those who attended the FT Sustainable Agriculture Summit 2012 which took place on 29 March in London.

Photos from the event are available to view and download here.

PDF copies of the presentations are available to download here.

Post event press articles are available to read here.

In just over three decades Brazil went from a net importer of agricultural produce to agricultural super-power. Some describe the Brazilian model as miraculous - and one that might be exported. Others, however, believe the environment is paying too high a price for the Brazilian agricultural 'miracle', and that Brazil's emerging role as an agricultural superpower may be incompatible with its custodianship of much of the Amazon rainforest.

The FT Sustainable Agriculture Summit will gather senior policy-makers, agribusiness executives and NGOs to look at sustainable agriculture through the prism of the Brazil model, and to critically examine the new initiatives, technology and policies aimed at addressing today's sustainable agriculture challenges.

Co-Chairs

Javier Blas Commodities Editor Financial Times

Jonathan Wheatley Deputy Emerging Markets Editor Financial Times

Keynote His Excellency Roberto Jaguaribe Ambassador of Brazil to the UK

Ministerial Address Mendes Ribeiro Filho Minister of Agriculture Federative Republic of Brazil

Speakers include

Senator Katia Abreu, President, CNA (National Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock)
Dr Pedro B. Arcuri, Coordinator, Embrapa LabEx Europe
Leonardo Bichara Rocha, Phd, Senior Economist, International Sugar Organization
John Clarke, Director for International Affairs II, Directorate General for Agriculture & Rural Development, European Commission
Osmar Fernandes Dias, VP Agribusiness & SMEs, Banco do Brasil
Rui Faria da Cunha, Executive Manager, Apex-Brasil
Nick Goodall, Executive Director, Bonsucro (Better Sugar Initiative)
Dr Marcos S. Jank, President and CEO, Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA)
James Lockhart-Smith, Director, South American Practice, Maplecroft
Christian Lohbauer, Executive President, Brazilian Association of Citrus Exporters (CitrusBR)
Liz Murphy, Director, International Meat Trade Association
Daniel Nepstad, Director, Tropical Forest Group (IPAM)
Martin Nesbit, Director of EU, International and CAP Reform, DEFRA
Philip New, CEO, BP Biofuels
Celio Porto, Secretary for International Relations, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply
Fernando Sampaio, Executive Director, Association of Brazilian Beef Exporters (ABIEC)
Fabio Trigueirinho, Secretary General, Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries (ABIOVE)
Francisco Turra, Executive President, Brazilian Poultry Association (UBABEF)
Pat Venditti, Deputy Forest Network Director, Greenpeace
Bryan Weech, Director, Livestock & MTI Commodity Lead, WWF
Professor Jeremy Woods, Imperial College