- Creation of an internationally acknowledged discussion platform on agriculture and food policy, for policy-makers, trade and industry and the scientific community
- Reinforcing of international political, economic and scientific co-operation in the agriculture and food sectors
- Improvements to the status of the agriculture and food sectors in an economic and social context
- Promoting of major developments in economic policy in the agriculture and food sectors
- Providing information to producers and consumers on sustainable production and use of food
- Promotion of development co-operation, particularly with emerging and developing economies, in the agriculture and food sectors