Why was IPC established?
A group of agricultural trade experts came together at the beginning of the Uruguay Round, the first negotiations to address agriculture within the GATT, to found IPC. Their purpose was to serve as a balanced, non-governmental group of leaders in agriculture who could enhance the policy dialogue by providing advice and counsel to governments, stakeholders, and the interested public. Outside of the political arena, they sought to develop economically realistic and politically feasible alternatives to current policies that would satisfy the agricultural sector goals of governments and society as a whole, without distorting production, consumption, and trade.
