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[Music] thank you the role of this series is really to think about what the multilateral system could do on the critical question of improving agricultural sustainability but to do it in a way that doesn't get enmeshed in or interrupt some of the critical ongoing negotiations that are going on at the WTO on areas like agricultural subsidies or public stockholmes we consider those areas to be hugely important and like everyone we're hoping can census outcomes emerge in those but at least from the GTP side and we will have FAO colleagues here to speak from their side as well we think the issue of sustainability is simply too pressing sustainability exclusively to pressing two percent across these multilateral system governments outcomes they support businesses we'll begin with some opening remarks today's dialogue we'll begin with some openings who is the director of then research institution so Derek is helping us to straddle both of those worlds and we are tremendously grateful to him